Streaming Media Europe Blog

Project Canvas and Red Bee Media to Keynote Streaming Media Europe

Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:49:22 +0000

Project Canvas' Anthony Rose and Red Bee Media's Steve Plunkett will provide the keynotes at this year's Streaming Media Europe in London, 14-15 October.

Advance Programmes for Streaming Media Europe Now Available

Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:09:13 +0000

The advance programmes for Streaming Media Europe, the Content Delivery Summit, and the Online Video Strategies event are all online.

Cisco Predicts Video Will Make Up 91% of all Internet Traffic by 2014

Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:31:20 +0000

Video will exceed P2P as the top internet traffic contributor by the end of 2010, and all forms of video—TV, VoD, internet video, and P2P—will surpass 90% of all traffic within four years.

Tvinci Looks to Make OTT Pay Off

Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen — Tue, 25 May 2010 15:19:28 +0000

Last week, Israel-based Tvinci announced availability of its MediaHub and MediaStore, which in tandem look to solve the biggest dilemma facing over-the-top video: how to monetize it

Hulu ‘Drops Plans for UK Launch’

Katherine Allen — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:53:20 +0000

US video aggregator Hulu has dropped plans to launch in the UK, reports the Daily Telegraph. According to the report, the UK expansion came to a halt when negotiations with British broadcasters collapsed. With UK broadcasters Channel 4 and Five already having signed third party deals with YouTube and SeeSaw, the focus was on ITV as [...]

UK Online Video Viewing up 37%

Katherine Allen — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:50:18 +0000

5.5 billion videos were viewed online in the UK in February 2010, an increase of 37% compared to the previous year, according to new research from comScore . Google sites, driven by the popularity of YouTube, grew 17% versus a year ago with 2.5 billion videos viewed in February 2010, further solidifying its position as the [...]

Yahoo! Wins Online Highlights for English Premier League

Katherine Allen — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:46:24 +0000

Yahoo! has announced that it has secured the exclusive UK online highlights rights for the English Premier League for the next three seasons (2010-13). The rights are currently held by Virgin Media. The deal means that from August this year, British football fans can watch five minute highlight packages from every Barclays Premier League match on [...]

Video: Automation and Workflow Solutions for Transcoding

Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:38:25 +0000

Panelists from Inlet, BBC, M6 Web, Red Bee, Sony, and Level 3 discuss the costs and benefits of enterprise-grade transcoding solutions.

Video: Defining ROI for Corporate Streaming

Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:29:27 +0000

There's no longer any doubt that corporates must embrace streaming video as a core piece of their communications plan. But just because everyone is doing it doesn't mean that marketers and communications directors no longer need to prove ROI.

Announcing the Content Delivery Summit at Streaming Media Europe

Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:19:14 +0000

We've added a new one-day event at Streaming Media Europe called the Content Delivery Summit, a one-day conference will bring together content owners, infrastructure providers, and the financial community to discuss the business and technology of delivering video online.