By Corey Kronengold, February 24th, 2010
Sure we gripe about quality. And advertising. And content availability. And authentication. And monetization. And… and…. and….
But today, I’m not bitching at all. Yesterday was my personal online video watershed moment. The one when you sit back – lean back, in the parlance of our time – and say, “Damn. This Really Is GOOD.”
I recently [...]
By Ben Homer, December 1st, 2009
The online video marketplace continues to get more crowded. Today, marcellus announced the full release of their VOD online video service aimed at the low end to mid end of the market.
Marcellus, which is privately funded has raised about $150,000 to date. The company was initially conceived as an enterprise, on-premise video platform in [...]
By Ben Homer, November 26th, 2009
One of the things I’m constantly seeing from those deciding on an online video platform is a desire to offer live HD content. But HD is overrated, what HD really means on the web is still undefined – on the low end a bitrate of at least 1.7Mbps is required. And even if live HD [...]
By Ben Homer, November 20th, 2009
A few thoughts after my first (and last in San Jose) Streaming Media West since I didn’t have the opportunity to write nearly as much as I would have liked to during the show. Next year the conference relocates to LA which should have the added advantage of providing more proximity to the media and [...]
By Ben Homer, August 12th, 2009
Swarmcast announced today that they are powering MLB.TV’s live video on Roku with a a new product Autobahn™ Live for CE, specifically designed for live streaming to Consumer Electronic devices. Swarmcast is in talks with other device manufacturers to enable live streaming on additional media extenders which means we should be seeing a lot more [...]