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RedBox And Verizon Team Up On Streaming Service To Challenge Netflix – ReelSEO Online Video News
Feb 7th
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RedBox And Verizon Team Up On Streaming Service To Challenge Netflix
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Streaming Super Bowl Ad CPM Higher Than TV Ads – ReelSEO Online Video News
Jan 24th
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Streaming Super Bowl Ad CPM Higher Than TV Ads
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The Android-based HDTV: Higher Bandwidth, 6x Streaming, Built-in Sling Media
Jan 4th
The segment of the media delivery industry that may yet take off for consumers consists of programming and services that are delivered to newer HDTVs “over-the-top” (OTT) – meaning, outside of the cable or satellite provider’s pipeline. Naturally, the Internet is the delivery medium here. In prior years, analysts have wondered how (or whether) traditional programming from multi-service operators (MSOs) like Comcast would compete.
The answer we may get from CES 2012 is that it won’t have to. Semiconductor maker Broadcom is set to demonstrate a new class of system-on-a-chip (SoC) components that could be integrated into set-top boxes (STBs). This new class, numbered BCM72xx, would deliver OTT services alongside cable channels, in a format that would enable MSOs to utilize Android as the operating system, and Sling Media as the streaming provider for wireless devices. It could be the formula behind the phrase, “Goodbye, TiVo.”
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The multitude of partnerships this new class of products entails is so hot that neither Broadcom nor its new partners could hold off until next week. Essentially, what we should expect to see demonstrated in Las Vegas by Broadcom is a type of STB that delivers all of the following:
1. DVR functionality from EchoStar that incorporates wireless “place-shifting” from Sling Media. Meaning, anything you record to your EchoStar DVR can be streamed wirelessly to your smartphone, tablet, or laptop. EchoStar had purchased Sling back in 2007, but its ability to exploit that technology had been tied up in a patent battle with TiVo that only ended last May, in a $500 million settlement in TiVo’s favor.
2. An Android-based apps ecosystem enabled through a partnership with Myriad Group, the maker of the Alien Vue environment that Dan Rowinski introduced you to last month. Existing OTT program services such as Google TV and Roku are already being integrated into Alien Vue; and to that end, Roku today announced its own partnership with premium channel Showtime for a kind of “previewing app” for premium content.
3. A 3D environment for graphical, on-screen program guides using OpenGL ES 2.0 as the graphics standard.
4. Optional built-in videoconferencing, which could be a major plus for cable operators that still want to deliver “triple-play” or “quadruple-play” customer options, but find themselves uncompetitive with wireless providers like Verizon.
5. Interactive supplemental content similar to the BD-Live content on Blu-ray movie discs, by way of Adobe AIR for the Digital Home.
6. Expanded bandwidth for on-demand streaming of as many as six simultaneous channels, by way of support for the Multimedia over Coax Alliance MoCA 2.0 standard.
7. Accelerated channel changing and scanning ability by means of a Broadcom standard called FastRTV.
As RWW’s Dan Rowinski told me today, one of the sticking points to seeing Android implemented on STBs already concerns something called the device recognition setting, which enables software to determine the size of its own display. Newer versions of Android, including “Ice Cream Sandwich” version 4.0, enable a variety of standard sizes; but at least for now, Rowinski says, “extra large” refers to tablets with 10.1-inch diagonal screens. Any demos we see of Alien Vue on Android-based widescreens, therefore, would probably have to be manual hacks, at least for now.
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The Roku Streaming Stick Makes A Regular TV A Smart TV – ReelSEO Online Video News
Jan 4th
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The Roku Streaming Stick Makes A Regular TV A Smart TV
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Internet TV In 2012: Roku Streaming Stick & Smart Televisions
Jan 4th
Who needs a big, expensive Web-connected television when there are so many other ways to stream content from the Internet to your living room? There are a variety of boxes and plug-ins that users can acquire to get the Web running on their TVs. One of the leaders in the space, Roku, has taken the notion a step farther. Roku is throwing out the notion of the box. Instead, stream movies and shows to your TV just by plugging in a stick.
The Roku Streaming Stick is intended to give users all the functionality of a Smart TV without any boxes or cables. It can be controlled by a TV remote and offer most (but not all) of the features that a Roku player can offer. Internet TV is going to be a maturing market vertical in 2012 and on the eve of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week, we are starting to see how the space will evolve in the new year.
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Roku Partners With Brightcove
In addition to the Roku Streaming Stick, the company also announced today that it is partnering with video cloud content provider Brightcove to bring content from Showtime to the service. Essentially, Roku is making it easier for Brightcove customers to deliver content to Smart TVs powered by Roku. This will help cut down on creating user interfaces and design elements for adapting Internet content for televisions.
The Showtime app will feature HD-quality promotional content from shows like Shameless and House Of Lies. It does not appear that full Showtime content will appear on the Roku but rather clips, highlights, Web shows and interviews.
Roku Not The Only Game In Town
Everybody is waiting to see what Apple does with the TV space. Really, it is a natural vertical for Cupertino to move into. At this point the only product the company produces is Apple TV, the external box that can stream content and set up AirPlay that puts the content of your iPhone or iPad onto your television. There is also one of the original companies in this space, Boxee, which will likely iterate a new product this year.
One of the more interesting developments in the Internet TV space is being brought to bear by Myriad and Broadcom. Myriad is and Android development company that has introduced Davlik to the ecosystem with the intention of porting Android functionality everywhere. Myriad announced Alien Vue last month with the specific intention of putting Android apps and content on TV screens. Myriad is partnering with semiconductor company Broadcom to create set top boxes that will bring this product to life. The companies will be showing off the new product at CES.
What do you want from a Smart TV? Should it run apps from iOS and Android? Is streaming from Netflix and Hulu Plus mandatory? Let us know in the comments.
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How to Find Streaming Movies
Jan 4th
Back in October, I compared the various online streaming services here and Netflix looked like it had the most offerings. But what if you want to search across multiple providers for your streaming content, and find out which one offers you the best deal? Enter CanIStream.It, a free iPhone app from Urban Pixels that allows users to search for movies. It is a great idea whose time has come.
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We’ve written before about how poor Netflix’ own iOS app is here, particularly when you compare it to the full Web version run on the desktop.
You can see an example of its search results screen here. The streaming search app has been recently improved and now can search across Youtube Movies, Blockbuster, Vudu, and Crackle as well as Amazon, Hulu and Netflix. The new version adds the price of each movie rental or purchase, and you will be amazed (or maybe not) at how these differ depending on the particular movie and service involved. Urban Pixels has added the ability to embed a search result widget on third party websites so blogs and other movie review sites can put a widget on their site that shows where the movie is available. And they are working on an API so developers can use their results in their own apps.
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Music Industry Wants $17 Billion From Streaming Site Grooveshark
Nov 23rd
The music streaming site Grooveshark is no stranger to the ire of the music industry. The service’s approach to hosting and streaming songs has resulted in a barrage of criticism from industry players, as well as a handful of lawsuits.
The latest lawsuit is actually the second one to be filed by Universal Music Group, the biggest of the major record companies. This time, UMG is suing over a claim that Grooveshark employees were required to bulk-upload music files to the service, and even got a monetary bonus for beating their upload quota. The lawsuit demands $150,000 per alleged infringement, which works out to about $17 billion, as Digital Music News points out.
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The accusation came from an anonymous blog comment left by somebody purporting to be a Grooveshark employee. “We are assigned a predetermined number of weekly uploads to the system and get a small extra bonus if we manage to go above that (not easy),” they wrote. “The assignments are assumed as direct orders from the top to the bottom.”
Pretty scandalous stuff, but it is an anonymous comment on a blog. It could have been made by anybody, including a disgruntled intern or somebody working for a competing service. Or it could be accurate, in which case Grooveshark’s legal defense had better be rock solid.
This is only the latest in a series of legal challenges faced by Grooveshark. What makes the site so controversial is the way it handles the licensing, hosting and distribution of music. Rather than taking the legally bulletproof route of companies like Apple, Google or Spotify, Grooveshark relies heavily on user-submitted audio files, which are then available to other users on the service. As a result, the content library on Grooveshark isn’t limited to commercially-released albums. Music fans can use the site to find bootlegs of concerts and other rare material.
As a consequence of the ongoing litigation, Grooveshark’s mobile presence has been hampered. Earlier this year, its app was pulled from the Android Market, although can still be accesed from the browser on Android-based phones.
Despite an HTML5 redesign, the site’s player still utilizes Flash, and thus won’t work on iOS. That normally wouldn’t be a big deal, except that Apple has pulled and banned the service’s iOS app from the App Store over the legal controversy. Users with jailbroken iPhones can still get Grooveshark from Cydia.
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How Music Cloud Lockers & Streaming Services Are Merging
Nov 15th
Yesterday we looked at the three leading “cloud locker” services for music: iTunes Match, Amazon Cloud Drive and Google Music. As a preface to that post, I mentioned that there are two main battles going on in the online music market. One is between the three cloud lockers, which are competing to be the online archive for your digital music collection. The second battle is between music streaming services like Spotify, Rdio and MOG.
But while we currently think of cloud lockers as being different from streaming services, the two types will merge over time. This has begun to happen already.
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iTunes Match, for example, essentially streams music to your device when a song isn’t available locally. I say “streams,” but in fact what iTunes Match does is download the song to the device. But because it happens within a few seconds, the user experience is very similar to streaming.
On the other side of the coin, Spotify can be viewed as a type of cloud locker. It is first and foremost a music streaming service, but its premium offerings also allow you to import all of the digital music you own to its services. While Spotify must have a copy of a song on its own servers in order to play it from the cloud, you can sync local files to your various devices using the Spotify app.
Spotify Not That Different From iTunes Match
The interesting aspect of using Spotify as your cloud locker is that it enables you to route around iTunes. Unlike Amazon Cloud Drive and Google Music, you don’t need to upload all of your music files to the cloud. Spotify has a catalogue north of 15 million songs, so it’s likely that a large proportion of the songs you own can be ‘matched’ by the equivalent file on Spotify’s servers. So you won’t need to upload them – similar to how iTunes Match works as a cloud locker.
In theory this can all sound a bit complicated. So let’s look at how one of ReadWriteWeb’s writers, John Paul Titlow, uses Spotify as both a streaming service and cloud locker. On my Facebook wall, John explained:
“Since signing up for Spotify (premium), I’ve more or less phased out iTunes. For me, the killer feature is the ability to merge their library with mine. In theory, iTunes can now compete with that thanks to iTunes Match, but I’d rather pay one fee for all-you-can-stream than buy tracks individually. Just so I’m not trapped in Spotify’s “cloud” (and thus without my music when I’m not online), I sync everything locally, even the stuff on Spotify’s servers.”
So Spotify allows John to not only access 15 million songs that he doesn’t necessarily own, but to send any songs he chooses onto his various devices for offline listening. He can also move songs between his devices, even if Spotify doesn’t have them on its servers. For example a song which lives on his desktop computer can be synced to his mobile phone via the Spotify app. All of this functionality is basically what iTunes Match offers, Spotify just comes at it from a different angle.
Which Set-Up is Best For You?
Both cloud lockers and streaming services enable you to sync songs across multiple devices: your PC, smartphone, tablet, iPod, TV and more. All of the services we’ve been discussing do that.
The key difference between Spotify and iTunes Match – and more generally between streaming services and cloud lockers – is in ownership of the songs. With iTunes Match, you own the songs – even if you obtained them without paying, such as by ripping a friend’s CD. With Spotify, you will end up owning less, in exchange for an all-you-can-eat monthly subscription (Spotify’s multi-device and offline features aren’t available in its free, ad-supported version).
So which method you use to sync songs between devices depends on how comfortable you are with not owning the music files. If you aren’t comfortable not owning the files, go with a cloud locker like iTunes Match or Amazon Cloud Drive. If it’s more important for you to access millions of songs, whether or not you own them, the likes of Spotify and Rdio may be your answer.
Of course you can use both; and for most people it will be more a question of degrees of use, rather than choosing one over the other. As an Apple user I’m likely to use iTunes Match to sync my digital music, but I’ll continue to listen to music I don’t own through Spotify and MOG. Let us know your personal solution in the comments.
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GeoIQ Releases Real-Time Streaming Social & Device Data & Mapping API Platform
Nov 3rd
Location data provider GeoIQ today detailed a new offering called GeoIQ Social. This is a real-time streaming API that delivers location-enabled data from Twitter, Pachube-enabled sensor hardware and other platforms into a map-friendly output format that can be updated as the data changes. Boom!
Sentiment analysis, user ranking, data from sensors and potentially much more can all be taken into account in requesting data from the API. Connectors have been built for “all sorts of databases including PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, HBase, and MongoDB as well as an even newer types of databases and APIs like Google Fusion Tables.” Awesome.
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The company concludes its discussion of the new API by saying it intends to extend far beyond where it is today in dynamic data and dynamic mapping. “Without giving it all away,” writes Chris Helm, Head of Analytics at GeoIQ, “we’re thinking along the lines of realtime analytics, dynamic event alerting and more tools for easy collaboration.”
That sounds fabulous to me. When physical place and the real-time social web come together in the form of streaming data APIs, the possibilities for augmenting time, place, civil society and the meaning of the web are substantial.
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Watch The LSU-Alabama Game Online & Help CBS Break A Live Streaming Record – ReelSEO Online Video News
Nov 2nd
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Watch The LSU-Alabama Game Online & Help CBS Break A Live Streaming Record
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