http://blog.streamingmedia.com/the_business_of_online_vi/ Inside the business of online video en-US Thu, 31 May 2012 23:18:16 -0400 http://www.typepad.com/ TheBusinessOfOnlineVideohttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with Google http://blog.streamingmedia.com/the_business_of_online_vi/2012/05/new-cdn-contract-data-shows-att-and-verizon-not-winning-deals.html http://blog.streamingmedia.com/the_business_of_online_vi/2012/05/new-cdn-contract-data-shows-att-and-verizon-not-winning-deals.html For more than a few years now, many have been proclaiming doom and gloom to CDNs like Akamai with the reasoning that AT&T and Verizon would come in and disrupt the market, forcing pricing down and taking away market share from the industry leaders. While owning the network does have major advantages, just look at what Level 3 has done,... For more than a few years now, many have been proclaiming doom and gloom to CDNs like Akamai with the reasoning that AT&T and Verizon would come in and disrupt the market, forcing pricing down and taking away market share from the industry leaders. While owning the network does have major advantages, just look at what Level 3 has done,...

]]> Content Delivery Dan Rayburn Thu, 31 May 2012 23:18:16 -0400 http://blog.streamingmedia.com/the_business_of_online_vi/2012/05/apple-tv-sales-have-trippled-but-total-unit-sales-of-55m-are-still-meaningless.html http://blog.streamingmedia.com/the_business_of_online_vi/2012/05/apple-tv-sales-have-trippled-but-total-unit-sales-of-55m-are-still-meaningless.html Yesterday at the D10 conference Apple's CEO said that so far this year, Apple has sold 2.8M Apple TV units. If you combine that with the 2.7M units Apple sold from September 2010 to December 2011, Apple has now sold a total of 5.5M second (720p) and third (1080p) generation Apple TV's. It originally took Apple 16 months to sell... Yesterday at the D10 conference Apple's CEO said that so far this year, Apple has sold 2.8M Apple TV units. If you combine that with the 2.7M units Apple sold from September 2010 to December 2011, Apple has now sold a total of 5.5M second (720p) and third (1080p) generation Apple TV's. It originally took Apple 16 months to sell...

]]> Devices (Xbox, Roku, TiVo etc.) Dan Rayburn Wed, 30 May 2012 16:25:17 -0400 http://blog.streamingmedia.com/the_business_of_online_vi/2012/05/cdn-yottaa-raises-9m-in-series-b-round-wants-to-become-the-next-cotendo.html http://blog.streamingmedia.com/the_business_of_online_vi/2012/05/cdn-yottaa-raises-9m-in-series-b-round-wants-to-become-the-next-cotendo.html In February, Boston based Yottaa (pronounced "Yo-ta") announced a new dynamic site acceleration service aimed at the small and medium sized business (SMB) markets with the goal of trying to fill the void left in the market for DSA services, due to Akamai's recent purchase of Cotendo. This week, the company raised $9M in a Series B round and has... In February, Boston based Yottaa (pronounced "Yo-ta") announced a new dynamic site acceleration service aimed at the small and medium sized business (SMB) markets with the goal of trying to fill the void left in the market for DSA services, due to Akamai's recent purchase of Cotendo. This week, the company raised $9M in a Series B round and has...

]]> Acquisitions & Investments Content Delivery Dan Rayburn Thu, 24 May 2012 23:35:06 -0400 http://blog.streamingmedia.com/the_business_of_online_vi/2012/05/news-recap-from-the-streaming-media-east-show-and-content-delivery-summit.html http://blog.streamingmedia.com/the_business_of_online_vi/2012/05/news-recap-from-the-streaming-media-east-show-and-content-delivery-summit.html A lot of news came out at or during the Content Delivery Summit and Streaming Media East shows last week, here's a rundown of all the news I got sent or saw on the wire. Amazon CloudFront Adds Dynamic Site Acceleration Capabilities Yottaa Launches Solution for Mobile Acceleration Harmonic Sets the Bar for High-Volume Multiscreen VOD Transcoding With New ProMedia... A lot of news came out at or during the Content Delivery Summit and Streaming Media East shows last week, here's a rundown of all the news I got sent or saw on the wire. Amazon CloudFront Adds Dynamic Site Acceleration Capabilities Yottaa Launches Solution for Mobile Acceleration Harmonic Sets the Bar for High-Volume Multiscreen VOD Transcoding With New ProMedia...

]]> Conferences & Events Dan Rayburn Wed, 23 May 2012 14:17:21 -0400 http://blog.streamingmedia.com/the_business_of_online_vi/2012/05/multiple-enterprise-webcasting-pros-looking-for-new-jobs-here-are-their-resumes.html http://blog.streamingmedia.com/the_business_of_online_vi/2012/05/multiple-enterprise-webcasting-pros-looking-for-new-jobs-here-are-their-resumes.html There's a lot of webcasting deployments taking place inside the firewall of enterprise corporations and for anyone who may be looking to build out their internal webcasting team, three experienced professionals from Lockheed Martin (Richard Banse, John Hohenstein and Brian Rooney) are looking for new gigs. Over the last few weeks, Lockheed Martin has been doing layoffs and some members... There's a lot of webcasting deployments taking place inside the firewall of enterprise corporations and for anyone who may be looking to build out their internal webcasting team, three experienced professionals from Lockheed Martin (Richard Banse, John Hohenstein and Brian Rooney) are looking for new gigs. Over the last few weeks, Lockheed Martin has been doing layoffs and some members...

]]> Enterprise Video Executives & Jobs Dan Rayburn Wed, 23 May 2012 13:13:56 -0400