Streaming Video – Page 4

Will Streaming Take Over?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Kagan said after a survey of US adult internet uses that it estimates that US households used 6.8 streaming video services on average in March 2022. The result showed that paid …

Tags:Advertising| Roku| Smart TV| Streaming Video| USA

Catching Up on Virtual Production and OTT vs Linear TV

by Bob Raikes

Once again I’m going to quote the old London stockbroker saying of ‘Sell in May and Go Away’ – the phrase they would use to indicate that not much would happen in the dog …

Tags:Content Creation| Streaming Video| TV Viewing| Virtual Sets

Zato Connect Monitor is for Streamers

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Atomos has a new 5″ touchscreen device, the Zato Connect, that is intended to capture and manage video from HDMI or USB UVC cameras (USB UVC cameras send video in YUV …

Tags:Field Monitors| Streaming Video| Video Editing & Production

Links Week Ending 10th June 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the end of this week. Almost half of US adults watch video via …

VESA Improves Things for Gamers and Media Consumers

by Bob Raikes

VESA has just announced a new logo programme for gaming displays and video displays that should make life much better for gamers, content creators and consumers and set makers (although not those that may …

Tags:Game Playing| Streaming Video| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)| VESA| Video Quality

Links mid-Week Week Ending 27th May 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the middle and end of this week. AR Insider looks at a survey …

Useful essay from Mike Darcy, ex-CEO of Sky, on Netflix and the streaming model

by Bob Raikes

What They Say If you are interested in the world of streaming, its challenges, and how it affects traditional PayTV, I strongly recommend reading this great article by Mike Darcey of Sky which really …

Links Week Mid-Week Week Ending 6th May 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are (quite!) a few from the middle part of this week. Market and finance results from Q1 …

Comcast and Charter Combine to Battle Streamers

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A joint venture between Comcast and Charter is intended to help the two US cable companies to better compete with dedicated streamers such as Roku, Google TV and Amazon’s Fire TV. …

Harmonic Boosts Streaming Video Experiences with HDR10+

by Artem Alekseenko

Harmonic announced that it has added support for HDR10+ technology to its VOS®360 cloud streaming platform and XOS software-based advanced media processing solution, enabling richer video experiences with punchier, more dynamic images. “Harmonic has …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Streaming Video

Been Underground? Netflix Had a Bad Week

by Bob Raikes

You’d have to have been underground helping to recover pot-holers or trapped miners not to have seen the flood of news this week following a plummet in the stock price of Netflix after it …

Tags:Investment| Netflix| OTT Video| Streaming Video| SVOD

Home Entertainment Viewing Keeps Growing

by Andy Marken

Just in case you don’t know it, I live in Silicon Valley and have worked in the technology industry like forever. It’s good because you get to see new things born and grow rapidly …

Tags:Netflix| OTT Video| Pay TV| Sports and Stadiums| Streaming Video