Archives for Wowza Media Systems

Why Wowza Streaming Engine?

February 18, 2014

Wowza has always been about creating technology that improves streaming. The latest version of our flagship product, Wowza Streaming Engine, carries on that tradition.

Formerly known as Wowza Media Server, our streaming server software has broken new ground many times. In the first version, released in early 2007, it provided a lower-cost, more fully-featured alternative for Flash media delivery. Version 2 saw the industry-first introduction of support for multiple traditional and adaptive streaming formats, allowing you to consolidate parallel infrastructures and reach any screen with a single, simplified video workflow. Version 3 expanded the architecture to

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Five Trends from CES 2014 That Will Impact Streaming Media

January 13, 2014

As always, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week gave us a look ahead at many exciting new products. While Carlos Perez and I were there, we explored the show floor to find innovative technologies that could impact streaming media this year. From all that we saw, five technology trends stood out to us as ones that will make it easier to capture, deliver, or experience streaming media in 2014.

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MPEG-DASH: A bold new world for streaming?

January 7, 2014

MPEG-DASH, the new standard for adaptive streaming, has gotten a lot of attention lately. Does it deserve it? I think so, and here are four reasons why.

1. DASH is an international standard

2. DASH has all the features you love

3. DASH is on TV

4. DASH will “play nice” with HTML5

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The Value of Second Screen Infographic

December 22, 2013

Wowza Media Systems research results of a study that explores the “second screen” behaviors of 500 television viewers. Fifty percent of those surveyed were in the highly desirable 23 to 39 age group that possesses a considerable amount of purchasing power.

Surprisingly, forty percent of respondents have engaged with a TV show’s second screen app, showing the power of engagement with second screen content since these apps are relatively small in number. 

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Wowza wins 2013 Streaming Media Readers’ Choice Award

November 20, 2013

We are so pleased to announce that Wowza Media Server has received the 2013 Streaming Media Readers' Choice Award in the Media Server category. This award is particularly meaningful to us because we are being recognized by our peers and streaming media experts. 

 

Thank you to all who voted for Wowza!

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Trends In Distance Learning

November 19, 2013

College and university education is going online at a breath-taking pace. Small colleges that typically had local students are now increasing their geographic footprint with online classes. Larger universities are figuring out ways to offer degrees at lower prices. This infographic has the latest stats on how traditional and online distance learning compare and what the future may hold.

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Wowza’s Significant Other & Couple of Cool Announcements

November 18, 2013

A big Hello! to the streaming media ecosystem out there. For those of you I haven’t yet met, I’m Carlos and I’m heading up business development here at Wowza Media Systems. 

At Wowza, our partner relationships and compatibility with organizations across the streaming media workflow are incredibly important, vital in fact….

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Happy Halloween

October 31, 2013

Happy Halloween from Wowza Media Systems

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Webinar: Streaming using Wowza and Amazon Web Services

October 29, 2013

I was recently asked to participate in a webinar with the Amazon CloudFront team on how to stream live video using Wowza Media Server and Amazon Web Services. This webinar gives an overview of a live streaming architecture and common challenges, how to use Wowza and AWS for live streaming, and a demo showing how you can quickly start delivering live streams globally.

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