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One of the most powerful activities that companies can do is invest in their employees. When you help your employees grow and evolve as professionals, it will only help your business be more successful. Historically, training sessions have been boring, outdated, and not helped people learn or improve. LearnCore, cloud based learning platform recognized an opportunity to improve training and feedback and set out to change the way that employees practice soft skills that are mission critical for selling, customer service and marketing.
Read MoreStreaming In Higher Education: More than just distance learning
Students today are armed with many tools to enhance their learning experience. They also frequently have the luxury of being able to attend classes virtually at a university that is located out of commuting distance. As a result, people often think that streaming video and audio in higher education only involves live streaming classes in an e-learning environment. However, there are numerous other ways in which streaming can enhance the learning experience as well as boost the university’s student success rate.
Read MoreVolleyMetrics is a hit above the rest
Gaining an edge on your competition is crucial in any sport, but what if I told you that Wowza customer VolleyMetrics has revolutionized this process? It could save you up to 80 hours a week, freeing up time and resources you can use to get your team ahead. Video streaming sits at the center of this revolution and arms coaches and teams with the tools that they need to be champions.
Read MoreSports Streaming: Expanding Revenue and Engagement
A big thank you to all our sports streaming webinar participants last week. Of course the VOD asset is available on your request, and please let me know if we can provide a demo or consultation with respect to Wowza’s media streaming solutions.
Read MoreBAMChase.net: Interactive weather monitoring
It seems like no matter where you look, weather cams are being streamed on TV or online. The fact of the matter is that people don’t like to be surprised about the weather and most are fascinated with watching extreme weather or storms move in. BAMChase.net is bringing this into people’s homes one live stream at a time.
Read MorePlayOn! Sports: Redefining the sports viewing environment
At Wowza, we are passionate sports enthusiasts. Not only are we avid fans, but we also dig in deep with our many sports customers to create end-to-end solutions. We are always thirsty to solve new challenges and work to keep improving live and video on-demand streams for fans worldwide.
Did you know that participation and attendance in high school sports has been on the rise for the past 20 years? So much so, that Americans attend more than three times as many high school sporting events than college and pro combined. If you are a fan or relative of a high school athlete, you have noticed that their games and activities schedule can be demanding. Though b
Read More5 Benefits of Live Streaming Sports
Sports fans from little leagues to the majors all have one thing in common: supporting their team is imperative. Watching their favorite team regardless of location is crucial, and shouldn’t be restricted because they can’t attend live or aren’t near a TV. With university athletics, for example, this is often a hurdle that fans face because followings spread far and wide. This is where streaming can bridge the gap, allowing fans to never miss a goal, race or ace.
Read MoreChurchstreaming.tv: Worshipping without boundaries
It’s becoming an expectation to be able to view live events from anywhere in the world. It’s no longer necessary to travel to an event that isn’t in your city, live streaming bridges the gap and brings people together like never before.
This, then, poses the question, should church services be accessed any differently than other live events? Churchstreaming.tv has an easy answer to this question: Nope! House of worship services from any denomination should be able to be accessed from anywhere. Worshiping without boundaries is their end goal.
Read MoreWowza Predictions for Online Video in 2015
When I first started working on streaming media products in 1999, my co-workers and I were convinced that online video was going to be big someday. Fueled in large part by mainstream successes within the last decade by pioneers such as YouTube and Netflix, few would argue that online video ubiquity is spreading across the globe and “someday” has arrived.
What are the big trends we see as we go into 2015? There will be many advances with specific new technologies, such as HTML5 streaming, HEVC (H.265), 4K, and MPEG-DASH, and we'll focus on those in the months and years ahead. In general, those technologies will help fuel some broader changes already ramping
Read MoreDrumroll… New Wowza Transcoder Benchmarks Available
Check out the just released new Transcoder AddOn benchmarks in the forums section of Wowza.com. This is a highly anticipated release and one that we hope will benefit all of our customers and prospects. The performance benchmark numbers were updated from the existing information to account for the latest industry changes in hardware and video acceleration technologies.
Read MoreWowza wins 2014 Streaming Media Readers’ Choice Award in the Media Server category
We at Wowza Media Systems are thrilled to receive the 2014 Streaming Media Readers’ Choice Awards for best Media Server with Wowza Streaming Engine. The Media Server finalists included Adobe Media Server 5 and Haivision Calypso.
Read MoreUmphrey’s McGee Fall Tour Streamed by TourGigs
TourGigs is an in-house production and distribution company that makes live concerts available to viewers on the day of or a few days afterwards. They bring the concert experience to you, when it’s convenient for you. During a time when instant access is everything, this ability to watch your favorite artist or band when and where you want is crucial.
TourGigs’ latest feature includes the Umphrey’s McGee Fall Tour. The streams will include high-quality HD camera angles and a crisp sound that will make it feel like you are live in the audience. The tour includes eleven shows, all of which will be streamed on the Read More