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GDC 2017: New Unity Plugin Increases Streaming Capabilites
At GDC, Wowza Media Systems announced a collection of development tools for Unity software and one of them is a plugin that allows for a connection to Wowza’s GoCoder.
Media Servers – Dust Off Those Old Tapes
Deploying a media server technology will provide a sense of control, knowing that most of these technologies are future proof.
Latency Sucks! So Which Companies Are Creating a Solution?
It's one of the biggest challenges facing live video streaming today, and it's remained frustratingly stubborn. Explore the technical solutions that could finally bring latency down to the 1-second mark.
Powering Amazing Virtual Reality Video Experiences
Over the last couple of years, we’ve seen an evolution in visual computing enabled by cloud-based computing. This evolution is bringing forth the next wave, what we term the visual cloud.
Facebook Live’s inability to quickly shutdown violent videos tipped off authorities to a crime
Live video on Facebook: It's everywhere. On the News Feed, Facebook's algorithm promotes videos when they're streamed.
NewTek and Wowza Release MediaDS
Encoder offers NewTek proprietary IP inputs, world-class color correction, and an integrated Wowza Streaming Engine for live delivery.
Containing Costs: How Publishers Can Save Money on ABR Encoding
Many companies spend too much on adaptive bitrate encoding. In turns out there's a pricey way to go about it and a cheaper way. Dynamic packaging to the rescue!
Wowza Introduces HTML5 Media Player
The new Wowza Player is available for free to Wowza Streaming Engine and Streaming Cloud customers.
The 2016 Streaming Media Europe 101
Presenting our fifth-annual list of the most important companies in the European online video market. This is one to bookmark.
2016 Streaming Media Europe Readers’ Choice Winners
This year marks our 8th annual Streaming Media Europe Readers’ Choice Awards, and what a change since 2009. For those first awards, we had 12 categories, for which more than 200 nominations were submitted. In 2016, we have 18 categories and a total of 381 nominees.
Why mobile journalism is a necessary investment for all newsrooms
The modern newsroom is facing growing challenges for how to cover conflicts around the world. Via Mashable.
The 2016 Streaming Media Readers’ Choice Winners
It's the most prestigious honor in the online video industry, because it's decided by thousands of StreamingMedia.com voters. Read on to see which companies are taking home a Readers' Choice Award.