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CIOReview: Making Customers Thrive

What significant changes did ‘Media & Entertainment’ segment witness in 2013? What did these changes mean to vendors and customers?
The second screen became real. It’s more than responding to email or browsing Facebook while watching TV. Content related apps are driving media and in new directions. With 40 percent of viewers engaging with a TV show’s second screen app last year, 2013 is the year that the second screen became a primary opportunity.

Wowza Study Profiles the Habits of Second Screen Viewers

72% engaging with a show’s social media page or application report it encourages them to watch the show again EVERGREEN, Colo. – December 17, 2013– Wowza Media Systems, LLC, provider of Simply Powerful Streaming™ media server software, announced today the results of a study that explores the “second screen” behaviors of 500 television viewers. Fifty…

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Built In Colorado: Wowza’s simple business philosophy is paying off

As co-founder and CEO of media server software company Wowza Media Systems, David Stubenvoll has the business acumen and experience to ensure startup success: Wowza is the fifth new business Stubenvoll has developed, and his experience gives him much wisdom to share: “If you’re in business just to make money you’re probably not going to be successful. There has to be some ‘why?’ behind it.” …

Wowza Announces Joining Google Cloud Platform with Google Compute Engine

Wowza Media Systems customers able to deliver audio and video streaming using Google Cloud Platform EVERGREEN, Colo. – Wowza® Media Systems, provider of Simply Powerful Streaming™ media server software, today announced joining the Google Cloud Platform Partner Program and will offer Wowza Media Server® on the now generally available Google Compute Engine. The integration will…

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Wowza Wins 2013 Streaming Media Readers’ Choice Award

Wowza Media Server® Delivers Unified Content to Computers and Mobile Devices – Product Recognized in June for Streaming Media European Readers’ Choice Award Win EVERGREEN, Colo. – November 20, 2013 – Wowza Media Systems, LLC, provider of Simply Powerful Streaming™ media server software, announced today it won the 2013 Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards in…

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New Wowza CDN Connection Provides Global Streaming Media Delivery to Any User on Any Device

New features extends reach with CDNs for simple, single-vendor set-up and pay-as-you-go pricing. EVERGREEN, Colo. and Tewksbury, Mass. (November 19, 2013)– Wowza® Media Systems, LLC, provider of Simply Powerful Streaming™ media server software, and global Dynamic Delivery Network provider, Mirror Image have teamed up to launch Wowza CDN Connection. This gives customers a single place…

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Wowza Delivers Accelerated Streaming Performance with Intel Media SDK 2013 for Servers

New Integration Includes Intel Quick Sync Video Hardware Acceleration to Enhance Performance of Wowza Transcoder AddOn on both Windows® and Linux®   Streaming Media West and EVERGREEN, Colo. (November 19, 2013)– Wowza® Media Systems, LLC, provider of Simply Powerful Streaming™ media server software, today announced it is integrating the new Intel® Media SDK 2013 for…

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Live Streaming Using Amazon CloudFront and Wowza Media Server

Webinar—Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 10 a.m. PT / 1 p.m. ET   Speakers include: Nihar Bihani, Sr. Product Manager, Amazon CloudFront Chris Knowlton, Vice President of Product Management, Wowza Media Systems Learn how you can easily configure a production-quality live streaming setup using Amazon CloudFront and Wowza Media Server (available through AWS Marketplace). We will take…

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IBC Wrap-up

Announcements and highlights of Wowza at the IBC trade show.

Wowza Media Systems Acquires Camfoo

Provider of streaming software underscores commitment to the cloud by acquiring cloud management solution   EVERGREEN, Colo.—September 16, 2013—Wowza® Media Systems, LLC, provider of Simply Powerful Streaming™ media server software, announced today that the company has acquired Camfoo GmbH, a leading solution for managing cloud-based media streaming. The acquisition amplifies Wowza’s commitment to providing both…

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Wowza Teams Up with Microsoft to Deliver MPEG-DASH Live Broadcast Streaming with Common Encryption

Wowza Media Server® Enables ‘Common Encryption’ Using Microsoft PlayReady to Deliver DASH Content to New DASH-264 iOS and Android Clients from Microsoft EVERGREEN, Colo. — September 13, 2013 — Wowza Media Systems, LLC, provider of Simply Powerful Streaming™ media server software, today announced that customers will soon be able to deliver live and on-demand protected…

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Wowza Announces Content Delivery Through Amazon Web Services

Wowza Media Server customers can now leverage Amazon CloudFront content delivery network for high-speed media streaming over wide geographical areas   EVERGREEN, Colo. – September 11, 2013 – Wowza Media Systems, LLC, provider of Simply Powerful Streaming™ media server software, today announced that customers can leverage Amazon CloudFront from Amazon Web Services (AWS) with Wowza…

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