ABC offers 17 of its most popular series online: “Dancing With the Stars,” “Desperate Housewives,” “Lost,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Ugly Betty” and so on. If you have a high-powered computer, you can even watch six of them in high definition, which looks sensational. Full Article…
Move Networks, based in American Fork, Utah, has developed a technology that streams video at the fastest rate possible based on the user’s computer, broadband connection and traffic on the network. Move Networks and its customers also are able to deliver high picture quality because content is stored on numerous servers throughout the country rather than at one central location. Full Article…
“A big step toward reasserting ESPN’s lead in online video content for sports…promising a better live video experience for fans than that currently offered by any other service.” Full Article…
ABC.com’s HD streams aren’t for everyone…but the initial reaction has been very positive, says Skarpi Hedinsson, VP of technology for ABC Digital Media… A lot of the quality can be attributed to American Fork, Utah-based Move Networks, which has developed an innovative encoding scheme called “simulcoding” that creates multiple profiles of a program at different compression rates Full Article…
David Mercer, Principal Analyst at Strategy Analytics notes, “Most people’s experience of web video is characterized by the tiny, pixilated windows familiar to YouTube users. But tomorrow’s web users will expect service quality much closer to television, and major content owners like Disney recognize that they will have to step up to this mark to win and retain web viewers. Full Article…
“This is where we are going with online video. Content that can be viewed in highest quality by everyone on any broadband connection regardless of connection speed.” Full Article…
Starting Friday, Discovery Communications will begin offering free full-length episodes of select series and specials on its Web sites as part of an expanded online initiative. Full Article…
“We have had success in developing a VOD (video-on-demand) service that builds buzz, awareness and ratings for our networks and drives business for our distributors,” said Bruce Campbell, Discovery’s president of digital media and business development. “The addition of full-length online episodes represents a natural extension of our VOD strategy.” Full Article…
