Effects of Interactive Video on Quality of Experience (QOE) While interactive videos have existed in one form or another for almost two decades, they have changed considerably over the years. According to the 2021 video marketing report by Wyzowl, 24% of video marketers plan to include interactive video in their 2021 video marketing strategy. (+3%…
Smart TVs are the new normal (along with the pandemic, of course). This gigantic market is now worth more than $109 billion worldwide. Stats like that should be unsurprising, as more than 90 percent (respectively) of US households own a television. And this year, with many governments around the world mandating stay-at-home orders, TV companies…
Where nostalgia and fondness for the future collide – The world of 3D video content 3D video content – a topic that can easily be perceived through the polarized lenses of mockery & failure or innovation & success. Depending on your generation, 3D video content might yield a completely different perception; for some, they’ll remember…
Video on the web has changed dramatically in the past ten years. We’ve shifted from progressive downloads that grab a full video, using plug-ins and strictly proprietary file formats to play, to streaming small chunks of data that support a wide range of network capabilities and formats. The increasing granularity of video transactions means increased…
As anyone involved in the video workflow development process might tell you, getting high-quality content to prospective consumers is not an easy build and requires many input factors. Some of the oft-overlooked and possibly more complex factors are the content protection measures that ensure the video isn’t being pirated. According to our 2020 Video Developer…
How to Trust Your Player: Building an OTT Service for Today’s World Article 5 – From one end to the other: Protecting content from origination to playback, once and for all Joshua Shulman, Digital Marketing Specialist, Bitmovin Alan Ogilvie, Lead Product Manager, Friend MTS Ali Hodjat, Product Marketing Director, Intertrust Technologies Any player in the…
In a world where there are nearly 100x more streaming services than consumer TV brands, it’s more important than ever that streaming services maintain their edge over the competition. The production of Hollywood-grade content is meaningless if your play-out infrastructure can’t sustain traffic spikes, multiple device types, or bandwidth inconsistencies. Thus, it’s imperative to properly…
Growing demand for elevated viewing experiences at home Over the course of the past few years, consumers, video content providers, and electronic device producers alike have been pushing the boundaries of what each considers a higher quality of viewer experience; Ranging from the user-friendliness of an application to improved content recommendations to the highest resolution…
How to Trust Your Player: Beyond Digital Rights Management – Video Watermarking Weighs In Alan Ogilvie, Lead Product Manager, Friend MTS Andy Wilson, Senior Product Architect, Friend MTS Chris O’Brien, Engineering Manager, Friend MTS In the continually evolving OTT world, we’ve established that savvy pirates are implementing new and advanced methods to steal valuable content…
Tips and Tricks: Building an OTT Service for Today’s World Piracy occurs at all levels of video streaming, from illegal downloads to screen captures. How can an OTT provider overcome these issues? Fortunately, there’s a good answer: with a mixed balance of back-end solutions including digital rights management (DRM), watermarking, and/or client-hardening. As a part…
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