Bitmovin was built from the ground up with Multi-Cloud in mind. It can run on virtually any cloud! From the first line of code, the Bitmovin Cloud Encoding Service was designed to be a true Multi-Cloud service, which means it can easily move from one cloud to another providing you with a very high level…
The online video industry is enjoying a massive boom, but as demand for content is increasing, so too is the demand for quality and accessibility. Users expect video wherever they are, whenever they feel like it and on whichever device they happen to be using at the time. The Video Player is one of the…
If browser developers and online video providers have one thing in common, it’s that their future success will depend a lot on HTML5 browser support. Online video is growing. Every year the statistics show more video being watched online. We see the percentage of time spent watching video surpassing any other activity, and we see the percentage of…
By the end of this year Chrome will begin ignoring Flash as Google takes another step towards removing the “final Plugin” by replacing Flash with HTML5. It is well known that any modern Web based media streaming technology should default to using HTML5 over Flash Players. Google’s move to stop reporting the presence of Flash Player in it’s Chrome browser further reinforces this position and…
What is DRM and How Does it Work? Digital Rights Management (DRM) systems provide you with the ability to control how people can consume your content. Usually content owners and producers, like all the major Hollywood Studios and TV Stations, force content distributors to use specific DRM systems to protect each piece of content. Depending on the…
Bitmovin will be exhibiting at Streaming Media East NYC, May 10-11, 2016 at the New York Hilton Midtown. Come and visit us at booth 323 Visit us at booth 323 to see Bitmovin in action! HTML5 Video Player – Get a pre Demo Ad support, DRM support, API, individual styling, easy to integrate Cloud-based Encoding Service –…
As one of the major browsers, Firefox officially released its support for the MSE in version 42, which is now available to the public and can be downloaded at the Firefox website! This is another step towards replacing Flash and adaptive streaming in HTML5. But what is the so called MSE and why is it…
High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) or simply H.265 is the successor to Advanced Video Coding (AVC) also known as H.264, which is today one of the most used compression schemes on the Web – also adaptive streaming technologies, such as MPEG-DASH. HEVC also promises the same level of picture quality as its predecessor, but with better compression…
Why Video Dominates the Internet Video is ubiquitous on the internet and everybody knows that. But the CISCO Visual Networking Index (VNI) quantifies it. Currently online video consumption accounts for 64% of global internet traffic and is projected to grow to 80% by 2019. This video traffic is driven by online video services such as…
Encoding API with Comprehensive Documentation and API Clients Bitmovin offers a powerful cloud encoding service for developers with a comprehensive video encoding API. Don’t miss out on our developer section including comprehensive demos, tutorials and FAQs to help you get more familiar with our bitmovin products. API client implementations for different programming languages such as Java, JavaScript, Ruby,…
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