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Streaming Growth Demands IP Expertise
"Television streaming" grew sharply in the second quarter of 2018, according to the latest report from media research analyst Conviva. While growth in streaming is not a surprise for any media business with decent reporting and analysis software, the quick rise in the time period, coupled with such a huge bump in apps vs browsers, […]
Keeping Up with Massive Change
Last week was a banner moment for New York City area media businesses. Two well respected organizations held a series of one-day conferences that presented a variety of experts helping everyone wrap our heads around the media business issues of the day. It is a bit of a cliché to say the media industry is […]
Live Streaming Growth Justifies Investment
More people are streaming live video content than ever before. According to a May 2018 survey by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), 47% of live streaming video viewers worldwide are streaming more live video compared with a year ago. And nearly as many 44% said they watch less traditional live TV “as a result of […]
The Near Future of Video Stream Delivery Requires Ultra-High Quality – but Maybe Not for the Reason You Think
The tectonic shifts the Zixi R&D team have seen since their first video streaming product launch a decade ago continue to send shockwaves through the media industry. Rapid adoption and evolution of SVOD, OTT systems, mobile devices, gaming systems, and even newer methods of consuming content demand a head-spinning array of business models, rights-tracking, and […]
How are Media Businesses Guiding Eyeballs to Their Streaming Content with So Much to See?
83% of internet users in 2020 will watch digital video, making streaming the most popular outlet for video entertainment in North America, according to eMarketer. Many millions have been spent on an incredible array of original content available on a wide variety of platforms and brand names. Since viewers on many of these platforms control […]
Why Content Quality Analytics Matters More Than Ever
By now many media companies are fully aware of the value of analyzing data about how consumers are (or are not) using their video services. Today’s discussions are far more focused on developing clear KPI goals and how to analyze giant pools of data, rather than whether to do so. However, a key set of […]
How Streaming is Disrupting the Entertainment Industry
Media business expert and investor Sandy Climan explains why live streaming is the crux of the radical change happening in the content creation industry. Video clip from Fox Business. […]
Osprey Video’s Talon Encoders and Decoders Incorporate Zixi Platform
DALLAS — May 1, 2018 — Osprey Video today announced a technology partnership with Zixi, maker of the popular Zixi Platform video workflow orchestrator used by content creators around the world for contribution, management, and distribution of live and live-linear, broadcast-quality video over IP. The partnership integrates the Zixi Platform with Osprey’s Talon encoder and […]
Streaming 101: The Difference Between Live Streaming, Live Linear and Video-on-Demand
There is a whole lot of jargon and acronyms used in the media business, and perhaps even more so for those that create and sell software in that industry. Zixi’s Emmy-winning Software-Defined Video Platform focuses specifically on solving problems that often get lumped by the industry into a catchall phrase “video streaming.” That term doesn’t […]
Streams of People Through NAB 2018
Wrap Up From the 2018 NAB Show We had a flawless, non-stop stream of people through the Zixi booth at NAB this week. We couldn’t have been more proud of our partners’ participation or happier with the insightful questions we fielded from customers and the trade press. Featured below are a couple of interviews and […]