OTT Business Podcast

Broadcasters and content owners want to rapidly setup systems to offer their channels and programs online with multiple customer revenue producing features. Internet TV streaming systems are complicated and time consuming to setup, need to be constantly updated to support many types of viewing devices, and they need to include services and features such as TVOD, AVOD, and other capabilities to ear...

TV broadcasters and new media content providers want to have their own content channels with highly engaging media. Finding and licensing quality video content can be time consuming and costly. Getting continuous content that appeals to Millennials and generation X is hard. Branding needs to be added to the channel without detracting from the content value. This session covers a system that contin...

Interactive video can provide a dramatic increase in video viewing experience while gathering highly valuable marketing information. Creating interactive video experiences can be hard to plan and setup and gathering the engagement information from many sources and engagement options can be difficult. To solve this challenge, the company Verse.com has created an interactive video development platfo...

Getting large video files transferred through the cloud can be a high-cost bottleneck for video producers, distributors, and processors. Raw media files are becoming more important as producers and graphic effects companies collaborate from anywhere across the world. Traditional FTP file transfer is inefficient (can be less than 10% efficient at long distances), unreliable (can stop in middle of t...

Online TV providers need to reduce streaming bandwidth costs while increasing the peak stream transfer capacity. Bandwidth costs can be high for streaming services. The trend is more bandwidth is needed for higher resolution and higher peak bandwidths are needed for dynamically changing media compression levels. This session explains how to create a virtual CDN which provides more streaming capaci...

Internet TV program guides are critical to help Connected TV viewers to choose from thousands of channels and movies they want to watch. Traditional scrolling program guides just don't work for many choices. Viewers also want to be shown relevant program options and popular programs can bias recommendations. Platform owners want to add new revenue options such as feature program and product promot...

Episode 108 – Internet TV hosting platforms (also called Over the Top Television – OTT Platforms) allow any person or company to provide online movies and shows without owning any network equipment. Movie, shows, and webisode content is uploaded, billing fees and distribution rules are set, and the system automatically adapts the content for viewing on multiple types of devices. Internet TV Hostin...

TV shows and movies are great sources of social media content which can be a super low cost and effective way to attract and engage viewers. Finding the right clips, processing them, and knowing where they should be published can be how time consuming and produce little results if done wrong. Learn how a daily TV news show updated its production processes to get dramatic increases in program views...

Live video streaming that is not synchronized across all mobile devices and in line with linear broadcast TV is one of major holes that exists in OTT content delivery, causing significant viewer challenges and spoiling viewer experiences. Synchronizing live streams for certain types of content such as sports events can be critical for viewer satisfaction. Consider the case today when viewers are w...

Internet TV hosting allows any person or company to provide online movies and shows without owning any network equipment. Movie, shows, and webisode content is uploaded, billing fees and distribution rules are set, and the system automatically adapts the content for viewing on multiple types of devices. Internet TV Hosting platforms may be used by broadcasters as a way to reach new customers or by...

Internet TV already has shocking success stories such as NetFlix, Google TV, and Sling. There are many new and emerging opportunities for businesses and jobs in the Internet TV industry. If you are in traditional TV, you need to understand how the business is changing. If you want to make great profits or get an amazing job, you should learn about the Internet TV opportunities. Distributing movies...

Do you want to learn about new and cool TV equipment and services that will change your business or career? In this session, we cover over 20 key products and services shown at the National Association of Broadcasters show - NAB 2016. Some are cool, some are industry changing. The topics we cover include: - Depth Keying - no green screen required - inside or outside - Automatic Video Switching - n...

Welcome to the Internet TV Plus Podcast, where I try to help TV industry leaders and professionals to discover, setup, and run new TV systems and services. Why? Because the TV and film industry is in rapid change mode shifting from broadcast to streaming video services. It seems each day there is a new TV technology, service, acronym, or other information that is dramatically changing your busines...