MPEG DASH at NAB 2015 Presented by Akamai

LAS VEGAS — Online video delivery is an evolution and, just as humans evolved from apes, so, too, is the next generation of video streaming evolving from primates – Digital Primates, to be exact. The Chicago-based consultancy was amongst the firms to have developed dash.js, a Javascript library that helps web publishers embed video players […]

LAS VEGAS — Can one broadcaster move the entire consumer electronics manufacturing industry? Perhaps when that broadcaster is as powerful as the BBC is in the UK. The corporation’s support for MPEG-DASH, an emerging media streaming standard that supports adaptive bitrate streaming over standard HTTP web servers, could move the industry toward the format, says Unified […]

LAS VEGAS — MPEG-DASH, the digital video standard that uses adaptive bitrate streaming to offer higher-quality video and audio with encryption and cross-platform capability, is increasingly being looked to by video content owners searching for an alternative, says a video server vendor. “DASH is getting more and more attention out in the real world,” Wowza streaming industry evangelist […]

LAS VEGAS — Take two bottles in to the shower? Today, two online video standards are in the frame for adoption – but, in time, one may be victorious. The MPEG-DASH standard, which can use adaptive-bitrate streaming to scale quality regardless of connection speed over standard HTTP servers, is gaining supporters. But Apple’s HLS format remains […]

LAS VEGAS — The MPEG-DASH video standard is bringing higher-quality video and audio to digital media by using adaptive bitrate streaming. But the improvements will keep coming on top of that platform, says one of the leading digital audio outfits. “It’s the right format for industry partners to come together to create a platform that’s […]

LAS VEGAS — DASH by name, dash by nature? The draft international standard for MPEG-DASH, the video standard bringing higher-quality video and audio to digital media by using adaptive bitrate streaming, was first specced out in 2011. Now it is fast being adopted by big-name video server vendors. “We have been involved in DASH from the very […]

LAS VEGAS — Google’s recent decision to end Chrome browser support for Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface and, with it, for Microsoft’s Silverlight video format, will spur adoption of fast-growing rival format MPEG-DASH, says one online video boss. “We will see a lot of deployments now with Silverlight dropping out of Chrome. The signs are really good,” according to […]

LAS VEGAS — The next-generation format for video compression has grown fast over the last couple of years, with adoption from names including Google’s YouTube, Microsoft’s Azure, Adobe Primetime and Akamai. Support for live ad insertion, digital rights management and the HEVC standard was added recently, and European internet TV standard HbbTV just just moved up to version […]