Showing posts with label Dan Rayburn. Show all posts
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Sunday, February 27, 2011

Big Moves in Online Video: Ooyala Scores Yahoo! Japan

Last week Ooyala issued a major announcement that it has signed a multi-year agreement strategic relationship with Yahoo! Japan which will open up its access to 80 million users – the world's second  Internet economy. Ooyala CEO Jay Fulcher said that it's one of the largest, if not the largest industry deals at this point. Yahoo! Japan is the 12th most trafficked site in the world, and 1st for all Internet traffic in Japan – "about 60% of the Internet traffic in Japan today. The partnership paves the way for rapid evolution of the delivery, analysis and monetization of online video in the Japanese market." As far as video goes, Yahoo! Japan serves approximately 40% of its online video, about 200 million page views per day, and is growing 25% per year.

On the Ooyala blog, Fulcher wrote:
"Over time, Yahoo! Japan will standardize on Ooyala across all of its properties. They will leverage our advanced technologies for wide ranging video initiatives such as cross-platform video delivery, subscription, and advertising services. Yahoo! Japan will deliver rich video experiences on connected PCs, smartphones, tablets and ultimately TVs in the Japanese market."
Fulcher said that this deal is very complementary for both companies and Ooyala will help advance video delivery and monetization in Japan. Video is no longer just a business imperative, but a strategic imperative and the convergence is underway, as he says in this Ooyala video release:



Streaming Media industry analyst Dan Rayburn noted that this is a big customer win for Ooyala which will lead into big profits:
"While it will take time to get Yahoo! Japan up to scale, I think this deal could bring in a substantial amount of revenue for Ooyala twelve months from now. By substantial I mean multi-millions, especially since Yahoo! Japan's stream count is in the billions each year."
Rayburn added that Ooyala is a "clearly a force to be reckoned with":
"In the online video platform space, the market is currently dominated by Brightcove, Ooyala and Kaltura in terms of market share. For some time I've thought that it would be very hard for any company to really give Brightcove a run for their money, but Ooyala seems to have really picked up a lot of momentum as of late and this deal is probably one of the largest seen in the OVP space."
Just a few months ago Ooyala raised a $22 million fourth round Series D funding which was used to build up its presence in Asia. Since its founding in 2007, Ooyala has raised $42 million and has 120 employees with corporate offices in Mountain View, California with offices in New York, London and a new office in Sydney and is working on Tokyo. Ooyala reaches over 50 million unique users a month via their player from their 500 media and non-media customers globally.


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About Yahoo! Japan
Yahoo! Japan Corporation operates Yahoo! Japan, a search engine and online information portal. The company is based in Tokyo. Japanese telecommunications and web company SoftBank is Yahoo! Japan’s majority owner and the company is affiliated with US-based Yahoo!. Yahoo! Yahoo! Japan operates in a variety of divisions, including auction services, media development, Yahoo! BB broadband services, shopping and general business solutions. Users can also register for Yahoo! e-mail, personalized web pages, a social network (Yahoo! Days) and access to message boards.

About Ooyala
Ooyala is the leader in online video management, analytics and monetization. Our integrated suite of technologies and services give content owners the power to expand audiences and the deep insights that drive increased viewer engagement and revenue from video. Ooyala serves hundreds of global media companies and marketers including Telegraph Media group, Yahoo Japan, Fremantle Media, Vans, Endemol, Vice Magazine, and Glam Media. Visit Ooyala and follow @Ooyala on Twitter.
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Streaming Media West and Online Video Platform Summit - Special Edition News Round Up

It was a busy news week with major announcements from companies participating in Streaming Media West and the Online Video Platform Summit. This year, Fox Business News was on site on the exhibit floor right next to the TV Worldwide booth with live news updates throughout the week. While the numbers are not yet in, the conference sessions, exhibit hall and Red Carpet interviews all saw a great deal of traffic and even on day three attendance was still high. Hashtags #smwest09 and #ovps09 saw a lot of action with live Tweets from the keynote, conference sessions and social events that highlighted a groundswell of mainstream attention on our nascent space.

The Online Video Platform was a new event that was held in conjunction with Streaming Media West. Over 30 companies in the online video platform category participated in the show as either speakers, event sponsors or exhibitors, and many others came to see what was going on. We had attendees from all over the U.S. and international attendees they came from as far away as Argentina, Brazil, Calgary, Japan, Malta, Mexico, New Zealand, the Netherlands and Norway. The OVP space has evolved over a short time and has moved up the stack as a SaaS (software as a service) offering eclipsing CDNs, which just a few months ago saw their own summit at Streaming Media East. Ben Homer, who I was glad to finally to meet at the show, pointed this out in his post, SMW Closing Thoughts | Online Video Watch,
"CDNs were noticeably missing from the event floor. There were a few, Internap was there, but Neither Akamai or Limelight had a booth this year. Several years ago CDNs were everywhere you looked at Streaming Media shows. Now it’s platforms."
Streaming Media publisher Joel Unickow, launched an Online Video Platforms Group on LinkedIn several months ago and in a related discussion he asked,
"Is control going from CDNs to OVPs? Over the past 18 months, I've seen Online Video Platform companies come out of the woodwork, like termites out of a log. With Could Services for Transcoding getting more attention, it's interesting to see how end users are no longer so much concerned (or even know) which CDN content is streaming on, but more-so about the 'easability' of getting video online, up and running with bells and whistles. Now, don't get me wrong, CDN's are the core component of the Ecosystem, but my question is - does that matter anymore ?"
With so many platforms in the market, many agreed that there are too many to be sustainable. There will be compression in the space with major changes likely in the next 12-24 months. The emphasis of the Streaming Media West show seems to be moving away from CDN companies that deliver the bits, to the applications layer of the stack with an all-in-one solution offered by OVPs. The annual show focused on the business and technology of online video has been held in San Jose for years, moves to Los Angeles next year. Many have commented that with show closer to Hollywood it will bring in more of the web television and industry.

It's an exciting time to be involved in online video and I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes. Now, onto the news and related updates in this special edition Streaming Media West and Online Video Platform Summit News Roundup. Look for upcoming analysis, interviews, videos, photos and more over the next few weeks. Videos of all the sessions and Red Carpet interviews will be available on Streaming Media TV, but many of the sessions, demos and interviews can be seen right now on TV Worldwide's Streaming Media West 2009 webcast archives.

To help kick things off, here's an interview with Dan Rayburn, Conference Chair and EVP, StreamingMedia.com, who spoke with Beet.TV about the growth of broadband enabled devices and the online video ecosystem.



Beet.TV: Streaming Media West Download: Broadband-Enabled Devices are Big
SAN JOSE, CA -- Streaming Media West, the annual industry gathering of broadband executives, drew a bigger crowd this year then last and the focus has changed from delivery and distribution to devices and content, says Dan Rayburn, head of the show. We caught up with Dan on Wednesday afternoon for a rundown on the show and industry trends.



Streamingmedia.com Featured News

Blogs

News from around the web
PC Magazine
... Shalini Govil-Pai, lead product manager and strategist for Google's youtube at a recent panel discussion at the Streaming Media West show in San Jose. ...

Microsoft Sees 'Natal' as Your Next TV Remote
PC Magazine
... Xbox 360-powered TVs, Marc Whitten, the general manager responsible for Microsoft's Xbox Live service, told attendees at the Streaming Media West show. ...

Google Not Sold on 'TV Everywhere' Concept
PC Magazine
At a panel discussion at the Streaming Media West show here, Shalini Govil-Pai, lead product manager for Google's YouTube, said that concept assumes that ...

Endavo Media Showcases 3-Screen Content Delivery
TVover.net (blog)
Endavo Media showcases its 3-Screen content delivery solution this week at the Online Video Platform Summit, a featured event at Streaming Media West. ...

HD Cloud offers 10 Terabytes of free video transcoding to Streaming Media West ...
StreamingMedia.com (press release)
HD Cloud, a leading on-demand transcoding provider, announced today an innovative promotion for Streaming Media West Conference attendees in which it will ...
Qualcomm's FLO TV makes a bid to become the mobile TV king (video)
VentureBeat
Speaking at the Streaming Media West show in San Jose, Calif., Stone said that Qualcomm has collectively invested more than a billion dollars in lining up...

Press Releases

About Streaming Media, the organizers of Streaming Media West and the Online Video Platform Summit
Streaming Media an Information Today, Inc. company, is a diversified news media company serving and educating the streaming media industry and community. Originally founded in 1998, the company was sold by Penton Media to Information Today Inc. in December of 2002. Our business consists of three core areas: StreamingMedia.com, exhibitions and conferences, and research and publications. Lead by a team of recognized industry experts, Streaming Media is dedicated to providing industry professionals and corporations utilizing digital media technology with global real-time news, resources and services through editorial, discussion lists, feature articles, and much more. Contact: David G. White, Information Today, Inc. 609-654-6266 dwhite@infotoday.com

Updated 11/22/09: Added information on TV Worldwide webcast and OVP Summit Summit attendees
UPdated 11/23/09: Added link to CDN Summit http://www.contentdeliverysummit.com/2009/
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Google/Brightcove Rumor Meme Started With One Tweet

It all started with a single Tweet from PBS MediaShift editor Mark Glaser who said on his Twitter page that Google was planning to buy Brightcove for $500-$700 million. Before the information could substantiated the tech blogs went wild with the rumor which at the end of the day proved to be just that, a rumor that was proved false. While many who covered the rumor used a question mark in their title it still caused Brightcove's PR team to say over and over, "Brightcove does not comment on rumors."

Blog after blog regurgitated the same story, "Google Inc. is reportedly weighing the acquisition of Internet TV service Brightcove Inc. for between $500 million and $700 million..." and they all used only one Tweet to run with the story.

Just after 9:00 am pacific time mediatwit the following Tweet:

Glaser noted later that he never said Google was buying Brightcove and that a source told him they were in buyout discussions and that it was not a done deal. He said not one person contacted him to check it and they "all just ran with the one tweet". 

I spoke with Dan Rayburn, one of the only voices of reason in all this, who wrote several posts today about both negative affect of this type of deal for content owners and negative affect that Twitter plays in news coverage. Dan later confirmed that the rumor is false and that Google is not acquiring Brightcove. I wasn't sure if I would take the time to post something on this subject but I felt compelled to comment on the way the online news agencies covered this rumor. 

I think Dan really hit the nail on the head with this statement:
"I think this is a great example of where Twitter is dangerous. If this kind of news first came out on a blog, people would expect some analysis of the story, would expect to read the authors take on what it means and the blog would give the author enough room to give their take on the news. But with Twitter, how much can someone really explain something in 140 characters? As Mark pointed out in a follow-up Tweet, he never said Google "acquired" Brightcove, he said his source told him they were in discussions. Something that probably would have come across a lot stronger if it was a blog post, as opposed to a one sentence comment on Twitter."
The reaction within the blogosphere today reminded a bit about the story I covered last week of the two Bangladeshi newspapers that got duped by The Onion into believing their fake new story of the lunar landing. The editors thought the story was true and printed it without checking the facts. They had to print apologies to their readers when they found out that The Onion was not a genuine news site. While the Google/Brightcove rumor meme is a completely different situation from The Onion story, they both are examples of why it's important to check your facts, do some digging and not feed the rumor mill.

I've actually have been working a follow up post from the Brightcove Alliance meetup last week along with an in-depth interview I conducted with Brightcove founder and CEO Jeremy Allaire. Brightcove has some big announcements coming up this fall and Jeremy will be delivering the keynote address at the Online Video Platform Summit in November.

Look for those upcoming posts soon.
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Sunday, July 19, 2009

Streaming Media Webinar on July 30th: Video SEO - The "Reel" Story on Getting Your Online Video Discovered

There has been an increasing attention on search engine optimization (SEO) and for marketers it's the best tool for customer acquisition. There's also been a shift in how people discover video and data shows a rise in videos discovered via search engines and a slight decrease of videos discovered on social video sharing sites. According to an eMarkerter report, the spend in US search marketing will reach nearly $23.4 billion by 2013 and "marketers will be spending more on search engine optimization (SEO) than on contextual advertising." Marketers understand that SEO is crucial for their company to achieve a high search ranking in results relevant to their brand, products or services. 

In a recent post, I highlighted a presentation by my good friend Mark Robertson, Founder of ReelSEO, about the importance of SEO for video titled, Video + SEO – Not Smoke and Mirrors, Just Best Practices for E-commerce Video Publishing. Videos dominate universal search and the key is "to create unique and valuable content, and to publish that content with best practices for SEO in mind," says Mark. "Nothing works as well for SEO as creating good, unique, and valuable content." 

Mark will be sharing his opinions and expertise on video and SEO as a featured speaker along with Marcien Jenckes, Co-President of Grab Networks on an upcoming live Streaming Media Webinar produced by Streaming Media magazine and StreamingMedia.com on July 30, 2009. Register now for this free web event. 

Also for more on Video and SEO please read Nico McLane's excellent in depth article, Streamingmedia.com: In Search of Video SEO That Works, in which she says, "we need to break down what VSEO really means, what it looks like, and how to devise an ROI measurement for the effort." According to Nico the secret to good video SEO strategy is in the sauce "but nobody's sharing their recipes." The article first appeared in the June/July 2009 issue of Streaming Media magazine. Click here for your free subscription. And also read Mark's follow up article on ReelSEO, In Search of Video Search Optimization that Works - Beyond the Hype, in which he reached out to Everyzing CEO, Tom Wilde, who also participated in Nico's article for more insight on the subject.


STREAMING MEDIA MAGAZINE SPONSORED WEB EVENTS | LIVE STREAMING AUDIO

As online video distribution becomes a mainstay in today’s technological world, companies continue to struggle with how to spread video easily and profitably. When done right, video SEO is an effective tool to help achieve that goal. But the right requirements and processes remain unclear, and there are many solutions emerging that claim to be the fix.

Please join online video and search experts as they discuss the “reel” deal when it comes to video SEO. Attendees will learn best practices for optimizing videos for search, including:

  • Automating metadata extraction and analysis for SEO
  • The importance of contextual relevance and HTML content
  • Creating search-worthy URLs, titles, tags, captions and MRSS feeds
  • Exposing keywords to search engine crawlers automatically
  • Leveraging search-friendly distribution outlets like YouTube
  • Available solutions to help you maximize your video SEO efforts

From developing backlinks to automating metadata generation, this webcast will provide you with the know-how to successfully optimize your online videos for search and grow your audience.

MODERATOR
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Dan Rayburn
EVP
Streaming Media
PRESENTERS
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Marcien Jenckes
Co-President Grab Networks
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Mark Robertson
Founder
ReelSeo.com
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Streaming Media West Advanced Program Now Available! Call for Speakers Open

Now in its 11th year, Streaming Media West is the only show that covers both the business of online video and the technology of streaming, downloading, Webcasting, Internet TV, IPTV and mobile video. Covering both corporate and consumer business, technology and content issues in the enterprise, advertising, media and entertainment, broadcast and education markets, Streaming Media West 2009 combines cutting-edge exhibitors and intensive conference sessions with more than 100 speakers, giving attendees the chance to hear and see the best and the brightest minds in the online video industry—at the podium, in the Exhibit Hall, and among the fellow attendees.

The advance program for Streaming Media West scheduled November 17-19, 2009 is now completed and currently available for download as a PDF file or view it below. According to Conference Chairman Dan Rayburn, "In the next few days we'll have the entire program online and will open registration. Now that the session topics, presentations, keynote speakers and workshops have been decided upon, I have to start the task of going through the hundreds of speaking submissions and placing speakers. I have about two months to place all the 100+ speakers but typically, 75% of the speaking spots are filled in the next two weeks. If you didn't get a speaking submission in when the call for speakers was open, you need to e-mail me right away with a proposal, like today."



I'm pleased to say that I'll be planning and coordinating a session for Streaming Media West titled, "Web Television Comes of Age." It will be a panel discussion featuring producers in this growing space who will discuss what it takes to create, market and sell a web television series and debate the future success of web television. I'm working on filling the speaker slots and once that's done I'll highlight it here, so stay tuned!

Following the huge success of his year's Streaming Media East conference that had a record attendance of 3,733, Streaming Media West will be featuring the new Online Video Platform Summit, of which I'm the Co-Chair with Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen, OVPS Chair, who wrote a great article on how the success of this year's Streaming Media East conference led to the launch of the Online Video Platform Summit. I've been busy working with Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen on the agenda for the two-day featured event at Streaming Media West designed to help organizations of all types, not just those for whom video is their core business but for video publishers of all types and sizes, whether small businesses looking to publish content for the first time, independent entertainment content creators, large media organizations, or anywhere in between.

All the session descriptions have been completed and like Dan, we're sorting through all the submissions to fill the speaking spots. I'll share more as the details are finalized in the coming weeks. In the meantime, look for our Twitter updates @ovpsummit with hashtag #ovps09


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Sunday, June 14, 2009

Streaming Media East: Live Broadcasts and HD Video - Can Web Video Ever Scale to TV-Sized Audiences?

In this video from Streaming Media East, Dan Rayburn moderates a panel discussion on live broadcasting in HD which as he notes has come a long way in the past 13 years when he first got into the streaming media business co-founding a live webcasting company. The panel discusses the scalability of HD content and the comparison of Internet video to broadcast TV, which is a great segue from Paul Sagan, CEO of Akamai who believes that online video is at a "tipping point" where it can finally compete with traditional broadcast TV. Is it a fair comparison? Will online video replace the broadcast TV or will they complement each other? 


Live Broadcasts and HD Video: Can Web Video Ever Scale to TV-Sized Audiences?
(B203)   1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

Last year we saw a big uptick in the number of high-profile, large-scale live events on the web. Most weren’t offered in HD, and the debate still remains whether the internet is even capable of supporting live events with the kind of traffic seen from TV broadcasts. We’ll explore this discussion from all angles—technology, infrastructure, and quality—to get a feel for what the barriers are and when we can expect to see more large-scale live events delivered in HD.

Moderator:
Dan Rayburn, Executive Vice President, StreamingMedia.com
Panel:
Mark Taylor, VP, CMG Product and Strategy, Level 3
John Edwards, CEO, Move Networks
Joe Inzerillo, SVP, MLB.com
Tony Fernandez, VP, Technology, CBSSports.com
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Monday, May 4, 2009

Streaming Media East 2009 and Content Delivery Summit are One Week Away, May 11-13th

With only a week away the Content Delivery Summit kicks off in New York City on Monday, May 11th followed by the Streaming Media East 2009 Conference & Exhibition on May 12-13th. The Summit, a new event of Streaming Media East, will feature 50 speakers discussing a dozen different facets of the content delivery business.

I spoke with Dan Rayburn, EVP, StreamingMedia.com and Conference Chairman months ago about the Summit and he said, "So my whole goal is to bring the industry together so that we have Wall Street, customers and vendors all talking to one another." This is the first time Streamingmedia.com has done a one-day, no exhibition event really focusing on high level networking.

The full program can be viewed here and keynotes will be by Jeffrey Cohen, GM, Edge Computing Network, Microsoft and Reza Hajebi, Infrastructure Strategy and Planning, Yahoo!

Streaming Media East Pre-conference seimars also start on May 11th followed by the two-day conference on May 12-13th. With the explosion of online video over the past two years, Streaming Media East is the number-one place to come see, learn, and discuss what is taking place with all forms of online video business models and technology. There's still time to register and you can get all the information about the conference program, list of speakers, exhibitors, hotel and travel here. As previous Streaming Media conferences, all sessions will be recorded and available at: http://www.streamingmedia.com/videos/

On his blog Dan added that, "While many conferences only allow attendees to hear opening keynotes from those who have paid to attend the conference, keynotes at the Streaming Media East and West shows have always been open to anyone at no charge as long as they register for a free exhibit pass."

Confirmed Keynotes


Paul Sagan
CEO, Akamai

Gregg Moss
SVP, Enterprise Streaming Media
Bank of America
Joe Ambeault
Director, Product Development
Video Services
Verizon
Avner Ronen
CEO, Founder
boxee


I won't be making the trek to New York City this year but I'll be keeping track of the conference so stay tuned for more coverage!

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Monday, March 16, 2009

Content Delivery Summit Agenda Announced

Dan Rayburn announced the program agenda for the new one day show, Content Delivery Summit, which is taking place Monday, May 11th, in NYC as part of Streaming Media East is now complete. The summit website will be updated this week with the agenda and speakers. There still are speaking spots left so if you use CDNs to deliver your video and are a customer of one or multiple CDNs and are interested in speaking at the show, please contact Dan ASAP at (917) 523-4562. The Content Delivery Summit has been created to bring together customers, vendors, analysts, and Wall Street to discuss and define where the video delivery industry is headed.

Here's the agenda topics:
  • The CDN Market Grows Up: Here Come The Telcos
  • CDN Best Practices: From Contracts To Total Cost Of Ownership
  • CDN Research Data: Market Sizing and Pricing Trends
  • CDN Technology Impacts: HTTP, HD, Multi-Bitrate, and Live Broadcasting
  • Monetization And Video Advertising: Waiting for the Tipping Point
  • Enterprise CDN: Moving Past Consumer Applications
  • CDN Economics: Consolidation And Evaluation
  • The CDN Ecosystem: Moving From Bit Delivery To Media Management
  • Consumer Devices and CDNs: Opportunities and Challenges
  • CDN Demos: Reporting and Analytics
  • The Future of CDNs
See Dan Rayburn's blog for the full descriptions:
Agenda Announced For New Content Delivery Summit Show | The Business Of Online Video

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Sunday, March 8, 2009

Streaming Media East Speakers Announced, Conference Now in its 12th Year

Smeast_logo Dan Rayburn announced that he has confirmed 80% of the speakers for this years Streaming Media East conference and exhibition, taking place May 12-13th in NYC. There still are some open speaking and moderator spots left so keep an eye on his blog over the next few days if you're interested in either of those opportunities.

Just before the new year I spoke with Dan about the highlights of 2008 and what to expect in 2009. While he's not a predictions guy he did offer his insights on the CDN market, streaming technologies and the new CDN Summit which I had previously spoke with Dan about here.

Larry Kless: What were some of the key events and milestones that shaped 2008 and the industry?

Dan Rayburn: You got to look at a lot of different things. First and foremost, the basic trend that the industry is growing even with the downturn in the economy and the lay offs and some companies not doing so well, we still have consumers consuming more content, more often, longer form, at higher quality, on more devices which all of that combined means that people are transcoding more videos, storing more video, delivering more video, managing more video and the more video that's on the internet the more online ad models exist. So I look at it being another successful year because the industry is still growing.

A lot of people said that it's not as good as it should have been or we had a downturn but that happens in any industry where you have a ton of vendors in the market with many doing the same thing it's hard for consumers to distinguish the differences.

LK: With the affect of the poor economy on the conference circuit, were there successes you saw in terms of the online video and streaming media conferences?

DR: I said a year ago on my blog, which some people didn't like it, that a lot of the video conferences that were out there wouldn't make it, and they didn't. We had four video conferences disappear in 2008 and while a lot of folks may think that's good for me being in the conference business, it's not good, I'd rather see more than just one or two because that's good for the whole industry which helps me in the long run. It wasn't because of the industry it's because those conferences weren't focused.

LK: How does it look for the Streaming Media conference looking forward to 2009?

DR: We had Streaming Media West grow by about 8% in terms of revenue and that was down from the growth we had the year before. Typically we probably see about 15% growth year after year. So it was down by a little but it's not surprising since the west coast show is smaller for us than the east. It's a different size show. We didn't see any impact last year. Whether or not we see an impact this year, I expect we'll see an impact, I definitely do, on the vendor side. Because some vendors have simply said, "We're going to be cutting our marketing budget in half next year and that's going to include trade shows."

So I do expect that we'll see a bit of a hit as a result. Fortunately because our entire business is not just dependent on trade show revenue, the magazine which will probably take a hit, the web site is still strong, the blog still makes money, the newsletters, the webinars, the case studies and white papers. Fortunately we have a very diversified revenue stream. But I would be surprised if our business does not grow as well in 2009 as it did in 2008.

Here's a partial list of confirmed companies speaking at the Streaming Media East show. Speaker details will go online next week. View the program.

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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Streaming Media East 2009 Registration is Open



Registration for the Streaming Media East Exhibition and Conference is now open. Now in its 12th year and after record-breaking attendance in 2008, the Streaming Media East show is the #1 place to come see, learn, and discuss what is taking place with all forms of online video business models and technology. Content owners, viral video creators, online marketers, enterprise corporations, broadcast professionals, ad agencies, educators and others all come to Streaming Media East to see and hear the latest online video technology but, more importantly, to discuss the business models that are coming of age.

Dan Rayburn, Streamingmedia.com EVP and Conference Chairman said on his blog, "We've got roughly 35 sessions this year and about 110 speaking spots. I am starting to place speakers today. I have over 800 speaking submissions to go through but have already placed a bunch of great folks from Disney, Babelgum, boxee, ABC Television, MetLife, BusinessWeek.com, Tuner, Syracuse University and a few others. The process of placing speakers has just started, so if you see a session you think you need to be a part of, better contact me fast."

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:
  • Attended by more than 3,500 executives last year - record attendance!
  • More than 100 speakers from the media, broadcast, enterprise and education markets
  • Over 60 exhibitors featuring hands-on-demos with the latest digital media audio and video technology
  • Keynotes from the leading digital media business executives

Confirmed Keynote Presentations

Akamai
Paul Sagan
CEO, Akamai
Keynote - Paul Sagan

BOA
Gregg Moss
VP, Enterprise Streaming Media
Bank of America
Keynote - Gregg Moss

Click here for the full conference agenda.

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Content Delivery Summit

New for 2009, the Content Delivery Summit! A Satellite Event of Streaming Media East, Content Delivery Summit has been created to bring together customers, vendors, analysts, and Wall Street to discuss and define where the video delivery industry is headed. Come share your insights, ideas, and experiences and get the knowledge you need to help navigate the ever-changing video delivery industry. This is the summit to attend to take home actionable advice and real tangible data that will help you choose the right technology, better understand customers needs, and provide the vision of where the business and technology of online video delivery are headed.

May 11 - Hilton New York

Register now for $495

www.contentdeliverysummit.com

Group Discounts are available for groups of 5 or more. Please contact David White (800-300-9868) for details.

  • Read my previous blog post about the Content Delivery Summit here.
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Streamingmedia.com to host Content Delivery Summit, The Infrastructure Of Online Video at Streaming Media East

Earlier this month, Dan Rayburn announced that Streamingmedia.com will be launching a new one-day summit on May 11, 2009, held in conjunction with the Streaming Media East conference and exhibition, that will focus on the infrastructure of online video. According to Dan, "my goal is to bring together content owners, infrastructure providers, analysts, and Wall Street to discuss the business and technology challenges of delivering video online. (www.ContentDeliverySummit.com) While competition is fierce amongst CDN vendors, there is still an opportunity for all vendors and customers to help push the market forward with information sharing, best practices and debates about the most important business and technology topics relevant to the growth of this industry. This is where the Content Delivery Summit comes in."

"As online video gets consumed more often, on more devices and at higher quality, the importance of content delivery networks is crucial to the success of content owners. With more delivery vendors entering the market every quarter, backed by hundreds of millions of dollars in VC money, customers, content delivery networks and industry analysts can now come together to network, discuss, and learn."

The Content Delivery Summit 2009 will focus on:
  • How competition, customer demands, consolidation, and the broader IT landscape will shape the content delivery marketplace.
  • What the traffic and growth patterns content owners are seeing, the type of reporting and analytics they need, and what pricing trends are taking place in the market.
  • The technology debate on what impact P2P, network architecture, HD quality video and live broadcasting will have on the market.

I spoke with Dan just before the new year and he discussed how the idea of the CDN Summit got started, "The CDN industry has been bickering and fighting for the last ten years, there's 50+ vendors and there's been over $450 million raised in the market in the last 18 months yet none of these folks are talking to one another. None of them are comparing notes or talking about what the future of the CDN market is and how everyone can play in it. Instead they just want to fight and sue one another.

So my whole goal is to bring the industry together so that we have Wall Street, customers and vendors all talking to one another. It's going to be real interesting to see when I put the message on the blog very clearly saying, "I need your help." If you're in the CDN industry, I need your help. I want you to speak, I want you to send in ideas, I want this to be your event. It's going to be a high level summit, no exhibition, we're going to keep it really cheap for anyone to attend and we'll see just how well they respond."

It's the first time Streamingmedia.com has done a one-day, no exhibition event really focusing on high level networking. Dan says that even though he thinks a lot of the CDNs will not support it, it will be really good for them and will bring a lot of exposure to that segment of the market. "Since I deal with a lot of Wall Street folks," he said, "I'm expecting a third of my attendance to be the Wall Street crowd."

"The majority of speakers at the summit will be customers, those who actually buy CDN services and can share with us what impact video delivery is having on their business today and what kind of growth they expect in the future. We'll have two tracks with roughly twelve sessions, four keynote presenters and roughly sixty total speakers and will be having multiple networking functions during and and after the event."

All the sessions will be recorded and available on demand as all their other Streaming Media shows. One of the keynotes already confirmed is Jeffrey Cohen, GM, Edge Computing Network, Microsoft who is responsible for all the content delivery services internally at Microsoft. Dan noted that this be very timely in terms of the subject matter because all the analysts on Wall Street side keep asking him with Microsoft building their own CDN -- because they license the technology from Limelight -- how much is that going to impact business? How much will the CDNs lose from Microsoft?

"While 2009 marks the 14th year since some of the first CDNs starting delivering video on the web, I think there is a lot more that the CDN industry needs to be doing as a collective group, working together to share information and help grow the market faster."

Dan concluded, "If you have any ideas on how the Content Delivery Summit can help to achieve this, I welcome and any all suggestions and answer my phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. I'd love to hear from you. (917-523-4562)"

Check out his blog post, Announcing New Content Delivery Summit, The Infrastructure Of Online Video | The Business Of Online Video and visit the web site Content Delivery Summit 2009 for more information.

Registration for Streaming Media East 2009 will open soon.

Updated 1/27/09: Revised speaker information.
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Saturday, September 27, 2008

Streaming Media West Interview with Dan Rayburn, Conference Chairman and EVP of Streamingmedia.com

In the last hours of Streaming Media West I had a few minutes to speak with Dan Rayburn, EVP of Streamingmedia.com and Conference Chairman. Dan led two sessions on the CDN market and in this interview he provides an overview what the conference is about, what's important to making the 10-year old event a success, the demographics of the attendees, initial feedback of the sessions and keynotes, and an outlook for the streaming media and CDN industry.


MP4 version here

A note on process for all you online video content producers:
  • This is the first of several interviews and videos I recorded at Streaming Media West using my Flip Ultra video camera. I used Quicktime Pro to trancode the Flip .avi file into a .mov and edited it in iMovie. I then uploaded the file to Tubemogul for distribution and syndication on my video sharing sites.
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Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Streaming Media West is 3 Weeks Away, Sept. 23-25 in San Jose, California

Streaming Media West is now just 3 weeks away and as I've previously mentioned, I'll be moderating two panel sessions on the subject of online video publishing strategies. As I've been organizing the two panel discussions I've spoke with several of the panelists and I'm learning more with each conversation. Each presenter at the conference shares their unique industry perspective and knowledge in hands-on workshops, keynotes or panel presentations focusing on a host of topics including new trends, best practices, content creation and distribution strategies and new media production.

We're definitely in a key moment in time with online video and live streaming where the new networks, distribution models, content producers and advertisers are starting to figure it out. We're hearing a lot about the video ecosystem and the importance of personal brand, and although we don't yet have a standard for online video, we do have a multitude of choices for video container formats, codecs and distribution channels. As for free video sharing sites, I hear the number is up around 13,000. But which ones will work best for you? What model best fits your business? How do we get meaningful statistics and viewer data? And the all important question, how do we monetize our assets?

 These are few of the questions that will be covered in my two online video publishing panel sessions at Streaming Media West. While I'll be mainly focused on moderating these sessions, I will be walking the floor armed with video cameras, meeting people, asking questions, sharing ideas, recording interviews, possibly streaming live video and posting updates here. In the coming weeks Dan Rayburn will be highlighting the sessions on his BusinessofVideo Blog. Dan will be asking for input on questions to ask each panel so look for more updates there. You can view the conference program here and if you can’t make it to the conference look for the live streams from TV Worldwide and the full archive of all the sessions on Streamingmedia.com.Also, as part of the festivities is the 2nd Annual Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards. Join Streaming Media Magazine for drinks, hors d’oeuvres, and live entertainment as they celebrate the winners of the second annual Readers’ Choice Awards. Details are here.

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