Stream UK currently has a white paper published on the Association of Online Publishers (AOP) website. The article ‘Stream UK’s Guide to Quality Online Video’ assesses suitable source formats for online video, the relative optimum quality you can expect from various sources, advice on chooseing a codec (Flash, Windows Media etc) and their relative market penetration.
Also covered with the article is encoding to the right format, as defined by user connection speed, and types of video content.
This month Stream UK Media Services has been nominated for six Streaming Media European – Readers Choice Awards. Stream UK and their products have been nominated in the following categories: Delivery Netowrk, Online Video Platform, Streaming Services Provider, Transcoding Solution, UGC Platform and Webcast Platform. Readers and customers may vote for as many categories as they wish and it only takes a few moments.
The winners will be announced in London on 15 October and awards will be presented at a gala reception at the Streaming Media Europe Show.
If you wish to vote for Stream UK please CLICK HERE
Last week Stream UK released its new and improved video management system –Stream UK VMS 2.1 – maintaining the company’s position at the forefront of online content management and distribution. With web users spending more time than ever watching online video content, it has become a key business area for businesses of all shapes and size. Our product allows the user to get content online quickly, with its value retained in formats that can be seen by billions and delivered on a network that can cope with global demand.
At the heart of the product is the Media Manager which allows you to upload video or audio files in a range of formats from your desktop and immediately have them streamed. We’ve upgraded the inbuilt media players, which now include more media sharing features to encourage user distribution. The new Web TV package includes a sleek new player, and allows you to quickly create playlists or channels and present an intuitive and attractive interface to your viewers – at the most cost-effective price available in the current market.
The new statistics package has been expanded and re-designed to now offer the most accurate and intuitive reporting tool available. The integrated system allows you to immediately access all the key data you need to conduct analysis on your content and online strategy : you can see where your users have come from; what they’ve watched; when they’ve watched it; and what devices they’ve been using, as well as monitoring your ongoing storage and data delivery.
Finally, the upgrade of our transcoding farm offers, delivers against the all important speed-to-market concern. You can batch upload video and audio files in a variety of formats for automated transcoding to your desired output format ready for immediate streaming. The new system allows you to see minutes transcoded, the content queue, and an expanded code library.
Stream UK’s VMS system is used by a range of clients, from global corporations to leading digital agencies and niche content providers. Current users include BBC News, Ideal TV, The British Council, and Grey London.
the Stream UK network was put to the test with live streaming of the African Nations Cup Final in October 2007.
The broadcast went out globally to thousands of concurrent users without any hitch. the DRM and payment mechanisms also survived some pretty sophisticated hack attempts without blinking.
The BBC Word Service is rolling out 14 instances of the Stream UK Crowdsourcer to allow it to ingest content from sites around the world.
