Live From South Africa: Kicking and Streaming

Submitted by Eli on Thu, 06/17/2010 - 01:47
World Cup 2006:  - "Did you see that goal by Brazil?"
                             - "No, I wish.  I'm at work.  I'm tracking the play-by-play online, though.  Was it a good shot?"
World Cup 2010:  - "Did you see that goal by Brazil?"
                             - "Yes, which one do you mean? I saw both! That first one by Maicon was so amazing that I had to rewind my stream to see it again.  I thought for sure the goalie deflected it, but in slow motion you could see that he just bent it right in. Well I need to go file this report!"

 

In the technology world, four years is an eternity.  So, those of us woking on streaming technology not only understand its evolution in the last four years, but can truly appreciate how the presence of video everywhere has revolutionized coverage of the 2010 World Cup.

World Cup ESPN3 Screenshot

CEO Presents Elemental Live at Streaming Media East

Submitted by Whitney on Wed, 06/09/2010 - 14:49

At Streaming Media East last month, Larry Kless of Larry Kless’ Weblog and OnlineVideoPublishing.com interviewed our CEO, Sam Blackman, capturing a video demonstration of Elemental’s recently launched live streaming application, Elemental Live. Larry is a long-time video enthusiast and 20-year veteran of the enterprise video space. In a recent post showcasing Elemental Live, Larry said, “[Elemental Technologies] has pioneered the use of GPUs (graphics processing units) and other massively parallel chips for video processing capable of handling multiple simultaneous tasks with much higher performance than CPU (central processing unit)-based transcoding.”

Streaming Bandwagon: Learn to Stream Live Like a Pro

Submitted by Julie on Mon, 05/03/2010 - 15:04

Camera for Live StreamingWhen it comes to live streaming (aka webcasting), everybody's doing it. It's now commonplace to watch the news or playoffs on TV as well as on our laptops and smart phones. Watching current events, like the gubernatorial races across the country, are no exception. Who wants to wait for the recap at 10 o'clock or for the Newsweek Index next week to see who put their foot in their mouth on the campaign trail today? We want our content live, in real-time, and when necessary, free from the tether of the television.

Broadcasters here in Oregon, such as NBC-affiliate KGW Channel 8 and Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB), are getting in on the political action by streaming our candidates' debates live. In addition, OPB's multi-channel approach for the "Think Out Loud" series includes a radio broadcast this morning and TV broadcast tonight at 9 p.m. PT, along with live streaming to the web with content encoded by Elemental Live.

Elemental's Back On The Road: Streaming Media East

Submitted by Whitney on Mon, 05/03/2010 - 07:33

Elemental is preparing to pack up and head to the Big Apple for the thirteenth annual Streaming Media East technology conference, taking place May 11-12.  We look forward to seeing the East Coast broadcasters and production houses, especially those we missed in Las Vegas at the NAB show.

We’re excited to exhibit for the first time at Streaming Media East, especially since it’s such an intimate event compared to NAB and IBC. From the great turnout at Streaming Media West last fall, we expect to see a similar array of content owners, viral video creators, enterprise customers and broadcast professionals. While we might not be able to make it off the show floor for all the interesting sessions, we’re eager to hear about the latest online video technology and emerging business models designed to better monetize content.

At Streaming Media East, Elemental will demonstrate its enterprise-class, GPU-accelerated product line in booth 319, featuring:

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