Password sharing isn’t a victimless activity
Save yourself some trouble, opt for ad-supported services rather than watching pirated content.
Reaching the streaming saturation point?
You might want to pull back a bit on all your viewing choices.
Screen size—yeah, it can matter
Some video stories need big screens more than others.
2023: The race is on
Let the gods declare the winner.
Make the most of your time alone with others
Every now and then it’s good to connect live with people.
Ads with your content? It’s up to you
Providing options can stimulate viewer and profit growth in the streaming industry.
Global streaming delivers variety, enriched global production
Source: “Dr. Who and the Daleks,” BBC “We're all made of them! These charges will then be transferred in time and space and reassembled in their proper order and their proper place.” – Dr. Who, “Dr. Who and the Daleks,” BBC, 1965 Nothing is more enjoyable than watching something new—especially when it’s linked with the past. On the … Read more
Viewers add/cancel … so it was, so it will be
Back when appointment TV ruled the world, it was fun to follow the gala unveilings of the networks and studios
End in Sight
People are settling into new entertainment habits
Real men have transcoders, ask Google
YouTube gets custom streaming chip—the VCU
Real men have transcoders, ask Google
Left H.264, right VPG—YouTube ASICS beat GP chips which beat software—it’s the law. When it comes to fixed-function operations like transcoding that’s especially true. The first transcoding work was done in software on the CPU. It was pretty good and easy to see it would scale with CPU clock rate. Transcoding is a highly redundant operation and so it … Read more
Nvidia’s GeForce Now increases subscribers
In 2020, Nvidia “onboarded” and released an average of 10 games a week. With a new express onboarding pipeline, Nvidia said their goal is to increase that by about half by the year's end. The company has also added support for additional digital game stores. Jabberwocky update Onboarded or onboarding — to go through procedures to effectively integrate (a new … Read more