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As one of the top WebRTC experts in the world, we listen closely to what Tsahi Levent-Levi has to say on his site BlogGeek.me. Tsahi always posts informative articles, and he’s even penned (keyboarded?) [one for us](/blog//guest-post-tashi-levent-levi-webrtc-scaling-challenges/). However, we would like to add a point of clarification to one of his recent posts on requiring… Continue reading Why WebRTC Live Streaming Needs Media Servers

Live streaming is a rapidly growing segment of the Tech Industry. With faster and more reliable streaming, adding live video to different use cases is becoming more common. Let’s take a look at some of the most popular. Interactive Game Shows: The explosive growth of this interactive, live-action trivia app has given rise to a… Continue reading Top 5 Use Cases for Live Streaming Video Software

As social creatures, humans have an innate desire to gather together. Though the focal point has changed, moving the fire pit indoors to a fireplace and replacing the radio on the mantlepiece with a TV, the transmission of stories has always played a prominent role. Television is a basic tenant of modern society. It has… Continue reading The Social Future of Television

Delivery can refer to a few different things. You can deliver a joke or a punch if the aforementioned joke was offensive (talk about a punchline…). However, this post is not about those kinds of deliveries. And no, this doesn’t have anything to with your Amazon order. We are talking about delivery architecture for live… Continue reading Content Providers and CDNs

When it comes to surprises, there are good ones: birthday parties, visits from old friends, or a “just because” card. Then there are the bad ones: discovering that what you thought was blue cheese is, in fact, just moldy cheese, believing Facebook protects your data, Luke Skywalker’s paternity test, and last but not least, hidden… Continue reading Red5 Pro Pricing Explained

Spring is finally here! Well, in Boston, for this week at least. Who knows about the rest of New England. To celebrate, we have released our Mobile SDK version 4.6.0 for Android and iOS. We added the ability to continue broadcasting audio when the app is in the background, improved adaptive bitrate for smoother streaming… Continue reading Red5 Pro 4.6.0 Mobile SDK Release

Next week, the New York Hilton Midtown will host the 2018 Streaming Media East Conference along with the Content Delivery Summit. We are excited to say that our CEO and Co-Founder Chris Allen will be speaking at both events to discuss video delivery architecture, low-latency (of course), and the future of live-streaming media. For those… Continue reading Red5 Pro at Streaming Media East

Often we get the question, “What skills do you need to use Red5 Pro?” Which leads to the circular, and not terribly useful answer, “That depends on what you want to do.” The reason for this is simple: we designed Red5 Pro for developers. As such, it can support a diverse range of custom features… Continue reading What you Need to Develop Fast Live Streaming Applications

Last week, the media broadcasting community gathered together at the NAB Show to discuss industry achievements and trends. A wide range of speakers discussed various topics from optimizing end to end delivery, leveraging CDNs, and effective ad-insertion. Not to mention the numerous vendors touting live streaming monetization strategies. OTT Of course, the always growing OTT… Continue reading NAB 2018: What Was Missing

May 25th will mark the beginning of the enforcement period for the EU General Data Protection Regulation. The large non-compliance fines have caused some concern. However, GDPR is not the end of the world. The GDPR focuses on the collection of personal data (any information that could directly or indirectly identify a natural person) and… Continue reading GDPR: European Privacy Rules and Live Streaming