The moment a stream starts buffering during a championship match or lags during the finale of a fan-favorite series, frustration spikes. These playback issues don’t just annoy viewers—they exacerbate their dissatisfaction with the experience and push them closer to churning, especially when they happen during highly anticipated live or on-demand moments. These critical viewing experiences…
For developers working on streaming apps across Apple platforms, error resolution has often felt like chasing shadows. Playback interruptions might show up as vague “Operation couldn’t be completed” messages, offering little guidance for debugging or pattern recognition. When every second of viewer downtime impacts QoE and revenue, these generic error codes don’t just slow teams…
AI Contextual Advertising: A New Era for Viewer-Centric Ads Video has become the dominant medium for entertainment and information so effective advertising strategies have never been more important. This is exacerbated by Google’s plan to phase out third-party cookies for Chrome which is now expected to happen in early 2025. For over 20 years cookies…
For streaming platforms, the need to offer more dynamic, interactive, and immersive viewing experiences to set themselves apart from the competition always continues. Sports fans always crave control over how they watch their favorite games and content and seek better options to meet their viewing habits. To give them a new experience and help them…
Launching & managing a streaming service in today’s market can be a bit overwhelming, but it’s not for the reasons around the workflow that you’d normally think about. It’s actually about the number of devices you and your team have the capability of supporting. Audience reach is essential for any business and one major piece…
This post was originally published in Nov. 2023. It was updated on Feb 19, 2024, with information about current applications that are available on the Apple Vision Pro. Apple has always been great at creating hype around its new devices or features and getting millions of people to talk about and use them. This was…
**Updated in Feb 2024**Since 2017, Bitmovin has actively worked in video and streaming standardization and has consistently driven standards from inception to implementation. Our founders co-created the MPEG-DASH streaming standard used by Netflix, YouTube, and many others, which is responsible for over 50% of peak U.S. internet traffic. Given our encoding, virtualization, and codec expertise,…
When diving into the importance of video Analytics for streaming platforms, it all links back to understanding how the user experiences the content. For platforms today, content is king, but users hold a majority of the power because “how their streaming session goes” matters a lot, especially for subscriber retention. Now, depending on the events…
Developing mobile applications, particularly with video streaming included, can present significant challenges depending on how it’s done. Smaller development teams or those without extensive video technical expertise may find it straining and affect their deployment/launch timeline. Traditionally, creating professional applications for both iOS and Android requires experienced developers proficient in the native code languages. However,…
In the ever-evolving world of technology and video streaming, staying ahead of the game is essential. That’s why we’re excited to share a significant announcement that promises to transform the way you handle and optimize your content. Bitmovin’s Emmy Award® winning VOD Encoding and Live Encoding Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) via Private Offer in the Google Cloud…
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