At Bitmovin, we are fortunate to have a hugely exciting roster of customers – from some of the biggest media and entertainment brands in the world to dynamic startups looking to utilize video to help them achieve their business goals. We spend a great deal of time talking to our customers to better understand their…
Low latency has been a hot topic in video streaming for a while now. It’s the trendy keyword you hear at every trade show throughout the year; it even ranks high in our annual Video Developer Report as one of the biggest headaches for brands to achieve or the one they are very interested in…
Thinking back while looking forward 2022 was a pivotal year for the video streaming industry. After a huge boom in demand for online video content in 2020 and 2021, while the world was locked down due to COVID-19, we now see many more services competing for eyeballs with vast content libraries, while demand has not…
Digital rights management (DRM) is a complex world with many different rabbit holes to venture into. The good news is we’ve done a lot of heavy lifting by navigating in, out, and around many of these complex situations to provide you with an overview and the knowledge you need to make the best decisions for…
The growth of live streaming has seen a major uptick in content and viewer numbers, and it’s not slowing down anytime soon. The rise clearly extends to the types of live streaming experiences that viewers can access, which led us to ask ourselves three key questions: What do live streaming operators need? What can make…
Today’s increasingly tech-savvy consumers want to access their favorite streaming services across any device, no ifs, no buts, signaling device fragmentation can become a major issue for platforms. High-quality content was typically hailed as the top reason consumers would stick with a video streaming service. It’s why major players, such as Amazon Prime Video, Disney+,…
To ad or not to ad? That is the question. Netflix, the video streaming service that pioneered the subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) business model and became a cultural zeitgeist, recently announced it would introduce adverts to its service. From the beginning of November, Netflix will launch an ad-supported tier in 12 countries, allowing its customers to…
In this post, I’ll be taking a look at the current state of AV1 playback support, covering which browsers, mobile devices, smart TVs, consoles and streaming sticks are compatible with the AV1 codec right now. I’ll also touch on some of the incredible bandwidth savings companies like Netflix are seeing with AV1 and detail the…
Here’s the latest on what you need to know regarding Widevine DRM CDM for browsers- Google recently contacted companies with a heads-up that the current Widevine Content Decryption Module (CDM) for browsers will stop working soon as they look to push an update. The CDM is the secure closed-box environment that handles digital rights management…
It’s been two very long years since IBC had its last in-person event, which has now come and gone with over 37,000 attendees and over 1,000 exhibitors. It was a great show, but I’m biased since it was my first IBC since entering the streaming world six long years ago. The halls were packed to…
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