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Entries Tagged as 'IPTV'

Apple’s attack on Adobe Flash, it’s all about online video.

May 5th, 2010 · 178 Comments

The FUD Apple has been able to generate about flash is amazing.  As a developer myself that uses Flash in front end interfaces, this battle of words has made me sick to the stomach.  Not because either side is wrong, but because Apple is printing lies and falsehood about flash.  And, I tend to dislike [...]

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Tags: Adobe · Apple · DRM · Development · IPTV · Microsoft · P2P · Silverlight · flash · flex · google

Price per Item Advertising in the new Media future?

November 15th, 2009 · No Comments

Recently Philip Hodgetts remarked on how the future of digital media and advertising. http://www.philiphodgetts.com/2009/10/30/how-will-branded-media-replace-advertising/
I had visited this topic a few years ago in older posts.  Strangely enough looking back now, we do not seem any closer to many questions we need answered.  One of the big ones to me is:
Regional Price per item advertising can [...]

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Tags: IPTV · google

Adobe opens the door to independant online distribution

January 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

Adobe is releasing the specification to the (RTMP) protocols that flash player uses.  In a nut shell.
“… developers will be free to use their own technological measures to secure content. The RTMP specification does not provide any requirement or restrictions on a developer’s own measures to secure content.”
See the full Adobe release here.
This is [...]

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Tags: Adobe · DRM · IPTV · codecs · flash · flex

The industry is growing up. DRM is Dead. Long Live DRM.

September 5th, 2008 · No Comments

A long time ago, before I started this blog (Over 2 years ago), I spent a lot of time on writing comments to other blogs.  Specifically about DRM and its only real roll, if it had any at all, in the future of digital media. In general I was usually flamed with no one even [...]

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Tags: Apple · DRM · IPTV · Microsoft · Standards

ABC (Australia’s public broadcaster) goes Microsoft Silverlight

August 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments

UPDATE: Angelo Tilocca has contacted me and has pointed out what we both consider to be a misunderstanding.  To clear it all up, let me quote him in regards to the use of Microsoft and Silverlight by the ABC.

Thanks James.

Confirming that ABC Commercial has launched its integrated ABC Shop
Media Player and its Downloads [...]

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Tags: Adobe · DRM · IPTV · Microsoft · Silverlight · codecs · flash