It is merely the bandwidth being consumed by video (and photo) application usage. A somewhat random factoid posted on TechCrunch.com stated that every minute, 20 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube. Think about that. There are 1,440 minutes in a day, which equates to 2,880 hours of video. It is a remarkable statistic, given [...]

The official 2009 NCAA basketball tournament bracket is out and office, friends, and family pools are forming all over the nation. End users everywhere are scoping out what apps and sites they can use to facilitate their need/desire to watch live streaming tourney games at work. The NCAA is again streaming every single tourney [...]

Remember the movie Jaws where sheriff Browdy(Roy Schieder) sees the shark and says “We’re gonna need a bigger boat?” Enterprise IT managers might say the same thing when they see move networks or hulu networks on their network – if in fact they could see them. Problem is, many of these applications use port [...]

ANALYSIS – This ZeroPaid article projects some fairly aggressive growth for the use of P2P technology and in most markets, a 400% increase would be somewhat uplifting, particularly in this dismal economy. You see, 400% growth usually means increased revenue, profits, jobs etc. But in this case, 400% growth is not surprising and unfortunately, it [...]

ANALYSIS – Today marks the official start of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, and will no doubt be watched by millions and millions of people both in the traditional manner (TV) as well as the online manner as outlined in this Wired article. Geographic time gaps, too many events simultaneously and scheduling issues will no [...]

ALERT – The wait is over… No longer do users need a precious invitation to join the closed Joost beta to experience IPTV at its best. Joost has recently opened their 1.0 beta to the public. Enhancements include a slightly revised user interface and open API for 3rd party widget development. Joost has differentiated themselves [...]

ALERT – Skinkers, a London-based company, is using Microsoft Research’s LiveStation (beta) and Silverlight technologies to stream live television content over a peer-to-peer(P2P) network, which means that users don’t experience the typical client-server architecture and bandwidth issues that impact traditional video streaming quality.
However, corporate administrators should understand that Skinkers can still consume large amounts [...]

ALERT – On Jun 20th, 2007, Veoh Networks launched VeohTV, an Internet video viewing application.
Unlike Joost and other video applications that use P2P networks to distribute controlled content, VeohTV is a video browsing application designed to simplify the task of accessing a wide range of generally available Internet content, including CBS, NBC, Youtube, and others. [...]

ALERT – On June 15, 2007, Babelgum, a new Internet-based TV network, announced that it had signed 30 content partners.
Bablegum joins a rash of new companies that are showcasing their P2P-based video networks, with the most attention going to Joost. These up and coming network video providers promise to allow users to [...]