Video lifestreaming: social networking meets video streaming
Video lifestreaming is a generic term for services that allow users to upload or stream live video of themselves to a remotely hosted service, to be viewed by friends or the general public. The services are intended to take the concept of an Internet conversation, made popular by the rise of social networking tools such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, and add video. This report provides an introduction to the concept of video lifestreaming, introduces some of the leading players in the space: Seesmic, Qik, Yahoo Live and LiveVideo.com, and explores some of the implications of live video streaming for network operators and regulators.

Cost Of CDN & Streaming Services: Survey Results
This report contains the results from StreamingMedia.com's Q1 2008 CDN Survey that collected data from over 1,000 customers delivering video. All the raw data and summary charts are included with answers on pricing trends, traffic growth, contract terms, formats used, bitrate growth, p2p interest and the most important factors when choosing a CDN. All the raw data on over 25 questions is included along with pie charts on each question. Note: All end-user customer names and company info has been removed.

Flash Codecs, 2006: Choosing and Using the Optimal Flash Codec
This 100 page report is for streaming media producers who need optimal quality Flash video. The report compares all Flash Codecs (VP6, Spark, Wildform) and the most significant encoding tools (Sorenson Squeeze, On2 Flix Pro, Macromedia Flash Video Encoder, AutoDesk Cleaner XL 1.5) to identify which encoding tool/codec produces the best quality video at four encoding configurations (3GPP, 100, 300 and 500 kbps) using a 38-segment test clip containing sections for business, sports, entertainment, animation and pan and zoom content.

Proprietary Codecs, 2006: Choosing and Using the Optimal Video Codec
This 118 page report is for those charged with choosing a streaming media codec for 3GPP, web or LAN deployment. In the past, these decisions were fairly simple, with only two codecs, Windows Media and RealVideo, in serious contention. Now, with the rise of MPEG-4/H.264 and Flash codecs, and the associated hype, the decision is much tougher.

State of the Consumer Streaming Market
The streaming market is on a steep growth trajectory, but questions remain regarding how the traditional advertising market will utilize this new medium. To address the market's needs, comScore Networks offers unparalleled insight into the reach of consumer streaming and digital media by combining new technologies with time-tested research methods. This capability is based on a massive cross-section of more than 1.5 million U.S. consumers who have given comScore explicit permission to confidentially capture their browsing, buying and other transaction behavior, including audio and video consumption. Through its proprietary technology, comScore measures millions of audio and video records monthly to report traffic by site, player, format and protocol. Importantly, comScore also matches each record to demographic data, enabling the first-ever analysis of streamed content and those who consume it. This report, the first of its kind in the industry, will provide details of and insight into the consumer streaming market, far surpassing any other third-party data previously available.

The Costs of CDN and Streaming Services: 3rd Edition
(Vendor Pricing and Customer Expectations)

This report is focused on the motivations for purchasing streaming services, the specific components and pricing models used, and the net costs of outsourced streaming. Three related research projects contributed to the study including a Web-based survey that was administered via the StreamingMedia.com Web site, forty four half-hour telephone interviews with IT decision-makers who manage streaming media services for their companies and a survey of CDN vendors regarding list prices and service capabilities including Akamai, Limelight Networks, Mirror Image, SAVVIS, and VitalStream. It is intended to provide buyers of media delivery services with guidance on industry pricing, best practices, and engagement methodologies that can be used to balance CDN costs with required service levels.

Uses of Streaming and Digital Media
This Aberdeen Group & StreamingMedia.com report contains statistically significant measurements of: usage rates of business and personal applications that involve streaming and digital media, with segment analysis by company size and interest group; planned spending on streaming and outsourced technologies, services, and applications for the next 12 months; user frequency and session lenght of streaming media sessions, with segment analysis; media player installed base and preferences; and adoption rates for file-sharing/peer-to-peer, subscription, and for-pay content services.

Streaming Media Advertising: Growth Forecast and Market Potential
Advertising professionals need this report, to get a handle on the possibilities, and the risks, associated with this new model.

MPEG-4: The Impact of the Open Standard on the Digital Media Landscape
Migration of streaming media platforms to an open standard promises to lead to tremendous opportunities, and tremendous headaches. This report separates hype from reality, arming CDNs, Vendors, CTOs, Broadcasters, and others with the facts they need to make accurate business decisions today.

The Cost of Streaming Services: 2nd Edition
A whopping 63 percent of all companies in our survey are paying higher prices than the standard industry service provider prices that we've been able to obtain! Are you paying too much? Can you afford not to find out?

Enterprise Streaming: Return on Investment
E-learning, Corporate Communications, Public and Investor Relations: find out how businesses from every industry sector are saving money and generating revenues, using streaming media as a business tool, and how you can help your bottom line--today.