Watching corporate videos on tablets.  Viewers engaging with content using their own webcams. Businesses of all kinds thinking of themselves as media companies.  Old-school print publishers streaming live to thousands around the world.  Managing archives of thousands of video files through a single platform.

This isn’t your father’s online video.  It’s not even your older sibling’s.  The use cases, challenges, and solutions presented in the five articles in  this year’s Streaming Media Innovation Series were unimagined by most people a scant couple of years ago.  I was going to write "unimaginable," but clearly, the participants in this Online Video Communications Superguide were indeed imagining them, thoughts firmly on the future even as they addressed the needs of the present day.

Video was once the rarest of species on the internet, more myth than reality, oft-sought but rarely seen. Today, the online video population has exploded, and internet explorers need a handbook to help them identify the species of solutions that will help them get their own videos published and viewed, lest they send their content out into the wild, never to be seen again.

Enter this year’s installment in the Streaming Media Innovation Series, The 2010 Field Guide to Online Video Publishing and Promotion, which gives you the opportunity to get your message directly in front of decision-makers, content creators, and marketers hungry for information about not just getting their video online, but getting it noticed.

One of the surest ways to improve an organization’s bottom line is to utilize online video for both internal and external communications. And unlike days past, when video communications were reserved for large-scale events, solutions are now available that make video the cost-effective choice for everything from executive announcements and external marketing to departmental presentations and small group training sessions. But there's no one-size-fits-all solution, and this year's installment in the Streaming Media Innovation Series, The Enterprise Challenge: Solutions and Strategies for Creating, Managing, Publishing, and Distributing Video, showcases some the wide range of solutions available, as well as best practices for enterprise video.

Streaming Media Executive Vice President Dan Rayburn examines the realities behind TV Everywhere.

Streaming Media Executive Vice President Dan Rayburn examines the Importance of Good Reporting and Analytics in the Video Ecosystem.

Streaming Media Executive Vice President Dan Rayburn examines ways to cut your delivery costs by taking advantage of all the elements of the content delivery ecosystem, with a special emphasis on transcoding, delivery protocols, and content management systems.

Everyone from established major media outlets to upstart Web 2.0 ventures—and even enterprises and educational institutions—are looking for the best way to get their video in front of as many eyeballs as possible, using the internet as the delivery pipeline. Enter this year’s installment in the Streaming Media Innovation Series, a collection of white papers and case studies called How to Profit from Internet TV: Technologies and Strategies for Monetizing Your Content.

Think the video revolution is limited to user-generated content and online movie downloads? Think again.

And you’d better think fast, because learners of all kinds—whether college students, outside sales forces, or technicians in the field—are increasingly demanding the ability to receive both traditional academic courses and training materials on video. They also expect that video to work as seamlessly and easily as YouTube and with the portability of their iPods, but with the kind of interactivity and supplemental materials they’d receive in a traditional classroom.

All of which means that academic institutions and enterprises alike are looking for the most advanced, efficient, and cost-effective ways to teach and train online. This year’s Streaming Media White Paper, Online Learning: Textbook Strategies for Video Education, focusses on leading solutions that excel at making the grade. This is mandatory reading that you just may be tested on.

2006 will go down in streaming media history as the year that broadband entertainment entered the mainstream. That's due in large part to the kinds of products and services described in Best Practices: Media, Broadcast & Entertainment, which make it easier than ever to publish, deliver, track, and--most importantly--monetize audio and video content on the internet.

From content delivery networks to ad insertion technology, from full-screen video players to multilingual translation services, the vendors presented here offer practical solutions for the online media and entertainment space. Whether you've got downloadable music, streaming movies, or interactive online games, these solutions can help you turn your content into profitable product.

Now more than ever, Webcasting is a key tool for corporations, educators, and content owners looking to communicate efficiently, effectively, and with more interactivity than ever before.

At StreamingMedia.com, we receive more questions from end users about Webcasting than any other subject, reflecting the fact that Webcasting is now used on a mainstream basis. Yet even with the increased adoption, much confusion still exists for those looking to implement Webcasting-based solutions themselves or for those looking to outsource all or part of the process.

Those of you in the Webcasting space know that any solution requires a different set of features and functionality from traditional video-on-demand services, and this White Paper looks to address those differences by educating readers on what is possible today. Unlike several years ago, the benefits of Webcasting are now clear and direct, and many tools on the market allow you to do it easier and cheaper than ever before. Many new solutions are available that allow you to add myriad interactive elements to a Webcast, taking the whole Webcasting end-user experience to the next level.

The days of one-off Webcasts are giving way to solutions that allow anyone, anywhere, to Webcast easily on a regular basis. This guide will show readers where to start, what options are available, and ways they can make Webcasting an indispensable part of their daily communications.

It's no longer a question of whether or not you can afford to add streaming media to your corporate communications toolbox, but whether you can afford not to? Streaming media is a win-win for enterprise applications, offering return on investment both tangible, in the form of profits and cost- or time-savings, and intangible, in the form of more effective information-sharing that boosts both employee and client confidence.

To be truly effective, streaming media systems must work in concert with other collaborative technologies. Enterprise organizations proactively address this integration with a sharp eye on the business value, whether corporate or media-focused, that streaming media offers. This convergence demands seamless integration to move enterpriseclass systems and solutions to the next level. It's time for the industry to recognize this - and that is what the Enterprise Streaming Solutions White Paper is all about. Many of the vendors you'll read about in the White Paper have dedicated solutions to the next level. It's time for the industry to recognize this - and that is what the Enterprise Streaming Solutions White Paper is all about. Many of the vendors you'll read about in the White Paper have dedicated solutions that solve specific problems corporations face on a daily basis.

Download your free copy today and find out how streaming media can help your corporation move its business forward.