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Streaming anywhere with the Stream Anywhere 2.1 upgrade

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on April 25, 2013 | 1 Comment »

Stream Anywhere is Mydeo’s solution to mobile streaming and since we launched it last year, we’ve received very positive feedback. You can read our initial post on Stream Anywhere by clicking here.  We’re very happy to tell you that Stream Anywhere has just been upgraded. This post will talk you through some of the major updates included in V.2.1

DVR

A feature that’s been requested many times since Mydeo released Stream Anywhere is DVR functionality. If you didn’t already know, DVR is Digital Video Recording and it grants the viewer a number of benefits. Firstly, using the player controls, the viewer can rewind the live feed.  Imagine you’re watching a football game and you missed the match winning goal. Using DVR functionality, you’d be able to rewind the stream back to the point of the goal and continue watching from that point. Afterwards, you could always fast forward back to the point where you left off.

The second great feature of DVR is the ability to pause the live feed, much like most modern set top boxes. The DVR functionality is preconfigured to allow the viewer to pause the live feed up to a certain amount of time before continuing the stream.

Lastly DVR functionality enables you to make the live stream available for On-demand delivery up to 24 hours after the live feed has finished publishing. The on-demand file is made available through the same publishing URL as the live feed so will work seamlessly within your player. This is great because once a live event has finished,  it’s not uncommon for an on-demand version of the video to be put up in its place. By making the original stream available for on-demand play gives the production team a window to edit the original footage and replace the live feed with a permanent on-demand file. This means zero downtime and a much better experience for your audience.

RTMP playback

Adding to the existing playback URLs for Stream Anywhere is the ability to output in basic RTMP. The way Stream Anywhere works is by taking a single RTMP feed from your encoder and transmuxing it into HDS, HLS and Smooth Streaming formats. RTMP playback has been added to the list in V.2.1 which gives the user much more flexibility when targeting older browsers or devices that don’t support HTML5. Mydeo already offers normal RTMP live streaming but we can now offer it as part of the Stream Anywhere package.

Apple AES encryption

Until know, the only security option for Stream Anywhere was Media Vault which uses MD5 hashing to encrypt the playback URLs to only work when pre-defined parameters are met. For example you could configure the stream so it only works on a particular page of a particular website. In addition to this, we can now offer Apple AES encryption for the HLS playback URLs. This functionality can be added upon direct request to your Mydeo Account Manager. Along with AES, we can also now block streams to geographical locations so if you only want your stream to work in the US, we can now do that for you.

As ever, if you have any questions about Stream Anywhere or any of our other fantastic CDN solutions, please do not hesitate to contact us by email: help@mydeo.com or by phone: +44 208 540 2300.

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Stream Anywhere – Mydeo’s solution for live video to mobile devices

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 12, 2012 | 1 Comment »

EDIT: Stream Anywhere has been upgraded, click here for details.

Consuming digital media has changed drastically over the past few years. It seems now everyone carries a Smart Phone in their pocket or an iPad in their bag. Mobile internet means people can access their favourite websites from anywhere and at any time. If you’re unable to cater for these consumers, you could be losing a sizable chunk of your audience and it doesn’t take a genius to tell you what that could mean for your business.

HTML5 and the <video> tag, gives us a relatively easy way to reach these mobile consumers for your on-demand video content – but what about live video? Flash is still supported by older Android devices but as people upgrade their handsets and more people update their software to the latest OS, you’re going to be losing more and more consumers as support for their newer devices is inevitably dropped.

Not to worry though because Mydeo have again teamed up with Limelight Networks to bring you Stream Anywhere. The Stream Anywhere solution utilises HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) which was included as part of the latest Flash Media Server (FMS) update. HLS has swiftly become the standard for live streaming to mobile devices as it was implemented by Apple for their highly successful iOS software.

One of the great features of Stream Anywhere is that the transcoding is all handled on the fly, within the cloud. This means you don’t have to install any software locally and the encoder doesn’t need access to extreme levels of processing power. This makes the whole process of publishing live video to mobiles much more convenient.

Benefits of the Stream Anywhere solution include:

  • Automatically deliver to multiple mobile devices without preencoding content.
  • Reach new audiences (such as iPhone and iPad) without having to make any changes to existing RTMP streams.
  • Leverage the global scale and reach of the Limelight HTTP Edge to deliver to HLS supported devices.
  • A cloud-based service! No need to worry about software or hardware installation and maintenance.

For more information on pricing or on how Mydeo can help you and your business reach mobile devices – Live and On-demand. Get in touch by phone: +44 208 540 2300 or by email: m3@mydeo.com.

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FMS Video Delivery – brought to you by Mydeo and Limelight Networks

Posted in Articles, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Even with the introduction of HTML5, Flash streaming is still one of the most widely used formats for delivering video over the internet – especially for live events. Here at Mydeo, we still receive many requests for Flash live and on-demand services.  The following article by Limelight Networks explains some of the options available to you when using FMS to deliver your video content:

Flash Media Server 3.5

Customers of Flash streaming services now have more options for broadcast-quality video delivery on the Internet. With support for Adobe Flash Media Server 3.5, Limelight Stream enables dynamic streaming, DVR functionality within a live stream, and enhanced H.264 video and High Efficiency AAC (HE-AAC) audio. 

Dynamic Streaming

For an optimum viewing experience, the quality of the video file you deliver needs to match your end user’s available bandwidth. The trouble is, their bandwidth may suddenly drop, perhaps because other users in the house or community start consuming more bandwidth on a shared pipe. Your viewer is left watching (or trying to watch) a high-bit-rate video on a connection that’s too slow to handle the stream, resulting in stutters, stops, and a less-than-positive experience.

Dynamic streaming addresses this common scenario by switching seamlessly to a higher- or lower-quality stream based on available bandwidth — without ever disrupting the flow of video or audio. (Of course, this means you need to have encoded and uploaded the same content as multiple independent files at different bit-rates.)

Although Flash Media Server 3.5 provides the ability to switch files, it’s the Flash client that actually requests the change. The user’s Flash player (version 10 required) monitors current bandwidth and CPU load. If the video buffer is filling up too rapidly or the CPU is nearing pre-defined utilization levels, the Flash client can simply ask the server to switch to a different file.

Dynamic streaming is available for live and on-demand Flash content and supports both .flv and H.264 files types.

Live DVR

Give your viewers the freedom to walk away from a live event without worrying about missing out on the action. Flash Media Server 3.5 supports live DVR, enabling end users to return to portions of live streaming events, even if their Internet connection choked and missed a crucial moment. With Live DVR, you can create streaming video solutions that include instant-replay, catch-up, or seek functionality.

Even with all these interactive features, there’s no transfer of your content to the user’s system. As with all streaming services, Flash Media Server 3.5 caches the live DVR at your discretion.

At Mydeo we offer a whole host of Flash delivery solutions including those mentioned above – We also offer instant set up with no installation fees. If you’re interested in Mydeo’s Flash services or any of our other many CDN solutions, please do not hesitate to get in contact – Email: danny@mydeo.com, Phone: +44 208 540 2300.

You can also find us at: www.mydeo.com

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Using a CDN to optimize your websites performance

Posted in Articles, tagged , , , , on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

One of the major factors that affect the performance of your website delivery is the distance between the end user and your web server. With this in mind it makes sense to try and get your content as close to your users as possible. A content delivery network (CDN) is a great way to do this.

A CDN is a collection of web servers positioned around the world. When a user makes a request for a file, the CDN automatically determines which server is closest to that user and delivers the files from that location.

CDNs are mainly used for the delivery of video because of the videos need for high bandwidth capabilities to deliver properly. However, there are lots of other possibilities for the use of CDNs. You could deliver images, stylesheets, scripts, animations etc. By delivering these from CDN you will drastically increase the speed of your website.

Typically in the past it has been cost prohibitive for smaller companies to use a CDN to host their content for website optimization because of minimum throughput commitments being multiple terabytes and contract length being a year or even longer in some cases. M3 eliminates this problem. With plans starting at 25GBs of throughput any one can use a CDN to optimize their website. M3 uses the Limelight Networks CDN which is widely known as one of the biggest and best in the world so you can always be sure that your content is being delivered on a top class network which will certainly increase the delivery speed of any media. You can view our pricing here https://m3.mydeo.com/Business/plans.aspx and sign up for a trial at www.mydeo.com.

If you have any questions please feel free to write to us on m3@mydeo.com

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m3 customer quotes

Posted in Announcements, tagged , , , on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Over the last few months we have had a few customers give us some great feedback and compliments. I thought I would share a few of them here on the blog for everyone to see.

1.       Best Buy Inc – Chris McClellen, Employee Communications
“m3 allows Best Buy to heavily leverage video as a means to communicate with employees.”

2.       Limelight – Chris Townsley, Director of strategic sales EMEA
“Limelight highly recommend m3 for flexible, low cost plans for delivery vie a Limelight CDN”

3.       UKFilmNet – Dom Foulsham, Director
“Having spent over a decade in digital and broadcast media it’s rare to find a company like m3 who provide scalable solutions but with the ability to listen and tailor the service to individual projects.”

4.       ISPA Awards 2008
“A commendation is awarded to Mydeo for making high quality video streaming simple and affordable for everyone – from home
movie makers to charities, organisations and small businesses – all via a web based interface.”

5.       The Tin – Jamie Simmonds, Managing Director
“m3 is ideal for fast-turnaround campaigns – we can be streaming for our clients in minutes”

6.       Wise – Terry Marsh, Director
“We looked at a number of suppliers when choosing a streaming video hosting service. M3 came top for both performance and cost.”

As usual, if anyone else has feedback or questions, please feel free to write to us on m3@mydeo.com. We would love to hear your thoughts.

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Mydeo and Limelight Networks Bring Affordable CDN delivery to European Small Businesses

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on September 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

 

Mydeo and Limelight Networks, Inc, (Nasdaq: LLNW) today announce that the companies will work together to provide its European small business customers with a more flexible, low-cost way of delivering content via its global content delivery network.

London, UK (PRWEB) September 17, 2008 — Mydeo and Limelight Networks, Inc, (Nasdaq: LLNW) today announce that the companies will work together to provide European small business customers with a more flexible, low-cost way of delivering content via its global CDN.

The service, called Mydeo Media Manager (m3), offers a number of benefits to the business requiring the high performance and reliable delivery of the Limelight Network’s content delivery platform, but on commercial terms that are designed for smaller companies. These include lower minimum throughput plans, instant online account set up and free trial, no setup costs, no minimum contract terms and free premium reporting. M3 supports all the major file formats including Quicktime, Flash and Windows Media and offers publishers the choice of streaming or HTTP delivery through a simple and intuitive web interface.

“The service is aimed at small businesses with the same needs as the large corporates i.e. requiring high quality media delivery to increase their website performance, run rich media campaigns, build brands and boost sales, but with lower data throughput requirements” commented Mydeo’s Founder and CEO, Cary Marsh. “It helps them overcome some of the technical difficulties associated with delivering large media files on their websites such as poor delivery and reduced site performance, at affordable rates. Using Limelight’s CDN, video and other rich media files are delivered effortlessly, allowing the consumer to remain fully engaged with the site.”

Chris Townsley, Limelight Network’s Director of Strategic Sales, EMEA commented “We are very excited about the alliance with Mydeo to provide Limelight Network streaming solutions for customers who require a low cost of entry for the delivery of their online content. As more and more organisations are putting their content online there is a need to provide this type of flexible and cost effective solution.”

Mydeo launched in 2005 with the help of an R&D grant for Technical Innovation from the DTI. By the end of 2005 Mydeo were Microsoft’s European Windows Movie Maker partner, providing high quality Windows Media Hosting services for XP users worldwide. In October 2007, Mydeo and Best Buy Co. Inc., a multinational retailer of technology and entertainment products and services, entered into a business partnership; Mydeo now powers the company’s video sharing service.

“From the outset our consumer hosting service always attracted business users” said Marsh. “We’ve created m3 to address their needs much more specifically. We are delivering a range of file formats, have a detailed statistical reporting interface and easy media management via grouping and tagging, all at very competitive rates that will be attractive to the small business market”. The London based video streaming experts are also offering a co-branded version of the M3 service to advertising and digital agencies and working with other service providers looking to extending their offerings through the Mydeo API.

In 2008 Mydeo has continued its’ award winning run, being named as a Red Herring Europe 100 finalist for 2008 and winning a commendation in the ‘Best Streaming Service’ category at the 2008 Internet Service Providers awards.

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