Streaming video started as a simple video in a window, usually preceded by a long download. Now, it’s evolved into a complicated mass of application-specific services and products in categories that didn’t exist even a few short years ago

How to Find the Right Vendor for Any Streaming Video Project

Streaming video started as a simple video in a window, usually preceded by a long download. Now, it’s evolved into a complicated mass of application-specific services and products in categories that didn’t exist even a few short years ago. There are OVPs, CDNs, LSSPs, and a host of other acronyms. There are webcasts, live streams, and conferencing platforms, and companies that make it simple to build your own.

Want to see the main providers in all these categories? Read the article!

While the available capabilities are greater than ever before, finding the right product or service provider can be a daunting task. To help bring clarity to the video marketplace, I classified all the available products and services in an article for onlinevideo.net. You can see the categories covered in the graphic able. In each, I briefly describe the category and how it’s different from other categories, then identify some of the major players.

Click here to read the article.

About Jan Ozer

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I help companies train new technical hires in streaming media-related positions; I also help companies optimize their codec selections and encoding stacks and evaluate new encoders and codecs. I am a contributing editor to Streaming Media Magazine, writing about codecs and encoding tools. I have written multiple authoritative books on video encoding, including Video Encoding by the Numbers: Eliminate the Guesswork from your Streaming Video (https://amzn.to/3kV6R1j) and Learn to Produce Video with FFmpeg: In Thirty Minutes or Less (https://amzn.to/3ZJih7e). I have multiple courses relating to streaming media production, all available at https://bit.ly/slc_courses. I currently work as www.netint.com as a Senior Director in Marketing.

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