The skinny on Apple’s HTTP Live Streaming

Jan Ozer November 19, 2009 Articles Leave a comment 1,358 Views

Digital Content Producer just published an article that I wrote explaining the basics of Apple’s HTTP Live Streaming to the iPhone/iTouch platform, both how the technology works and your implementation options. I think that streaming to this platform will become essential over the next 12 to 18 months, as mobile viewership increases. For example (as the article states), 10% of those who viewed the early rounds of this year’s baseball playoffs watched on the iPhone/iTouch platform.

Click here to read the article.

Tags

About Jan Ozer

Avatar photo
I help streaming and video technology companies solve complex technical and market-facing problems in practical business terms. Engagements range from fixed-scope audits and codec strategy reviews to product testing and technical content that helps customers, prospects, and internal teams connect technical performance to business outcomes. 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.

Check Also

Microsoft MLVC: Interoperability, Power Realities, and the Neural Compression Patent Landscape

Microsoft recently open-sourced the Machine Learning Video Codec (MLVC) under the MIT License, publishing the …

Codecs for CFOs

Executive Summary The H.264 codec has proven remarkably durable, but demand for 4K efficiency, HDR …

Wowza’s New Video Intelligence Framework – Interviews

Wowza just released the Video Intelligence Framework, or VIF. According to my article in Streaming …

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

© Copyright 2026 Streaming Learning Center, All Rights Reserved