Daily Motion is escalating the battle for #3 in their space (after YouTube and MySpace TV).
Online video advertising is growing, quickly. continue reading...
From Dan Rayburn’s blog:
So with all that being said, below is what the going rate is for streaming media delivery. These figures are based on actual contracts and RFPs I have seen in the market and comes from customers telling me on a weekly basis what they are paying. Since last quarters pricing, which I detailed here, the biggest change is at the 50TB+ per month commitment. Anything below 50TB+ has pretty much been level all year. Only above 50TB+ and really at 100TB+ is where the price has dropped from last quarter. continue reading...
Being a fairly large producer of video content over at WatchMojo.com, I’ve come to appreciate the need and desire to serve videos in a crips, quick and reliable fashion. Having viewers from Bombay to Boston, having a global grid that can serve videos is not an option, it’s a must.
Relying on a host is just not optimal, usually, and so enter CDNs, or content delivery networks. continue reading...
Last Friday I wondered what was up with the 27% spike in Limelight Networks’ stock price (disclaimer: long LLNW).
I thought it was an institutional investor piling on some shares, since the company’s stock debuted at about $18, zoomed up to nearly $22, but had fallen back down to $15 before the 27% spike. continue reading...
