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As addressable advertising — that is, the ability to present different ads to different households while they’re watching the same program — gains momentum in the premium video streaming market, providers of real-time video experiences need to be able to support an approach to instantaneous server-side ad insertions that squares with their ultra-low latency mandates.… Continue reading 6 Reasons Dynamic Server-Side Ad Insertion Is Big Plus for Real-Time Video Providers

The electric feeling of a live sports event is infectious. The exhilaration of a hard-fought victory, or the anguish of defeat all stream through. As such broadcasting sporting events capitalize on that excitement so trying to replicate an in-stadium experience for fans streaming from home is a really lucrative opportunity. How we consume sports content… Continue reading 3 Phases of the Live Sports Streaming Software Evolution

As the battle against online video piracy intensifies, license holders need better approaches to forensic watermarking that can accelerate action against theft of live content, including content streamed in real time, without creating vulnerabilities to pirates’ countermeasures. Given how hard it is to battle theft of live content streamed at multi-second latencies using current watermarking… Continue reading Why It Makes Sense to Watermark Live Streaming Video in Real Time

Chris Allen, Red5 Pro’s CEO and Co-Founder, spoke on the Linode podcast, Craft of Code to discuss the ends and outs of live real-time video streaming. Listen to the discussion as Chris covers the early days of Red5 and how we identified major problems in the older live streaming infrastructure: latency and lack of support for… Continue reading Red5 CEO Talks Live Video Streaming on Linode’s Podcast Craft of Code

By its nature, video streaming is a quality-sensitive application, especially when it comes to live video. Maintaining a consistent stream is very important. Every video and audio frame has the potential to include key information so mishandling those frames could be very detrimental to the user experience. In the real world, when things go wrong… Continue reading 3 Essential Tools for Live Video Stream Monitoring

Live streaming involves integrating a few different pieces of technology. Those pieces must work seamlessly together and offer a full range of features. Achieving the best performance, highest utility, and best value is paramount. Based on the latest trends in video-first applications here are 8 key components for assembling your live video streaming tech stack.… Continue reading 8 Components of an Effective Live Video Streaming Technology Stack

As 5G networks continue to expand across the world, they continue to unlock the full potential of real-time video streaming. With throughput gains of over 20% to 100% over 4G, the high speed connectivity of 5G means you can stream more data and get more out of mobile networks. More data allows for streaming not… Continue reading 3 Innovative Use Cases Unlocked by 5G 4K Video Streaming

Announcing Red5 Pro Server Release 7.2.11! We are very excited about our new Node Checker feature. It will allow for real-time monitoring of the server environment to find and remove corrupted nodes. This helps Red5 Pro setups to run even smoother. The Node Checker consists of three parts: Read Node, Sunset Node, and Terminate Node.… Continue reading Red5 Pro Server Release 7.2.11

There’s no better clue to the deficiencies of a vendor’s solution than a claim that what a competitor is doing can’t be done. It’s one thing for a supplier to say the technology their solution employs is better on the merits. Claiming that they’ve chosen their technology because a better idea that’s proving itself in… Continue reading 9 Reasons Why Debunking WebRTC Scalability Is a Fool’s Errand