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A hearty welcome to Ben Runyan, who joins the Red5 Pro team as the Sales Director. Ben comes to us from AMD, one of our strategic partners, and previously worked for Xilinx. In addition to his engineering background and robust sales and marketing experience, Ben brings a familiarity with the video broadcast industry and all… Continue reading Welcoming Ben Runyan

‌‌ Consumers’ insatiable appetite for game playing has reached the point where the use of socially meaningful gamification elements has become more essential than ever to fostering engagement across an expanding array of online activities.‌‌ But there’s something beyond the sheer number of gamers that makes this an especially propitious moment to be stepping up… Continue reading Defining Gamification for a New Era of Internet Engagement

When Epic Games launched Unreal and the underlying game engine in 1998, their goal was simple enough: create better games. As they made their tools available to others, however, first through direct licensing agreements, then via the Unreal Developer Kit in 2009, and eventually through Unreal Engine in 2014, it became clear that there was… Continue reading Beyond the Games: Video Streaming in Unreal Engine

A little competition can make any virtual experience more fun. From sports to video games, adding a competitive feature to your live video app is sure to draw in users and keep them coming back. One way to make video interactive is through the gamification of online services. We’ve come up with some fun ideas… Continue reading Using Online Competition and Gamification to Make Interactive Video Experiences Better

Our team recently attended AWS Summit New York with AMD to demonstrate the Red5 Pro streaming service powered by the Xilinx® Alveo™ U30 media accelerator card running on the AWS EC2 VT1. Sylvio Jelovcich, director of business development, and Jes Palmer, senior product manager, were in attendance to share more information about our service. It’s… Continue reading AWS Summit New York

You may remember that Chris Allen, Red5 Pro CEO, was invited to speak on a panel at Streaming Media East‘s Content Delivery Summit back in May. The session, entitled Fireside Chat: Beyond The Theory Of Decentralization, Blockchain, & Crypto CDN, was moderated by Mark de Jong, Chairman, CDN Alliance, and also featured Boris Bogatin, Chief… Continue reading Beyond the Theory of Decentralization, Blockchain, and Crypto CDN Fireside Chat

If you have been using Red5 Pro, you may have noticed the words “Cauldron” and “Brew” sprinkled throughout our documentation. It may sound sinister, but don’t worry – we haven’t started mixing potions! Although it sounds like magic, Cauldron and Brew are actually two aspects of Red5 Pro’s transcoding solutions. They empower developers and users… Continue reading What is Cauldron? What are Brews?

In the medical profession, hands-on experience is crucial to learning the trade. Patients need caretakers they can trust; professionals must be confident and skilled as well as compassionate. But because it’s not always possible to train in clinical situations with live patients, simulations, both in-person and virtual, are a key element for learning about and… Continue reading How Virtual Reality Medical Training is Improving Healthcare

Our Red5 Pro team has been working hard to create the best product possible and we’re announcing another new server release. We recommend staying up to date with new releases so that Red5 Pro runs as smoothly as possible. See below for details on this update. Added: Status reported by nodes to Stream Manager to… Continue reading Server Patch Release 10.5.0

AWS Summit New York is coming up next week on July 12 and we’ll be there with our partner, AMD. Stop by AMD’s booth (#325) to see a demo of our Red5 Pro streaming service powered by the Xilinx® Alveo™ U30 media accelerator card running on the AWS EC2 VT1. For more information about our… Continue reading Join us for AWS Summit New York