Longer listening times means more ad inventory and revenue for stations...
Posted November 3rd, 2009
The stable, high quality listening experience resulting from 128Kbps Abacast-enabled streams results in longer listening times and thus more ad inventory and more revenue. This inventory can be sold by the stations themselves or by utilizing Abacast’s Ad Sales Partner Network to sell unsold inventory to local and national advertisers.
128Kbps Abacast-enabled audio streams for less than the cost of 48Kbps streams
Posted October 27th, 2009
This is significant for broadcasters because when choosing which online radio streams to listen to, the fact is that most consumers choose the highest bit-rate available. 128Kbps Abacast-enabled streams enable stations to offer CD quality Internet radio and attract large audiences without increasing their costs.
Abacast Announces Worldwide Availability of Live Peer-Assisted
Flash Delivery Platform
Posted July 1st, 2009
Built on top of Abacast’s industry-leading Live Peer-Assisted Delivery technology, Abacast Live Flash P2P enables delivery of the highest quality video on the Internet using the world’s most popular video format.
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Online Video has Reached the Tipping Point
Posted May 15th, 2009
It was nice to see Akamai's CEO Paul Sagan's comments from Streaming Media East this week about online video's momentum (see "Akamai CEO says online video has reached the "tipping point" in Contentinople). The analysis and observations that "we're now delivering prime-time sized audiences on the Web" and "HD video drives revenue" directly map into Abacast's core value propositions of enabling publishers to distriibute the highest quality content at scale.
Rob Green Joins BuyDRM Board of Advisors
Posted May 12th, 2009
BuyDRM has appointed digital media technology veteran Rob Green to the company's Board of Advisors. Rob is the former SVP of Business Development and Strategy for Nine Systems and member of the core senior management team that managed the sale of the company to Akamai. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Abacast and was recently selected by Streaming Media Magazine as a 2009 Streaming Media All Star.
"The addition of Rob Green as an Advisor adds valuable and deep experience for BuyDRM's business strategy and development. We are delighted to have the contribution of Rob's vast experience and knowledge," said Christopher Levy, BuyDRM Founder & CEO.
"BuyDRM is impressive and very well positioned to capture significant market share. It is clear that the digital media industry requires rich, well developed content protection platform solutions to capitalize on all of the existing and emerging distribution possibilities for both the PC and Mac platforms," said Mr. Green. "Content providers utilizing BuyDRM's KeyOS platform will be able to maximize revenue opportunities while ensuring a great user experience in more user scenarios than ever before. It is truly a win/win proposition for both content owners and consumers."
Rob Green to Participate in P2P Panel at Streaming Media East May 12-13th
Posted April 29th, 2009
Peer-to-peer (P2P) technology continues to be a topic of intense controversy in the streaming media industry and many questions arise about Which of the many P2P, peer-assisted, hybrid CDN, and cloud computing entrants will be most successful.
Rob Green will be on the panel discussion addressing how broadband operators currently view P2P and if the efficiencies will be realized or will complications prevent P2P from fulfilling its full potential.
The panel takes place on May 12th from 11:45am to 12:30pm (B102) and also includes such names as Barry Tishgart, VP, Internet Services for Comcast, Doug Pasko, Senior Technologist for Verizon Communications, and John Dillon, CMO for Velocix.
Jim Kott to Keynote at the 4th Annual P2P Media Summit LA
Posted April 24th, 2009
Jim Kott, Co-President of Abacast will be a featured keynote for the DCIA's 4th Annual P2P Media Summit held in Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel in Santa Monica, CA on May 4th from 9am to 7pm. Jim's keynote will be 9:30am right after the Industry Overview and Introductions segment.
more about the DCIA Summit.
The Summit will focus on data gathering and analytics in the P2P marketplace, and feature keynotes from top P2P and social networking software distributors, panels of industry leaders, and is being held in conjunction with the Digital Hollywood Spring Conference.
| Interview with Jim Kott, Co-President of Abacast from NAB 2009 Show Floor
Posted April 24th, 2009 Jim also touches on points about the Abacast Live Presenter and it's success streaming in H.264 for a live 8-hour conference. |
Rob Green Named Streaming Media Allstar 2009
Posted April 9th, 2009StreamingMedia.com names Rob Green as one of the most innovative, influentual and important players in the online video arena. The All-Star team consists of 25 of the most important people in the history of the streaming media industry going as far back as the 1990s and includes such names as Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix and Jeremy Allaire, CEO of Brightcove.
Rob Green, who serves as a board member as well as a managing director for Abacast, has been an influential contributor in the CDN space with achievements that include being part of the executive team that sold Nine Systems to Akamai as well as concieving and building the CDN certification program for Microsoft. He is a valuable asset to Abacast as well as the entire streaming industry.
"... the underlying trend of main stream content providers rapidly increasing their online offerings, in a variety of different models, is very exciting..." says Rob, "It seemed like we were just about to get to this point 6+ years ago but I guess it took a little longer than expected
Rob will be attending the 2009 NAB show in Las Vegas from April 20th thru 23rd.
Abacast Successfully Deploys New Live Presenter Webcasting Solution
Posted April 7th, 2009
Abacast successfully deployed the Live Presenter webcasting solution for an 8-hour 2009 DCIA Market Conference in New York City on March 17th. The webcast featured live H.264 video streaming through a custom Flash application and displayed live video with over 300 slides to a worldwide online audience.
Mike King, President of Abacast to speak at the second annual P2P Media Summit
Posted January 6th, 2009
Wednesday, January 7th, will be the second annual P2P Media Summit held in the North Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center (N260-N264) from 8am to 7:30pm. This DCIA event, held within CES, features industry leaders presenting business models and technical solutions being deployed using P2P and cloud computing technologies.
Mr. King will be speaking on the Solutions Development panel from 2:45-3:30pm. The panel's topic of Creating the Commercial P2P Ecosystem covers architectural, CDN-related, content security and other technological solutions that will optimize P2P and hybrid peer-assisted deployments for the benefit of all participants in the distribution chain.
Abacast Inc. Appoints Veteran Digital Media Executive to Board of Advisors
Posted January 5th, 2009
Nils Lahr to Board of Advisors.
(Camas, WA, Dec. 15th, 2008) Abacast Inc. of Camas, Washington announced that digital media technology and entertainment veteran Nils Lahr has joined the company’s Board of Advisors.
Mr. Lahr is the former CTO and Co-Founder of iBEAM Broadcasting and a key architect of Microsoft’s Digital Media Platform. He was also a founder of VXtreme, which was acquired by Microsoft for over $50 million. Mr. Lahr has consulted on technology strategy and projects to numerous Fortune 50 companies. He recently co-founded Synergy Sports, which indexes video of every NBA game, and Lexicon Digital, a startup venture founded with the actor David Caruso.
Abacast Inc. Announces the Acquisition of Tukati, Inc., Becoming the First Content Distribution Network to Offer Hybrid Peer-Assisted Distribution for Both Live and On-Demand Streaming Media
Posted September 23, 2008
Abacast Hybrid CDN is the first to offer Live and On-Demand media distribution that seamlessly utilizes unicast and peer-assisted delivery
Camas, WA (September 23, 2008) – Abacast, Inc., a leader in real-time streaming solutions has today announced the purchase of Tukati, Inc., a producer of peer-assisted on-demand delivery solutions. The acquisition brings a combined peer-assisted Live and On-Demand Service under a single entity, which was previously offered via a partnership between the two companies...
Posted September 18, 2008
Using live video streaming to enhance radio fan loyalty
Abacast, a leader in online video streaming, has announced that it is streaming live video of the Rod Ryan Show for Clear Channel’s 94.5 the Buzz.
The Rod Ryan Show, Houston’s highly rated morning show, will be utilizing a Budweiser sponsored video player ...
Abacast Powers Online Live Olympic Broadcasts for SBS Olympic Website
Posted September 3, 2008
Abacast Live, the leading live peer-assisted delivery solution, serves 1.5Mb/s Windows Media streams to over 12,000 simultaneous viewers of the SBS Olympic web site’s live Olympic broadcasts.
(September 3rd, 2008, Camas, WA) Abacast, the industry leader in Hybrid CDN Services, has announced that its Abacast Live peer-to-peer based (P2P) distribution solution has successfully powered the SBS Internet Olympic web site’s (http://Olympic.sbs.co.kr) live 2008 Olympic broadcasts.
SBS (http://global.sbs.co.kr), an international media company, operates terrestrial broadcast TV and radio stations, as well as cable and satellite stations ...
Posted August 20, 2008
NextMedia Radio wanted to improve their Internet radio business model and customer experience, while allowing customization for each of their 27 local markets. Specifically, NextMedia wanted to offer their customers the same local broadcasting and content they are used to, and generate revenue through a custom, ad-supported media player. Abacast developed customizable players for each online station, complete with unique station branding and ad management, all integrated with Abacast’s unicast and peer-assisted delivery.
The media players have local RSS and weather feeds, synchronized banner ad spots for the title sponsor, station promotion ad spots and the ability for the user to request a song, or in the case of talk radio, send information. Also, the players have menus with links to sample other affiliated stations in the region. When clicked on, the player transforms into the station selected complete with logo and branding dynamically swapped in.
Behind the scenes, all the players feature Silverlight for cross-platform compatibility, working on Internet Explorer, FireFox, and Safari. The players incorporate video gateway ads or station webcams as well as ad injection to replace terrestrial content. When not showing video, the player window displays a Flash slideshow of station pictures taken to add an element of personalization to the player.
Posted August 19, 2008
NextMedia Radio chooses Abacast citing Abacast’s strong customer service and business model support.
(August 19th, Camas, WA) Abacast, the industry leader in Hybrid CDN Services, has announced that NextMedia Radio Group has selected Abacast’s Hybrid CDN Service across its 27 stations. Abacast’s services will be used for hosting, unicast and peer-assisted streaming, ad management and insertion, audience analytics, and user experience presentation.
NextMedia, a national media company, operates in 12 rated and suburban markets...
