Fail: Apple's New iCloud Service Won't Let Users Stream Content From the Cloud [View article]
They put thought into MobileMe too, yet acknowledged they didn't do it well. But of course, who am I to question Apple. Since they are Apple, I should automatically assume they will do everything right. Some of you are blind and don't ever want to question anything Apple does just because they are Apple.
I love how people like you want to give Apple credit for something they "might" do later on or want to imply, the service will get better. When I wrote about the Apple TV not supporting 1080p, lots of folks like you said it was a non-issue as Apple would add it down the road and I should not be complaing about it. It's been almost a year now and no updates to Apple TV.
Fail: Apple's New iCloud Service Won't Let Users Stream Content From the Cloud [View article]
Memory? Does not save you memory. It saves you storage.
Again, another person who wants to pretend that you can't stream audio as the "less is reliable network". Some of you folks make it sound like the Internet was only invented yesterday.
The day of the Obama Ignaguration, Akamai, who is one of the largest CDNs, peaked their entire network at over 7M simultaneous video streams. Translated into audio streams and that would be over 200M SIMULTANEOUS users streaming audio at one time. And that's from just ONE network.
So the Internet can handle this and anyone who says otherwise simply is not looking at the facts and public data on the market.
Fail: Apple's New iCloud Service Won't Let Users Stream Content From the Cloud [View article]
Simple. I have 20,000 songs. They don't all fit on my iPhone/iPod. So I have to decide which ones I can have locally and which ones I can't. I have to constantly keep downloading and erasing content becasue I can't stream it from the cloud. Streaming would be much simplier.
Trying to compare streaming music to NFL or Netflix video is not fair. Audio would be streamed at 128Kbps. Netflix can be at up to 4Mbps. So the audio stream would be only 1/30th of the bandwidht needed for a Netflix video.
We're talking audio streaming here people. Don't make it sound like today's Internet can't handle that. It's done every day with lots of streaming music services.
Fail: Apple's New iCloud Service Won't Let Users Stream Content From the Cloud [View article]
What happens when I have too many song/pictures to store on the device? Then I have to decide what I can and can't store locally for playback. That's why streaming would be better.
What Could Apple's iCloud Service Be Worth to Akamai? Here Are Some Numbers [View article]
Apple puts out numbers on how many songs they sell. That's public data.The 250M number is the average per month as of today. And since each audio file is so small, it's simply not that expensive to deliver it. You can see more CDN pricing data at cdnpricing.com
CBS Corp. (CBS) is in “serious talks” with Netflix for Canadian and Latin American rights, the broadcaster’s chief executive officer, Leslie Moonves, said yesterday.
MLB.com Now Using Level 3's CDN For Video Delivery, Akamai No Longer Sole CDN [View article]
I don't know the value of the MLB contract to Akamai, so I can't give out a number on that. Level 3 is spending a lot of money to continue to build out their CDN services, but that's the nature of the business. You have to spend a lot to built it out, get to scale and then try to make it profitable. It's not easy and there is no guarantee that Level 3's CDN business will be profitable anytime soon. But then again, we don't know if Akamai's CDN business is profitable either. We know the company is, but Akamai does not break out their P&L per product line and we don't know what percentage of traffic on Akamai's network is video and what percentage of revenue that video makes up.
Amazon's CDN Quickly Gaining Momentum, With Help of Live Flash Streaming [View article]
I have never bought, sold or traded a single share of stock in any public company ever. So I am not giving out any advice when it comes to stocks, I am simply reporting on news. I am NOT a stock analyst and can't say if you should buy, hold or sell.
Netflix to Launch S. America Streaming Service [View article]
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) reports that the total number of internet users in the country reached 67.9 million as at 31 December 2009. internetstatstoday.com...
How Amazon's Prime Streaming Will Disrupt Netflix [View article]
That's not what I said:
"While Amazon has not publicly said how many Prime members they have, analysts on Wall Street all seem to agree that there are about 10M Prime members. Of those, it is estimated that 60% are paying members."
How Amazon's Prime Streaming Will Disrupt Netflix [View article]
"It will be interesting to see how Amazon's video server speed does once demand ramps up, however. "
Amazon videos are being delivered by third party CDNs, including Limelight Networks, which is also one of the CDNs that delivers Netflix's content. Amazon's "video servers" are not being used.
No Major Impact on the Industry From Apple Selling 1M Apple TV Units [View article]
Saying I "hate" Apple is simply not accurate. I have never owned a PC in my life and have had more than 15 different Apple models in my lifetime. Right now I have two MacBook Pro's, an iPad, iPod Touch, Apple TV, Airport Express and Airport Extreme. Right out of high school, I become an Apple Authorized Technician and was trained and Certified directly from Apple. The fact is, I love many Apple products and would not trade my MacBook for any other computer in the world. But that does not mean I have to agree with everything Apple does.
As for the reference to Apple "cleaning my clock" because I am the VP of StreamingMedia.com - that makes no sense. StreamingMedia.com is a news organization, we don't compete with Apple in any way and I don't know what you mean when you say my "vested partners". We're not in the hardware, platform, or content licensing/selling business. We put on trade shows, publish a magazine and publish articles about the industry.
Yes, I would rather use my Roku box over Apple TV because I like wathing MLB, Hulu Plus, NHL and have access to Amazon Video On Demand. I like choice and having lots of it and that's what the Roku gives me. Right now, the Apple TV does not give me that. Could it down the road? Sure. But today, it doesn't and you simply can't argue with that.
Fail: Apple's New iCloud Service Won't Let Users Stream Content From the Cloud [View article]
I love how people like you want to give Apple credit for something they "might" do later on or want to imply, the service will get better. When I wrote about the Apple TV not supporting 1080p, lots of folks like you said it was a non-issue as Apple would add it down the road and I should not be complaing about it. It's been almost a year now and no updates to Apple TV.
Fail: Apple's New iCloud Service Won't Let Users Stream Content From the Cloud [View article]
Fail: Apple's New iCloud Service Won't Let Users Stream Content From the Cloud [View article]
Again, another person who wants to pretend that you can't stream audio as the "less is reliable network". Some of you folks make it sound like the Internet was only invented yesterday.
The day of the Obama Ignaguration, Akamai, who is one of the largest CDNs, peaked their entire network at over 7M simultaneous video streams. Translated into audio streams and that would be over 200M SIMULTANEOUS users streaming audio at one time. And that's from just ONE network.
So the Internet can handle this and anyone who says otherwise simply is not looking at the facts and public data on the market.
Fail: Apple's New iCloud Service Won't Let Users Stream Content From the Cloud [View article]
Anyone who thinks that the Internet can't support a 128Kbps stream, to tens of millions of users today, is falling for the "hype".
Fail: Apple's New iCloud Service Won't Let Users Stream Content From the Cloud [View article]
Trying to compare streaming music to NFL or Netflix video is not fair. Audio would be streamed at 128Kbps. Netflix can be at up to 4Mbps. So the audio stream would be only 1/30th of the bandwidht needed for a Netflix video.
We're talking audio streaming here people. Don't make it sound like today's Internet can't handle that. It's done every day with lots of streaming music services.
Fail: Apple's New iCloud Service Won't Let Users Stream Content From the Cloud [View article]
What Could Apple's iCloud Service Be Worth to Akamai? Here Are Some Numbers [View article]
Netflix to Launch S. America Streaming Service [View article]
www.bloomberg.com/news...
CBS Corp. (CBS) is in “serious talks” with Netflix for Canadian and Latin American rights, the broadcaster’s chief executive officer, Leslie Moonves, said yesterday.
MLB.com Now Using Level 3's CDN For Video Delivery, Akamai No Longer Sole CDN [View article]
Amazon's CDN Quickly Gaining Momentum, With Help of Live Flash Streaming [View article]
Netflix to Launch S. America Streaming Service [View article]
internetstatstoday.com...
You can also see a lot more data here: www.itu.int/en/Pages/d...
Video CDN Revenue Will Grow to Over $1.4 Billion by 2012 [View article]
How Amazon's Prime Streaming Will Disrupt Netflix [View article]
"While Amazon has not publicly said how many Prime members they have, analysts on Wall Street all seem to agree that there are about 10M Prime members. Of those, it is estimated that 60% are paying members."
How Amazon's Prime Streaming Will Disrupt Netflix [View article]
Amazon videos are being delivered by third party CDNs, including Limelight Networks, which is also one of the CDNs that delivers Netflix's content. Amazon's "video servers" are not being used.
No Major Impact on the Industry From Apple Selling 1M Apple TV Units [View article]
As for the reference to Apple "cleaning my clock" because I am the VP of StreamingMedia.com - that makes no sense. StreamingMedia.com is a news organization, we don't compete with Apple in any way and I don't know what you mean when you say my "vested partners". We're not in the hardware, platform, or content licensing/selling business. We put on trade shows, publish a magazine and publish articles about the industry.
Yes, I would rather use my Roku box over Apple TV because I like wathing MLB, Hulu Plus, NHL and have access to Amazon Video On Demand. I like choice and having lots of it and that's what the Roku gives me. Right now, the Apple TV does not give me that. Could it down the road? Sure. But today, it doesn't and you simply can't argue with that.