Today, Apple announced at Macworld that by the end of the first quarter, all songs in their catalog will be DRM free. While that's nice, but not really that big of a deal, the real question is when DRM free...

I am excited to announce that StreamingMedia.com will be launching a new one-day summit in May 2009 that will focus on the infrastructure of online video. Held in conjunction with the Streaming Media East show, my goal is to bring...

This morning, Akamai, Ascent Media and Sofatronic announced the creating of a new integrated digital workflow and distribution solution for the production, hosting and delivery of BD Live functionality for Blu-ray Discs.The companies say the new service provides a more...

I wanted to pass along the sad news that Ezra Davidson, former co-founder of SyncCast and a previous writer for StreamingMedia.com passed away over the New Year's holiday. Sadly, he was killed by a family member who the LA Times...

As the CES show in Vegas kicks off this week, the buzz and announcements around broadband enabled TVs is starting to heat up. Netflix and LG announced that come later this spring, a new line of broadband enabled LCD and...

Amazon just announced that in "early 2009" they will enable more than 40,000 commercial-free movies and television shows to be viewed with the Roku player. This marks the first new content partner for the Roku device which to date, was...

Today, Malaysia based Aflexi is pre-launching a new CDN platform targeting web hosting providers and small ISPs who want to enable CDN services across their network. The service is very similar in theory to Velocix's Metro service that was launched...

During the holidays, on December 29th, the Judge denied Limelight's motion for a summary judgment in their patent suit with Level 3 and stated the case will still go to trial. If you want to get a good overview of...