STSWE17

Video: The benefits of using CRF-capped VOD Encoding

Posted on by Russell Trafford-Jones


In this presentation from Streaming Tech Sweden 2017, Carl Lindqvist from Bonnier Broadcasting and Johan Skaneby from Eyevinn Technology, describe the benefits and gains of using CRF-capped VOD encoding (constant rate factor).
With a thorough explanation of how this encoding works, Carl and Joahan show that CFR Based encoding can deliver

  • CDN savings,
  • Bandwidth savings,
  • Mobile dataplan savings and
  • User experience improvements.

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Great prep for AWS Elemental’s upcoming QVBR webcast on 26th April 2018 –

Video: Designing User Experiences for VR

Posted on by Russell Trafford-Jones


José Somolinos from Accedo.TV gives a great overview of the state of VR. Speaking at Streaming Tech Sweden, José covers:

  • How can you mix 16:9 footage with a VR experience?
  • What about 360º video which is often synonymous with 360.
  • What is Google’s VR180?
  • What are the many ways of saving bandwidth by mapping video?

Finishing with Holographic video and a Q&A, this really helps understand where VR can fit in today’s broadcast & media market place.

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José is Senior UX Product Manager at Accedo.TV.
Streaming Tech Sweden is an independent, sponsor-free conference run by Eyevinn Technology.

Video: The Role of Metadata in Content Discovery; Improving the User Experience and Reducing Churn

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Rainy days increase viewing of horror movies, discovers Arash Pendari, CEO and Founder of Vionlabs. How can we market better to people? Using machine learning and advanced analytics, Arash talks about the role of metadata in content discovery ensuring that viewers are not pigeonholed and recommendation engines provide suggestions with depth.

This presentation is from Streaming Tech Sweden 2017, the tech-conference for the Streaming Tech Community. With a dedicated focus on the technology for video streaming, this is the meeting place to be educated and inspired by experts in this area, network with the community and bring home new thoughts and ideas. With a no-sponsors policy STSWE can independently choose the topics and speakers we and the community find most important and relevant.

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Webinar: How to build your own CDN – SVT

Posted on by Russell Trafford-Jones


Fredrik Widlund shares Swedish Television’s (SVT) experience building their own CDN in house.
Fredrik explains the rationale in building their own CDN and the experience they gained from doing it. Quality
Includes a Q&A which took pleace at Streaming Tech Sweden 2017, a tech-conference for the Streaming Tech Community. Streaming Tech Sweden has a no-sponsors policy to allow them to independently choose the topics and speakers they and the community find most important and relevant.

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