Category: OTT

May062012May 6, 2012January 18, 20151Commentby Nicolas Weil

NAB 2012 OTT Advancements & Doubts

Posted in DRM, Encoding, OTT, Repackaging, Streaming, Workflow

NAB 2012 closed its doors two weeks ago, so it’s a good time to draw an appraisal on various themes concerning OTT issues, and especially premium OTT issues, that have been handled through industry technology offer during the tradeshow. Here we’ll go from production to distribution and examine the salient NAB facts and products, at least the ones which have a potential influence on OTT workflows evolution in the coming months (or years ?).


Feb132012February 13, 2012August 28, 20217Commentsby Nicolas Weil

How to build a Netflix-like multiscreen OTT service (part 1)

Posted in OTT

With the fall of Megaupload, legal VOD sites are quickly gaining back popularity as consumers are eager to watch fresh video contents on all their connected devices. If you are a content owner, a TV channel or a telco, it may be the right time to (re)launch you Multiscreen OTT VOD offer. This post intends to start from the reference tech choices in this game – Netflix’s ones – explain the major challenges of such type of service and the associated DRM issues, and finally drive you throughout the different market options you have to setup your own service on a close basis. Everything would have been easier if Netflix did sell its solution as a white label platform, but it’s not (yet) the case, so this leaves fun territories to explore !