A Business & Entertainment History of Streaming Media

With video increasingly becoming the medium of communication over the internet, it is a sobering thought that many of the technologies now being used seamlessly were tried out, at enormous usage costs, in the early-to-mid 90s. Some of the first uses of internet streaming media in this period were: The first major live sports webcast on the internet on September 5, 1995 - a Major League Baseball game between the Seattle Mariners and the New York Yankees. A Rolling Stone Live Concert was broadcast live from Cotton Bowl in Dallas on 18 November 1994. Knowing the broadcast channel to be live…

Secure Video Streaming In E-learning – eBook

Sign up for access to the Secure Video Streaming in eLearning eBook, where we discuss a technical overview of secure video technologies for eLearning. The ebook includes use cases and explanations of security layers & vulnerabilities. [wp_email_capture_form] We mainly focus on what is meant by security in each of the cases given below, and how effective each feature is. Most, not necessarily all, video protection features explained below are used by Online Video Platforms (OVPs). We explain which combination of security features is optimal towards ensuring that there is no weak link through which online videos can be downloaded. Download the eBook to learn…

WP eMember as WordPress Membership Plugin: User Management Tutorial

In this post we will describe in detail one of the most popular Wordpress membership plugins – WP eMember. Membership plugins are necessary to manage users. Each membership corresponds to a user role, which determines access to content and other features on your website.  Using this Wordpress membership plugin would help you in deciding what content to provide to which category of learner. Control of access to content eventually determines that you are able to monetize your content. We discuss how to implement Per user restriction on login time and preventing unauthorized access so that one paid member has maximum restrictions from sharing…

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