Everyone likes movies - adults, kids, angsty teens. But there’s a certain group of people that takes this fondness to a whole new level. These individuals are commonly referred to as cinephiles.
Online video nee streaming has come a long way from its salad days as postage-sized embedded video players (later Flash) on the front of your My Yahoo! Page. Comparing that to what we we are delivering today is unfair, akin to comparing an iPhone to a rotary telephone.
If you’ve been anywhere near the water, even as a visitor, you’ve heard a fish tale - where the fisherman or fisherwoman in question embellishes a bit (or sometimes a lot). The story takes a few twists and turns about the experience, how small the pole was and how strong the fish (and angler) was.
The big game is over and wow, what a spectacle it was. Every year, it seems we say that this game was better than the last. And often, these statements are true. But Super Bowl LI was, by any measure, extraordinary, breaking many Super Bowl records along the way.
It’s clear that video is the current favorite across most social media platforms; more than 100 million hours of video are watched on Facebook every day.
Note: This post is supporting component #3 of Experience and Economics: Brightcove’s Manifesto for Media in 2017. Download the full manifesto as a PDF here. Transcoding, Storage and Bandwidth Savings with Dynamic Media Delivery.
Note: This post is supporting component #2 of Experience and Economics: Brightcove’s Manifesto for Media in 2017.