February News
Unified Streaming Just Got Easier with HTML5
A Unified HD Streaming player capable of being seen everywhere is the goal and we’re a step closer with our latest updates to Monster Encoder to include HTML5 encoding. In addition to Unified Live HD Streaming, the new player is capable of being viewed on more devices and browsers than ever before for Video On Demand. The best part is that if HTML5 is not supported on the device or browser, it simply falls back to flash and plays.
To see a demo, please follow this link from any device and play this video.
Stream LIVE on Facebook!
Broadcasters can now stream LIVE and VOD content on Facebook in HD. Facebook users click on the thumbnail of a channel or VOD’s posted link that will immediately launch the player inside the Facebook page. No embed codes needed for the broadcaster either, just copy/paste the URL of the content onto Facebook and be sure to set a thumbnail for the link – something that Facebook prompts you to do. When clicked, the thumbnail opens a player on the wall. For more details, including manual links for the photographic step-by-step, please see our Facebook Press Release.
New WordPress Features Released
Since we initially launched the WordPress module we have been focusing on opening up the templates for even greater control. We’re happy to share that we have enabled several new widgets that allow you to set content into your site with more user-side control. This means less “coding” inside the templates and more drag-and-drop functionality!
Fishing Captain Kevin Johnsen, owner of Florida Keys Reel Adventures, has transformed his website into a one-stop shop for all of his marketing. Here are a few ways he is using the site to increase his business:
1) Homepage loaded with eye-catching content
2) HD media show vacation planners what’s in store
3) The format is controlled through the widget manager
4) Prominent link to Facebook for maximum exposure
5) Trip packages listed on eBay for easy booking
Check out his site: Florida Keys Reel Adventures
Do You Want a Custom IPTV Platform?
A TikiLIVE IPTV network or JamOnCam webcam broadcast platform can be completely white labeled and re-designed to keep the network operating under your brand. For more information please visit www.tikilive.org or contact:
Alex Inman
305-289-4557
alex.inman@eyepartner.com
Skype: alexjinman
EYEPARTNER EXPANDS HTML5 CAPABILITY
Eyepartner has expanded its HTML5 capability to Monster Encoder and TikiLIVE!
A Unified HD Streaming player capable of being seen everywhere is the goal and we’re a step closer with our latest updates to Monster Encoder to include HTML5 encoding. In addition to Unified Live HD Streaming, our new player is capable of being viewed on more devices and browsers than ever before for Video On Demand. The best part is that if HTML5 is not supported on the device or browser, it simply falls back to flash and plays. Compatibility includes:
Browsers:
- Chrome browsers v3 or later
- IE browsers v9 or later
- Safari v3 or later
- Firefox browsers v4 or later
- Opera browsers v10.6 or later
Mobile Devices:
- HLS devices (iPad / iPhone)
- Android Mobile devices running 2.3 or later
- Blackberry devices v6 or later
To test your browser’s compatibility with the complete HTML5 feature list, please visit: http://html5test.com/. For a better understanding of HTML5 video, Wikipedia has a great breakdown.
If you would like more information about our Unified Live HD Streaming player, please contact us and we can help get you LIVE on any device!
Stream to Any Device via RTMP or HLS!
We are currently streaming a pair of LIVE channels that are being transcoded to both RTMP and HLS and you can see them below.
Live 24/7 Demo for any device
Live Stream from our office for any device
If you would like more information about our Unified Live HD Streaming player, please contact us and we can help get you LIVE on any device!
WEYW Morning Show interviews producer of Titanic and Avatar, Jon Landau
As seen on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/eyepartner
Florida Keys local TV station, WEYW, interviewed Jon Landau earlier this week. Jon Landau is probably best known as being a producer for Titanic and Avatar, but was also involved with the classics Dick Tracey and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.
In order to make this interview possible, WEYW uses a TriCaster to mix the two video feeds and broadcast them simultaneously. TriCaster is an approved 3rd party broadcaster with the configuration available right in the TikiLIVE Broadcaster Dashboard. A simple copy/paste of the RTMP information is all it takes to broadcast to TikiLIVE.
Jon is speaking out about a tax referendum that has a big impact on the schools in the Florida keys. He makes it clear that the referendum, if passed, will not cost Monroe county residents. The referendum is to move 0.5% of the existing tax that is currently allocated for capital improvements and puts it into operational budgets. In his words, “education is the key to our future, it’s not about the buildings our children learn in. It’s not about where administrators are housed. It’s about the teachers and the programs the schools offer.” Jon reminds us to vote in the upcoming election and the referendum vote takes place today, along with the Florida GOP primaries.
To view the interview, please visit: http://version3.tikilive.com/video/2537
For more information about broadcasting LIVE with a TriCaster, please contact:
Alex Inman | 305-289-4557 | alex.inman@eyepartner.com
WordPress, HD WAVE Desktop, Destination Broadcasting
WordPress Widget Released!
The highly anticipated WordPress widget module has been released! Now you can easily embed TikiLIVE components into a WordPress-managed site. This provides white-label platform users with a comprehensive set of tools for producing and managing live HD streaming content with the TikiLIVE engine and the flexibility of a WordPress site. WordPress is the most popular content management software with more than 60 million users; the software is free, open-sourced and easy-to-use. Read the rest of the story by clicking here.
Share Your Desktop in HD
Gone are the days of pixelated desktop broadcasts and those applications that crash your flash if you don’t clear your cache. Make a splash with the new HD Wave Desktop version which hits the eShelves this week!
This encoder is capable of broadcasting your desktop in true HD to TikiLIVE.com channels or to channels on your own white-label TikiLIVE platform. The new HD Wave Desktop edition features an easy-to-use interface that allows you to go LIVE quickly and easily after setting the deskshare resolution. On the fly adjustments are simple – no advanced menus needed. And with RTMP streaming you can use the broadcaster on many different OVPs.
The HD Wave Desktop broadcaster is available for $499 per download for an annual license. To find out how to purchase a copy, get in touch with me via the info below.
Mobile Live Broadcasting (a case study)
Niagara Falls Live is an entertainment research site dedicated to the Niagara Falls area for both the United States and Canada. Gordon Stevens, owner, is always testing the latest products and has found a remarkable mobile broadcasting set up! He plugs his Canon Vixia HFG10, which has great low light capture, into an AVerTV Express HD DVR PCI Express card that he has installed on his i7 extreme Dell Toughbook. With his 4G wireless card he can even broadcast live from a helicopter as it hovers over the falls!
To learn more about Destination Broadcasting check this out.
For more information about any of the products found in this newsletter, please contact:
Alex Inman | alex.inman@eyepartner.com | 305-289-4557
NetUP selects Eyepartner as USA Authorized Distributor
Eyepartner is an authorized dealer of the NetUP product line. Eyepartner has successfully deployed NetUP DVB to IP Gateway 4x, an IPTV streaming server, at its state of the art Teleport facility in Florida, USA. NetUP DVB to IP Gateway 4x has allowed Eyepartner to offer IP delivery into their end to end turnkey middleware solution.
Today, Eyepartner is receiving dozens of channels via satellite and then ingesting directly into their transcoding server farm hosted on location. Once the streams are transcoded, they are transferred to Eypartner’s Tier1 facility and delivered via Level3 and other CDN’s to set top boxes, tablets, mobile devices and personnel computers. The NetUP DVB to IP Gateway 4x has shown to be very dependable without issues from the day they were installed.
Eyepartner turnkey broadcasting solutions provide operators the ability to get to market quickly with a complete white label high definition social broadcasting solution. Easily monetize your content and create unlimited channels that may be broadcast live and prerecorded to web sites, mobile devices and set-top-boxes.
Eyepartner is the trusted HD standard for delivering complete solutions who require interactive video content to media companies, enterprises, and Web publishers alike. Utilizing a simpler, faster, and more efficient content delivery infrastructure, Eyepartner’s customers are able to deliver superior end-user experiences at greatly reduced delivery costs.
Eyepartner Teleport Service Facility
- End to End Video Ingestion to IP Delivery
- Full cabinets in our Network Operations Center
- Multiple OC-48 fiber optic connectivity
- Transmission via C & KU band to domestic and international satellites
- Video, audio, data, and IP Transmission
- Fully Redundant – Fault Tolerant RF Systems
- DVB compliant video transmit and receive
- Analog Video transmit and receive
- Lockheed Martin authorized US Signatory
- Intelsat approved
- PanAm Sat approved
- 24/7 Support
JamOnCam v5 Launched!
November 15, 2011 – Eyepartner announced that its fifth iteration of JamOnCam, one of the most advanced HD streaming media solutions on the market, is now available. JamOnCam v5.0 is a turnkey business solution that combines the best live and recorded video/audio quality, live 2-way chat features, and a complete user/content/financial management system in one. With HD video and audio, JamOnCam v5.0 offers LIVE Audio/Video chatting and Videos on Demand through a customizable platform that can be deployed on any domain. Based on the latest Flash technologies, JamOnCam v5.0 does not require users to download any special software.
“JamOnCam v5.0 is packed full of features to help administrators deliver a turnkey streaming media solution to their users complete with high-definition, two-way video and audio chat,” said Tim Green, CEO and President of Eyepartner. “This breakthrough technology allows people to easily communicate with each other LIVE.”
JamOnCam v5.0 has many advantages over other companies that offer 2-way video products. With JamOnCam v5.0, HD is standard so the picture is clear. Administrators can also charge the users for the service at their price point. With its platform management system, administrators can easily manage and monitor broadcasts while controlling content all in one place. Easy-to-understand site usage reports help tailor content to meet the user’s needs. The management system also has fraud control parameters in place including IP location tracking.
Site administrators can also monetize their broadcasts and offer pay-per-view chat sessions that can be set up as pay per minute, pay per month, or pay per unit. Administrators can offer users a sneak peek of the content before they pay. Viewership and income can be tracked using Eyepartner’s full service back office accounting system.
The JamOnCam 5 is perfect for education, counseling, seminars, chats, or for any organization that would like to offer HD two-way video and audio chatting as well as Video on Demand. Another benefit of JamOnCam is Eyepartner’s 24/7 support through the process, including training, free maintenance for 12 months, and automatic upgrades. In-house discounted hosting is also available.
For more information or to see screenshots of the JamOnCam 5, please visit: http://www.eyepartner.com/products/jamoncam/
About Eyepartner: Eyepartner is a software development and hosting company that deploys and hosts rich media enterprise broadcasting software while providing first in class hosting to its clients. Eyepartner solutions focus on delivering high quality video, including both live streaming video and video on-demand (VOD). TikiLIVE is Eyepartner’s flagship HD broadcasting service which provides its users with a comprehensive set of tools for producing and managing live HD streaming content. More information about Eyepartner and TikiLIVE is available at www.eyepartner.com and www.tikilive.com. To speak with someone directly, please call Alex Inman at 305-289-4557.
Bitrate Breakdown
We get a lot of questions about bitrate so today we’ll break it down for you with the top 3 most commonly asked questions.
1) What is bitrate?
Bitrate is the number of bits that are conveyed or processed per unit of time. For broadcasting / computing purposes, it is most commonly identified per second. Not to be confused with byte, consisting of 8 bits, which is used for storage – think Megabyte.
2) What bitrate should I use?
As a general rule, follow these bitrate ranges for broadcasting:
- • SD: 300-800 Kbps
- • HD (720p): 1.0-1.8 Mbps
- • HD (1080p): 1.7-4.0 Mbps
Things to keep in mind when choosing a bitrate:
How fast is your internet connection where you are broadcasting? To broadcast, your upload speed should be at least 50% greater than the bitrate at which you are looking to broadcast. If your upload speed is 1.5Mbps then you should not broadcast at a bitrate higher than 1.0Mbps (1,000Kbps).
What quality do you want to obtain? The higher the bitrate, the higher the quality up to a certain point. The upper limits of the ranges provided above represent the point of diminishing returns. Above these bitrates, it is very difficult to notice a difference. You’ll use more bandwidth and risk creating problems for your viewers which leads into the follow up question:
What type of internet speeds will your viewers have access to? Similar to upload speeds for broadcasters your viewers should have download speeds roughly 50% greater than your broadcasting bitrate in order to view without issue. This is to account for other programs using internet in the background as well as uncontrollable fluctuations in the internet speed from the network.
3) How is VOD bitrate determined?
The encoding bit rate in Kbps (kilobits per second) of a multimedia file is the size in megabytes divided by the time of the recording (in seconds), multiplied by 8000 (1,000 x 8). This takes the megabyte to kilobit conversion into account. For example, an hour-long video that is 320MB is streaming at 711kbps. To determine how large a file will be at a certain bitrate you should multiply the bitrate at which you are broadcasting by the length in seconds and divide by 8000.
For more information, please contact: Alex Inman | 305-289-4557 | alex.inman@eyepartner.com
IPTV Billing Middleware
Network owners can create and manage channel packages on their TikiLIVE network for a fraction of the cost of traditional middleware. Using the account dashboard, admins can set retail prices for individual channels or bundle them depending on their subscribers’ preferences. Compared to a traditional TV provider, subscribers can select only the content they want without having to buy a bundled package.
The turnkey middleware allows the network owner to deliver and monetize live and VOD content anywhere in the world to many compatible devices, including viewers on the web, set top boxes, and mobile devices (such as Android, iPhone/iPad, Blackberry). The middleware combined with the TikiLIVE platform allows network owners to easily manage their subscribers, track content owner royalties, and create financial reports from the easy-to-use dashboard.
“The TikiLIVE IPTV Middleware crosses the barriers that exist between different devices such as personal computers, iPhones, and set top boxes,” said Loretta McCarty, Chief Operating Officer of Eyepartner. “With this non-proprietary platform, network owners can capture subscriptions for any and all subscribers.”
Other features of the TikiLIVE IPTV Middleware allow network owners to:
• Easily control media access with one-time access or recurring subscriptions
• Set security preferences—subscribers must be granted access to view
• Manage royalty fees paid to content/channel producers
Click here to access the cut sheet. For more information, or to see the wireframes for this module, please contact:
Alex Inman | 305-289-4557 | alex.inman@eyepartner.com
JamOnCam Version 5
Here at Eyepartner, we are hard at work making our JamOnCam webcam platform the most advanced and feature-rich platform available anywhere in the world. JamOnCam was started in 2002 and launched in 2003 and has continually progressed with new and innovative features.
This month, we stand on the eve of the next generation of webcam platforms, JamOnCam Version 5, which we know will be a monumental leap for our clients. JamOnCam will offer many new features as part of the core product as well as a suite of new premium modules.
Some of these new features include:
- - Public Profiles
- - Multicam viewing
- - Chat host scrolling features
- - Advanced filters for finding the right chat host
- - Video Previews for VODs
- - 3rd party broadcaster incorporation such as Flash Media Live Encoder or Wirecast (currently available on TikiLIVE)
As always, the platform will be completely white-labeled and 100% customizable. Here is an example of a template for a Video On Demand page.
Custom White-Labeled Template
If you would like to know more about JamOnCam and the progress of Version 5, please contact:
Alex Inman | 305-289-4557 | alex.inman@eyepartner.com