You’ve surely heard the news—this week Net Neutrality cleared a major hurdle by gaining FCC approval. While there are still many unknowns in regards to the plan and how or when it will take effect, one thing is for sure:…
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Smart Scaling of Unique-Based Metrics Using HyperLogLog
Here at Conviva, we empower top media publishers by providing them with rich real-time insights on their video streaming traffic. We compute different Quality of Experience (QoE) metrics like RebufferingRatio, AverageBitrate, VideoStartupTime and many more. A critical metric for our customers…
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Valentine’s Day for Video Lovers
This Valentines day we’ve found something to celebrate without spending money on roses or chocolates. Google is showing some love to their fans by giving a $6 credit to all Chromecast owners. This credit can go towards movies, music or apps.…
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Super Bowl XLIX: NBC offers TVE for Free
It’s almost time for the big game this Sunday! And, for the first time ever, NBC will be live streaming the Super Bowl XLIX and halftime show (featuring Katy Perry and Lenny Kravitz) available on desktop and tablets for FREE.…
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The iPad Changed Everything
This week marks the 5 year anniversary of the iPad. Quite contrary to the expectations of the professional pundits, it changed the world of computing. And it arguably opened the floodgates to OTT video. There’s nothing revolutionary about pointing out that…
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The 2014 Conviva Hackathon
Conviva is really excited for the holidays, partially because we’re about to host our 4th Annual Hackathon over the weekend of December 12th. In the past, we’ve seen some great results from Hackathon’s, including many new ideas that were further…
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Scaling Conviva’s Real-time Platform for the 2014 FIFA World Cup: An Engineering Perspective
Soccer fans around the world have just embraced a full month of excitement, brought about by the 2014 FIFA World Cup. At Conviva, we had our own share of excitement building up to a record traffic crescendo by the time…
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Entertainment Technology in the Internet Age
When will the Internet be the primary delivery mechanism for TV? That was a big question at the second annual SMPTE Entertainment Technology in the Internet Age conference at Stanford University last week. The day was focused on the convergence…
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