I sat in a number of sessions at Streaming Media West and one of the themes that resonated was discussed in the panel session, How Old Media Is Embracing Online Video and New Media. The conference program described this session as a discussion on "how converging media technologies are redefining traditional distribution methods, how interactive and on-demand services are changing, and how entertainment and news video is being consumed." I took notes of this session which captured some of the key discussion

This was the second of two sessions I moderated at Streaming Media West. My original plan for this session was to run through a series of questions that I had covered with each of my panelists in previous conversations. This was a similar format to my other panel session (using questions to trigger the discussion) but something else happened, the audience got really engaged in a Q&A session and it ultimately became a much richer session through their participation. While the numbers dwindled in the last da

I'm pleased to announce that the first video from one of my two panel sessions from Streaming Media West is now online at: http://streamingmedia.com/videos/. This session discussed online publishing and marketing strategies by a diverse panel of industry speakers. I was thrilled to moderate this panel session and I thank Amir Ashkanzi, Christina Cece, Sanjay Desai and Robb Miller for their contributions (see their bios below.) I'll be featuring other videos from the conference in upcoming posts including t

Steve Garfield led this fun session at Streaming Media West on live streaming from mobile phones and wi-fi networks. I caught up with Steve, Bhaskar Roy of Qik and Rainer Cvillink of Mogulus as they were getting ready and captured a few minutes of each of them on my Flip Video camera. While I recorded this video that I later edited and posted online -- which Steve called "old technology" -- they were streaming live! Here's the official video produced by ScribeMedia.org: Live Broadcasting Over Mobile and

As I mentioned in my last post, a number of the videos from Streaming Media West are now available at: http://www.streamingmedia.com/videos/ and one of the videos is from the panel session on, "Mobile Video Research Findings: Analyzing the Opportunity" which was led by Peter Cervieri, Co-founder of and Director of Business Development for ScribeMedia.org. I spoke with Peter prior to the session and he described the panel session in one minute or less. Peter posted the video from the session on Scribe Med

Adriana Gascoigne is the Director of Corporate Communications at hi5 which launched in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing social networks. Last week hi5 became the first major social network to offer a language translation tool that's fully compliant with the OpenSocial v0.8 standard. Adriana is a seasoned vlogger for Bub.blicio.us, MeeVee, TheWeakSpot and has had numerous clients in the corporate and technology industries. She founded Girls in Tech with Jessica Valenzuela and

Updated of Streaming Media West News Coverage from Sept 29-30, 2008. Windows Media Player and Silverlight join hands IT Examiner - Banglore, Karnataka, India - - Sept. 30, 2008There was also a host of specialty server and client products that were sprinkled around the Streaming Media West show floor. We highlighted one of those in ...See all stories on this topic Wowza Media Server® Pro Preferred Over Adobe® FMS by Streaming ... PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA - Sept. 30, 2008 ... was made by

In the last hours of Streaming Media West I had a few minutes to speak with Dan Rayburn, EVP of Streamingmedia.com and Conference Chairman. Dan led two sessions on the CDN market and in this interview he provides an overview what the conference is about, what's important to making the 10-year old event a success, the demographics of the attendees, initial feedback of the sessions and keynotes, and an outlook for the streaming media and CDN industry. A note on process for all you online video content pro

It's now day three of Streaming Media West. I at and I had planned to post more timely updates from the conference I found that I didn't get much down time. My second panel session is later today and I'm looking forward to an engaging and lively discussion with Paul Kontonis, CEO, Co-Founder, For Your Imagination, Saidah Nash VP, Global Product Development, Thomson Reuters and Mark Rotblat, VP of Sales and Marketing, TubeMogul. The two keynotes yesterday were by Albert Cheng, Executive VP, Digital Media, A