Richard Davies wrote: The UK has a good crop of technology pioneers in cloud computing - for example ElasticHosts, FlexiScale, Flexiant, OnApp - and also some strong government initiatives such as G-Cloud.
We will have to see whether this kind of technical leadership converts into swift mass-market adoption or not.
Online video is becoming recognised as a powerful format for both
communicating online and providing an enhanced online experience. The
success of Google's YouTube has been well documented and in 2010 YouTube
continues to dominate in terms of viewers and streaming. New business
models are emerging however which explore other ways to generate revenue
from online video. Attention is turning towards Hulu in particular, and
so far it is demonstrating that users will watch longer-form TV and
video content and also tolerate advertising - under the right
conditions. Online video is now also being used by many different
industries for both advertising, marketing and communication purposes.
This report provides an insight into the trends taking place in online
video media including industry statistics. For information on IPTV and
home networking systems, see separate reports.
Key Topics Covered:
Synopsis
Introduction: the power of online video media o Online video media
versus IPTV o Advantages of online video media
Killer applications o Personal video o Video conferencing and
telepresence o Video iPods o Internet Video-On-Demand (VoD) TV shows
on the Internet Hulu
Delivery trends o Streaming content into the home TiVo and YouTube
tie-up o Video Content Delivery Network (CDN) services o Geo-blocking
Online video media statistics and forecasts
Backgrounder: video streaming and P2P o Streaming video o Peer-to-Peer
(P2P) networks