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Flumotion wins sixth Streaming Media Award

October 19, 2011 in News with 0 Comments

The winners of Streaming Media European Readers Choice Awards were announced last night at a special Reception at the Streaming Media Europe conference and Expo in London. We are excited to have been awarded in the category of Best WebCast Platform. This is our 6th Streaming Media Award/recognition in only 2 years and it reinforces our strong commitment to live streaming and online video and radio publishing.

Over 14,300 votes were cast in just six weeks this autumn when voting opened, and Streaming Media Editor, Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen, commented, ”This year’s winners reflect the best of online video in 2011. The fact that the winners include both veterans and relative newcomers proves that, not only is online video as strong as ever, but it continues to grow and companies both old and new are innovating at a pace we’ve never seen before.” Continue Reading…

Gestiona Radio and Flumotion bridge the gap between traditional and online radio

October 19, 2011 in Press Releases with 0 Comments

Press Release: October 19, 2011. Flumotion’s Online Radio Platform enables Gestiona Radio to turn an old fashioned medium into a social and innovative listening experience

During the rise of the video star, many thought that the fate of radio was sealed. But now online new technologies have not only created opportunities for television – they are also the key to reviving radio. Flumotion, a leader in Online Video and Radio Platforms, and innovative radio broadcaster Gestiona Radio are transcending the boundaries of traditional radio to create a new listening experience that is both exciting as well as profitable. Flumotion’s Online Radio Platform has been designed to enable companies to adapt their business models to the rapid changes in technology and consumers’ listening habits. Continue Reading…

Flumotion streams prestigious literature prize gala live to a global audience

October 14, 2011 in Press Releases with 0 Comments

Flumotion is broadcasting the award gala of the Planeta Prize

The annual prize is the biggest recognition in Spanish literature and takes place on October 15 in the Palau de Congresos in Barcelona. The Prince and Princess of Asturias and Girona are presiding the formal dinner.

Barcelona, Oct 14, 2011. Flumotion, the leading Online Video and Radio Platform for live and on demand streaming, is broadcasting the award gala of the Planeta Prize on October 15 at 23:40. The Planeta prize is the most important award in Spanish language literature along with €601,000 in prize money offered to the winner. This year is sixteenth anniversary of the prize and the Prince and Princess of Asturias and Girona are presiding the award gala. For the fourth year in a row, Flumotion has been contracted to provide the live streaming of this important event to a global audience. Continue Reading…

Flumotion named one of the most influential video companies in the world

October 10, 2011 in Press Releases with 0 Comments

Flumotion named one of the most influential video companies in the U.S.

Streaming Media Magazine has included Flumotion in their Top 100 List of companies that matter the most in online video.

October 10, 2011. New York, NY. Flumotion, the leading Online Video and Radio Platform for live and on demand streaming, has been named as one of the most important players in the online video space.

“The companies in the Streaming Media 100 represent many different pieces of the online video ecosystem,” explains Streaming Media editor Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen, “but they all have one thing in common: The world of online video today would be markedly different without any of them. Each one, in its own way, has made the online video industry what it is today and is pushing it towards the future.” Continue Reading…

OVC11 Round-up from Flumotion’s Thomas Vander Stichele

September 27, 2011 in News with 0 Comments

Fresh from the Open Video Conference, we caught up with our Co-founder and CTO for a brief video summary of the conference this year. OVC was different this year with less focus on keynotes and more hands on hacking sessions with a limited number of invitees. Thomas was invited for the third consecutive year to represent Flumotion and help stream the event live online in open formats using WebM and Ogg, together with support for mobile devices such as iPhone, iPad and Windows Phone 7.

Thomas touches on some of the demos, announcements and key notes at the conference, referring the likes of Google who showcased their adaptive bandwidth for WebM and Mozilla with Popcorn.js, a HTML5 video framework that lets you remix existing videos into a completely new video inside the browser using Javascript. Continue Reading…