Online Video Challenges, Trends and Solutions

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Forecasts massive video growth to three quarters of internet traffic and documents a split between professional and personal video collapsing as consumer cameras become production tools. Calls out format fragmentation from Apple Amazon Google DRM and offers a concrete product: real player cloud that auto transcodes across ~10 device types, gives 2 GB free plus 100 gigabytes free for DLD, reports ~half a million users in initial US rollout, and predicts owned commercial video will become DRM-free within five years.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:25Video convergence
3. 3:52DRM challenges in distribution
4. 6:21Personal video compatibility
5. 8:33DRM-free commercial video future
6. 10:21Closing remarks

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