Mandatory inclusion of FM tuners in mobile devices

Spin doctors are setting the agenda for the upcoming NAB Radio Show.

Broadcasters defend push for mandatory FM tuners

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-20014874-38.html

An interesting summary of the streaming music royalties saga in the US and the inclusion of FM chips in mobile devices. Undoubtedly this will be a hot topic at the upcoming NAB Radio Show in Washington D.C. And might influence how Canada handles these issues.

Will Terrestrial Radio Save Its Streaming Counterpart?

http://streamingmedia.com/Articles/News/Featured-News/-69553.aspx

Adobe Video File Format Specification

F4V Supported media types

H.264 (or AVC) is the video codec that Flash Player plays back when the media is encapsulated inside an F4V file.

Flash Player Update 3 (9,0,115,0) and higher can play F4V files. The F4V format is based on the format specified by ISO/IEC 14496-12: ISO base media file format.

The FLV container format supports 6 video codecs (VIDEODATA)

• Sorenson H.263
• Screen video
• On2 VP6
• On2 VP6 with alpha channel
• Screen video version 2
• AVC

http://adobe.com/devnet/flv/pdf/video_file_format_spec_v10.pdf

List of codecs supported by Adobe Flash Player

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/402/kb402866.html

Web Performance

Exceptional Performance

http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/

Let's make the web faster

http://code.google.com/speed/

Any other resource I should be aware of?

Arcade Fire live on YouTube

Unstaged is a YouTube series of live events sponsored by American Express
Arcade Fire live from Madison Square Garden
On August 5, 2010
The show started around 22:00 Eastern and ended at 23:50
(3 minutes after the end of the live show, they streamed the whole show (playback from tape) as if it was live.)

http://youtube.com/ArcadeFireVevo
Or shortened URL:
http://pub.vitrue.com/CeS

or

http://go.vevo.com/5LU

Sponsored by: American Express
In partnership with: Vevo and YouTube

shot in HD
16:9 aspect ratio
Interesting option in player for end users to pick from another program feed (alternate view)

The piece of info I'm curious about is what encoding gear they used. Did they encode on site and if so, what type of connection did they have?

encoded at 640x385 pixels in 4 different bitrates (automatically selected)

• 200 Kbps
• 500 Kbps
• 1000 Kbps
• 1500 Kbps

live RTMP video streams delivered by Akamai

Social networking "shoutbox" from Bonnaroo (running on Google's clouds)
Twitter and Facebook
http://bonnaroo-2010.appspot.com
Weird since Bonnaroo is not a web app developing shop. It's a concert.

AkamaiPlayerAnalyticsConfig
http://csma82240.analytics.edgesuite.net/config/beacon-421.xml

Link to buy Arcade Fire's latest album
http://www.arcadefireyoutube.com

Directed by Terry Gilliam

Twitter
http://twitter.com/AmericanExpress
Join the conversation by using hashtag #AmexArcadeFire

CDN monthly data transfer costs

Dan Rayburn has been tracking CDN pricing on his blog for a while.
I just felt like procrastinating and use Google to calculate monthly data transfer costs: