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NETFLIX :: NOW HIRING :: BETWEEN THE LINES

February 22, 2009 by Nico

Netflix

I discovered a NetFlix job posting for the role of Director of Encoding Operations on the StreamingMedia.com job board – I decided to red-line the job post with the dialogue as I heard it play out in my head – There is a true irony about the timing and wording of their post, especially in light of the recent announcement Chief Executive Officer Reed Hastings made, “Netflix Inc. may allow customers to pay solely for online-video streaming by late this year or 2010 as more viewers watch content directly from the Internet“. I suppose they have to get it working first though…

The special “skill set” as described is foreboding, to say the least – but jobs are tight and it seems like they are hiring, so go for it if you qualify.

Nico McLane Launches Recession Friendly Webcast Facility in Financial District NYC

December 4, 2008 by Nico

Nico McLane, Inagueral Streaming Media All-Star

Nico McLane, Streaming Media All Star and producer in NYC launches services for Financial District studios, partnered with AmericanMovieCo.com and iAxsis to deliver live HD Broadcasts to satellite and to the web.

New York City, New York (Press Release) December 4^th, 2008 – Nico McLane has announced today the launch of premium streaming media services in New York City’s Financial District; with expert advisory, streaming media has the potential to provide substantial savings for large and medium sized corporations in many of their communication and marketing efforts, a critical consideration in the current economy; the streaming team, led by McLane specializes in budget conscious production, planning and delivery based on unique, customized ROI assessments for each client.

The facility supports live HD Satellite Broadcasts (National and International), media tours, Fortune 500 Quarterly Earnings Announcements, Press Conferences, eLearning sessions and provides professional services including live webcasts, media portal design and development and much more.

PART 1:: WHAT IS HD ON THE WEB, ANYWAYS? :: EVEN WIKIPEDIA IS CONFUSED

November 20, 2008 by Nico

FIRST INSTALLMENT :

High Definition usually refers to 720 horizontal lines of video format resolution or more, but there are a lot of subtle nuances to master before evangelizing the world of “streaming HD Quality” video to the desktop.

I thought I understood the standards and had the answers, so I turned to my good friend WIKIPEDIA for confirmation and all I found was more confusion – click screenshot thumbnail to enlarge, and see how confused the wiki of the world is when it comes to HD!!