Tim Napoleon on HD web & web video best practices

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Met Tim Napoleon at Akamai’s user forum in Mumbai, yesterday. Tim spoke about the future of HD on web and how Akamai can help realize that. You can check out the HD web proof of concept on loveearth.com.

HDTV is defined by the industry to be video with significantly high pixel resolution of 1080i, 1080p or 720p. In the broadcast world, the industry is undergoing a series of transformations that are standardizing the delivery of high-definition video to the home. For the Internet, Akamai is making the HD web possible by continuing to refine the infrastructure required to bring the HDTV experience to online audiences. Additionally, Akamai will continue to lead this effort with new service launches, device integration, and partnerships with technology vendors, expected in the coming months. Akamai has architected its platform to comply with the following technical criteria that content owners must leverage to successfully enable an HD web. Akamai believes that it is the first and only platform to meet these technical requirements which include offering:

- Technology and an operational model to operate serving devices in the largest high-throughput networks around the world (servers need to be physically in the networks, as that is where the capacity lies)

- Established relationships with the largest high throughput networks Support for delivery, storage, and management of files greater than 2 Gigabytes

- Support of VC-1 and MPEG-4 video standards, achieving visual parity with other broadcast video networks Support for files with resolutions of 720p, 1080i and 1080p

- Client-side technology that is deeply integrated into its delivery system to be deployed as appropriate

Tim also shared some best practices for producing on demand video on web.Tim likes photography and spicy Indian food

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