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Bois d’œuvre: les Américains accusent le Canada de concurrence déloyale

FORÊT. L’industrie américaine du bois d’oeuvre a confirmé vendredi le dépôt d’une requête pour concurrence déloyale contre l’industrie canadienne.

Le recours judiciaire vise à « rétablir les conditions d’un commerce équitable du bois d’oeuvre résineux entre les États-Unis et le Canada », selon un communiqué publié vendredi par une coalition de producteurs américains.

La requête allègue que les gouvernements provinciaux du Canada fournissent aux producteurs des arbres sur pied inférieurs à la valeur marchande en plus de leur offrir « de nombreuses autres subventions », selon le communiqué.

Le lobby américain soutient également que l’industrie canadienne du bois d’oeuvre s’adonne à du dumping en vendant ses produits forestiers à des prix « inférieurs à sa juste valeur aux États-Unis ». En déposant ce recours, la coalition réclame des autorités américaines qu’elles imposent des tarifs douaniers punitifs sur les produits en provenance du Canada « pour compenser les torts causés aux scieries des États-Unis, des travailleurs et des communautés ».

Les représentants de l’industrie canadienne ne sont pas tombés pas en bas de leur chaise, vendredi. Ils étaient certains que des démarches judiciaires seraient entamées après l’expiration du moratoire sur le bois d’oeuvre résineux, le 12 octobre dernier.

« On s’attendait à ça d’une journée à l’autre, d’une semaine à l’autre, donc il n’y a pas vraiment de surprise», a affirmé en entrevue le président-directeur général du Conseil de l’industrie forestière du Québec (CIFQ), André Tremblay.

Il estime que la ministre du Commerce international, Chrystia Freeland, a fait un « excellent travail » pour tenter d’arracher un accord. Mais l’industrie américaine n’était ouverte à «aucun compromis», a-t-il soutenu.

Le gouvernement doit maintenant «mettre en place des outils financiers qui vont permettre à l’industrie de passer à travers une bataille judiciaire qui pourrait durer deux, trois, quatre ans», a plaidé M. Tremblay. «Pour le Québec, on évalue que les coûts annuels d’une bataille judiciaire se situeraient entre 225 et 250 millions $ », a-t-il suggéré.

Le bureau de la ministre Freeland, qui s’attendait aussi au dépôt d’une requête judiciaire au sud de la frontière, a déclaré jeudi que le Canada « défendra avec vigueur les intérêts des travailleurs et des producteurs canadiens ». Son cabinet a rappelé que les travailleurs et producteurs de bois «n’ont jamais été en faute» et que «les organismes internationaux se sont toujours rangés du côté de notre industrie».

Mort de Fidel Castro: réactions autour globe

L’annonce de la disparition de Fidel Castro, à l’âge de 90 ans, par son frère Raul vendredi a été accueillie différemment par les élus au Canada, mais aussi par les chefs d’État et dirigeants du monde entier.

Réactions au fédéral

  • Justin Trudeau, premier ministre «Fidel Castro, leader plus grand que nature, a consacré près d’un demi-siècle au service du peuple cubain. Révolutionnaire et orateur légendaire, M. Castro a réalisé d’importants progrès dans les domaines de l’éducation et des soins de santé sur son île natale».
  • Stéphane Dion, ministre des Affaires étrangères du Canada: «Une figure marquante du XXe siècle est décédée [vendredi] soir. Sincères condoléances au peuple de #Cuba suite au décès de Fidel Castro».
  • Rona Ambrose, chef de l’Opposition: «Le Canada et la population cubaine entretiennent une amitié chaleureuse depuis de nombreuses années. Avec la nouvelle d’aujourd’hui, j’espère qu’un avenir meilleur viendra pour les Cubains, où ils pourront vivre dans la liberté et où la démocratie, les droits de la personne et la primauté du droit seront assurés.‎».
  • Maxime Bernier, député conservateur: «Il a gardé son pays pauvre avec ses politiques communistes absurdes, a brimé la liberté d’expression, a persécuté les homosexuels alors qu’il amassait une fortune et vivait dans le luxe comme tous les dictateurs qui exploitent leur peuple».
  • Kellie Leitch, députée ontarienne: «Sous le régime de Castro, les Cubains ne jouissent pas des mêmes libertés dont nous jouissons ici au Canada: liberté d’expression, liberté de culte, liberté de réunion, liberté de vivre selon vos besoins».
  • Rhéal Fortin, chef intérimaire du Bloc québécois: «Fidel Castro incarnait, pour les uns, le révolutionnaire latino-américain qui détonnait dans le concert des nations, le patriote, mais aussi, pour les autres, le dictateur qui opprimait toute opposition à son régime. C’est un personnage fascinant qui nous a quittés après une vie absolument extraordinaire».

Réactions provinciales

  • Philippe Couillard, premier ministre du Québec: «Mes condoléances au peuple cubain à la suite du décès de Fidel Castro. Un géant de l’histoire qui a marqué le 20e siècle».
  • Jean-François Lisée, chef du Parti québécois : «Au-delà des régimes et des personnes, les Québécois ont développé avec les cubains des liens d’amitié et de solidarité. Au moment du décès d’une figure marquante de leur histoire, nous sommes de tout coeur avec eux.»
  • François Legault, chef de la Coalition avenir Québec: «J’ai appris, samedi matin, le décès de l’ex-président de Cuba, Fidel Castro, figure historique du XXe siècle, tour à tour libérateur de peuple et dictateur, porteur d’espoir et de désespoir. En ce jour de deuil pour des millions de Cubains, il convient de saluer ses accomplissements».
  • Amir Khadir, député solidaire de Mercier :« Fidel est mort. Triste nouvelle. Pour des millions de gens, il demeure la figure d’un homme de principe, d’honneur et de justice. Certes pas sans défauts ou sans erreurs commises au nom de la dignité des Cubains, il a cru jusqu’au bout à l’idéal de l’égalité humaine. »

Réactions des chefs d’État

  • Barack Obama, le président des États-Unis: «L’Histoire jugera de l’impact de cette figure hors-norme […] Dans les jours qui viennent, les Cubains vont regarder leur passé, et aussi leur futur. Qu’ils sachent que les États-Unis sont leur ami et leur partenaire».
  • Donald Trump, président élu des États-Unis: «Fidel Castro était un dictateur brutal qui a opprimé son propre peuple».
  • François Hollande, président de la France: «Il avait incarné la révolution cubaine, dans les espoirs qu’elle avait suscités puis dans les désillusions qu’elle avait provoquées. Acteur de la guerre froide, il correspondait à une époque qui s’était achevée avec l’effondrement de l’Union soviétique. Il avait su représenter pour les Cubains la fierté du rejet de la domination extérieure».
  • Enrique Peña Nieto, président du Mexique: «Je déplore le décès de Fidel Castro Ruz, leader de la Révolution cubain et référent emblématique du 20e siècle».
  • Charles Michel, premier ministre belge: «Une page importante de l’histoire politique mondiale se tourne», il s’agit d’«un terme définitif à la Guerre froide qui a tant divisé les populations au siècle dernier».
  • Vladimir Putin: «Cet homme d’État émérite est à juste titre considéré comme le symbole d’une époque de l’Histoire moderne du monde».
  • Xi Jinping, président chinois: «Le camarade Castro vivra éternellement».
  • Narendra Modi, premier ministre indien: «Il a été l’une des personnalités les plus iconiques du XXe siècle».
  • Bachar al-Assad, président syrien: «Le grand leader Fidel Castro a mené la lutte de son peuple et de son pays contre l’impérialisme et l’hégémonie pendant des décennies».
  • Alexis Tsipras, premier ministre grec: «Adieu commandant – Jusqu’à la victoire pour toujours des peuples».
  • Nicolás Maduro, président du Venezuela: «À tous les révolutionnaires du monde, il nous revient de suivre son héritage et reprendre le flambeau de sa lutte pour l’indépendance, le socialisme et la patrie humaine».
  • Evo Morales, président bolivien: «[C’était] un géant de l’Histoire» qui a défendu «la dignité des peuples du monde».
  • Rafael Correa, président de l’Équateur: «Un grand est parti, Fidel est mort, Vive Cuba, vive l’Amérique latine».
  • Mariano Rajoy, chef du gouvernement espagnol: «Il avait une stature historique».
  • Felipe VI, roi d’Espagne VI: «Une figure d’indéniable importance historique».
  • Rodrigo Duterte, président philippin: Fidel Castro s’est illustré en «se levant contre l’ouest et l’impérialisme».
  • Pape François: «prières au Seigneur pour son repos».
  • Ban Ki-moon, secrétaire général de l’ONU: «Sous l’ancien président Castro, Cuba a fait des avancées dans les domaines de l’éducation, de l’alphabétisation et de la santé».

Naspers to increase LetGo marketing spend in US

by Christo Volschenk
in Financials / Deals
26 Nov 2016

Naspers released its financial results for the six months to Sept. 30 late on Friday. Members of Naspers management will fill analysts in on the results in a webcast on Monday, after which we’ll post a comprehensive report.

Until then, here are the key numbers.

Group revenue, including the proportionate contributions from associates (such as Tencent, Mail.ru) and joint ventures (such as the JVs with Schibsted), increased 16 percent in H1 of FY2016/17 to $6.8 billion U.S. from H1 of FY2015/16.

The Naspers financial year starts in April and the company reports half-yearly only.

Excluding acquisitions, disposals and currency movements, revenue grew 27 percent. Businesses outside South Africa contributed 80 percent of total revenue – up from 75 percent a year ago.

Core headline earnings grew 31 percent to $914 million U.S..

“We experienced a satisfactory first six months to the financial year,” said Koos Bekker, Naspers chairman. “The e-commerce businesses and Tencent performed well, while video entertainment and print did their best in a pretty tough environment.”

Revenue earned by the internet division, which now accounts for 72 percent of group revenue, were up 30 percent to $4.9 billion U.S.. Trading profit grew 54 percent, driven by Tencent and higher profits (or contracting losses) in many e-commerce businesses. “The group now has 23 profitable e-commerce businesses – up from 18 a year ago,” said CEO Bob van Dijk. “Classifieds delivered strong results across the portfolio, boosted in particular by Avito. Our etail, travel and payments businesses all performed well.”

“The group will continue to invest in long-term opportunities, and seek further promising models within the internet division,” said CFO Basil Sgourdos. “In the U.S., we expect to accelerate LetGo’s development spend, to further strengthen its position,” he said. 

More on Monday.


Christo Volschenk

Christo Volschenk is managing editor of the news on Aimgroup.com and our senior analyst covering Naspers. He brings more than 30 years of experience in business journalism to the team. The last 17 years he focused on classifieds and e-commerce. Apart from working closely with AIM Group, Christo is a freelance journalist, online editor, and translator. Before branching out on his own, he spent 15 years with Naspers in South Africa, where he worked as journalist, economics editor and online project manager. He now spends most his day editing the news reported by 18 colleagues in 18 countries from his base in Stuttgart, Germany.

Central College Recognized for Marketing Efforts

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Central College received two additional institutional awards from District VI of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) for a pair of communications initiatives.

The college received the Silver Award for Innovative Uses of Technology: Public Relations and Marketing, for its Iowa Private College Week digital advertising campaign. And Central was the Bronze Award winner for Recruitment Videos with its admittance video.

Earlier this year, Central received the CASE Educational Fundraising Award for exceptional development programs.

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How Branded Short Films and Documentaries Are Transforming Video Marketing in 2016

From beers to BMWs, brands are getting more experimental and movie-like with their video marketing strategies.

Documentaries and short films are becoming well-traveled roads for brands hoping to lure viewers in with compelling content. Thanks to the online video explosion, brands have a platform to experiment with longer formats instead of the traditional 30-second commercial. These longer pieces—complete with acclaimed directors and celebrity talent—may have more in common with the big screen, even though most people will view them on the small screens of mobile devices.

Big brands are willing to spend the resources—sometimes significant—to create these pieces given the popularity of online video. Video comprises one-third of all online activity, according to HubSpot, and it’s a powerful medium. Expert Dr. James McQuivey estimated that one minute of video is equal to 1.8 million words. Mobile video is a big part of the shift—social sites like Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat have made it easy to create and share videos. On YouTube, more than half of video views come from mobile devices, the video site reported. Freed from the constraints of the 30- to 60-second spot, brands are hoping that short films or docu-series will provide a bigger canvas to tell their stories, pulling viewers in and retaining them longer.

This year’s standout videos featured acclaimed filmmakers and star-studded talent; dramatic fictional story lines and inspiration, real-life profiles. No matter the approach, the idea is to pull viewers in with story-centric video content, hopefully showing the brand in a new light and retaining viewers longer. Through video, brands can tell stories that mainstream outlets are ignoring and showcase their creative chops. Adding a few celebrities to the mix doesn’t hurt, either.

Brands also hope that the emotional, dramatic, or entertaining stories afforded by the longer format will help encourage social sharing, especially as more people are watching mobile video via apps on their device of choice.

“There’s a lot of clutter in the marketplace,” Geoffrey Campbell, senior director of content and production at WPP-owned media firm MediaCom, told PRWeek. “If you want to have a human connection with the consumer and you want them to share it, you need to create something more relatable and authentic.”

But how? For brands new to the video space, standing out among these established series can feel impossible—like everything thrilling has been done and every story angle unearthed. But take it from these seven noteworthy examples of branded video: by looking within your brand and considering your unique audience, you can tell a story that people will talk about for years to come.

1. Marriott: Two Bellmen

Marriott continues to wow in the video marketing arena with its Two Bellmen series. Since launching an in-house content studio in 2014, Marriott has pushed its creative boundaries with digital-first content aimed at the next generation of travelers. The first Two Bellmen short film was a part of these efforts—the 18-minute action-comedy movie followed two fictional employees as they take down a ring of art thieves at (you guessed it) a Marriott hotel. The second short film, “Two Bellmen Two,” debuted this year with a different angle: the film showed off a Marriott property in Dubai as well as the sights, sounds, and culture of the city. The trailer for the third and final film, “Two Bellmen Three,” has already debuted.

Marriott said it has seen completion rates of upwards of 80 percent for the films. The lighthearted, entertaining take on travel is more about drawing people in versus talking at them with the same old style of messaging.

2. BMW Films: “The Escape”

BMW was ahead of the curve when it created an successful online video series The Hire back in 2001 and 2002. Fifteen years later, BMW is back with “The Escape,” again with star-studded power. Clive Owen and Dakota Fanning star, with Neill Blomkamp directing. Viewers get an action-like movie experience with a BMW car chase at its center.

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What’s striking about the short film is just how movie-like it is, with action sequences that would rival even some big budget films. It’s a transporting, adrenaline-raising experience—and in just a few weeks, it earned nearly five million views on YouTube alone.

3. Chipotle: “A Love Story”

Plagued by negative publicity related to food safety, Chipotle needs some feel-good stories to help move past its issues. Its latest animated short film tugs on the heartstrings while also promoting healthier food.

In the four-minute-long movie, two kids battle with competing drink stands (one sells homemade lemonade, the other orange). The rivalry ultimately leads them to create fast-food enterprises fueled by unhealthy, processed ingredients. In the end, love triumphs over competition, and the pair end up starting anew with a food stand with healthy, fresh (and very Chipotle-like) fare.

According to Ad Age, the film was already in the works before Chipotle’s food safety issues broke. No doubt the company is hoping tender, emotional content will help reshape the brand’s image after its spate of problems.

4. Coors Light: “My Climb. My Story.”

Coors Light isn’t particularly associated with emotion-laden content, nor real-life stories. But with a new mini-documentary series, the brand seems keen to align to show its authenticity by telling powerful human stories.

The first vignette features Shezi, a Los Angeles fashion designer whose career was nearly derailed by a tumor. The short film chronicles Shezi’s fight against the disease and journey to restart his business. The film ends with Shezi’s brand launch party—complete with celebratory brews. The type of content highlights personal stories while also giving Coors a way to showcase its product in “real and relatable scenarios,” Creative Director Jed Cohen told Fast Co.Create.

5. MorningStar Farms: The Veg Effect

MorningStar Farms’ foray into documentary storytelling focuses on five veggie-loving individuals that seem to seek to debunk some of the perceptions people might have about vegetarians. At 45 minutes, the documentary is longer than the short films or docu-series from other brands flexing their video marketing muscle. In the ever-more-crowded food industry, MorningStar is looking to documentary-style video to help set it apart from similar products. Smartly, the brand also repackaged the profiles into shorter, 30-second segments.

6. Nike: “The Switch”

Nike’s “The Switch” brings Freaky Friday to the world of soccer—a clever concept that makes you forget you’re watching a six-minute branded film. In the film, soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo smashes into a English boy, causing them to switch into each others’ bodies. There’s plenty of hilarious fish-out-of-water moments, plus an inspirational message at the end.

7. Igneous Skis’ Story of the First Custom Ski Company

This six-minute film exemplifies how brands can let their story flourish when there isn’t a restriction on time. The “Igneous Skis” video functions as an extended origin story, describing how the founder was inspired to create “the first custom ski company” in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The video is a tribute to the work of a craftsman, complete with evocative shots of fresh powder.

For brands looking to break into video marketing, there’s no shortage of inspiration to be found within your own messaging—and maybe a movie trope or two. As you look toward innovation in your content strategy for 2017, consider bringing video into the fold and telling your audience’s new favorite—and most binge-worthy—story.

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Happée par un VUS, une femme de 75 ans perd la vie

BOUCHERVILLE – Une femme de 75 ans est morte après avoir été renversée par un véhicule utilitaire sport (VUS), vendredi en début d’après-midi, à Boucherville.

La collision est survenue vers 12 h 45, à l’angle du boulevard du Fort-Saint-Louis et de la rue Montbrun.

Les circonstances de l’accident n’ont pas encore été établies par les policiers, qui ont érigé un périmètre de sécurité afin de protéger la scène et tenter de comprendre comment le drame s’est produit.

La septuagénaire tentait vraisemblablement de traverser l’intersection à pied lorsqu’elle a été happée par le VUS, qui devait effectuer un arrêt obligatoire à cet endroit.

La victime a rapidement été transportée à l’hôpital, où les médecins n’ont pu que constater son décès.

Quant à la conductrice du VUS, une femme de 79 ans, elle n’a pas été blessée, mais a quand même été conduite à l’hôpital pour traiter un choc nerveux.

Une enquête a été ouverte pour déterminer la cause et les circonstances entourant le drame.

C’est le deuxième accident mortel impliquant un piéton à survenir à cette intersection en l’espace de deux mois.

Le 28 septembre, une piétonne de 70 ans avait perdu la vie après avoir été heurtée par un véhicule à cet endroit.

Règlement sur les pitbulls: la cause prise en délibéré

La Ville s’opposait à un jugement de la Cour supérieure du Québec qui avait suspendu plusieurs dispositions liées aux pitbulls de son règlement sur le contrôle animalier, qui est entré en vigueur le 3 octobre.

La branche montréalaise de la Société pour la prévention de la cruauté envers les animaux (SPCA) avait réussi à convaincre le juge qu’une suspension était nécessaire jusqu’à ce que les mérites de la cause puissent être débattus.

Devant les trois juges de la Cour d’appel, vendredi, l’avocat de la Ville, Me Claude Marseille, a notamment fait valoir que la suspension imposée en octobre par le juge Louis J. Gouin n’aurait pas dû durer plus de 10 jours, ce qui aurait permis à la défense de faire entendre ses arguments et de contre-argumenter ceux présentés par la SPCA, notamment ceux ayant trait au port de la muselière.

L’avocat a indiqué que l’urgence avec laquelle la cause avait été entendue avait empêché la Ville de défendre adéquatement son point, illustrant ses propos en disant que ce serait comme si on attachait les mains dans le dos de Carey Price et qu’on essayait ensuite de marquer un but.

Les avocates de la SPCA ont pour leur part avancé que l’avocat qui avait représenté la Ville devant le juge Gouin, Me René Cadieux, n’avait pas demandé à ce que la suspension soit limitée à 10 jours.

Les juges de la Cour d’appel rendront leur jugement par écrit prochainement.

Le conseil de ville de Montréal a voté, plus tôt cet automne, pour l’adoption du règlement qui interdirait l’acquisition de nouveaux pitbulls à Montréal et soumettrait les propriétaires actuels de ce type de chiens à des restrictions importantes.

Le règlement inclut le pitbull-terrier américain, le terrier américain du Staffordshire et le bull-terrier du Staffordshire, et tout chien issu d’un croisement entre l’une des races énumérées ou qui présente plusieurs caractéristiques morphologiques de races et croisements énumérés.

La branche montréalaise de la SPCA estime que certains éléments du règlement sont discriminatoires et déraisonnables.

Un enjeu majeur porte sur la manière d’identifier un « chien de type pitbull », comme cela est inscrit dans le règlement.

How to support video with mitigated latency

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nScreenMedia claims that: “data from Ericsson and FreeWheel paints a rosy picture for mobile video. Mobile data volume is set to increase sevenfold over the next six years, with video’s share increasing from 50% to 70%. The smartphone looks to be in the driver’s seat. »

To top this, Forbes reported in September 2015 that “Facebook users send on average 31.25 million messages and view 2.77 million videos every minute, and we are seeing a massive growth in video and photo data, where every minute up to 300 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube alone.”

Cisco also finds that “annual global IP traffic will pass the zettabyte ([ZB]; 1000 exabytes [EB]) threshold by the end of 2016, and will reach 2.3 ZB per year by 2020.

By the end of 2016, global IP traffic will reach 1.1 ZB per year, or 88.7 EB per month, and by 2020 global IP traffic will reach 2.3 ZB per year, or 194 EB per month.” The firm also predicts that video traffic will grow fourfold from 2015 to 2020, a CAGR of 31 percent.

More recently, a blog by FPV Blue claims that it can solve the latency problems that can dog many marketers and consumers by suggesting that ‘Glass to glass video latency is now under 50 milliseconds’.

Previously, the company announced that this video latency figure stood at 80 milliseconds. To reduce this latency, the firm needed to undertake a hardware revision.

Its blog post nevertheless questions the industry standard for measuring First-Person View latency (FPV latency).

Defining latency

FPV Blue defines latency as follows:

“Before measuring it, we better define it. Sure, latency is the time it takes for something to propagate in a system, and glass to glass latency is the time it takes for something to go from the glass of a camera to the glass of a display.

However, what is that something? If something is a random event, is it happening in all of the screen at the same time, or is restricted to a point in space?

If it is happening in all of the camera’s lenses at the same time, do we consider latency the time it takes for the event to propagate in all of the receiving screen, or just a portion of it? The difference between the two might seem small, but it is actually huge.”

Therefore, whether the video is being used for flying drones or for other purposes, people need to consider how they can accurately measure and mitigate the effects of video latency because in general, video traffic is increasing exponentially.

Cisco’s Visual Networking Index claim: “It would take more than 5 million years to watch the amount of video that will cross global IP networks each month in 2020. Every second, a million minutes of video content will cross the network by 2020.”

The findings of Cisco’s survey also reveal that video traffic over the internet will equate to 82% of all Internet Protocol (IP) traffic, relating to businesses and consumers.

Video: The TV star

Michael Litt, CEO and co-founder of Vidyard, also claims that the future of the internet is television because more and more people are using streaming services for entertainment, which means that the major broadcasters are also having to play catch-up.

At this juncture, it’s worth noting that BBC 3 has moved online to meet the demands of a younger and digital device savvy audience.

Election coverage

Talking about Facebook, Mashable reports that its livestream coverage of the third US presidential debates has one big advantage over everyone else.

“Facebook was delivering its stream at a 13 second delay, on average, compared to radio”, writes Kerry Flynn. The network suffering from the slowest latency was Bloomberg at an arduous 56 seconds.

She rightly adds that the disparity between the different networks should worry the traditional broadcast networks: “Watching the debate on Facebook meant that a viewer not only did not have a TV or pay for cable, they also had the fastest stream accompanied by real-time commentary and reactions.”

The surprise was that Facebook, according to the findings of Wowza Media Systems, managed to – pardon the pun – trump the satellite and cable networks for some viewers.

“Facebook’s livestream setup isn’t that different from what other companies use. Cable systems, however, tend to outsource livestreaming to content delivery networks (CDNs) that are easy to integrate and reliable — but also relatively slow”, writes Flynn.

With a lot of streaming data you have to get the CDN closer to the viewers to improve the user experience. This gives you the problem of getting the content to the CDN in the first place.

When the CDN is at distance from the centralised source to the CDN, the latency will be considerably higher which in turn affects the data throughput to the CDN. As this rich data is compressed, traditional WAN optimisation techniques are ineffective.

The problem: Latency

With the increasing proliferation of video content, why should anyone by concerned about the volume of video that is being produced and latency?

High viewing figures can after all lead to higher advertising revenues for the many broadcasters

From a competitive advantage perspective, increasing volumes of video data means that there is more noise to contend with in order to get marketing messages across to one’s target audiences.

So there is more pressure on internet and on content delivery services with increasing demand and higher quality play out, but on the whole many of these facilities have been sorted even with seamless stitching advertising services.

If latency impinges on livestream services, too, then the viewer is likely to choose the network with the fastest stream.

The key problem is that video and audio can be impeded by the effects of network latency. Slow networks can leave the reputations of customers – whose own ‘consumers’ use video for a variety of reasons – tarnished.

In a commercial situation, this could lead to lost business. A fast network from any datacentre will in contrast engender confidence. You can’t accelerate it all because it’s going at a fixed speed.

It’s about video in general. There are so many different applications for video, and all of them can be affected by bandwidth or latency – or both.” How we produce, consume, and store information has changed dramatically over the past few years with the YouTube and Facebook generation growing up.

Supporting video

To support video companies using video for broadcasting, advertising, video-conferencing, marketing, or for other purposes, need to avoid settling for traditional WAN optimization.

Instead they should employ more innovative solutions that are driven by machine intelligence – such as PORTrockIT, which accelerates data while reducing data packet loss and it mitigates the effects of latency.

Adexchanger offers some more food for thought about why this should concern marketers in particular: “Video on a landing page can increase conversion rates by 80%? Or, that 92% of mobile video consumers share videos with others.” 

Marketers should therefore ask their IT departments to invest in solutions that enable them to deliver marketing messages without their conversations being interrupted by network latency.

Similarly, broadcasters should invest in systems that mitigate the impact that latency can have on their viewers to maintain their loyalty.

High viewing figures can after all lead to higher advertising revenues for the many broadcasters, social media networks and publishers whom are offering video content as part of their service.

They may also need to transfer and back up large and uncompressed video files around the world quickly – that’s a capability which WAN optimisation often fails to deliver, but it can be achieved with the right solution.

It’s therefore important to overview the alternative options that exist on the market.

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