OpenStream World (OSW) starts building its decentralized video streaming network with livestream to earn options starting on 1 January 2022. OSW is built with the mindset of allowing scalability, easy to host interactive online events. The “Livestream-To-Earn” option is an added advantage to its current blueprint.

Through the power of open source software, OSW optimizes the use of resources like computational power and bandwidth, and use crypto-economic incentives for bootstrapping and participation; there is an opportunity here to deliver an infrastructure that can power video streaming applications at a highly efficient price, and infinite scale.

Along with the proliferation of high-quality cameras and ubiquitous bandwidth, the belief is that this will enable video applications to be created that were never before possible under traditional, centralized cost structures. This technology has the potential to unlock communications, economic opportunities, and entertainment for society going forward.

“We hope to seize this opportunity and fulfil our project’s goal. OpenStream is about streaming, but currently, the Gamefi series is not attractive enough in terms of gameplay for players to spend time watching games. We are here to solve the problem and become an added source of income for Gamefi users by offering livestream to earn.” Khoa Trinh, Founder and CTO of OpenStream World commented.

He added that game streaming is just a product line in the OSW ecosystem. When the COVID pandemic started, a “touchless” economy emerged: online meetings, online teaching, online entertainment. More than 80% of global internet traffic is for video streaming, and after the arrival of COVID this number continues to increase further. Video streaming is at the heart of OSW’s growth, and Khoa hopes to tap on the huge potential in this market.

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What are the advantages of OpenStream World compared to current traditional live streaming platforms?

The first is the competition for income for streamers. Unlike traditional platforms, where streamers only receive a fixed monthly income and donations are in fiat money. OSW uses tokens as a form of additional source of income. Additionally, OSW allows live streaming on multiple platforms at the same time, helping streamers/idols reach the maximum audience. Livestreaming is not new to the non-cryptocurrency community. Since OSW can be broadcast on multiple live platforms at the same time (Youtube/Facebook/Twitch and etc), this allows existing streamers to switch to OSW much easily.

OSW not only live streams for entertainment purposes, OSW provides livestream solutions for education, training, consulting, even medical purposes (telehealth). The interaction will take place two-way, with many supporting tools and utilities.

OSW’s core development team is in Vietnam. According to Chainalysis, Vietnam is ranked second in the world for the value of retail and all on-chain cryptocurrency transactions, ahead of countries such as the USA, China and Russia. In addition, access from Vietnam to cryptocurrency websites and trading platforms were in the top five highest in the world. In a country where adoption is fast, it gives an additional advantage to the OSW team to build on its livestream to earn strategies.

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Toucan, a leader in indoor and outdoor smart home technology, announces the Toucan Security Light Camera with radar motion detection, alongside Toucan Connect, a video conference product line with three new products – Toucan Conference System HD, Toucan Conference Speaker and Toucan Stream Webcam.

The company continues to lower the barrier for homeowners’ accessibility to smart home technology with weather resistant, easy-to-install and use options to increase home security. The Toucan Security Light Camera is designed to be sleek and compact with a built-in super bright 1200 lumens security light, accurate radar motion detection, crystal-clear night vision, 1920 x 1080 Full HD video, and 110 dB siren. The security light connects via WiFi and can be powered from any electrical outlet with the capability of 24/7 recording.

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Toucan also upgraded its existing Toucan Smart Home product line, including the Toucan Wireless Video Doorbell and Toucan Outdoor/Indoor Wireless Security Camera, with a new extra-large built-in 6500 mAh rechargeable battery to improve performance. All Toucan smart home products can be controlled through the Toucan Smart Home app, allowing the user to manage home security from the convenience of their smart phone. This includes instant alerts when motion is detected, customizable motion zones, two-way audio, pre-recorded messages, on-demand video and photo capture, video encryption for privacy, and the ability to activate the siren alarm and/or call for help in case of an emergency. Toucan also offers 24 hours of free “look back” footage, with the option to purchase extended cloud storage starting at $2.99 per month. The paid subscription plans cover multiple cameras at multiple locations.

“We continue to differentiate our smart home security products from the many options on the market by offering advanced, but easy-to-use technology, at an affordable price,” said Mitchell Kuan, VP at Toucan. “That’s why we expanded our smart home technology solutions with the new video conference product line to support everyone now working from home. The home has now become a place to safeguard valuables and stay connected with family, friends and colleagues.”

Toucan designed its new video conference system to be the perfect companion for work-from-home meetings and remote meetings with colleagues, with a plug-and-play interface to get video conferences up and running quickly and effectively. The Toucan Conference System HD includes a conference speaker with four built-in microphones featuring real-time echo cancellation, a removable wide-angle conference camera with an 89° field of view offering a full 1080P HD at 60 frames per second to place anywhere and show everyone, and a 5 Watt speaker for quality sound. The conference system connects via Bluetooth or USB to input additional data. Toucan also offers its Conference Speaker and Stream Webcam as separately sold products for anyone looking to get started with a premium speaker or webcam at an affordable price.

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Cognosys Technologies media services solution, CogDAM, was born out of the need for media management solutions targeted at organizations with minimal technical know-how of Media Encoding. Cognosys Digital Asset Management provides single click solution to convert media from any video format to any other video format like MP4, H.264,3GP,WMV,AVI etc. It also provides single point live streaming URLs which work across browsers and devices ranging from Windows, Apple Mac laptops to various phones & tablets including Android, IPad, Iphone, Blackberry.

Media Cataloging and Publishing Interface provides for Drag & Drop upload of Media files including pictures, audio, video from local computer to cloud with inbuilt encodings and Push-To-Publish features.
Media viewing interface provides viewing media gallery with different categories including provision for comments and Rating and also Graphical Statistics of Most Viewed, Best Rated, etc.
Most of the user generated video content is not in a compatible format to be played in all kinds of operating systems or on different mobile devices like iPad, android, Blackberry etc. Clients invariably have to convert them into multiple formats and this video format is normally downloaded instead of being streamed directly before it can be played in that particular device.

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Cognosys Technologies Media Services allows clients to load and encode their personal videos in a format which allows them to stream the content without any kind of downloading and uses adaptive streaming capabilities offered by Azure Media services, Whether you wish to host your public content to millions of users in a snap or you want to stream your private content to couple of family members, with Cognosys Media Services you are able to stream your media in a ziffy.

Cognosys Technologies Media Services is ideally suited for any organization which has media content spanning over images or audio/ video and need an integrated solution for single click upload and Push-To-Publish their content over thousands of internal or external users based on policy and permissions. With an end to end media catalogue which offers in-depth analytics over who has viewed what as well as sharing comments over the video content, CogDAM is ideally suited for multiple verticals from advertising agencies to corporate houses.

About Cognosys Technologies:
Cognosys Technologies is a Red Herring Asia 2012 Top 100 Winner Global ISV leading in Technical Consulting, Cloud Services, leveraging cutting edge technologies to provide software solutions across domains with special emphasis on Media Services, Banking & Finance, HealthCare, ERP/ CRM, high performance cloud/ cluster computing, complex event processing, enterprise mobile applications and creative embedded deployments. Combining extensive research with unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across industries and business functions, Cognosys Technologies collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses.

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While the propensity to watch full length premium video is only a portion of these viewers, these numbers indicate the potential market demand. These examples are indicative of a larger trend of strong growth in mobile video consumption worldwide. New In-Stat research forecasts mobile video consumption to surpass 693 billion minutes by 2015.

“As content restrictions are liberalized and the proliferation of smartphone and tablet devices continues to expand, so too will mobile video consumption,” says Amy Cravens Market Analyst. “However, it is important to note that the consumption differs significantly between smartphones, tablets, and notebook/netbooks. Differences include content length, content genre, and content acquisition. Content providers need to customize their offerings by target platform.”

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Some of the research findings include:

There are significantly more smartphone viewers than tablet viewers currently. However, the gap will narrow in coming years.
Tablet viewer watch more video and are willing to pay a higher price for that video compared to smartphone viewers.
The majority of video access is occurring in a non-mobile environment, often in the home, particularly for tablet devices and in the consumption of long-form video.
The largest barriers to mobile video growth are those erected by content owners, followed by network capacity issues.
Recent In-Stat research, Mobile Video on Tablets and Smartphones: IP Delivery Creates a New Battleground for Pay-TV Providers (#IN1104932MCM), explores the opportunities within this developing market, providing analysis on the following:

Evaluation of the market landscape
Targeted primary consumer research on mobile video usage by device type
Analysis of market strategies among key provider groups
Comparison of mobile video consumption among various devices, specifically comparing usage among smartphones and tablets
Forecast of mobile video viewers and usage segmented by region
This research is part of In-Stat’s Mobile Applications & Services service, which provides analysis and forecasts of the markets for mobile applications and content, including consumer perspectives, usage models, competitive business models, mobile applications and operating systems (OS).

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