A new feature on Streaming Media TV, Field Tech 911 will answer troubleshooting questions from viewers and address common problems faced by encoder technicians and webcast producers.

The newbies forum is the place for people just entering the world of online video, looking for advice and answers to commonly asked questions. If the business and technology of online video products and services are new to you, this is the place to get help.

For the elite crew, our advanced forum is recommended for folks creating streaming media software, or for those who have a great deal of expertise and interest in networking, codecs, encoding, servers, etc. and are interested in discussing the technical details of online video.

Our content delivery forum allows members to discuss and debate issues surrounding traditional content delivery networks, peer-to-peer networks, and hybrid models of content delivery specific to live and on-demand video.

The formats forum is the place to discuss H.264, Windows Media/Silverlight, Flash, QuickTime, DivX, HD video, DRM and any other media formats, codecs, or players that you're using or thinking about using. This forum has many in-depth discussions with many varied opinions on how to offer the best quality video and user experience.

The webcasting forum discusses all aspects of streaming a live event including content capture, transmission, encoding and delivery. Whether large-scale webcasts of entertainment events or smaller-scale enterprise webcasts, the webcasting forum is dedicated to any topic, business or technical, surrounding broadcasting live video on the web.

Our mobile video forum is devoted entirely to the business and technology challenges and opportunities relating to video and mobile devices. From devices and operators, to consumer consumption habits, this forum focuses on the opportunities for mobile video today and into the future.

This forum is for professionals in enterprise corporations and higher education to share technology and business tips for successful online video deployments. Discuss techniques for producing, managing and publishing enterprise communications and training content, best practices for delivering elearning and the hardware and software products on the market.

This forum is for anything and everything related to consumer-facing content, whether from major media corporations or independent producers. From content creation to consumption, this forum is where the important topics of content monetization, video business models and consumer spending habits are being analyzed.

Formerly the Rich Media Marketing discussion list, this forum is the place to discuss the challenges, opportunities, and technologies that are driving online video advertising. From advertising networks to ad based platforms, learn what is being done with video advertising today, the challenges the industry is facing, and what some of the newer successful ad models are.

Our Streaming Media Conference forum is devoted to all types of discussion surrounding the Streaming Media East and Streaming Media West conferences, as well as all other events hosted by Streaming Media Magazine. This is the place to discuss your experiences at the events, reach out to your fellow attendees, or pose your event-related questions.