On April 7-10, we're off to Las Vegas to showcase the new, upcoming features of SnapStream's automated TV monitoring and content repurposing technology at NAB (National Association of Broadcasters). This year, you can find us (exhibiting for our eighth time!) in South Upper Hall SU4321 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

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Here's a glimpse of the new workflows and features we're debuting at NAB 2014 and how they build on SnapStream's successful enterprise platform:

On April 8, 2014, Microsoft will be turning off support for Windows XP. If you currently have SnapStream hardware that runs on Windows XP, you are probably wondering what this change will mean for you. So, we'd like to take a moment to answer some of the questions you may have. If we haven't addressed your specific concern, you can always contact SnapStream's Technical Support Team, who's happy to help!

Can I Continue to Use SnapStream?

Yes, you may continue to make use of your SnapStream indefinitely. However, please be aware that Microsoft will no longer provide updates to Windows XP, including updates for critical security issues. If you continue to use SnapStream after Windows XP support ends in April, it will still work, but it may become more vulnerable to security risks. The Washington Post recently published an article about the vulnerability of government computers to hackers in the afterlife of Windows XP.

Will I Continue Receiving SnapStream Support?

As long as you have a valid SnapStream support agreement, our team will continue to provide you with first-class service (phone and email support, troubleshooting and warranty).

New SnapStream 6.2 has arrived to streamline your everyday workflows that revolve around clipping, sharing and managing TV content. These are the bread-and-butter tasks that most users do pretty frequently.

In the improvements below, you'll see how we shaved off intermediary steps and linked things together, resulting in seamless workflows from start to finish. We designed these changes to help save you time and make monitoring TV more efficient and carefree in general. We hope that brings a smile to your face, because that's our goal.

PEG Channels in the United States

In your city or town, you have likely flipped to a public, educational and governmental (PEG) channel that broadcasts community events, town hall meetings, public service announcements and other local original programming. Did you know there are over 5,000 PEG channels operating nationwide?

Every U.S. city has the right to collect a cable television franchise fee from the cable TV companies that serve its community. Thanks to the Cable Communications Act of 1984 (Section 622). These franchise fees, which are based on a percentage of cable operators' gross revenues, can generate huge sums of PEG funding for municipalities, for instance as much as $142 million for Dallas in 2007 and $140 million for New York in the fiscal year of 2010.

The catch-22? PEG funds are designated only for capital expenditures that finance day-to-day operations of public-access channels. But within those regulations, PEG funds can be used for various types of purchases. A good rule of thumb to go by is whether the capital being purchased has a substantial shelf life beyond the fiscal year.

Thanks to new advances in language intelligence in 6.1, SnapStream's TV search results are enriched for the better, bringing you a wider variety of useful findings and relevant information every time you search.

Our TV search engine has always delivered exact matches with bull's-eye accuracy and now, we have expanded the target zone to include closely related, broad matches that are equally as meaningful but not so glaringly obvious.

Next week, we're heading to the Big Apple to showcase our TV monitoring technology at Content and Communications World (CCW). Many broadcast folks refer to this hallmark event as the NAB of the East Coast. Since NAB in April, SnapStream's engineers have been diligently working to launch SnapStream 6.0 and tons of new capabilities.

Whether you're a current user or considering SnapStream for the first time, you'll find that everything in the new version helps to enrich your production workflow for recording, searching, clipping and repurposing TV content.

TV Monitoring in Canadian Government

We're looking forward to showcasing new SnapStream 6.0 next week at GTEC, Canada's largest government technology event. SnapStream will be at booth 1112 for the tech exhibition, which spans October 8 and 9 at the Ottawa Convention Centre.

Just like in the United States, various arms of the Canadian government rely on SnapStream, because it provides an easy and affordable way to monitor TV coverage for public information purposes. You can record and archive important TV coverage, search for TV mentions, create unlimited TV clips and ultimately, share those clips with others.

Introducing SnapStream 6.0, a new generation of TV monitoring technology that's inspired by your versatile workflows and needs. This fresh release of SnapStream delivers an array of powerful new tools that will expand your capabilities when working and collaborating with TV.

Multi-viewer: Play 4 TV channels side by side

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It's official: SnapStream's new iPad app has arrived and it's now available in the App Store! Go get your hands on it and start taking SnapStream with you on the go. The app brings the power of SnapStream's core TV monitoring capabilities to your fingertips, wherever you may be, from the convenience of your tablet.

Search and browse your TV library

What's new in 5.10?

People have different news consumption habits. Some like to read and some like to watch.

In SnapStream 5.10, the choice is yours. Monitor TV by watching, reading, or a combo of both, thanks to the newest component of the Web Player: the auto-scrolling transcript.

In the new release, we have re-imagined and re-designed the Web Player to provide a more interactive TV monitoring experience. We also improved TV Search to make running advanced searches simpler and easier.