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news bytes STREAMTICKER: Accordent announced HD support for its Accordent Capture Station appliance . . . Akamai introduced a suite of visualization tools that monitor traffic volume, latency between major cities, and other internet metrics . . . Blinkx introduced a new contextually relevant video advertising platform, AdHoc, in late June . . . Brightcove Inc. opened its U.K. operations and a London office in early July . . . Bytemobile Inc. announced the launch of its Unison Media Fidelity service, a carrier-grade commercial infrastructure solution designed to adapt and optimize multimedia content for mass-market mobile handsets without client software downloads or device changes . . . EyeWonder announced the availability of its AdWonder 9.0 Flash Component, which supports Adobe Flash CS3 Professional . . . Kulabyte released version 1.0 of its Professional Encoder in mid-July . . . Limelight networks established Limelight Networks Japan Inc. in Tokyo in early July . . . Maven Networks will be powering TV Guide’s online video channels . . . MediaSpan and Broadcast Interactive Media introduced YouNews TV, a user-generated video upload, management, and editing tool targeted at local newspapers and radio stations . . . Microsoft released Silverlight RC1 (release candidate 1.0) on July 27 . . . Social-media platform MyLifeBrand introduced MyLifeTV in late July . . . MySpace introduced its new global video platform, MySpaceTV . . . NeuLion will power the National Hockey League’s new video portal beginning this fall . . . On2 Technologies released an improved version of its flagship Flix Engine encoding software, designed for servers with multi-core processors . . . Origin Digital announced video applications to distribute content to Apple’s iPhone . . . Pando Networks Inc. introduced its P2P streaming video service, Pando Publisher, in mid-June . . . Polycom introduced its Video Media Center, which integrates video conferencing, live streaming, and on-demand video into a unified enterprise communications environment . . . RealNetworks officially released the new RealPlayer, which allows consumers to record and download non-copy protected content, in late June . . . Swarmcast introduced the Autobahn Accelerator, which speeds delivery of MySpaceTV videos . . . The long-anticipated beta of VeohTV went live in June . . . Viewcast licensed On2’s live Flash video encoding technologies for its streaming media appliances . . . Vividas entered a partnership with HandMade Films International to build a fully interactive movie portal for the production company . . . Wowza Media Systems announced partnerships with StreamGuys Inc., the U.K.’s Astream, and Dutch service provider NetMasters BV . . . MONEY MATTERS: Broadcast and on-demand video solution provider Harmonic Inc. announced in late July that it would purchase Rhozet Corporation . . . Level 3 Communications Inc. acquired Servecast Limited, a Dublin-based provider of live and on-demand video management and streaming services, for approximately $45 million . . . Limelight Networks made its IPO on June 8 at a price of $15 per share . . . In early July, Israel-based Optibase commenced a tender offer to purchase 678,000 shares of Scopus Video Networks Ltd. for $5.25 per share in cash . . . ROO Group completed its acquistion of Wurld Media’s P2P assets for a total purchase transaction price of $4.3 million, including $3.2 million in cash and approximately 655,000 shares of ROO common stock . . . PEOPLE ON THE MOVE: Joost appointed Mike Volpi as CEO, succeeding Fredrik de Wahl, who remains at the company as chief strategy officer . . . Streaming radio provider Liquid Compass appointed Amy Van Hook, who previously worked for Entercom, as its new chief operating officer . . . Nearly Three Out of Four U.S. Internet Users Streamed Video in May 2007 25.7% 74.3% Streamed video Online viewers watched an average of 158 minutes of streaming video per streamer. 25.7% Did not stream video 74.3% WWW.STREAMINGMEDIA.COM 21 http://WWW.STREAMINGMEDIA.COM

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Table of Contents Sweet Sixteen Letters to the Editor Technology and Business Trends IBM Takes Webcasting to the Desktop ROI in the EDU Bank Serves Espresso, Enterprise Video Online Video Advertising: Hit or Miss MLB’s Foul Bawl A Crash Course in Flash Video Newspapers in Multimedia Metamorphosis Webcasting Large Entertainment Events: Seeing Through the Hype Webcasting With Windows Media Can’t Start A Fire . . . A WiMAX Primer Mobile Video at Last Telestream Episode Pro Grass Valley ProCoder 3 Silverlight Is No Flash Killer

Streaming Media - August/September 2007

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