Streaming Media - December 2007/January 2008 - (Page 17) news bytes STREAMTICKER: Accordent expanded its Media Management System with support for the Tandberg Content Server and Flash . . . Akamai launched The HDWeb, a “proof-of-concept” high-definition video portal; the company also showed its as-yet-unannounced P2P solution to select customers . . . Avid announced in November that it won’t be exhibiting at the 2008 National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas . . . BroadRamp launched its Managed Content Delivery Services end-to-end content ingest and delivery platform . . . ClipBlast! announced Live Video Indexing, which does exactly what its name suggests . . . EyeWonder launched EpicWonder, its “feature-length” ad format . . . Highwinds Network Group announced that it’s offering Adobe’s Flash Video Streaming Service . . . Inlet released Fathom 3.5, with advanced support for MPEG-2, MPEG-4, Flash, and QuickTime; the company also released Spinnaker 2.0, which offers simultaneous Flash and VC-1 output . . . Internap unveiled its P2P solution, developed in partnership with Pando Networks . . . JumpTV chose Abacast for its hybrid P2P CDN solution . . . Level 3 added streaming to its global content delivery services . . . Limelight Networks unveiled LimelightHD, its highdefinition content delivery solution . . . Major League Baseball chose NewTek’s TriCaster STUDIO to help deliver pre- and postgame webcasts during the 2007 playoffs . . . Mydeo helped Best Buy launch its online video sharing service . . . Netbriefings added enhanced tracking and reporting capabilities to its Proclaim webcasting tool . . . On2’s TrueMotion VP7 is now being used by Skype . . . Panther Express introduced a new CDN solution for ISPs . . . PeerApp announced support for HTTP video streaming . . . thePlatform announced new partnerships with PBS KIDS and Hit Entertainment . . . In November, RawFlow launched iCDN, its managed live streaming service . . . TV Worldwide announced a partnership with the World Trade Centers Association to launch World Trade Center Dulles Airport TV . . . VBrick introduced its new Reflector Appliance, which streams high-quality digital video using available WAN bandwidth . . . MONEY MATTERS: GridNetworks raised $9.5 million from three investors led by Panorama Capital; the other two investors have not been disclosed . . . Move Networks closed a $34 million round of funding in October . . . PEOPLE ON THE MOVE: Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen stepped down at the end of November; he was replaced by former president and COO Shantanu Narayen . . . David Krall left his CEO position at Avid, and the company had yet to announce a replacement as of late November . . . CacheLogic appointed Phill Robinson its new CEO . . . The FeedRoom named Mark Portu CEO . . . Interactive Video Technologies appointed Philip Whalen CEO . . . Joost’s new CEO is Mike Volpi . . . Ray Hood was named CEO of Media Publisher, Inc. . . . Vince Graziani replaced Fred Geyer as CEO of VBrick . . . 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Broadband Still Not as Prevalent as DVD Players Broadband Versus DVD Household Penetration (% of population) Downloading the equivalent of approximately one CD increases purchasing by about half of a CD. – from an Industry Canada study that found that users of illegal P2P services actually purchased more music than their nondownloading counterparts (“The Impact of Music Downloads and P2P File-sharing on the Purchase of FRANCE GERMANY ITALY SPAIN U.K. U.S. Music,” www.ic.gc.ca) ■ Broadband ■ DVD Source: Screen Digest WWW.STREAMINGMEDIA.COM 17 http://www.ic.gc.ca http://WWW.STREAMINGMEDIA.COM
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