Posted by Derrick on October 26, 2009 under Video Streaming and Compression | 
Streambox, Inc. announced that its newly launched Streambox Live IP-based video contribution service was honored with a 2009 STAR (Superior Technology Award Recipient) Award by the editorial staff of TV Technology Europe, at the recent IBC2009 show in Amsterdam. In addition, Streambox Live “caught the eye” of IBC staffers, who featured the product in a special conference session entitled “What Caught My Eye.”
Based on Streambox’s award-winning ACT-L3 technology, the Streambox Live™ service enables remote broadcasters and citizen reporters to upload compressed live video streams to broadcast studios through Internet-based Streambox Live Data Centers. The Streambox Live service interoperates seamlessly with Streambox’s industry-leading platform of SD and HD broadcast-quality video encoders and decoders, as well as its complete line of broadcast and distribution servers.
The STAR Award (Superior Technology Award Recipient) is designed to celebrate and showcase the preeminent technological innovations available to the broadcast industry. TV Technology Europe’s editor reviewed a variety of products, examined the technical applications and their overall contribution to the industry, and then chose Streambox Live as one of 25 winners. For the “What Caught My Eye” designation, the Streambox Live demonstration was captured by a roving IBC film crew and the footage was featured the next day in a presentation shown to conference delegates.
“We believe Streambox Live has tremendous potential to revolutionize news programming by enabling broadcasters to add citizen reporters and ad hoc contributors to the newsgathering team in an easy-to-use and cost-effective manner,” said Bob Hildeman, chairman and CEO of Streambox. “It’s truly an honor to be among only 25 solutions at IBC to receive a STAR Award, and it’s a real validation of Streambox Live’s potential in the industry. And the fact that the ‘What Caught My Eye’ team picked up right away on the solution’s value and benefits really shows its instant appeal to broadcasters.”
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Posted by Derrick on October 24, 2009 under Video Streaming and Compression |
ON24, Inc., the global leader in webcasting and virtual event solutions, announced that it will be providing full support for webcasts and virtual shows on Windows 7. The launch of Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system has been one of the most anticipated technology introductions of the year.
In addition, ON24 is announcing a beta program for select customers to execute online webcasts using Silverlight, Microsoft’s plug-in for creating rich interactive Web applications. “ON24 already offers Flash webcasts,” explained ON24 Chief Technology Officer Jayesh Sahasi. “With the introduction of Silverlight, we will be able to supplement the use of proprietary media players like RealPlayer and Windows Media Player with next-generation technology—for even greater reach and functionality.”
ON24 product development and support efforts are designed to maximize virtual event accessibility. “As our Windows 7 and Silverlight support demonstrates, providing ubiquitous access to virtual events is our priority,” said ON24 Chief Marketing Officer Denise Persson. “We are committed to providing to our customers the industry’s greatest reach.”
Posted by Derrick on October 23, 2009 under Video Streaming and Compression |
RipCode, Inc., the leader in transactional video transcoding, announced a distribution alliance with Century Sage Scientific (CSS), a premier reseller and systems integrator of broadcast, Internet, and streaming technologies to the Chinese media and telecommunications markets.
As a certified systems integrator to some of the world’s largest broadcast and telecom equipment manufacturers and operators, CSS has a proven track record of delivering fully integrated, turnkey systems for IPTV, Web, and communications applications. Recent CSS projects include large-scale deployments for CCTV, Shenzen Media Group, and the upcoming master-control build-out for the 11th National Games in the People’s Republic of China. RipCode’s transactional transcoding technology expands the CSS portfolio for broadcast, broadband and 3G mobile services, while also providing cost-effective options for Internet delivery of educational and other entertainment content.
China’s broadcast and mobile communications market has unique requirements and regulations relative to other geographical regions. The number of mobile users is expected to surpass 1.2 billion within four years, leading to a growing appetite for quality content over broadband and wireless connections. “Given the sheer number and model variance of devices, optimizing transmission and encoding recipes for local browsers and mobile handsets is both a significant undertaking and opportunity for a value-added service,” says Alex So, CSS vice president of marketing. “In order to best serve the local market, CSS and RipCode have already begun joint testing and development to ensure smooth adoption of RipCode transcoding technology in China. RipCode’s solution portfolio provides leading transcoding technology – but goes beyond what we’ve seen from traditional vendors by also addressing on-demand ad insertion, client detection, and policy-based bandwidth optimization – key factors in our selection of RipCode for the China market.”
“We are seeing increasing interest and demand in China – not only for three-screen content delivery – but also in the innovation RipCode delivers through its end-to-end transactional transcoding solution approach,” says Greg Lowitz, RipCode executive vice president of sales. “CSS represents the top brands in the broadcast and communications business, and we’re thrilled to be part of their solution portfolio for the Chinese media and telecommunication markets.”
Posted by Derrick on September 10, 2009 under Video Streaming and Compression |
On-site training for Video Streaming and Compression is available in Europe. In addition to making our training classes available In-class and On-line, Freeman Compression Inc. will be available to come and train your organization in Europe. This can provide a tremendous cost savings because organizations won’t have to pay for their employees’ travel to the U.S. Our full list of training classes will be offered in Europe.
Organizations will be able to choose from any of the following classes or have them grouped together:
2-Day Video Streaming and Compression Training
1-Day Sorenson Squeeze Training
1-Day Episode Pro Training
1-Day Wirecast Live Streaming Training
1-Day Wowza Media Server Pro Training (PC)
1-Day Wowza Media Server Pro Training (Mac)
1-Day Sawmill Professional Training
If you’d like to have Freeman Compression Inc. train your organization in Europe or in another country give us a call by phone at 407-477-5837 or E-mail us at info@freemancompression.com
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Posted by Derrick on September 3, 2009 under Video Streaming and Compression |
Upcoming On-line Training Classes
Note: Individuals from any country can attend our On-line training classes.
1-Day Wirecast Training (PC) – Cost: $790
April 28, 2012
May 26, 2012
1-Day Wirecast Training (Mac) – Cost: $790
April 28, 2012
May 26, 2012
2-Day Video Streaming and Compression Training (PC) – Cost: $1580
June 23-24, 2012
July 7-8, 2012
2-Day Video Streaming and Compression Training (Mac) – Cost: $1580
June 23-24, 2012
July 7-8, 2012
1/2 Day Mobile Streaming Training (PC) – Cost: $395
June 23, 2012
July 21, 2012
1/2 Day Mobile Streaming Training (Mac) – Cost: $395
June 23, 2012
July 21, 2012
1-Day Wowza Media Server 2 Training (PC) – Cost: $790
April 28, 2012
May 12, 2012
June 30, 2012
July 28, 2012
August 24, 2012
1/2 Day Wowza Media Server 2 Training – PC- Cost: $395
April 28, 2012
May 12, 2012
June 30, 2012
July 28, 2012
August 24, 2012
1 1/2 Day Wowza Media Server 2 Training (Advanced) – PC – Cost: $995
July 13-14, 2012
July 27-28, 2012
August 24-28, 2012
1-Day Amazon EC2 Wowza Server Training – Cost: $790
May 26, 2012
June 23, 2012
July 28, 2012
1-Day Sawmill Professional Training (Mac) – Cost: $790
June 30, 2012
July 28, 2012
1-Day Sawmill Professional Training (PC) – Cost: $790
June 30, 2012
July 28, 2012
1-Day Sorenson Squeeze 6 Training (PC) – Cost: $790
June 30, 2012
July 28, 2012
1-Day Sorenson Squeeze 6 Training (Mac) – Cost: $790
June 30, 2012
July 28, 2012
Call Freeman Compression Inc. at 407.477.5837 or contact us by E-mail at info@freemancompression.com to register for a training class. Individuals from any country can attend our On-line training classes.
2-Day Video Streaming and Compression Training (Mac) – Cost: $1780
June 23-24, 2012
July 7-8, 2012
1-Day Sorenson Squeeze 6 Training (Mac) – Cost: $995
June 23, 2012
July 28, 2012
1-Day Sawmill Professional Training (Mac) – Cost: $995
June 23, 2012
July 28, 2012
Call Freeman Compression Inc. at 407.477.5837 or contact us by E-mail at info@freemancompression.com to register for a class.
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