Narrowband Streaming News Help

[three3fitty]

does anyone remember the artical in the news section that talked about streaming movies over a dialup connection. and how it was going to make broad band useless.

[egarrard]

I think I saw something about it over on [H] this morning. Or maybe it was OCAU. I remember the article, just not where.

[three3fitty]

lol, thanks but that doesn't help me. i think i saw this some time ago on this site's news.

[Maro]

It is an Aussie invention - something about Compressing the File to the nth degree

Try searching here:

http://australianit.news.com.au/

[three3fitty]

i tryd, the reson why i ask is becsoue my teacher here is behind that technology. i was looking for the artical to show him.

[egarrard]

Maybe this? http://www.industryweek.com/DailyPage/newsitem.asp?id=5426

[three3fitty]

no, that's not it. it was a kind of new compression that allowed full movies to be streamed over a dial up connect crystal clear, as if it where on your hard drive, on your computer.

[Maro]

It's definitely Aussie - try searching under

www.google.com.au

and just pages from Australia

[efernandez_98]

Originally posted by three3fitty
does anyone remember the artical in the news section that talked about streaming movies over a dialup connection. and how it was going to make broad band useless. Is this it?On2 Launches High Quality Streaming Product for 56K (http://www.on2.com/pressreleases.php3?qs1=56k)
Product Designed to Bring Near-TV Experience to Narrowband Market Available for License December 15

New York, NY, November 30, 2000 -- On2.com Inc., (ASE: ONT), a leading broadband technology and services company specializing in providing television-quality streaming video over the Internet, today announced that it will be demonstrating On2 VPX, its new narrowband-focused compression technology, at the upcoming Streaming Media West conference in San Jose, CA, at On2's booth, #809. VPX is derived from On2's unique VP3 and TrueCast technologies, achieving breakthrough video quality over 56K modem access lines.

On2 VPX is designed to operate in a default window size over four times the screen area of today's typical narrowband streaming. The technology is designed to continuously stream at low data rates and not resort to the "slide show" characteristics or freezed frames that are frequently seen with other narrowband products. Using sophisticated multi-stream encoding and buffering techniques, On2 VPX ensures consistent frame rate and motion integrity even in difficult, congested network conditions.

The VPX technology will be made available for licensing.

"This new product line blurs the boundary between broadband and narrowband streaming," said Douglas A. McIntyre, On2's President and Chief Executive Officer. "In the past the results available on a dial up on 56k modem were markedly different from those experienced on a broadband connection. That is not true any longer."

"It is our intention to drive the quality improvement seen in VPX closer and closer to a television experience and we don't plan to rest until we get there," he continued. "This product, like television, handles degradation of signal over the Internet as TV does by optimizing the quality of the video instead of stopping it altogether or defaulting to a slideshow, two very un-TV like experiences."

"VPX offers the On2 quality advantage to the 90% of the streaming market that has no access to our technology today because they are on dial up connections," McIntyre added.

The VPX alpha will be available for viewing at On2.com, the company's web site, beginning December 18, and be demonstrated at On2's booth, #809, at the Streaming Media West show in San Jose, California, December 12 -- 14.

About On2.com Inc.
On2.com Inc. (ASE: ONT) is a broadband application service provider offering a suite of products and services, including high-level video encoding, hosting, streaming, interface design, customized technical support, and consulting services. Founded in 1992, the company has consistently been at the forefront of the broadband revolution with the creation of its advanced full-motion, full-screen, TV-quality video compression and streaming technology (TrueMotion® VP3). In assisting new and traditional media companies, Internet enterprises and Web site customers to move from a traditional media distribution model to a broadband IP strategy, On2 is enabling the Internet to become a truly viable delivery medium for video, audio, 3D, and other media and data. Headquartered in New York City, with offices in Albany, NY, San Francisco, CA, and London, UK, On2 may be reached at 375 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10013, telephone 212-941-2400 or info@on2.com. Investor inquiries should be sent to invest@on2.com. More information is available at www.on2.com.

Contact Info:
On2.com Inc.
John Dunn
917.237.5131
jdunn@on2.com

TSI Communications
Patricia Mozzillo
212-320-2252
pmozzillo@tsicomm.com

[three3fitty]

we are deffinitly closer, but i remember then talking about movies, and my PROF here from what i hear deminstrated it with a DVD rip streaming over the internet to the class room from his house. And i har it was just like a DVD. but this is deffinitly close.