John Townley

QSound Labs Inc. Tuesday revealed it is expanding its distribution agreement with RealNetworks Inc. with the release of iQfx2 and iQfx2 Plus – the company’s newest Internet 3D audio software. The expanded agreement provides all RealPlayer, RealPlayer Plus, RealJukebox, and RealJukebox Plus users with the opportunity to download iQfx2 and/or iQfx2 Plus. The suggested retail […]

AltaVista Company Monday launched AltaVista Radio, with more than 150 channels of streaming audio. The addition of at least 50 channels is anticipated within the next few months. The channels on AltaVista Radio are categorized into 13 music genres and include over 180,000 songs. Along with traditional pop music, listeners can access stations devoted exclusively […]

Madge.web, a Europe-based provider of rich content applications and managed network services for finance and media companies, reports that on June 8, 2000, it plans to officially open the first scalable Internet broadcast network across Europe with full media streaming capabilities. The Madge Broadcast Network (MBN) is an affiliate network to the Real Broadcast Network […]

MusicMatch Inc., a developer of digital audio software, Thursday introduced a jukebox-based solution for online discovery and acquisition of music. Integrated within the company’s Jukebox listening environment, the MusicMatch Guide offers a variety of tools including the ability to obtain personalized recommendations on artists, albums and individual tracks; access to free downloadable tracks from well-known […]

RealNetworks Inc. and Macromedia Inc. Tuesday teamed for the development of media-driven e-commerce through the integration of Macromedia Flash Player technology and RealSystem. The combined technology offering will enable broadcasters to deliver an e-commerce experience with full-screen, broadband content and interactive advertising capabilities. The OS independent, cross-browser architecture of RealSystem coupled with the interactive applications […]

Application Service Provider POPcast Communications Corp. revealed Friday that Intel Internet Media Services will be its exclusive provider for all streaming media edge services. POPcast, which offers a complete solution for self-service Webcasting, will use Intel Internet Media Services to deliver all large-scale audio and video streaming content from POPcast.com and POPcast’s customers’ sites. William […]

MP3.com Inc. and Frontier Labs, maker of the new NEX II portable MP3 player, agreed to an MSP partnership Friday under which Frontier Labs will license MP3.com’s MSP technology and its “Co-Branded” My.MP3.com interface. The integration of MP3.com’s MSP technologies into NEX II portable MP3 players will make more than 62,000 MP3.com artists and over […]

Lucent Technologies Tuesday licensed the Lucent Enhanced Perceptual Audio Coder (ePAC) to ClickRadio Inc. for the company’s Internet-enhanced digital radio service. The ePAC system will enable ClickRadio to encode its music programming in a secure format. ClickRadio, which has secured interactive radio licenses from Universal Music Group and BMG Entertainment, will launch its digital radio […]

CacheFlow Inc. Monday revealed plans to natively integrate multimedia support into its CacheOS software in an effort to optimize delivery of live and on-demand streaming content. CacheFlow said that embedding streaming capabilities in its CacheOS technology will enable a CacheFlow appliance to function as a streaming accelerator, eliminating the inconsistent quality and high bandwidth consumption […]

Entera Inc. Monday revealed an integrated software solution to improve delivery of RealNetworks Inc.‘s RealAudio and RealVideo. The solution utilizes Entera’s new TeraEDGE caching technology. TeraEDGE’s streaming media and Web caching software allows service providers and content providers to replicate streaming content closer to the end-user, improving the end-user’s viewing experience and reducing bandwidth costs […]

Windfire International Corp. Ltd., an international consortium, Friday became the recipient of Medium4.com’s first master affiliate license. Medium4.com (MDMM) will receive $1.5 million, of which $500,000 has been paid, and a share of projected revenue. The five-year license allows Windfire the right to create sub-licensed affiliates on Medium4.com’s ForeignTV.com Network in 10 specified countries in […]

Loudeye Technologies Inc. selected AudioBase Thursday as its newest solution for delivering streaming audio. AudioBase is Loudeye’s first and only non-plug-in streaming audio solution, joining the Microsoft Windows Media Player and the RealNetworks RealPlayer, both plug-in technologies, as one of the three audio delivery options offered by Loudeye. AudioBase will also begin offering Loudeye’s encoding […]