John Townley

Hip-hop personality Push will collaborate with iCAST to produce a variety of new hip-hop programs. “We look forward to working with Push and providing him a new online platform to develop and share new types of hip-hop programming,” said Jeff Teicher, director of production at iCAST. “We think his innovative and passionate approach to celebrating […]

InterTrust Technologies Corp., the MetaTrust Utility, and QDesign Corp. Tuesday inked a technology partnership for the use of QDesign’s audio codec technology in MetaTrust-Certified audio applications. The partnership is aimed at developing a digital rights management (DRM) enabled, scalable audio format for digital streaming applications. Further, QDesign and InterTrust will work together to integrate DRM […]

Optivision Inc. Monday introduced the NAC-4000, a compact streaming video receiver and decoder for real-time video distribution over Internet Protocol (IP) networks. The NAC-4000, a network-attached appliance that can be managed remotely, captures Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) standard video and plays it on television or computer monitors to support a variety of enterprise applications, […]

Toronto’s MadOnion.com (formerly Futuremark Corp.) Monday released Video2000. Developed in co-operation with California-based Faroudja, Inc., Video2000 is designed to measure the video quality, features and performance of desktop video streams. Video2000 enables users to evaluate the quality, feature set and performance of the video-playback capabilities of their personal computer and provides information needed to upgrade, […]

ViewCast.com, Inc. this week formed an agreement with Minerva Networks, Inc.whereby ViewCast.com will integrate the Minerva Video Network Platform as part of its video communication system. The Viewpoint VBX System provides a flexible video PBX architecture that video-enables hundreds of desktops throughout an enterprise. A single Viewpoint VBX System in a switch room controls video […]

AudioRamp.com this week unveiled its iRad family of products along with Internet based services to organize and manage digital audio, creating a virtual jukebox. “As Internet Radio appliances progress, we have taken a unique approach by redefining what digital audio listeners should expect in their devices,” said Dan Sheppard, president of AudioRamp.com. “AudioRamp.com believes that […]

V-SPAN Wednesday announced the Internet Broadband Application Platform (iBAP), which enables video collaboration over cable systems and other broadband networks. Created for new media networks, the platform allows for reservationless broadband communication via a Web browser. This service is scheduled for availability during first quarter. “V-SPAN’s iBAP technology is the answer to effortless broadband communications,” […]

Pinnacle Systems Inc. Tuesday announced the introduction of the MediaStream 300, the newest member of the MediaStream family of video servers. The MediaStream 300 is targeted to broadcasters looking to switch from tape-based analog systems to digital television environments. The server can be configured from one to three channels and includes up to 25 hours […]

Entera, Inc. Monday unveiled its TeraCAST Streaming Server family, a standards-based, multi-platform streaming server software. TeraCAST is designed to allow content providers and developers to serve active Internet content, such as audio or video files, in a continuous transmission. It utilizes the standards-based QuickTime player and Java 2.0, which is available with every user’s desktop. […]

Listen.com Friday announced that BMG Entertainment, EMI Recorded Music, the Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group have invested an undisclosed amount in the downloadable music company. Listen.com also disclosed that Maverick Records principals Guy Oseary and Ronnie Dashev have invested in the year-old San Francisco start-up. “Having all five major labels as investors means […]

Creative Labs this week released LAVA! Producer from LAVA.com, a software solution to offer interactive 3D MusicVideo entertainment on the Internet to the mass market. LAVA! Producer is designed to enable artists to construct 3D Music Video scenes to accompany their songs without the need for software programming skills. The tool features 3D object replacement […]

Medium4.com this week entered a content alliance with TV3 of Ireland, under which daily video news from Ireland will be available on Medium4.com’s WorldNewsTV.com channel, part of the company’s ForeignTV.com Network. With the addition of the TV3 newscast, WorldNewsTV.com now hosts fourteen distinct round the clock, on-demand international news broadcasts. TV3’s daily broadcast includes full […]