John Townley

RealNetworks, Inc. Thursday unveiled data demonstrating a clear consumer preference for RealNetworks’ streaming media format. And so did Microsoft, showing a clear consumer preference for its streaming format. Says Real: Among home Internet users who access streaming media content at least once a week on average, RealNetworks’ format is over six times more popular than […]

RealNetworks new RealSystem iQ has integrated SecureMedia’s high-speed Encryptonite Engine to enable end-to-end, on-the-fly protection of streamed content. With the addition of stream encryption, media content providers and broadcasters can launch secure streaming media subscription, on-demand or live performance services. Supporting over 45 media types, RealSystem iQ can securely stream a broad range of premium […]

Is there ever a major trade show where Microsoft isn’t unveiling a new initiative? Streaming Media West is no exception, where keynote speaker Microsoft President and CEO Steve Ballmer Tuesday unveiled Windows Media Audio and Video 8 beta. Windows Media Audio and Video 8 claim thirty percent compression improvement and purport to enable the delivery […]

RealNetworks, Inc. Monday unveiled RealSystem iQ, a new foundational architecture for digital media delivery. The standards-based RealSystem iQ is designed to increase the reliability of Internet broadcasts, scale to the largest audiences possible, and provide flexibility and cost-effectiveness for media delivery network deployments. “RealSystem iQ is another big step forward toward our longstanding goal of […]

RealNetworks, Inc. Monday unveiled RealSystem iQ, a new foundational architecture for digital media delivery. The standards-based RealSystem iQ is designed to increase the reliability of Internet broadcasts, scale to the largest audiences possible, and provide flexibility and cost-effectiveness for media delivery network deployments. “RealSystem iQ is another big step forward toward our longstanding goal of […]

Adobe Systems Incorporated Monday announced a new version of Adobe Premiere, which allows professionals to quickly and easily edit digital video on a desktop and publish it to the Web in multiple formats including RealNetworks RealMedia, Microsoft WindowsMedia, and Apple QuickTime. Adobe Premiere 6.0 adds major enhancements to the digital video editing process — from […]

Liquid Audio, Inc. on Friday officially stuck in its oar to bid on Scour’s technology assets, including Scour’s peer-to-peer file sharing application. The bid is being filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles for court approval. If successful in its bid, Liquid Audio anticipates that it would […]

IFILM and Filmtrust have formed a strategic collaboration to bring enhanced business-to-business online tools to the entertainment industry. Under the terms of the agreement, Filmtrust will acquire IFILMs’ key software assets including PRODUCTIONpro, LOCATIONpro, and JOBpro. IFILM will provide Filmtrust with promotional/marketing support and consulting to help bring these e-business tools to the entertainment market. […]

Now that MP3.com is back in action, music fans shopping online at TowerRecords.com soon will not need to wait for the mail to arrive before listening to the CDs they purchase. In a matter of moments following the sale, Tower customers will be able to listen to their music online by opening a free, password-protected […]

MatchLogic, a subsidiary of Excite@Home, has formed a partnership with Dynamics Direct, Inc. that makes Dynamics Direct’s individualized rich media email technology available to MatchLogic’s client base. “As a leader in the personalized email industry, rich media email is the next logical step for us as businesses need every opportunity to distinguish themselves when they […]

TheDial, a producer and publisher of streaming media content, Tuesday announced the availability of real-time audio ad verification services for its advertisers. The new technology from the company tracks each stream as an advertisement plays, and sends a “ping” to the ad agency’s server to record the activity. Because ping technology tracks audio advertising with […]

ONE Media Tuesday launched ONE, a lifestyle-driven design magazine and its online counterpart, ONEmedia.com (www.onemedia.com), which will offer wireless capabilities. The founder of the company is Dana Lyon, former publisher of Wired magazine and previously at Condi Nast Publications. ONE, a design-oriented lifestyle magazine targeting 25- to 44-year-old professionals, will bring eight categories (fashion and […]