John Townley

International Datacasting Corp.’s SuperFlex Multimedia Datacasting System has been selected by Radio Express to establish an internet protocol (IP) based, DVB satellite radio network in Slovakia. Radio Express will use the network to send radio programming, compressed with MP3 encoders, from Bratislava to 24 radio stations throughout the Slovak Republic. The stations, which will be […]

i2Go.com Wednesday rolled out Flash Firmware upgrades for the eGo interactive digital audio player. The eGo interactive digital audio player, which debuted in October 1999, brings rich media content such as news, sports, weather, information and entertainment from the Internet to the car. Interactive features such as MP3Mail, MP3Chat and e-mail2Go allow users to convert […]

encoding.com Tuesday secured a third round of financing totaling $48 million, led by Wasserstein Adelson Ventures. This financing round is composed of industry companies and venture capitalists, including America Online, CBS, Intel, Microsoft, and NBC, who are participating in the advancement of the streaming media industry. Funds will be used to accelerate the company’s digital […]

Madge.web Tuesday partnered with RealNetworks to build, operate and market a European managed network for streaming media. Madge.web is constructing an Internet overlay network and broadcast operation facilities in Europe to offer similar services to the existing Real Broadcast Network (RBN) in the U.S. The new network, to be known as the Madge Broadcast Network […]

Streambox, Inc. Friday officially launched its Streambox Korea Web site, delivering to Korean consumers a streaming media search engine with over one million files in both Microsoft Windows Media and RealNetworks audio and video formats. With nine categories — Music, Film, Live, Entertainment, TV, Radio, Sports, News, and wEiRd — Streambox Korea will present reviews […]

nCUBE entered a relationship with Microsoft to port nCUBE’s video-on-demand client application to the Microsoft TV platform. Broadband operators will be able to combine nCUBE’s scalable video servers with Microsoft’s (MSFT) client platform for a variety of applications utilizing video-on-demand, including movies-on-demand, advertising on-demand and video-enhanced e-commerce. nCUBE’s video server, the MediaCUBE 4, can be […]

QSound Labs, Inc. and 4Front Technologies recently launched iQ for Linux, a software plug-in for XMMS. XMMS is a cross platform MP3 and multimedia player popular on Linux that now comes bundled with all popular Linux distributions, such as Corel Linux, SuSE, Mandrake, and Red Hat Linux. XMMS is being released under an open source […]

RealNetworks Inc. and Loral CyberStar this week announced plans for a joint trial of satellite- based audio and video streaming media service to customers of European Internet providers. Loral CyberStar will distribute continuous, high-speed media services directly to ISP customers through its global multicast satellite network, bypassing Internet congestion and enabling efficient and instantaneous delivery […]

RealNetworks and Société Europeanne des Satellites (SES), operator of Europe’s ASTRA Satellite System, have announced an agreement to conduct extensive broadband streaming media trials. In the trials, RealNetworks (REAL) will provide broadband streaming media content to end-users over SES/ASTRA’s Direct to Home Satellite System. Utilizing SES’ ASTRA-NET DVB/IP multimedia platform and RealNetworks’ RealSystem G2 technology, […]

iGS Technologies, Inc. (iGST) Wednesday announced immediate availability of the CyberPro5300, an integrated streaming media processor for advanced digital TV set-top boxes. Featuring high-speed 3D animation, broadcast-quality video, and hardware support for advanced set-top box features like transparency, the CyberPro 5300 (and its 2D counterpart, the CyberPro 5000) has already been selected for used in […]

Macromedia, Inc. Tuesday announced the availability of the Shockwave Multiuser Server 2, a tool for delivering online multimedia communities and connected entertainment. Made for installation on corporate intranets, the server is designed to enable Web users to collaborate and communicate in real time through Shockwave content created with Macromedia’s Director 7 Shockwave Internet Studio. The […]

X10.com has combined its 2.4GHz wireless platform with USB technology to offer the XRay Vision Kit which can capture and send images remotely via the Internet from anywhere in the home or office. The XRay Vision Kit features X10.com’s XCam Anywhere, a small, indoor-outdoor mini-color video camera that transmits video and sound wirelessly from one […]