John Townley

Voquette Inc. has released in beta a free service that allows business professionals to create personal programs of Web audio from 75 brand-name sources including Wall Street Journal, ON24, CNET Radio, techtv radio, and the BBC World Service. Voquette enables users to automatically record and listen to Web audio while they work, or on a […]

When they butcher a hog, they make use of every scrap. In the aftermath of the dismembering and repurposing of Napster and Napster-like file-sharing services, the scraps are on the block. One of them, Scour, Inc., has just announced it will shut down the Scour Exchange community within 48 hours to facilitate a resolution of […]

TeVeo Inc. and PacketVideo Monday announced an agreement to combine their technologies to enable businesses and consumers to tap into digital video through mobile devices such as SmartPhones, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and laptops. The companies plan to deliver their joint live wireless webcam streaming technology commercially by the first quarter of 2001. “Given the […]

Microsoft Corp. has released Microsoft Windows Media Player for Pocket PC Technology Preview Edition. The new player delivers streamed wireless Windows Media-formatted audio and video to a portable device. The Technology Preview Edition gives owners of Pocket PC devices from Compaq Computer Corp., Casio Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) the ability to stream and download […]

Yahoo! Inc. Monday launched the Yahoo! Movies Online Shorts Directory in an attempt to provide a single, central location where film fans can find the short film they are looking for. “Yahoo! Movies brings the popular Yahoo! model of a comprehensive and easy-to-use directory to the world of short films,” said Matt Rightmire, vice president […]

Beatnik, Inc. Monday announced the availability of Mixman StudioProd 4.0 for the Mac. Mixman StudioPro 4.0 allows music fans to create, perform and publish personalized music from concept to completion using an enhanced suite of professional remixing tools. The tools include Remixing Studio for real-time performance-based remixing, FX Studio for manipulating component sounds, Editing Studio […]

EyeWonder Inc. this week introduces an online advertising campaign for HookMedia utilizing video and audio streaming in banner advertisements. EyeWonder’s streaming video and audio is delivered instantly, eliminating the end-user need to download a player or plug-ins. The company’s Java-based technology is platform and browser independent with a small decoder size, allowing for the delivery […]

RealNetworks, Inc. and Unicast, developer of Superstitial, the “Internet’s Commercial,” are offering advertisers new opportunities in multi-media advertising, by featuring RealNetworks’ RealPlayer with Unicast’s pre-loaded, Flash-based online advertising format. Superstitial advertisers will now have the ability to place a link within the Superstitial ad to relevant RealAudio and/or RealVideo streaming media content utilizing RealPlayer. For […]

GetMusic LLC has announced a content agreement with America Online, Inc. under which GetMusic will become an anchor tenant in AOL’s Music Channel and be featured on the channel’s main page. In addition, GetMusic will provide streaming video programming to members signing on to the AOL service with a high-speed connection as part of the […]

Spurred by the recent deal Napster cut with Bertelsmann, Internet software developer GlobalSCAPE, Inc. has re-released CuteMX, a peer-to-peer application that enables Internet users to manage and share media files and other collaborative content. GlobalSCAPE is a subsidiary of American TeleSource International, Inc. (“ATSI”) . “We re-released CuteMX to introduce our new filtering technology, which […]

Avid Technology, Inc. announced Monday its streaming media publishing application that Avid ePublisher. Using a drag-and-drop interface, Avid ePublisher creates full-screen web experiences in which multiple elements on a web page are synchronized with the video. This allows creation and delivery of interactive multimedia content directly to the Web, CD and DVD. Pricing begins at […]

Sprint PCS and SolidStreaming Monday announced an agreement to begin testing wireless multimedia streaming services later this year. SolidStreaming’s software will enable Sprint PCS to offer real-time streaming video, audio and text to future multimedia-enabled second-generation wireless devices. Additionally, SolidStreaming and Sprint PCS will test MPEG-4 software to service the 3G market. Initially, services may […]