John Townley

Taalee Inc. has announced a partnership with Voquette, Inc. to enable Voquette users to receive highly personalized Web audio content through Taalee’s semantic cataloging technology. Voquette’s personal Web audio services enable people to find and record their favorite Web audio programs and then play them back on portable audio devices such as MP3 players, MiniDiscs, […]

Akamai Technologies, Inc. Friday unveiled its Digital Parcel Service a comprehensive digital distribution and rights management solution linked with Reciprocal Inc., who will join in combining the companies’ core technologies and expertise. With the introduction of the Digital Parcel Service (DPS), Akamai is attempting to set the foundation for a comprehensive digital commerce solution that […]

SolidStreaming Inc. has announced a deal with Mobilocity Inc. by which the two companies will provide mobile Internet content delivery strategies. SolidStreaming has joined Mobilocity’s Mobility Lab, a research and development operation currently forming alliances with providers of mobile Internet hardware, software and services while maintaining a vendor- and platform-neutral approach. Additionally, the partnership will […]

Though many thought the Democrats heard Bab’s last shot during the Demo Convention, it turns out her latest final volley will literally be a shot heard round the world. That’s because America Online is joining forces with music legend Barbra Streisand for an historic online event this Thursday, September 28. Only 12,500 people will have […]

AppStream, Inc. , Tuesday announced a deal with LG TeleCom to enable the delivery of Java technology-based applications to mobile phones. LG TeleCom will demonstrate AppStream’s technology in its next generation of ez-i handsets. “Limited memory and the wireless network connection for wireless devices have presented significant challenges to providing mobile consumers with rich, interactive […]

MedioStream, Inc., Thursday announced Medio CAMpeg, a software technology that allows DV camcorder users to go directly from DV into MPEG2 format for video streaming, DVD authoring, archiving or distribution. The $499 software package provides the ability to create an MPEG2 file from a DV camcorder using a notebook or desktop PC. This is made […]

WideVine Technologies, Inc. announced Monday its new WideVine Cypher, a product that provides security for Internet distribution of digital streaming media-with minimal impact to content distributors and consumers. “Our engineers across the country have been developing the WideVine Cypher for more than 18 months and it has been difficult to keep it secret, given the […]

POPcast Communications Corp. Monday released the 3.1 version of its customizable software for digital media authoring, conversion, streaming media encoding and automated Web publishing for PCs. POPcaster v.3.1 allows users to capture video through a wide variety of capture devices (including Webcams, camcorders and VCRs) and combine digital video files with text, still images and […]

Liberty Digital Inc. announced Monday that its subsidiary DMX MUSIC, Inc. and AEI Music Network Inc. (AEI) will merge to create an international, multi-media, e-business, music entertainment company. Combining the assets of both companies, the new entity will deliver channels of commercial-free music via the Internet, satellite, and broadband networks. Under the merger agreement Liberty […]

Zucotto Wireless Inc., a provider of Java semiconductors for wireless devices, and PacketVideo Corp. Wednesday announced an agreement to work toward the porting of PacketVideo’s wireless media technology to Zucotto’s Xpresso Java native processor. “This agreement is the result of the growing interest in cutting-edge, Java-based wireless Internet applications,” said Mark Wells, president and chief […]

To the applause of would-be, do-it-yourself Emmy winners who cant seem to get started, Sonic Foundry, Inc. Monday announced the launch of VideoFactory, an entry-level digital video and audio editing tool designed for the home user. Using some of the same technology as Sonic Foundry’s Vegas Video professional video editor, this streamlined version provides an […]

Corpas Investments, Inc. , doing business as MediaWebcast, has launched a media tracking software and service designed to target and eliminate online copyright infringement. The Media Limiter 1.0 system allows MediaWebcast to provide a service to the holders of copyrighted intellectual properties and allows the company to track and facilitate the shut down of organized […]