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Number of Videos Seen Online in US Reaches Record Level
January 6, 2010 -- The number of videos seen online in the US surpassed 30 billion in a month for first time on record, according to a new report from online research provider comScore.
Streaming Services Prepare for New Year's Eve Coverage
December 30, 2009 -- In partnership with The Times Square Alliance and Countdown Entertainment, Livestream will be streaming a six-and-a-half hour feed of the traditional ball drop in New York City's Times Square for free around the world.
Amazon CloudFront Now Supports Streaming Media Content
December 18, 2009 -- Providing efficient, cost-effective media access , Amazon Web Services' content delivery solution, CloudFront, now supports media streaming for files stored in Amazon S3, giving users content delivery network advantages for improving access to not only static content such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, but also streaming content in a variety of Real Time Messaging Protocol formats.
Mirror Image Offers Multi-Protocol Video Streaming with iPhone Support
September 9, 2009 -- Content delivery network solutions provider Mirror Image Internet has added video on demand and live H.264 media streaming for the Apple iPhone, making Mirror Image the only CDN to combine multi-protocol streaming capabilities of this kind from a single media source.
Michael Jackson Memorial Streamed Online
July 7, 2009 -- Expected to be one of the biggest media events to have taken place - ever - with city police estimating that between 250,000 and 700,000 fans flooded downtown Los Angeles, where the Tuesday funeral for pop icon Michael Jackson took place. Those crowds, however, may only represent a fraction of the Internet users around the world, who tuned into the memorial via online video streams, cell phones and peer-2-peer networks.
Highwinds Streams Earth Day Coverage
April 22, 2009 -- IP services and content distribution provider Highwinds Network Group streamed live online coverage of "Earth Day On The National Mall" in Washington DC using its content delivery network.
Adobe Unveils Flash Delivery Initiatives
April 20, 2009 -- Software developer Adobe has unveiled a number of advances in video and dynamic media software technologies to improve the creation and delivery of content across Internet, television and mobile platforms.
Brightcove and Adobe Team For Media Streaming
April 20, 2009 -- Shortly after unveiling "Strobe," a new software framework that simplifies the delivery of custom media players for content owners, software developer Adobe and online video platform provider Brightcove have expanded a strategic alliance to deliver enhanced online video solutions to Brightcove customers.
Showtime Uses BitGravity To Stream MMA Fight
April 8, 2009 -- Premium cable television network, Showtime, will offer Mixed Martial Arts fans the opportunity to watch Showtime's premiere of Strikeforce with its new interactive online experience, Strikeforce: All Access, powered by BitGravity's content delivery and Episodic's online video publishing and monetization services.
Switch Media Uses Macquarie to Host Video
March 3, 2009 -- The web hosting division of Australian and Asia Pacific telecom Macquarie Telecom, Macquarie Hosting, has signed a complex business hosting deal with leading Australian digital communications specialist The Switch Media Group, to provide it the fully-managed, high availability hosting solution required to support Switch Media's mission critical video-on-demand and video content management applications, which support customers including Walt Disney, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and a number of Australian political parties.
BitGravity Adds Live HD Streaming To CDN
March 2, 2009 -- Giving television a run for its money, content delivery network provider BitGravity has launched "BG Live HD," the first standards-based, true high-definition, online solution for broadcasting live events in 1080p or 720p resolution.
Server Central Selling Dell Servers
February 9, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Managed Web hosting provider Server Central (servercentral.net) announced on Tuesday that it has made Dell PowerEdge servers immediately available in its data centers.
Website Source Adds Cisco, Ups Streaming
January 6, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting provider Website Source (websitesource.com) says it has deployed the Cisco Guard XT 5650 and Detector XT 5600 DDoS Mitigation Appliance, and increased the streaming media resources in all its hosting plans.
Pure Static Web Hosting Launched
January 5, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Underwriters Technologies (purestatic.com), an Austin, Texas-based provider of Internet services, announced on Monday the offering of Pure Static, a new service that solves the problem of high capacity hosting for short periods of time.
SyncCast Launches Data Center
December 8, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- SyncCast Communications (synccastcommunication.com), a provider of streaming media and content delivery services, announced Wednesday that it has launched its newest data center in Orange County, California providing a highly connected network of fiber to numerous tier 1 Internet backbone providers in Southern California.
VitalStream Offers SDK for Flash Users
November 2, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Streaming media and Web hosting provider VitalStream (vitalstream.com) announced on Tuesday that it has made the new MediaOps Software Development Kit exclusively available to customers using its Flash video streaming services.
Verio, ATS Team On Government Services
October 22, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting provider Verio (verio.com) announced on Friday that its technology solutions, including its hosting and managed services, are now available to the federal government through Advanced Technology Systems Inc's General Services Administration IT services schedule.
Streaming Media Inc Picks Mirror Image
September 14, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Content delivery network operator Mirror Image Internet (mirror-image.com) announced on Monday that its streaming media services are being used to power Streaming Media Inc's (streamingmedia.com) new audio and video portal.
US Broadband Usage Passes 50 Percent
August 20, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Broadband connections have finally surpassed dial-up among Internet users in the United States. According to Nielsen/NetRatings, 51 percent of online users connect through a DSL, cable or IDSN service. The number translates to 63 million Americans.
Nine Systems To Stream British Open
July 16, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Nine Systems (ninesystems.com) has been selected again as the exclusive streaming provider for golf's 2004 British Open Championship to provide streaming audio and video from the official tournament Web site.
VitalStream Adds Live Flash Streams
July 7, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- VitalStream Inc. (vitalstream.com), a provider of integrated content delivery and streaming media services, today announced it has implemented live Macromedia Flash video content via a worldwide content delivery network. The joint development is made by the efforts of Macromedia and VitalStream.
Verio, Netapp Support Euro 2004 Site
June 11, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting provider Verio Europe (verio.co.uk) announced on Friday that it had increased content distribution and replication services for the euro2004.com Web site. Verio is an official IT partner for the Euro 2004 football championships and is providing the technology supporting the euro2004.com Web site during the tournament. The site includes a wide range of bandwidth-intensive multimedia content, including streaming media and on-demand video clips.
Speedera Expands Presence at AboveNet
June 10, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- AboveNet (abovenet.com) announced on Wednesday that content delivery service provider Speedera Networks (speedera.com) plans to expand its presence in several AboveNet data center facilities in the US.
Trend Micro Extends Deal with Speedera
Speedera said the expanded relationship will provide Trend Micro with the ability to use streaming media for corporate communications and deliver its software to its customers over various protocols. Speedera also deployed Speedeye Access Manager for Trend Micro, a security management service.
Speedera Picked to Deliver ESA Content
According to Speedera, the impetus behind the new deals is the ESA's need to have a solution in place to accommodate the anticipated spike in traffic that will result from the launch Thursday of ESA's unprecedented mission of cometary exploration, Rosetta.
Streaming Media Use in Applications to Increase
The report, Uses of Streaming and Digital Media, which surveyed 3,000 respondents, was authored by Michael Hoch, research director of Internet Infrastructure for the Aberdeen Group.
Fox Picks Speedera for Content Delivery
Under the agreement, Speedera will use its on-demand services to provide Web site content delivery, Web analytics and streaming media services.
Macromedia, VitalStream Deliver Video Streaming
December 16, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Macromedia (macromedia.com), a software developer based in San Francisco, and VitalStream (vitalstream.com), a provider of digital broadcasting solutions based in Irvine, California, announced today that they have released Macromedia Flash Video Streaming Service, designed to allow companies to deliver video-enabled Flash content to the Macromedia Flash Player across Vitalstream's content distribution network.
Mirror Image Launches Promo for C&W Customers
December 15, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Mirror Image Internet (mirror-image.com), a provider of content delivery, streaming media, and e-commerce, said on Monday that it is introducing a "Satisfaction Guaranteed" promotion aimed at attracting Cable & Wireless (cw.com) content delivery customers.
Altrec.com Picks Mirror Image for Content Delivery
October 28, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Xcelera Inc. (xcelera.com) subsidiary Mirror Image Internet (mirror-image.com), a provider of content delivery, streaming media, e-commerce and Web computing services, said today that outdoor lifestyle retailer Altrec.com has selected Mirror Image?s content delivery solution for its e-commerce Web site.
VitalStream Introduces Reseller Program
October 15, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- VitalStream, Inc. (vitalstream.com), a provider of media streaming, Web hosting and managed servers based in Irvine, California, introduced today a reseller program targeted at businesses serving clients with high-volume streaming media needs.
Keynote Unveils Streaming Perspective 3.0
October 14, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Keynote Systems (keynote.com), a provider of Web performance measurement and management services, unveiled today Streaming Perspective 3.0, a service that measures and manages the performance and availability of streaming media.
