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Giants detail media streaming plans
News As the pipes get fatter, streaming media servers will be the backbone to serve all kinds of content in the future. So-called streaming technology is a way of moving video and audio more easily over the Internet.
[January 27, 1998, 11:45]
RealNetworks takes open-source route
News RealNetworks will unveil a new open-source version of its media streaming software Monday that will support multiple file formats for audio and video, including those that use Microsoft's Windows Media technology.
[July 22, 2002, 15:51]
Spending on streaming video expected to skyrocket
News According to a new study by Jupiter Media Metrix, corporations will spend dramatically higher amounts on streaming video technology in the next four years. Streaming media have played just as crucial a role in the high-tech downturn, deflating both...
[April 12, 2001, 11:14]
Tech group backs MPEG-4 audio licence
News An Internet streaming group on Tuesday endorsed a licensing plan for MPEG-4 audio compression, sidestepping controversy that has erupted around a highly anticipated sister video technology put forward as part of a proposed digital media standard.
[March 27, 2002, 11:15]
Acacia increasing patent arsenal
News But it has largely become famous in streaming-media circles for its litigiousness, cutting a swath through the online porn industry and even taking on cable giant Comcast in pursuit of licensing fees over technology it says covers the basic method...
[December 17, 2004, 15:45]
Global streaming-media network underway
News The first global streaming media network for delivering multimedia content is being built by US-based network services company Digital Island. The network will allow content providers to deliver tailored, high quality streaming audio and video to...
[September 10, 1999, 10:18]
Deal rumour batters RealNetworks
News It has struck a deal with Sony to have its streaming media technology integrated with the PlayStation2 game console. The online streaming media company has been written off numerous times in its longstanding battle with Microsoft for market share.
[May 30, 2001, 12:34]
Streaming goes mainstream
News After years of struggling to convince Internet executives to think multimedia, streaming media companies say interest in their products is at an all-time high. Meanwhile, Cahners In-Stat Group expects worldwide revenue for streaming media services...
[November 1, 2001, 12:33]
Ballmer: Give streaming media a chance
News Everywhere, Ballmer offered a peek at Microsoft's streaming media workshop, showing off newly released technology -- including a demonstration of the company's upcoming Whistler operating system -- and discussing some projects due next year.
[December 13, 2000, 11:10]
RealNetworks leaps into anti-piracy fray
News The announcement comes a day after Microsoft made a major play for business from consumer electronics manufacturers by introducing first-ever licensing plan for use of its streaming media technology, Windows Media 9, for non-Windows operating system.
[January 9, 2003, 8:36]
Microsoft beams video to mobiles
News The software, called MobileVision, is meant to provide a complete streaming-video services framework for wireless network operators and digital media and applications providers. Microsoft said MobileVision offers wireless operators and content...
[March 12, 2004, 10:25]
Motorola phones get Real with Linux
News The group is a collaborative effort between RealNetworks, independent developers and other vendors to build new applications for Helix DNA, open-source technology for streaming media. RealNetworks has signed a deal under which its RealOne Player...
[October 23, 2003, 14:45]
EU looks to wrap up Microsoft probe
News The effort has focused on Microsoft's server software and streaming media technology. Last August, the EU expanded its Microsoft investigation to include a look at how streaming media technology has been integrated into Windows.
[July 2, 2002, 7:58]
Windows Media 8 shrinks the streams
News Microsoft also listed a bevy of streaming-media companies that stand to benefit from its latest technology. The release is the latest move in a heated competition between Microsoft, RealNetworks and, to a lesser degree, Apple Computer for dominance...
[March 29, 2001, 8:47]
Is Real losing the video war?
News Speaking at the Streaming Media '98 conference, Forrester analyst Seema Williams said that while RealNetworks' RealMedia servers are losing market share to Microsoft's rival NetShow technology, expertise will pay off in the end.
[November 10, 1998, 9:23]
RealNetworks signs online music pact
News core streaming media technology. MusicNet, which will operate as an independent company, will offer a wide collection of downloadable and streaming music backed by RealNetworks? In a widely anticipated move, RealNetworks on Monday formed a pact...
[April 2, 2001, 13:17]
The politics of patents
News Over the years Acacia has patented proprietary its digital media transmission technology to a veritable Who's Who of blue-chip tech companies in the streaming media business. Q: We ran a profile on your company about a year ago and the lead...
[July 11, 2006, 17:25]
Vodafone seals UK audio-content deal with RealNetworks
News Since the beginning of the year, the Seattle-based software maker has struck deals to provide media-playback technology to mobile-phone giant Ericsson and to deliver streaming media programming to Nokia 3650 phones used by subscribers of US...
[June 30, 2003, 8:03]
AOL ads get bigger, wider, richer
News The genre of online commercials applies to ads containing advanced sound and motion through streaming media, Macromedia's Flash animation or comparable technology. Previously, AOL could not run online campaigns that included 3D graphics or...
[August 22, 2002, 8:13]
Net ads enter new dimension
News As we respond to client demand to move the Web beyond the banner, almost everything we do know has an element of rich media and streaming technology," said Keck, whose agency plans ad campaigns for Compaq Computer and Taco Bell, among others.
[March 15, 2002, 9:20]
