Archive for April 2008

Check Out PluggedIn

We hope you’ve seen the launch of PluggedIn—if not, check it out! PluggedIn is a new portal for music videos that are streamed using Move Networks’ adaptive streaming technology. The combination of PluggedIn’s great selection of videos with the exceptional viewing experience provided by Move makes PluggedIn a premiere site for music online. From PluggedIn’s homepage: “PluggedIn.com is a place to get the hottest music videos, photos, blogs, news, recommendations and more, from artists that matter most to you - in one place. You can:

  • Save the stuff you like, create playlists and share them.
  • Promote your taste in music and meet other music fans.
  • Get recommendations based on the music you like.”

We hope you’ll keep us updated about your experiences on PluggedIn. Let us know what you think!

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The Buzz is About Move Networks

Contentinople reported that Move Networks was the company that garnered the biggest buzz at NAB last week. People were asking and talking about Move and our influence on the Internet television transformation. The buzz at NAB centered around Move’s announcement of our Series C funding, Move’s involvement with its corporate investors and partners, and the features of Move’s technology that everyone wants to be involved with:

  • Cisco, a Move investor, demonstrated Move’s edge caching infrastructure and set-top boxes;
  • Level 3, a Move partner, demonstrated Move’s adaptive streaming;
  • Microsoft, a Move partner, pushed the integration of the Move plugin with the Silverlight platform.

Move’s strategic industry involvement is growing deeper, and we’re glad to be involved with the biggest names in technology and television.

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Move Networks Has Raised the Bar

At NAB 2008, Beet.TV interviewed Microsoft’s Steve Sklepowich about the Move-Microsoft strategic partnership, and Sklepowich expressed why Microsoft is so excited to be integrating Move’s exceptional technology with Silverlight. He said, “Move has raised the bar for streaming today on the Web. They have just a really gorgeous adaptive streaming technology with some very interesting ad insertion models as well as a very interesting HD experience. [. . .] Silverlight brings a next-level of interactivity—DVD interactivity—together with [Move's] high-quality adaptive streaming experience. ”

More details about the Move-Microsoft partnership coming soon.

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More Funding for a High-Quality Company

Yesterday Move announced our Series C funding of $46 million, and the announcement has generated a lot of press (check out our News section). Move’s funding is now comparable to that of Brightcove and Joost—two other successful Internet video startups. What makes Move different is that we are changing the landscape of Internet video by completely changing the quality of viewers’ experiences. Multichannel News yesterday quoted Ian Blaine—Senior Vice President of Content Publishing at Comcast and CEO of thePlatform: “The consumer experience is a central component to the future growth of broadband video. Consumers expect online video to mirror their television or DVD experience today. Companies such as Move Networks will play a key role going forward.”

Investors, media publishers, and media consumers: We hope you’ll stay tuned in coming months to Move’s progress transforming the landscape of Internet television.

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