Contentinople | November 26, 2008
iStreamPlanet Co. is readying a new video management platform that will support Flash, Silverlight, and Move Networks file formats in a single offering.
Stop us if you’ve heard this pitch before. The new browser-based video management platform, which iStreamPlanet plans to introduce next month, can handle all workflows, asset management, and distribution—even editing!—for media companies looking to put their video on the Web.
But iStreamPlanet has one thing that CEO Mio Babic claims the others don’t have, which is a system that has been built from the ground up to natively support management of video assets from multiple sources and across multiple file formats.
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Content Agenda | November 21, 2008
“Adaptive bit-rate streaming” is becoming a hot buzz phrase in the world of online video. At the Future of Television conference in New York this week, executives from Brightcove and Lycos each touted new streaming platforms that incorporate adaptive bit-rate technology, which responds to fluctuations in the end user’s available bandwidth by adjusting the bit-rate of the stream—and thus the quality of the image—up or down as needed.
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Fierce Online Video | November 19, 2008
PermissionTV and Move Networks announced a strategic partnership today that will combine PermissionTV’s interactive video app platform and Move Networks’s adaptive HD streaming technology. The partnership will deliver high-quality video streams to customers that are also interactive and mashable. PermissionTV focuses on video application platforms that allow for more non-linear online video viewing experiences, while retaining TV quality feeds; Move Networks is a leader in adaptive HD streaming technology.
Matt Kaplan, Chief Strategy Officer for PermissionTV, said Move’s technology will enable new levels of interaction and quality of video for customers.
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The US Daily | November 19, 2008
Move Networks, which provides adaptive streaming technology for hi-def Web streaming to large television customers such as ABC, ESPN and Fox, has struck a deal with online video platform provider PermissionTV to integrate its technology and resell it to smaller media companies and organizations that are new to the Web video space.
“This gives us a new reach into markets we haven’t served before,” says David Rice, Move’s VP of marketing.
The first customers for their joint Move/Permission solution, which combines Move’s variable compression scheme with Permission’s interactive video application platform, are Fox On Demand and the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Fox is using the system to provide high-quality video on local station Websites, while the Met is using it to create a premium subscription-based streaming service that will bring its operas to a broader audience.
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Online Video Watch | November 19, 2008
PermissionTV and Move Networks have entered into an integration and reseller partnership. They are offering an integrated video platform that delivers HD quality video. PTV and Move have already partnered on implementations including Fox On Demand and the NY Metropolitan Opera.
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VideoNuze | November 19, 2008
Once again I’m highlighting a few key industry items that I think are worth noting:
Move Networks and Permission TV Partner – The companies are announcing today a mutual reseller relationship and technology integration. I got an update from their marketing heads earlier this week; the goal here is to accelerate the deployment of HD-quality video to broader segments of the market.
The deal seems like a win for both companies. Move has concentrated on major networks, Permission has focused on strong mid-tail content and brands/agencies to enable deeper engagement and interactivity.
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TV Week | November 19, 2008
Online television technology providers Permission TV and Move Networks have paired up in a deal that calls for the two companies to have the option to integrate their online video tools and sell jointly to customers.
Under the agreement, Permission TV will combine its video platform with Move’s streaming video solution. Move Networks customers include ABC, ESPN, Fox and The CW. Permission TV customers include Fox and the Metropolitan Opera.
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Contentinople | November 19, 2008
After working together on a few major projects, PermissionTV Inc. and Move Networks Inc. have decided to make it easier for customers to choose their conjoined technologies in the future.
The companies are embarking on an integration and reseller partnership that they hope will combine the best parts of PermissionTV’s content management platform with Move’s high-quality streaming video technology.
The partnership came about after the companies worked together on a couple of joint projects: the Metropolitan Opera’s subscription video service and Fox Broadcasting Co. ’s online catchup service for affiliates, Fox On Demand.
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