Move Networks, based in Utah, has become the premier publishing platform for many leading media companies that want to deliver near-HD or HD video content online. Unlike other platforms, Move’s technology is out of beta and has already been used by tens of millions of users to watch long form or live near-HD or HD video content online from leading broadcasters. Full Article…
Other technology providers are also moving into the online HD space… It seems clear that online HD, in spite of the obvious network and technology challenges, is firmly on the roadmap for media conglomerates. Full Article…
ABC.com Tuesday quietly kicked off a beta-test of its “high-definition” Internet-TV channel with four episodes from the network’s top-rated primetime shows. Full Article…
The winner is the consumer, who gets all the benefits of self-scheduling and the devices and bandwidth with which to enjoy TV in it’s prime, online. Full Article…
Generally, the quality, fluidity and reliability of most broadband streaming has rarely ever matched that of typical cable, DBS or terrestrial television. Yet ABC/Disney is counting on a lot of consumers getting into the habit of thinking last night’s missed episode of “Boston Legal” is only a few mouse clicks away—and that the simple process of viewing it in long form via streaming will be both uneventful and positive. Adding HD to the experience is designed to push the habit-changing experience a bit further along. Full Article…
One of the most spectacular online video players can be found at ABC.com. It was introduced just last month and has attracted quite a bit of attention. The player shows remarkable, full-screen high quality. And, it loads quickly.
It’s not Flash, it’s not Windows Media and it’s not distributed on P2P. It’s a new kind of streaming media from a small company in Utah, Move Networks. Full Article…
But maybe short attention spans were just a function of bad technology. A handful of show producers are trading in the Web’s old flavor of video delivery (the dominant one being Adobe Systems Flash) for newer technologies that deliver clear and smooth streamed images. Their supposedly attention-deficient viewers are suddenly half-hour fans again. (free registration required) Full Article…
The challenge…was to develop a player that would “put TV shows on the Web in a way no one had done before”… Over the next 62 days—and more than their share of all-nighters—the abc.com crew, using technology from Move Networks, built a wide-screen format designed for watching an entire 43-minute program “like in an Imax theater…” Full Article…
