Move Networks, PermissionTV Team on Web Video
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.