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Wowza Media Systems, a software company solely focused on media server software, and Sun Microsystems, Inc. announced that ZON Multimedia, Portugal's largest triple-play operator with more than 1.5 million subscribers, has deployed a Flash video streaming solution utilizing Wowza's #1-rated Wowza Media Server Pro software on Sun servers. The solution enables ZON customers to watch streaming movie trailers online before purchasing them via cable.

Wowza Media Systems, a software company solely focused on media servers, announced the availability of Wowza Media Server Pro Subscription Edition, featuring friction-free monthly subscription licensing for its industrial-strength media server that makes it both painless and irresistibly cost-effective for any CDN, streaming service or hosting provider to offer lucrative Flash media streaming services to their customers.

Wowza Media Server Pro, the innovative media streaming server software for Flash by Wowza Media Systems, has claimed the #1 position in the Server Hardware/Software category of Streaming Media Magazine's 2008 Readers' Choice Awards, a win that cements its reputation as the preferred solution for Flash streaming over Adobe Flash Media Server (FMS).

Wowza Media Server Pro also finished a close second in the Streaming Radio Solution category, singled out by the readers for its unique SHOUTcast-to-Flash streaming capability. Live365 was the winner, and Liquid Compass, a Wowza licensee and provider of live and on-demand stream hosting and web services to some of the largest media companies in the world, including Entercom, Bonneville, Clear Channel, ABC Radio, and NBC/Gannett, was a category runner-up.

For the recent 10th birthday celebration of the Sony VAIO, held in Berlin, July 15, Club VAIO Europe selected Wowza Media Systems, an emerging leader in streaming media server software, and Rambla, a cutting-edge Belgian CDN, to provide the live Flash streaming netcast of the event.

Wowza Media Systems, an emerging leader in streaming media server software, who turned heads last year by placing in the top 3 in the Best Server Hardware/Software category alongside such industry titans as Adobe and Microsoft, announced that its flagship product, Wowza Media Server Pro, is again a finalist for this prestigious award, now in two categories, Best Server Hardware/Software and Best Streaming Radio Solution.

"This year's Readers' Choice Awards presented more than 200 different products and services from more than 150 different companies from around the world," said Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen, Editor, Streaming Media, in an official statement to all finalists. "The fact that there's so much competition for these awards is a reflection of just how many competitive solutions are now available to consumers, enterprises, and educational institutions looking for online video solutions; the fact that nearly 4,000 Streaming Media readers voted in the awards shows just how passionately they feel about the tools they've chosen. Regardless of who the ultimate winners are, that's something we can all celebrate."