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dicas, the German MPEG-4 experts, and Wowza Media Systems, a US-based developer of Flash streaming media server software, have announced the interoperability of dicas MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 encoders with Wowza Media Server Pro. Broadcasters, operators and enterprises delivering IPTV and streaming services now have at their disposal a versatile and cost-effective conduit for the live distribution of broadcast-quality video content in multiple bit rates to Internet-connected Flash player clients.

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 Systems, an emerging leader in streaming media server software,  announced that their award-winning Wowza Media Server Pro has surpassed the 10,000 global licensees mark in just 18 months since its launch. The key to Wowza's success: its unmatched combination of performance, innovation, price and support.

Among its 10,000+ licensees, Wowza counts such well-known brands as Sun Microsystems, Macy's, Astral Media, RAI and Mogulus, and numerous service providers, including Interoute, Nacamar and T-Systems Multimedia Solutions GmbH, the business customer brand of telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom.

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.

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."

Media On Demand today announced it has partnered with emerging streaming server software leader Wowza Media Systems to deliver Flash streaming media using Wowza's award-winning flagship product, Wowza Media Server Pro. Having worked on several high-volume projects for the Adobe Flash platform, Media On Demand is delighted to announce this partnership.

"We are now able to offer both live and on-demand streaming in-house," says Andy Lewis, Media On Demand's Managing Director. "Wowza Media Systems' unparalleled support has been second-to-none and their product immediately opens up new opportunities for both our existing client base as well as new clients alike. This expansion in our hosting capabilities means we can serve even more users."

Wowza Media Systems, emerging leader in streaming media, announced the general availability of Wowza Media Server Pro 1.5, the latest version of its award-wining server software that removes the barriers to live H.264 Flash streaming, thanks to its exclusive support of industry-standard RTSP/RTP H.264 video and HE-AAC audio encoders.

All Wowza Pro 1.5 users, including traditional broadcasters, pure-play netcasters and service providers can use existing H.264/HE-AAC encoders to bring live SD and HD content to huge Flash audiences that constitute over 98% of all connected computers. There is no need for specialized Flash H.264 encoders.

In addition, users now have many options of readily available RTSP/RTP encoders in all price ranges that can be used for broadcast quality HD & SD Flash streaming. The compatible product list includes Apple QuickTime Broadcaster, Varasoft Wirecast, multiple models of HaiVison and Orban encoders and many others.

 
I spent the weekend working with the Wowza Media Server Pro Flash Streaming server, testing out the support for H.264, AAC and HE-AAC real-time streaming.  It's official, the server is the real deal.  You can take your H.264 real-time streaming files that might be sitting on a Quicktime Streaming Server or Helix Universal Server and move all of that content to a Wowza Media Server Pro for delivery.  Your viewers will need to be using Flash 9 to see H.264 content streaming in Flash and you'll need to be using Wowza Media Server Pro version 1.5.0 with the latest patch.  Viewers should at least have Flash Player verison 9,0,124,0.  You can visit Wowza's H.264 Preview page for more details on real-time streaming with H.264, AAC and HE-AAC cotent.

Wowza Media Systems, an emerging leader in streaming media server software, and Riverbed Technology, the technology and market leader in wide-area data services (WDS), announced a partnership that empowers enterprises to take full advantage of Flash, the most widely used video format on the Internet, with the industry's first WDS-accelerated streaming solution.

Under the terms of the partnership, the RiOS Services Platform (RSP) runs Wowza Media Server in a protected partition on Steelhead appliances, so IT can easily deploy and manage the software without the need for additional hardware in remote offices. Users of the Wowza Media Server Pro software module will experience reductions of video traffic over the wide area network (WAN) by as much as 98%, for both live and on-demand Flash video content.

Circuit Research Labs, Inc., parent company of CRL Systems, Inc. dba Orban/CRL, and Wowza Media Systems, an emerging leader in streaming media server software, have introduced new capabilities that empower Web broadcasters the ability to take advantage of the new MP4 and HE-AAC capabilities introduced in Adobe Flash Player 9.

By deploying Orban's Opticodec 1010 Series of Enterprise MP4 (AAC) and HE-AAC encoders in conjunction with Wowza Media Server Pro, netcasters will now be able to stream live audio to the Flash player using the most efficient and best-sounding codecs on the market, HE-AAC (High-Efficiency Advanced Audio Coding) and AAC (Advanced Audio Coding), at bitrates and costs as much as 66% lower than MP3 or Windows Media Audio (WMA).

Wowza Media Systems, emerging leader in streaming media server software, announced that its award-winning Wowza Media Server Pro is the first Flash media server to bring live streaming to Adobe Flash players utilizing the plethora of readily available H.264 encoders that support standard RTP/RTSP protocol.



Part of the Wowza Media Server Pro 1.5.0 preview release, this exclusive capability empowers broadcasters, users and makers of telepresence systems, IPTV providers, content owners, and CDNs to immediately stream live H.264 SD and HD content to the Flash player, the most widely deployed media player on the Internet, without any changes to encoders.

The future of Flash streaming was showcased on January 25 - 27, 2008, at Simpel Session 08, Europe's most popular wintertime BMX and skateboarding competition, which, for the first time in the event's seven-year history, was Webcast live in high-definition by Freecaster.tv (www.freecaster.tv).

Held at Saku Suurhall in Tallinn, Estonia, Simpel Session 08 attracted thousands of spectators from around the world, and some 118,000 more unable to attend who were treated to a real-time and uninterrupted front seat-look at all the action, which took place over three days and came to a rousing conclusion on Sunday, Jan. 27, with a marathon 8-hour live Webcast

"It was our most popular event to date, and we couldn't have done it without our technology partners," said Raymond Dulieu, CEO, Freecaster. "In particular, we would like to acknowledge the rock-solid network support of our CDN, Interoute; the superior stability and scalability of Wowza Media Systems, makers of award-winning Wowza Media Server Pro server software; and the 2-Pass VBR live encoding of KulaByte's XStream HD encoder, which delivered real-time HD-quality content."

Wowza Media Systems, emerging leader in media streaming server software, announced today that TVW (www.tvw.org), a Washington state public affairs broadcaster with an audience of more than 3.8 million, has selected Wowza Media Server Pro as its official Flash streaming server software platform.

According to Scott Freeman, Director of IT, TVW, the selection of Wowza Pro over competing Flash server software solutions came down to three criteria: performance, reliability and cost, with reliable live streaming performance as the clear priority:

'Wowza Pro worked right out of the box. What was more impressive, Wowza Pro streamed live feeds uninterrupted in our 15-day pilot. Not a single hiccup," said Freeman. "This is the kind of 'set and forget' reliability we need to deliver live legislative public affairs coverage at all times of the day, 365 days a year."

Real-time streaming has many benefits. This type of delivery is streaming that occurs from a streaming server, which is a computer or server with streaming server software installed onto it. What's nice about real-time streaming is that viewers can instantly see the streaming videos they're interested in watching without waiting for a download. Viewers can also immediately access the end of a video. If you want to deliver long form videos then real-time streaming is a great option. Even videos as long as 2 hours can be delivered as real-time streams. Another important feature of real-time streaming is that a copy of the video is not placed on the viewer's computer. Here are links to streaming server software:

Wowza Media Server Pro

QuickTime Streaming Server (Part of Mac OS X Server)

Windows Media Streaming Server (Part of Windows Server 2003 & 2008)

Flash Media Streaming Server

Helix Server