On2 Technologies Announces Support for Akamai's Video Distribution Platform for Adobe® Flash® Video
Flix(R) Publisher browser-based encoding and publishing solution can be integrated with Akamai's globally-distributed delivery and acceleration platform for streamlining websites' video publishing and delivery workflow
TARRYTOWN, N.Y., Aug. 22 / / -- On2 Technologies, Inc. (AMEX:ONT), a leader in video compression software and solutions, today announced that its On2 Flix Publisher can now be easily integrated with Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKAM), the leading global service provider for accelerating content and applications online. This integration capability enables joint customers to easily encode and publish Adobe Flash video to their web destinations.
On2 Flix Publisher is a browser-based encoding and publishing solution designed to convert nearly any digital video content into Flash video, simply by dragging and dropping the media onto a special webpage object. Publisher has controls for editing and previewing the video, uploading to a remote data store, and streaming to a Flash Media Server. It delivers substantial savings in server resources and bandwidth because it encodes on the user's desktop, and only well-compressed Flash video traverses the network. Support for the Akamai platform allows for an increase in User Generated Content system scalability while at the same time it decreases computing power needs and alleviates queueing.
"Flix Publisher is a trailblazing product that allows anyone to become a video publisher," said Bill Joll, president and CEO of On2. "By integrating Flix Publisher with the technologies brought to the table by Akamai, we have taken the simplicity paradigm one step further. Now, in addition to easily deployed Flash video creation that 'just works,' Publisher customers can use Akamai's rock-solid network and account management tools as a pre-built backend, greatly simplifying site deployment. Anyone can easily and very affordably set up a user generated content site, social networking site, or live video website."
"Web video publishers are recognizing that On2 VP6(TM) Flash video is a leader in quality and flexibility when distributing their video to millions of users around the world," said Bill Wheaton, Vice President of Digital Media at Akamai. "Akamai's globally distributed platform provides the high-availability infrastructure that video distribution demands. Making On2's Flix Publisher available to our customers gives them a powerful tool for joining the social media revolution, and levels the playing field for large and small publishers alike to take advantage of the tremendous demand for Flash video."
The combined use of Flix Publisher and Akamai's technology offers a standard integration with flexible configuration options. Publisher integrates cleanly with Akamai's services.
Flix Publisher, with support for the Akamai platform is already commercially available, as a result of successful trials over the last few months. Contact On2 at sales@on2.com for complete details.
About On2 Technologies, Inc.
On2 Technologies (AMEX:ONT) is a leading technology firm at the forefront of digital video compression. The company revolutionized digital media delivery with the creation of its advanced full-motion, full-screen On2 Video compression and streaming technologies. On2 Video codecs are widely used in the Internet, video-on-demand, VoIP, and mobile media markets. On2's software is used by such leading global companies as Adobe/Macromedia, AOL, Skype, XM Satellite Radio, Sony, CTT, VitalStream, and Tencent. Located in New York City, the company has R&D offices in Clifton Park, NY, and Cambridge, UK. To contact On2, write to sales@on2.com or visit http://www.on2.com/.
About Akamai
Akamai(R) is the leading global service provider for accelerating content and applications online. Thousands of organizations have formed trusted relationships with Akamai, improving their revenue and reducing costs by maximizing the performance of their online businesses. Leveraging the Akamai EdgePlatform, these organizations gain business advantage today, and have the foundation for the emerging Web solutions of tomorrow. Akamai is "The Trusted Choice for Online Business." For more information, visit www.akamai.com.
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Source: On2 Technologies, Inc.
CONTACT: Sam Vasisht, On2 Technologies, +1-518-724-3872, svasisht@on2.com
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