Software optimizes Flash streaming content.
Press Release Summary:
Offering alternative to Adobe® Flash Media Server, Wowza Media Server software uses 64-bit architecture to enable interactive and entertaining Flash applications and content, including video on demand, live video distribution, video recording, and chat. TiVo®-like fast-forward and rewind lets viewers navigate pre-recorded video content. Scalable platform supports Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Unix, Solaris, and any other platform with Java runtime environment.
Original Press Release:
Wowza Media Systems Introduces a New Streaming Order for Flash®Media
Wowza Media Server Enables Dramatic Improvements in Flash Streaming Economics
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 19 /-- Wowza Media Systems today ushered in a new streaming order with the general availability of its Wowza Media Server software, a high-performance alternative to Adobe(R) Flash Media Server that enables dramatic improvements in Flash streaming economics.
Flash is quickly becoming the video format of choice with a 95% increase in streamed video market share in 2006 and a commanding 97% share of the user- generated video segment.* Yet, until now, Flash streaming server solutions have proved inadequate in meeting the growing demands of the market. Wowza Media Server offers content publishers, advertisers, entertainment and media companies, enterprises, hosting service providers and content delivery networks (CDNs) a scalable, cost-effective platform to capitalize on the exploding demand for Flash streaming content.
"With the volume of rich media content on the Net doubling every six months, we saw a tremendous need for a disruptive product to address the economic challenges of Flash streaming -- the fastest growing segment of the streaming media market," said David Stubenvoll, CEO and co-founder of Wowza Media Systems. "We created Wowza Media Server to radically change these economics and give the industry a platform to effectively deliver and monetize streamed Flash content."
Worldwide Demand
Wowza Media Server has attracted worldwide attention during its successful beta trials with over 500 participants in more than 50 countries. This beta group is comprised of a wide range of users, including application developers, content publishers, hosting service providers, social media services and content delivery networks:
"Through our testing, the Wowza server has proven to be a reliable, industrial strength Flash solution. It delivers the cost-effective scalability we need to capitalize on the market's rapid growth," said Alan Caldwell, CTO of the SoftShop, a developer of Flash solutions for Fortune 500 companies. "Wowza Media Server offers us up to 80% lower total cost of ownership compared to Adobe Flash Media Server. Now we have a superior solution to offer our clients."
"Still can't fault the Wowza server with my apps, it just keeps running and running," said George Hall, Mr. Webcam, a Flash application developer for interactive communications in Birmingham, UK. "Thank you for what appears to be both an affordable and useable alternative in the Flash server market."
The Wowza Media Server Advantage
The Wowza Media Server combines an innovative 64-bit architecture with rich functionality and high performance to enable interactive and entertaining Flash applications and content, including video on demand, live video distribution, video recoding and chat for a broad range of uses in entertainment, social media, advertising, enterprise, education, government, and Internet commerce. Its numerous advantages include:
-- Small Business to Large-Scale Content Delivery: Wowza Media Server delivers superior economics across a wide range of deployments.
-- Infrastructure Grade: Wowza Media Server is a tightly engineered, highly scalable Flash streaming server with exceptional stability and standards-based management capabilities.
-- Support for More Platforms: Wowza Media Server operates on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Unix, Solaris or any other platform with the Java runtime environment.
-- Full-featured: Wowza Media Server includes a number of unique features such as TiVo(R)-like fast-forward and rewind that lets viewers easily navigate pre-recorded video content.
-- Unlimited Connections Support: Wowza Media Server Pro Unlimited edition provides the most economical solution for any environment with a large number of users, such as entertainment networks, social media services, hosting services and content delivery networks.
Pricing and Availability
The four Wowza Media Server Pro editions are available now at www.wowzamedia.com/ the 10-connection Wowza Pro10 is FREE; the 50- connection Wowza Pro50 is $750; the 150-connection Wowza Pro150 is $2,250; and the unlimited connection Wowza Pro Unlimited is $5,000. All licenses allow for unlimited bandwidth.
About Wowza Media Systems
Wowza Media Systems, a software company located in San Jose, CA, is a developer of interactive streaming media server software. Please visit Wowza Media Systems at www.wowzamedia.com/.
* AccuStream iMedia Research, CDN Growth and Market Share Shifts: 2002 - 2006; User Generated Video 2006 - 2007: Mania and Myth.
Wowza and related marks are trademarks of Wowza Media Systems. Adobe and Flash are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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