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MySpace
Frees Up Rack Space with RipCode Transcoding Solution
Other Topics: IPTV Service,
Internet TV Service
RipCode
September 17, 2007
RipCode’s compact, high volume video transcoding appliance allows
leading lifestyle portal to reduce hardware and energy footprint
Dallas, TX – RipCode today announced that MySpaceTV has completed a
successful trial of the RipCode V4 video transcoding solution. This
trial sets MySpaceTV apart as the largest video internet site to
address the growing volume of video transcodes using an
appliance-based solution. |
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RipCode, which today announced the
general availability of its V4 video transcoding appliance, designed
its solution to process the highest volume of Internet-based video
formats available in a single rack-unit chassis. Designed using
ultra-fast DSPs (digital signal processors), this high concurrency
processing appliance significantly accelerates the re-purposing of
video files and enables internet video sites such as MySpaceTV to
reduce the amount of hardware, storage and power currently required
to keep up with the exploding growth in transcoding online video
content.
“At some point, companies like MySpace have to look at the amount of
resources that are being consumed in order to transcode higher and
higher volumes of video content – server hardware, storage capacity,
energy usage, data center space and the IT resources required to
manage it all,” said Brendon Mills, CEO of RipCode. “MySpaceTV is a
perfect example of how RipCode’s transcoding appliance is being used
to address these challenges while still maintaining the speed and
video quality that MySpace members expect."
According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project's first major
report on online video, 57% of internet users have watched videos
online and most of them share what they find with others. This
popularity means that high volume video sites must process an ever
increasing number of videos files from a variety of sources and
repurpose them for online viewing.
“MySpace is committed to meeting our members demand for integrating
video and other new media to further enhance and personalize their
social networking experience,” said Jeff Berman, General Manager of
MySpaceTV. “RipCode’s appliance-based transcoding solution allows us
to meet this need.”
About MySpaceTV
MySpaceTV is an integrated component of MySpace’s worldwide
community and content platform, continuing the evolution of the
company’s video offering by aggregating the best video on the Web
and empowering MySpace users to view, create, and share videos in
new ways throughout the community. MySpaceTV, currently in beta,
serves as the community’s primary video channel and as a stand-alone
user destination at http://www.myspacetv.com.
About RipCode
Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, RipCode is the first vendor to
address video transcoding as a network appliance. Designed to
process multiple concurrent, parallel transcode paths, RipCode
significantly accelerates the re-purposing of mobile TV, social
networking video and studio-based productions. This consolidated,
high concurrency processing enables RipCode to lower the physical
barriers now restricting content from being viewed on multiple
viewing mediums, supplant existing servers and reduce overall
hardware, storage, and energy usage. RipCode products support
file-to-file, stream-to-stream and an innovative on-demand
transcoding? for optimal flexibility in mobile and user generated
content applications. Founded in 2005, RipCode is privately held and
backed by leading venture capital firms including Hunt Ventures,
Vesbridge Partners, El Dorado Ventures and ATA Ventures. For more
information, visit www.ripcode.com
RipCode is a trademark of RipCode Inc. All other trademarks are
property of their respective corporations. |
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