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Digital Rapids StreamZ
Powers Live Webcasts by The Who
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Digital Rapids
June 29, 2006
Markham, Ontario -- Digital Rapids StreamZ media encoding servers
have been chosen by Streaming Tank to stream live web broadcasts of
concerts by legendary rock band The Who. Live webcasts will be
streamed from each stop on the tour, currently winding its way
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Each broadcast begins
with In the Attic, an Internet TV music show broadcast live from
Oceanic, the recording studio owned by The Who guitarist Pete
Townshend. A combination of live and archived footage of The Who
follows, including live performance of a minimum of three songs
streamed directly from the concert location. Selected tour dates,
including the July 2 concert in Hyde Park, will also feature live
webcasts of the performances in their entirety. Proceeds from the
very small viewing fees go to Double O, Townshend’s charity which
supports a wide range of worthwhile causes. More information and a
schedule of web broadcasts are available at www.thewholive.tv.
All encoding and streaming for the broadcasts is being performed
with StreamZ.
Streaming Tank, specialists in advanced video streaming, are
providing management and logistics for the online aspects of the
tour. Part of The Creative Tank Group, Streaming Tank provides
creation, design and delivery of high-quality video content with
comprehensive live reporting and tracking.
“This is a world first, as no band has ever provided live webcasts
spanning an entire tour on the Internet,” said Chris Dabbs, Group
Account Director at Streaming Tank. “With all of the attention
focused on these events, and the large anticipated audiences, we
require an exceptionally reliable and stable platform for the
encoding. The remote technical team that we’re using for the events
was familiar with the Digital Rapids products, and knew that they
would meet our demanding needs. We’ve been very pleased with how
well the systems are performing.”
StreamZ encoding solutions combine powerful hardware for video and
audio capture and pre-processing with the intuitive Stream software,
delivering real-time, multi-format media encoding, transcoding and
streaming. The advanced, hardware-based video processing features –
including motion adaptive de-interlacing, scaling, filtering, and 3D
motion-adaptive noise reduction – enable optimum quality and the
most efficient use of bandwidth in the compressed result.
“We’re very pleased to be part of this ground-breaking tour
coverage,” said Brick Eksten, President of Digital Rapids
Corporation. “These webcasts allow The Who fans to view the
performances from anywhere in the world, and the benefits to charity
further exemplify the impact that streaming video can have. The high
visibility and dynamic environments of a concert tour of this
magnitude place heavy demands on the encoders in terms of quality,
performance, ease of use and reliability, and as always StreamZ is
up to the task.”
About Digital Rapids Corporation
Digital Rapids is a leading developer of professional hardware and
software solutions for video ingest, encoding, transcoding,
protection, streaming, and delivery. Digital Rapids offers solutions
that scale from individual applications to enterprise and global
workflows, with the proven expertise to help our customers maximize
their productivity and the value of their content in the evolving
digital media market. Digital Rapids products integrate seamlessly
into new and existing post production, broadcast, institutional and
media distribution environments, dramatically increasing the volume
and quality of media produced while lowering overall costs. Digital
Rapids Corporation (www.digital-rapids.com) is headquartered in
Ontario, Canada with sales offices in California, the UK and
Australia.
Copyright 2006 Digital Rapids Corporation. All rights reserved.
Digital Rapids, the Digital Rapids logo and StreamZ are trademarks
or registered trademarks of Digital Rapids Corporation. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective holders. Features,
pricing, availability and specifications are subject to change
without notice.
Press Contact
Mike Nann
Marketing Manager
Digital Rapids Corp.
(905) 946-9666 Ext. 135
E-mail: mike.nann@digital-rapids.com |
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