[infoshare] ABC.com Provides Near-HD Using New Stream Scheme
- From: "Luis Guerra" <blindsingle@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "InfoShare" <InfoShare@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:19:47 -0400
ABC.com Provides Near-HD Using New Stream Scheme
April 4, 2007
What's beginning to look a lot like HD is coming from a TV network to a
computer screen near you. ABC.com has quietly begun employing a new form of
streaming technology
on its Web site to offer its current primetime series (including
commercials) in full-screen format that several tech Web sites already have
noted is noticeably
superior to standard streaming as far as reliability and motion fluidity--in
some cases approaching near-HD quality (with broadband connections).
ABC is using software developed by Move Networks, headquartered in American
Fork, Utah, which is partially funded by its parent, Disney and now being
used
by Fox and CW. Several HD-like demo videos are available at Move's
Web site.
Unlike most other online sites that use Flash Video, the video offered
online using Move software retrieves its video data directly from "http"
servers
(not Flash media servers, per se), according to
Web TV Blend.
Move Networks calls its software "Quantum Streaming," which is fed to a
consumer's computer "based on the speed and quality of the viewer's
connection to
the Internet and the available encoded bit-rates available. Each viewer's
experience is unique and dynamically managed...Video delivery automatically
adjusts
to compensate for Internet traffic anomalies, as well and changes in the
viewer's Internet connectivity and available CPU," according to the company.
For now, only ABC.com is using the full-screen mode, while Fox and CW are
using a small-screen version.
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