Ho-hum. Another month, another new-media revolution. Even as online content developers scramble to devise clever uses for Progressive Networks's RealAudio audio- on-demand software, the final piece of the Internet multimedia puzzle has fallen into place at last. Video-on-demand for PCs is here.
VDOlive, by VDOnet Corporation, delivers full-motion video over the Internet in real time. Using a scalable compression algorithm that automatically adjusts image quality, it works well over bandwidths from 14.4 to T1. Web developers like CBS News and Grolier have given it an enthusiastic thumbs-up by placing the technology on their sites.
"The quality of online video is going to get better very quickly," predicts Asaf Mohr, president and CEO of VDOnet. "We've finally developed a viable system for delivering video over the Internet." Check it out at www.vdolive.com.
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