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Costa Mesa - (Website Hosting Directory) - January 17, 2007 - Integrated web hosting and audio and video streaming provider, VitalStream Holdings, Inc., has been chosen as the official video streaming provider for the 2007 Sundance Film Festival Online.
Using VitalStream's streaming technology, the official web site of the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, http://festival.sundance.org/2007, will enable motion picture enthusiasts worldwide to experience the latest in independent short films, exclusive filmmaker interviews and daily video highlights from the actual event, which takes place annually in Park City, Utah.
Joseph Beyer, Producer of the Sundance Film Festival Online explained, ''More people than ever are turning to the web to watch events like the Sundance Film Festival and they need fast, high-quality streaming services for optimal screening. VitalStream’s leading video technology and behind-the-scenes management services ensure us reliable delivery of on-demand content to a global audience. With VitalStream's help, we are delighted to provide our customers with a richer viewing experience than ever before.''
The Sundance Film Festival is the premier showcase for both domestic and international independent film, and is often a launch pad for the careers of both actors and directors. Held each January, the event is a core program of the Sundance Institute, a nonprofit cultural organization founded by Robert Redford in 1981. This year, the festival has selected 71 short films from 19 countries and over 120 dramatic and documentary feature length films to screen during the 10-day affair.
Philip N. Kaplan, President and COO at VitalStream remarked, ''Our content delivery network has been streaming the festival for years, and being selected again is a testament to the quality and value of our services. Through our ongoing relationship with Sundance, we’re able to provide superior, scalable media streaming services of the highest online quality to allow independent filmmakers a chance to showcase themselves and their work.''
VitalStream's customer base includes Fortune 500 corporations, movie studios, news broadcasters, music companies and advertising agencies, including ABC Radio, CNET, Disney and the United Nations. According to the company, VitalStream leads the market as the first Adobe partner to power streaming services for Flash. Its proprietary solution includes MediaConsole, a workflow management toolset, which integrates with all streaming formats and includes a media manager,
pre-built video skins and a real-time reporting dashboard. To accelerate its customers’ Flash application development, VitalStream provides the MediaOps software development kit, a library of Flash software and Flash-developed objects that enable developers to quickly and easily implement their Flash projects.
VitalStream's customer base includes Fortune 500 corporations, movie studios, news broadcasters, music companies and advertising agencies, including ABC Radio, CNET, Disney and the United Nations. For more information, please visit www.vitalstream.com. VitalStream serves more than 846 enterprise customers, including many of the largest and fastest growing streamers of audio and video content. Notable new customers added during the third quarter of 2006 include ABC Radio, Gordet Schmidt, AT and T, Aramark, Farmer's Insurance, Vail Resorts, Merck, PricewaterhouseCoopers Europe, Anderson Windows and Wayans' Brothers. VitalStream, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of VitalStream Holdings, Inc., is a global provider of integrated content delivery services that endeavors to enable businesses to broadcast digital media and communications to worldwide audiences via the Internet. The company provides complete solutions, including video and audio streaming, advertising placement, delivery, reporting and analysis, live event broadcasting, media asset management, integrated web hosting and consulting services, designed to seamlessly integrate with leading streaming media technologies. VitalStream engineered its content delivery network certified for quality delivery in the United States, Europe and Asia.
For more information about VitalStream, please visit: www.vitalstream.com.
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