<font color=green>SEAC gets "The Big Apple" WINK
might give us interactive programming by the middle of 2001. wink.com. WINK
was a hot short for a long time (down from 70), company about as good as BYND, and I see BYND is still around, but barely, but maybe good fortune will wink on WINK.. at least for a few days.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=12749257&s=wink
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SEAC already up onThursday, but this one looks like upside for quite a while after a possible pullback. SeaChange International is the television industry's leading supplier of digital video server systems. Based on a scalable, distributed software architecture and standard computing components, SeaChange systems allow television operators to automate the distribution and management of advertising, movies and other video programming. Always an earnings play, quite a nice one
SeaChange
International, Inc. (NASDAQ:SEAC) has announced that it has been
selected by Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE:CVC) as the provider
of the video-on-demand component of its Sony set top platform. The
cable operator plans to deploy movies on-demand with the convenience
of VCR-like controls including fast forward, rewind and pause to 2.9
million customer homes as it rolls out Sony's digital set top box.
"Video-on-demand is an important piece of our interactive
television strategy and we have great confidence in SeaChange and its
ITV System," said Wilt Hildenbrand, executive vice president,
technology, Cablevision Systems Corporation. "SeaChange's software
architecture is designed for real-life VOD operation and its video
server technology has proven its reliability and scalability in
hundreds of very demanding video delivery applications," Mr.
Hildenbrand continued.
"Cablevision has been a valued SeaChange customer for years. We're
pleased that they can call upon their longstanding relationship with
us to capitalize on new opportunities in interactive television," said
Bill Styslinger, president and CEO, SeaChange International.
The rapidly escalating deployment of television services that
require every cable home to have its own video stream calls for a
video server system that will serve vast metropolitan populations
without interruption. The SeaChange ITV System leverages the company's
patented MediaCluster technology, which enables its video servers to
deliver highly reliable VOD service. Integrated software provides the
system's automated functionality ensuring easy operation for cable
customers. The SeaChange ITV System is a standards-based platform
designed to serve the variety of broadband networks and is designed to
integrate with most popular digital set top boxes including Sony
Electronics', Cablevision's choice for its New York area systems. |
