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To: zbyslaw owczarczyk who wrote (9702)	12/12/2000 10:43:24 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Respond to of 12823

z.o., re: CoolCast and Alcatel Join Forces to Deliver Broadcast Video Over Telephone Lines I guess that it was just one of the streaming media kind of days: ----------------- REALNETWORKS MOVES TO PEER-TO-PEER ARCHITECTURE OF DISTRIBUTED SERVERS RealNetworks introduced a new architecture for digital media delivery that will use "honeycombs of distributed interconnected servers" rather than the current paradigm of origin servers to distribute media streams hierarchically to edge servers. The RealSystem iQ will use a peer-to-peer, neuralcast technology to empower all servers to broadcast into the network, receive content from any other server, and deliver media to end consumers. Media would be routed from one server to many via standard network protocols. RealNetworks said reliability would be one of the principal benefits of its new architecture because of its ability to distribute media streams over different parallel network segments. Media content can also be injected at any point in the network and media flows in both directions between servers, increasing service provider efficiency. Both satellite and terrestrial distribution are supported. RealNetworks announced a number of content delivery networks and other partners already adopting the RealSystem iQ, including: Akamai, Deutsche Telekom, Digital Island, Enron Broadband Services, iBEAM, Intel IMS, Madge.web, Mirror Image Internet, NET-36 (a PamAmSat Company), and Speedera. realnetworks.com RealNetworks, December 11, 2000 ---------- MICROSOFT WINDOWS MEDIA PROMISES NEAR-DVD-QUALITY VIDEO AT 500 KBPS Microsoft released a new Windows Media Audio and Video 8 compression technology that it claims will deliver near-DVD-quality video at 500 kbps and near-VHS quality at 250 Kbps with 320x240 at 24 fps resolution. The compression technology would deliver near CD-quality music at 48 kbps, one third the size of MP3-fomatted music of comparable quality. It is compatible with the existing Microsoft Windows Media Player versions 7 and 6.4 and will include integrated digital rights management technology. A new Windows Media Encoding Utility Beta for content providers will be released this week. The technology also will be included in Microsoft's next Windows operating system, code-named "Whistler." Separately, NTT DoCoMo has launched the first commercial service that uses Windows Media to deliver streamed audio and video to cell phones. microsoft.com Microsoft, December 12, 2000