Apple and Adobe Video Battle Conquered by ipercast and Wowza Media Systems
伦敦(6月22日)
Apple's unwillingness to let Adobe's Flash® run on its iPhone and iPad has caused problems for web developers, 设计师和内容分发者. This has been solved by a new service launched by content and delivery specialists, ipercast with the deployment of the Wowza Media Systems award-winning media server technology.
The new video system overcomes the uncertainties generated by the recent disputes among some of the leading platform providers, enabling all clients to deliver smooth streaming to any end user device such as a traditional PCs, 手机，甚至电视.
By implementing Wowza's Media Server 2 along with ipercast's universal 代码转换 platform which changes any multimedia format into the correct format for the end user device, 解决了所有视频互操作性问题. Web开发人员, 设计师和内容分发者 no longer need to worry about protocols and codecs, strengthening ipercast's position as the premier content delivery specialist for all end user devices, 包括iPhone和iPad.
Jean-Michel Laveissière, CEO of ipercast, comments:
"Video streaming on mobile devices has become a strategic challenge for all the leading players in the industry, and the fierce competition has resulted in conflict and compatibility problems. The end users are the real victims of this situation but with our solution, our clients no longer have to worry about the clash between Apple and Adobe on the Flash technology, or the arguments on what will be the standard video codec for HTML5. Customers can now be assured that their videos will be viewed by everyone."
Alex Dobrushin, CMO of Wowza Media Systems, comments:
“我们的Wowza Media Server 2解决方案, ipercast will be able to distribute video content to many more destinations, 包括iPhone和iPad等移动设备, as well as the Adobe Flash and Microsoft Silverlight players. By leveraging the Wowza server's adaptive streaming capabilities, 将提供最好的用户体验."
"We have had an excellent relationship with ipercast for a long time, and are delighted to be expanding it beyond just offering Flash streaming capabilities."
This continued cooperation strengthens ipercast's core competency of delivering video content over IP to all devices including traditional PCs, 手机, 智能手机甚至电视. ipercast remains the only European specialist to control the entire media delivery value chain, 从主机开始, 代码转换, 文件保护, delivery and monetisation of video streams through the content delivery network and finally to the end user device.
关于ipercast
成立于2001年, the ipercast group is a leading European specialist in secure content management and delivery for web and mobile devices which expanded its presence to the UK in October 2009.
Ipercast offers its clients a range of services including all areas of multimedia stream delivery and web caching services such as VoD, intelligent CDN services (branded as Meta Caching), 数码版权管理, 发行和盈利解决方案, UGC和网络电视平台. Ipercast also acts as a strategic consultant to its clients, 帮助企业有效发展, distribute and monetise their content online and via mobile. Clients include M6, TF1, Universal, France Televisions and Absolute Radio.
除了在英国的业务之外, ipercast has a strong global presence with offices in Montreal, 德国, 意大利, 西班牙, 和南美洲.
关于Wowza Media Systems
Wowza Media Systems is the media server software company that provides an industrial strength infrastructure for live video, 视频点播, 实时录音和视频聊天. Wowza has a singular focus on delivering high performance media server software to service providers, 媒体属性, 企业, and other organizations serious about delivering video to any digital screen - computer, 移动电话, 家里的电视. Wowza's media server software has been deployed by more than 45,全球娱乐领域的授权商, 社交媒体, 广告, 企业, 教育, 政府, 和互联网商务. Wowza Media Systems is privately-held with headquarters in Evergreen, Colorado. 欲了解更多信息，请访问www.wowzamedia.com.