RealNetworks Chief Scientist Joins SpotLife Advisory Board

Personal webcaster SpotLife (http://www.spotlife.com) announced it has brought Stanford Professor Bernd Girod to its advisory board.

Girod currently is Chief Scientist at RealNetworks, and was previously with Vivo Software, a company RealNetworks acquired.

"Dr. Girod's decision to align himself with SpotLife demonstrates a strongbelief in the potential of SpotLife's technology," said CEO and Founder AmitGoswamy. "Bernd's extensive expertise and contacts in the streaming mediacommunity will prove to be a valuable resource as we continue to evolve theSpotLife personal broadcasting network."

In 1998, Girod was electedas a Fellow to the Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers for hiscontributions to the theory and practice of video communications. Previously, hewas a Chaired Professor of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications at theUniversity of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.

"Soon we will see tens of millions of Web-streaming cameras," said Dr. Girod."Personal Video Broadcasting is suddenly so easy, it is literally changing theway people communicate. SpotLife has very quickly established itself as theleader in bringing these exciting new possibilities to mainstream consumers.Their team is outstanding, and they are pushing the envelope of today's mediastreaming technology. I am excited to be part of this extraordinary vision."

SpotLife enables anyone to broadcast live and stored video. Hardware maker (and part owner) Logitech, is currently bundling SpotLife software with all of its USB QuickCams.