Streaming Media West 2006
The Business & Technology Of Online Video
October 31-November 2, 2006 - (Preconference Workshops: Monday, October 30)
San Jose McEnery Convention Center • San Jose, CA
Streaming Media West Exhibitors
Platinum Sponsors
NaviSite, Inc. Booth 518/520
NaviSite is the leading, single source provider of complex streaming and hosting solutions offering complete accountability across the delivery continuum from vault to view. With 14 world class data centers and state of the art second generation content delivery technologies, NaviSite offers the ability to support any need regardless of size or geographic reach. For 10 years, we have been providing services that provide the stability, availability and performance demanded by global corporations. Our content distribution offerings span the complete spectrum; from the smooth viewing experience required by the most demanding media companies to the everyday caching of HTML; from the downloading of games to the acceleration of enterprise applications, NaviSite does it all. We offer complete custom build outs at costs comparable to legacy, shared platforms. Our custom development offers open architecture to support any application extension, complete security designed to your specific needs and, flexibility and scalability to grow as your business accelerates with unprecedented velocity.


VitalStream, Inc. Booth 601
VitalStream, the world leader in audio and video streaming, enables businesses to broadcast digital media to worldwide audiences via the Internet. The Company provides complete solutions powered by its award-winning content delivery network including audio and video streaming, advertising placement and delivery, reporting and analysis and media asset management.


Gold Sponsors
Akamai Booth 413/415
Akamai is the leading global service provider for accelerating content and business processes online, which is why 27 out of 30 of the largest media and entertainment companies have formed trusted relationships with Akamai. Akamai Media Delivery gives companies the ability to quickly monetize and deliver digital media assets while providing a consistently great experience for audiences worldwide. Akamai’s global network and expertise in delivering the largest events on the Internet ensures successful execution of digital media strategies for leading music stores, content owners, online advertising providers and portals. Akamai is "The Trusted Choice for Online Business."


Limelight Networks Booth 402
Limelight Networks is the high performance content delivery network for digital media. Limelight's massively scalable, global delivery solutions are uniquely tailored to those doing on-demand and live delivery of video, music, games and downloads to broadband and mobile audiences. Limelight leads the industry in "Delivering the Digital Lifestyle"


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Microsoft Booth 507
At Microsoft, the creator of Windows, Office and the worldwide most popular media format: Windows Media, we're motivated and inspired every day by how our customers use our software to find creative solutions to business problems, develop breakthrough ideas, and stay connected to what's most important to them.


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Mirror Image Booth 606
Mirror Image Internet's patented global network reliably streams video and audio content to users around the world, regardless of location or traffic bursts. With comprehensive capabilities and an easy-to-use Web-based management tool, the Mirror Image single-source solution enables companies to easily publish, manage, deliver and analyze their streaming media activity.


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NeuLion Booth 711/709
NeuLion provides the delivery platform for the future of television by developing a service that drives convergence between television and the internet. Working with companies interested in reaching niche markets anywhere at anytime, NeuLion's technology uses the public internet to amalgamate content from any provider and deliver it in a targeted manner.


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Peering Portal Booth 615/619
Peering Portal is at the forefront of multimedia streaming software based on Grid Delivery Technology. Peering Portal?s software is the most widely applied grid delivery solution in the market, including the AoD, VoD and IPTV sectors. The value proposition is the significant reduction of both network bandwidth and the number of servers, up to 95%, with proven QoS and enhanced reliability, speed and security.


SAVVIS, Inc. Booth 706
SAVVIS provides global IT infrastructure and managed services tailored to the media industry's requirements for fast, secure management and movement of digital media. SAVVIS streaming, content delivery, content management, network, hosting and utility computing streamlines the creation, production and delivery of digital media between your organization, business partners and consumers.



thePlatform Booth 407/506
thePlatform, Inc. is an industry-leading provider of digital media publishing solutions. The company's flagship product, thePlatform Media Publishing System (MPS), is the most comprehensive solution for media, entertainment and enterprise customers. With MPS, customers can publish digital media anywhere - over any network, to any device. Custom feature enhancements and seamless systems integration are simple using the Web services-based MPS-SDK.



Vividas Booth 612/614
Vividas offers advanced full screen video player and delivery technology that drives brand awareness and sales for online video campaigns and delivers enterprise solutions that enable businesses to stream video communications to employees without using existing web servers. Vividas creates revenue streams for content owners and makes Web TV, a reality.



Exhibiting Companies
AGT is an award winning innovator of streaming media communication technologies and solutions that dramatically improve daily workplace conferencing and collaboration. As IP experts, AGT offers conference ready managed video services, mobile and fixed emergency communication systems and on-demand applications. Ask us about VIDEO PRESENTER and its unique on-demand streaming functionality.



BandCon Booth 621
BandCon's "CDS, Content Delivery System" is a complete internet infrastructure suite for rapidly growing content sites. BanCon's "Content Delivery System" combines the key ingredients for doing business on the internet.  "CDS" includes the following products and services; colocation & power, IP transit, transport, CDN, peering and management into a single flexible solution that grows with your business. Moreover, BandCon allows flexible terms and commitments on all of our services to enable our customers the ability to reach their maximum potential.


BitPass Booth 516
Bitpass offers the industry’s leading commerce solution for digital content, enabling merchants and marketers to multiply returns on their primary assets: Content, Customers and Communities. The company’s integrated iMediaSM Commerce Engine makes anything clickable saleable — from videos to images to audio content and more — via a turnkey system for merchandising, selling and distributing content online, including subscriptions and pay-per-view options. The Bitpass platform also empowers marketers to influence consumers with digital content incentives and rewards, and to understand consumer buying behavior. For consumers, Bitpass offers the iMediaSM Account, which consolidates user download activity in a universal location and provides a fast, easy way to manage and reward consumption of all premium media.


BuyDRM Booth 408
BuyDRM is the premier provider of Microsoft Digital Rights Management, focused primarily in the enterprise, entertainment, and education industries. Our flagship Pay Media Platform, KeyOS, supports every available DRM business model and provides the ability to securely market, monetize, and monitor your online audio and video assets.


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Click.tv Booth 619
Click.TV provides a technology platform for adding time-synced metadata to Web and mobile video. The Click.TV player displays this metadata at specific points in time during video playback. Click.TV's search and navigation features allows instant access to points of interest within the video. Click.TV is perfect for viewing full-length videos, such as news broadcasts, sporting events and educational lectures and training presentations.



ClipSyndicate Booth TT2
ClipSyndicate, a next-generation online video advertising & content syndication platform, enables respected broadcasters and video content producers to easily monetize their content and extend their brands through an Internet distribution channel that syndicates video clips to thousands of vertical Web sites in need of rich media content. Launched in 2006, ClipSyndicate is a service of Critical Mention Inc., the most comprehensive Web-based television search and broadcast monitoring service. Critical Mention (http://www.criticalmention.com) is privately held, with headquarters in New York City.


Digital Rapids Booth 507
Digital Rapids is a leading developer of professional hardware and software solutions for the capture, encoding, transcoding, protection, streaming and delivery of content. Scalable from individual applications to enterprise and global workflows, Digital Rapids solutions empower applications including web streaming, IPTV, VOD, mobile video, archive and file based production workflows.


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The FeedRoom Booth 513
The FeedRoom, the leading digital media communications company in operation since 1999, enables clients to communicate more effectively with video online as well as through other technology platforms and devices. The FeedRoom's unique one-stop-shop enables leading corporations, media companies, and government agencies to communicate more effectively with the media, consumers, partners, investors, and other key stakeholders.


Flying Colors Booth 416
Flying Colors is a video production and distribution services company. Visit our booth where we will be showcasing our IPTV Solutions. Learn about our newly developed set-top-box or Internet-TV-Receiver (iTVR) and try it for yourself. We are also showcasing our software for scheduling 24X7 Internet TV Channels.


Ignite Technologies, privately-held and headquartered in Dallas, Texas, provides the industry’s most secure and scalable Content Delivery Solution enabling customers to efficiently publish, deliver and manage digital assets—from rich media content for communications and training to software patches and virus updates—to anyone, anywhere, at any time.


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Inlet Technologies Booth 507
As the streaming technology pioneers who founded the Osprey product line, the Inlet team now bridges the gap between streaming and professional video. Inlet’s advanced encoding solutions have the network delivery capabilities and the toolset to support new media requirements, giving content providers a broad reach into new audiences.


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Kula Media Group, Inc. is the leading developer of advanced video processing technologies. Based in San Marcos, Texas, Kula’s engineering and management team is focused on delivering the fastest video encoding solution in the industry, while also achieving the highest video quality available.


MonetizeMedia is a technology platform, leveraging the inherent power of the internet to transform the delivery and consumption of media. We enable content owners and aggregators to manage, market, and Monetize media. MonetizeMedia provides state-of-the-art content management, encoding, DRM, commerce and tracking to ensure effective distribution to consumers.


Inform, Communicate, Educate, & Entertain. Introducing ICE CUBE. NetStairs? is the world's one and only intelligent media streaming server provider for online advertising and content suppliers. IV~8 ad-servers are designed to host your commercials and infomercials, thus allowing your online visitors to watch them universally. Without confining your content to one media format, IV~8 supports a greater number of mobile devices, laptops, desktop PC and MAC.


On2 Technologies Booth 714
On2 Technologies is a leading developer of advanced full-motion, full-screen video compression and streaming technologies that are widely used in the Internet, VoIP, mobile media, and video-on-demand markets. On2's software is used by such leading global companies as Adobe/Macromedia, AOL, Skype, XM Satellite Radio, Sony, CTTNet, Brightcove and Tencent.


Pictron Booth 512
Pictron is a leading provider of interactive media solutions making video searchable and interactive on the Internet. Pictron's products and services are designed to power the next generation rich media applications in corporate communication, eLearning, media asset management, broadcast production, webcasting, and content-based video search.


Accordent Technologies develops presentation authoring and management solutions that enhance the way that universities, government agencies, and the corporate enterprise author, publish and manage online presentations for corporate communications and e-Learning.


Qumu, Inc. Booth 419/421
Media Publisher Inc. is the leader in Enterprise Video Communications. The company offers a complete suite of video applications - including solutions for live event webcasting, video on demand editing, and digital signage - and a Video Control Center that manages a company's existing content infrastructure. Media Publisher's solution makes it easier for global 2000 companies to leverage business video, allowing them to communicate more efficiently and deliver a consistent message across distributed audiences. The company is privately held and based in Northern California.


RampRate Booth 514
RampRate helps companies in media, entertainment, technology and finance save money, time and headaches when finding vendors of IT services that fit their priorities, cost structures and needs. RampRate also provides research on next-gen digital-media platforms and other issues to clients including Yahoo, Microsoft, Sony, CBS and Blizzard.


Siris Media Booth TT5
Siris Studio Pro is a turn-key desktop video studio that puts professional audio and video tools in the hands of your key communicators. It's a camera, teleprompter, lights, mic and PC combined into a single inexpensive, portable and easy to use device. Use it for video-on-demand, live webcasts and more.


Streaming Media Hosting provides tailored streaming and hosting solutions to the Fortune 500, government and educational institutions, non-profit organizations, and businesses like yours. Since 1995, from inception to broadcast, we're here for you.


TalkPoint Booth 620
TalkPoint provides Audio & Video Webcasting solutions to help companies communicate. Whether it is a conference, meeting or a webinar, TalkPoint has the solution for you. We produce 1,000s of full and self service events a year. All TalkPoint events are browser based, ensuring a seamless user experience.


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VBrick Systems Booth 418
VBrick manufactures MPEG and Windows Media streaming appliances for corporations, education, and government. VBrick will be demonstrating its new VBCorpCast webcasting kit for delivering live video and synchronized Powerpoint for distance learning, training, and executive broadcasts.


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VX30 Booth 707
VX30 is the leader in instant playback streaming video solutions. VX30 uses patented and patent pending techniques to deliver the highest quality video and sound without leaving a footprint on the client device. VX30 has a robust set of tools for both video on demand and live streaming applications.


WebSideStory Booth 521
WebSideStory is a leading provider of digital marketing solutions that improve online marketing and sales. Its suite of applications consists of web analytics, site search, content management, and keyword bid management. 1400 companies worldwide, including Walt Disney Internet Group, Clear Channel and Knight Ridder Digital utilize WebSideStory's products to optimize content, increase advertising revenues and build long-term, profitable relationships. www.WebSideStory.com


Winnov Booth 507
Winnov designs and sells high quality audio/video solutions built on its leading AdaptivMediaTM  technology. Products include the CBOX®3 presentation capture appliance, the XstreamEngine® family of multi-source encoding/broadcasting systems and the Videum® series of professional A/V capture boards. Winnov’s signal processing technology provides unmatched quality, stability and flexibility for Microsoft platforms.



WowzaTV’s WowzaFlash Server (WFS) streams audio and video directly to and from the Adobe Flash Player client. An extensible architecture, full access to the media stream and RPC and embedding abilities provide advantages over Adobe Flash Media Server.


XStream Software Booth 712
sofTV.net offers advanced streaming media technologies for cost-effective authoring, deployment, and administration of live and on-demand media presentations. Teamed with the XStream Software suite for content & assessment authoring, SVG development, learning/media management, and communication/collaboration, these solutions power the entire development cycle from content creation to collaboration to final deployment.



Keynotes

Timothy Tuttle
Vice President AOL Video
America Online
Brian Buchwald
GM, National Broadband Company
NBC Universal
Evan Young
Senior Director, Product Marketing
TiVo

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