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[macadamia25]

Die Zusammenarbeit zwischen The Fantastic Corporation und Mediagateway revolutioniert das Teleshopping!!


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Danish company “kick-starts” TV shopping in Scandinavia

Purchase videos, CD’s, vacation packages, clothes and
exercise equipment while you watch TV. This scenario
will be reality in less than 6 months due to the revolutionary
technological capabilities of MediaGateway A/S, a newly-
established supplier of infrastructure for e-commerce.



(Copenhagen, DK) Starting next year, major retailers will be able to market their goods and services on television to all of Scandinavia and viewers shop 24-hours-a-day using their remote control. MediaGateway A/S, a newly-established supplier of
e-commerce infrastructure will use a revolutionary broadband-based platform that creates the environment for retailers and consumers to interact over cable and satellite television.

MediaGateway A/S, based in Copenhagen will launch a number of new broadband solutions and services tailor-made for e-business on cable and satellite television in early-2001. Behind MediaGateway A/S` advanced technology is a partnership with the Swiss broadband giant, The Fantastic Corporation. While MediaGateway A/S has chosen to prioritise TV-based e-shopping, the company`s digital and service platform will be available on the Internet and mobile telephones in the future.

MediaGateway’s technology adapts to the various digital set-top boxes already in use from cable and satellite TV operators in Scandinavia. By applying this unique software to the digital set-top box, retailers will have direct access into the living rooms of all consumers regardless of the cable or satellite provider to which the household subscribes.

”The market for e-shopping and digital TV in Scandinavia is exploding. The typical cable and satellite TV viewer spends an average of more than 17 hours in front of the screen each and every week. Experience from abroad shows that consumers are more attracted to shopping with their remote control than with a mouse. MediaGateway A/S` universal ’one-stop-shopping’ platform will allow retailers to welcome TV viewers into their virtual shopping centres and stores around the clock without having to re-format their data to different TV networks and receiver technologies,” explains Peter Mølsted, Director, MediaGateway A/S.


For retailers and cable and satellite TV networks, getting started or expanding their presence in e-commerce will be much easier and straightforward with MediaGateway’s solution. Due to MediaGateway A/S` technology platform, retailers only need to distribute data once. After that, MediaGateway A/S’ operating platform re-distributes the data to all the providers of cable and satellite TV. In addition, due to their years of experience in broadcasting, interactive media and retailing, MediaGateway A/S professionals are able to provide consulting advice and support to retailers in their use of this new media in their marketing plans and programs. This end-to-end service frees up retailers to focus on their market instead of having to invest in extensive technological solutions or create new departments for TV e-shopping. MediaGateway A/S’ platform and services provide the long-awaited shared system that will make TV e-commerce a reality bringing along with it the benefits of economies of scale to both cable and satellite providers and retailers.

”MediaGateway`s end-to-end platform represents a marketing revolution for retail chains and for access to and within the Scandinavian market. In 2001 we will reach 2.5 million consumers and in just four years have access to more than 6 million potential customers in Scandinavia alone. While watching TV, consumers will view tailored product information based on their individual preference and personal interests. Services and shopping facilities will come to life with the latest techniques and entertaining aspects of multimedia. For example, with our technology platform, viewers of sporting events or “do it yourself” programs will now be able to buy merchandise and services while watching the actual program”, says Johan Becker, Director, MediaGateway A/S.

The people behind MediaGateway A/S are pioneers in the field of digital e-business on set-top boxes. Peter Mølsted (47) and Johan Becker (42) have worked with interactive TV for a combined total of 15 years, most recently in developing interactive services for Tele Denmark Cable`s TV platform. MediaGateway`s two directors have also several years experience in developing content for interactive TV and created specific tools for retailers such as customized user interfaces that allow consumers to navigate between offerings.


MediaGateway A/S was established earlier this year and expects to employ 32 people within the next twelve months. Most recently MediaGateway A/S elected Peter Ohnemus of The Fantastic Corporation as their Chairman of the Board. Ohnemus was a one of the founders of The Fantastic Corporation and is considered by industry to be one of the world`s leading broadband and technology experts.

For further information, please contact:

Director, Johan Becker, MediaGateway A/S
Telefon: [phone]
Mobil: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Director, Peter Mølsted, MediaGateway A/S
Telefon: [phone]
Mobil: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]


If you require digital pictures of Peter Mølsted and Johan Becker, please contact:


Ulf Fensten Madsen
Dreyer & Kvetny Public Relations
E-mail: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]

[macadamia25]

Schon seit 14.03.2000 besteht mit Worldzap ein Joint Ventures zwischen der Prisma iVentures Ltd. einer Tochtergesellschaft der KirchGruppe (u.a. Fussballrechte 2002 und 2006 FIFA World Cups) und der Fantastic Corporation.


Der grosse Vorteil der Fantastic Software besteht darin jeden IP faehigen Uebertragungsweg zu unterstuetzen.

Dies ist bis jetzt einmalig.

Die KirchMedia hat dies erkannt und versucht mit Worldzap daran zu partizipieren.

Anders als der grosse Konkurrent Bertelsmann verzichtet die KirchMedia auf eigene Uebertragungswege von Inhalten fuer Endverbraucher und beschraenkt sich auf die Inhaltsanbietung
dahingehend waere der Kauf von EM TV logisch.

Um den Inhalt an den Endverbraucher zu uebertragen und dabei auch jeden moeglichen Uebertragungsweg nutzen zu koennen (Cabel, UMTS, Satelit Stromkabel u.a.m.) benoetigt die KirchMedia die Software von Fantastic.

KirchMedia will anders als Bertelsmann keine eigenen Uebertragungswege anbieten.
Sie setzt sich somit auch nicht dem Risiko aus auf das falsche Pferd zu setzten.
Keiner kann heute sagen ob UMTS auch noch in 4 Jahren das non plus ultra ist.

Ein weiterer Vorteil dieser Strategie ist, dass die KirchMedia anders als Bertelsmann nicht gegen sondern mit den Netzbetreibern arbeiten kann z.B. mit der D. Telekom.

KirchMedia kann daher unabhaengig von der Art des Uebertragungsweges ihre Inhalte an den Endverbraucher senden.

Fantastic wird zu einem Loesungsanbieter der nicht lediglich nur Software verkauft sondern zusaetzlich die Inhalte des Anbieters intergriert und deren Uebertragung sichert.

Voraussetzung fuer die von KirchMedia gewaehlte Strategie koennte daher die Softwaere von Fantastic sein.

Fantastic haelt 41 % an Worldzap!

Wer glaubt hier eigentlich, dass Fantastic dahingehend keine fantastische Zukunft hat???

[Ganescha]

Ich versteh´ gar nichts! Wo hat denn Beretelsmann eigene Übertragungswege??!!??

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[carlo-1]

für die, die wissen, was los ist ........


beides lesen !!!!!!!

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Streaming21 Inc.
408.866.8080



STREAMING21 AND THE FANTASTIC CORPORATION ANNOUNCE TODAY A JOINT MARKETING AND DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT

- Agreement Creates the Worldâs Most Complete Content Streaming and Distribution Solution Available in the Market -

Los Gatos, Calif., October 2, 2000 -- Streaming21, Inc. (S21) and The Fantastic Corporation reached a business milestone today through an agreement to integrate their technologies, creating the worldâs most complete content streaming and distribution solution. The agreement enables large-scale streaming and distribution of Broadcast-Quality Video and CD-quality Audio over any Broadband IP network.

ãFantastic provides the most comprehensive content distribution system in the industry. By combining Fantasticâs distribution technology with Streaming21âs highly scalable, video and audio streaming solutions, together we can distribute, manage, and deliver broadcast quality media content over any Broadband IP Networkä says Dr. David Du, CEO of Streaming21. ãWe have been working together on many projects worldwide enabling Broadband Services for Telcoâs, ISPs, ASPs, BSPs, VPNs and Cable operators. Our products perfectly complement each other. By integrating our technology and efforts we can offer the entire Broadband and Cable industries a faster time-to-market for Broadband Services.ä

ãBringing the two companies technologies together allows for Fantastic-enabled networks to broadcast data to S21 media servers positioned at the edge of any broadband IP multicast network. Together with S21âs streaming media technology, the combined solution allows for the most efficient point-to-point delivery of high quality video, from the core to the edge, of any network. The combined Streaming21 and Fantastic video-on-demand technology offers our customers a complete solution wherever data broadcasting services are needed, including: e-cinema distribution, corporate intranet communications over broadband networks (where the corporate LAN is not multicast enabled), and time-shifted broadcast solutions. VOD solutions are the most efficient means for delivery of content in locations such as hotels, airports, airplanes and other environments utilizing broadband wireless networks. We are excited to be in the sweet spot of this industry with our combined solution,ä says David Wilf, CEO of Fantastic USA.

About Streaming21
Streaming21 develops video streaming technologies enabling broadband and Internet service providers to finally deliver broadcast-quality video and audio over the Internet - on a large scale. S21`s software architecture has been optimized for content broadcasting, web delivery, and video-on-demand, while providing the essential infrastructure for tracking, billing, and transaction management.

S21âs Media Server provides unprecedented scalability, enabling Streaming Media delivery services to millions of end-users in geographically dispersed environments. The S21 architecture offers a comprehensive suite of software tools and interfaces for billing, database connectivity, digital rights management, subscription management, network and system management, and provisioning for quality of service requirements. S21âs CODEC independent architecture allows for flexibility in serving a variety of industry standard media formats including MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MP3 and many others. The technology will allow users with a range of client devices, PCâs, wireless units, DSL, set top boxes, etc. to experience full frame, full motion, DVD quality video and audio.

Streaming21 headquarters are located in the heart of Silicon Valley.

Streaming21, Inc. 170 Knowles Drive, Suite 1, Los Gatos, CA 95032 (Tel: 1-888.88.STREAM). www.streaming21.com.

About Fantastic Corporation
The Fantastic Corporation (Zug, Switzerland) is the leading provider of software solutions for data broadcasting. This is an emerging communications technology which combines point-to-multipoint digital broadcasting with point-to-point Internet connectivity, in order to deliver rich interactive media content to PCs, digital set-top boxes or handheld devices (including 3G mobile phones) over any broadband IP network.

By merging the inherent bandwidth and speed benefits of broadcasting technologies with the interactivity of the Internet, data broadcast provides superior content distribution and interaction in an increasingly IP-centric world. Fantastic`s end-to-end software supports the rapid growth of the "data broadcast" industry.

Fantastic`s global partners and customers include British Telecom, Telecom Italia, Deutsche Telekom, NTT Communicationware, Loral Space and Communications, Reuters, Lucent Technology, Intel, Singapore Press Holdings and Inktomi.

Fantastic is a public company, quoted on the Frankfurt Stock exchange using the symbol: FAN. The Fantastic Corporation is a registered trademark. Channel Management Center (CMC), Channel Editorial Center (CEC), CEC Master, and MediaSurfer are trademarks of The Fantastic Corporation



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- Technology Integration Agreement Enables Thousands of Broadcast Quality Video & Audio Streams from a Single SAN Configuration -


Los Gatos, CA and Minneapolis, MN - (December 8, 2000) – Ciprico (NASDAQ: CPCI), and Streaming21, Inc. (S21), today announced a strategic alliance agreement to offer broadband service providers and enterprise customers broadcast quality streaming services on a large scale. According to the agreement, S21 will integrate its scalable streaming media software with Ciprico’s NETarray storage solution in a SAN environment. The joint solution will be seen at Streaming Media West 2000 Tradeshow in San Jose, California, December 12-14. Ciprico, booth# 1616, and Streaming21, booth# 919, will both be demonstrating the integrated solution.


One of the most significant bottlenecks to large-scale broadband streaming is retrieving information from fixed storage. Ciprico’s NETarray storage offers maximum throughput in combination with redundancy, and scalability. S21’s Media Server and Shared-SFS SAN software balance the load across server hardware and I/O sub-systems, taking advantage of the optimized throughput to increase the number of broadband streams that can be served. Together, the joint solution is capable of delivering hundreds of simultaneous broadband streams per server and scaling to thousands of streams from multiple server groups.


“Ciprico has been the leader in high performance RAID systems in the entertainment industry for years. Streaming21 is pleased to partner with Ciprico and fully optimize the performance of Ciprico’s NETarray for our carrier-class streaming platform,” said David Du, CEO of Streaming21. “It was a natural progression for us to select Ciprico as a partner to provide high speed, redundant RAID systems for our enterprise clients. Together S21 and Ciprico can deliver the maximum number of concurrent streams from any server configuration available on the market.”


“We are very excited about the strategic partnership with Streaming21,” stated Robert Kill, CEO of Ciprico. “The winning combination of the S21 software with our storage solutions gives us the opportunity to offer a broadcast quality streaming solution unparalleled in the industry. This agreement will enable both companies to offer customers the best of breed content delivery and storage solutions for broadband service providers and enterprises.”


Users are demanding video quality levels from IP based streaming that matches, if not exceeds, that provided by today’s traditional video broadcasting methods. Service providers must be able to provide broadcast quality video streaming while maintaining carrier-class reliability. As homes and businesses take advantage of faster broadband connection speeds, service providers will also need to scale their offerings in order to meet rising demand. S21’s full-featured Media Server Platform is the industry’s first architected streaming media solution to enable carrier-class video-on-demand services. Adding the NETarray storage system provides a comprehensive solution that is capable of meeting the performance and fault tolerance needed in today’s VOD market. The joint solution preserves flexibility by being both CODEC and server platform independent.



About Streaming21, Inc.


Streaming21 develops video streaming technologies enabling broadband and Internet service providers to finally deliver broadcast-quality video and audio over the Internet - on a large scale. S21’s software architecture has been optimized for content broadcasting, web delivery, and video-on-demand, while providing the essential infrastructure for tracking, billing, and transaction management. Streaming21 headquarters are located in the heart of Silicon Valley. Streaming21, Inc. 170 Knowles Drive, Suite 1, Los Gatos, CA 95032 (Tel: 1-888.88.STREAM). www.streaming21.com.



About Ciprico


Ciprico designs, manufactures and markets high-performance direct-attached and networked storage solutions, including intelligent disk array hardware, software and services. Ciprico storage solutions are designed for visual computing applications ranging from high-speed image data capture, through processing and analysis, to real-time playback at sustained performance levels. Ciprico is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN. More information about Ciprico is available on the World Wide Web at www.ciprico.com.