``Tomb Raider'' Official Movie Web Site Scores a Quality Hit for Windows Media Streams, as Measured by Keynote's New Streaming Perspective 2.0.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LOS LOS Length of stay, see there ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20, 2001 Streaming Media See streaming audio, streaming video and digital media hub. West, Keynote Booth No. 1155 -- Keynote Announces Streaming Perspective(TM) 2.0 With Support for Windows Media Microsoft's audio and video framework for Windows, which embraces playback, encoding and streaming. Windows Media Player is the digital jukebox and media player that comes with every version of Windows. -- Angelina Jolie as video game heroine Lara Croft CROFT, obsolete. A little close adjoining to a dwelling-house, and enclosed for pasture or arable, or any particular use. Jacob's Law Dict. was a powerful presence online as well as in the theatres with the premier this weekend of the movie, "Tomb Raider," and Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. Media streamed a high-quality hit on the official movie site at www.tombraidermovie.com according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. performance measurements from Keynote Systems Keynote Systems, Inc. provides measurement and monitoring, service level and customer experience management services to customers to improve e-business performance by reducing costs, improving customer satisfaction and increasing profitability. (Nasdaq:KEYN), the Internet performance authority(R). Keynote took its measurements with its new Streaming Perspective(TM) 2.0 service, announced today at the Streaming Media West conference, that adds performance measurements for Microsoft Windows Media audio and video streams. Now, with support for the two leading streaming media players See digital media hub. , Microsoft Windows Media and Real Networks' Real Media, Keynote measures the quality and performance of the majority of streaming content on the Web. In addition, Streaming Perspective 2.0 now delivers the performance results for one-time events, as well as ongoing and on-demand, through its easy-to-use interface, MyKeynote. According to Streaming Perspective 2.0 measurements at www.tombraidermovie.com, Windows Media delivered high quality and availability to end users accessing its streams over high bandwidth T1 (300kbps), mid bandwidth (100kbps) and low bandwidth dial-up (56kbps) connections (see the chart below). The availability results of the "Red Carpet" video coverage of the premier indicate the popularity of that video for each of the bandwidth options on Friday and Saturday, the first two days of the movie's release, at 89.81% on Friday for both the 300 and 100 kbps stream, and 90.45% for the 56 kbps stream. Availability for that stream on Sunday improved to 96.3% for 300 kbps, 96.5% for 100 kbps, and 95% for 56 kbps dial-up. Keynote measured four streams at each bandwidth level starting Friday, June 15, the day the movie premiered: the "Behind the Scenes" video, "Red Carpet" coverage of the premier, the "Teaser teaser an animal used to sexually tease but not to impregnate the members of the opposite sex. Usually males and they may be surgically prepared to ensure that they cannot mate or are not fertile. Trailer" and the "Theatrical Trailer." "Since introducing our Streaming Perspective service at the end of last year, we have seen the overall quality of streaming content improve," said Matt Parks, director of product management at Keynote. "According to the Keynote Streaming Quality Scale that is a part of our service, companies are now able to more consistently deliver video streams over the Internet at a higher quality ranking compared to just six months earlier. This is due to improvements in technology in just this short a period of time, including new media players from the major vendors, and improvements in the hosting providers and content delivery networks." Keynote Tomb Raider Streaming Performance Report for Windows Media Streaming Stream Availability Video Audio Performance Quality(1) Encoded Encoded & Quality Bandwidth Bandwidth (measured (kbps) (kbps) 6/15-17, 2001, 5:00 a.m.- 9:00 p.m. PDT) 300 kbps High Bandwidth Stream (performance for T1 users) Behind the Scene http:// 4.70 99.36% 272.77 38.64 www.windowsmedia.com/ preview/asx/ TombRaiderBTS_300k.asx Red Carpet http://idirector.media. 4.23 91.93% 196.29 19.00 ibeamglobal.net/ netshow/micr007/ tr_premiere_edit_300.wvx Teaser Trailer http://windowsmedia.com/ 4.54 99.15% 252.31 20.96 preview/asx/ tomb_raider_300k.asx Theatrical Trailer http://windowsmedia.com/ 4.35 98.52% 245.49 46.76 preview/asx/ tomb_raider2_300k.asx 100 kbps Mid Bandwidth Stream Behind the Scene http:// 3.87 99.15% 112.02 15.00 www.windowsmedia.com/ preview/asx/ TombRaiderBTS_100k.asx Red Carpet http://idirector.media. 3.96 91.72% 75.66 15.00 ibeamglobal.net/ netshow/micr007/ tr_premiere_edit_100.wvx Teaser Trailer http://windowsmedia.com/ 3.66 99.36% 81.72 9.89 preview/asx/ tomb_raider_100k.asx Theatrical Trailer http://windowsmedia.com/ 4.09 98.94% 106.14 21.00 preview/asx/ tomb_raider2_100k.asx 56 kbps Low Bandwidth Stream (performance for dial-up users) Behind the Scene http:// 3.32 98.73% 28.99 9.94 www.windowsmedia.com/ preview/asx/ TombRaiderBTS_56k.asx Red Carpet http://idirector.media. 3.27 91.72% 44.06 7.00 ibeamglobal.net/ netshow/micr007/ tr_premiere_edit_56.wvx Teaser Trailer http://windowsmedia.com/ 3.11 99.15% 30.65 7.00 preview/asx/ tomb_raider_56k.asx Theatrical Trailer http://windowsmedia.com/ 3.19 99.15% 29.91 9.91 preview/asx/ tomb_raider2_56k.asx Source: Keynote (Nasdaq:KEYN). Keynote, The Internet Performance Authority(R), is the worldwide leader in e-commerce benchmarking and Web performance management services that improve the quality of e-business. (1) Stream Quality directly reflects the end user quality of experience. It combines the playback quality of the audio and video portions of the stream with the type of encoding See encode. used on the original content. 10 on the Keynote Scale for Streaming is equal to DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. quality. About Keynote Streaming Perspective(TM) 2.0 Keynote Streaming Perspective(TM) 2.0 gives companies that stream video and audio from their Web sites a methodical me·thod·i·cal also me·thod·ic adj. 1. Arranged or proceeding in regular, systematic order. 2. Characterized by ordered and systematic habits or behavior. See Synonyms at orderly. and scientific way to measure and improve streaming performance in order to improve the customer experience and gain competitive advantage. Web-site operators can measure the performance of both on-demand and live content as experienced by users in various locations; compare the performance of their site to those of competitors and to industry benchmarks from the Keynote Streaming Media Index; assure that users see and hear the intended quality and that the site achieves quality of service benchmarks; diagnose diagnose /di·ag·nose/ (di´ag-nos) to identify or recognize a disease. di·ag·nose v. 1. To distinguish or identify a disease by diagnosis. 2. performance problems at the server or in the Internet infrastructure with Keynote's diagnostic tools, and improve Web-site performance by implementing design and technology solutions based on identified problems. Keynote's streaming measurements indicate performance anomalies by location and help to pinpoint their causes, whether due to bandwidth limitations, backbone differences or traffic overload See information overload and overloading. . Availability and Pricing Keynote Streaming Perspective(TM) 2.0 is now available for both Microsoft Windows Media and Real Networks' Real Audio and Real Video. Pricing ranges from $495 to $1995 per clip per month depending on measurement interval and size of the stream. About Keynote Keynote Systems (Nasdaq "KEYN"), The Internet Performance Authority(R), is the worldwide leader in Internet performance services that enable corporate enterprises to monitor, benchmark, test, diagnose and improve the quality of service of their e-business applications and systems both inside and outside the firewall. Keynote's Perspective(TM) family of services benchmarks and assures the performance of Web page downloads, transactions and audio and video streams. KeyReadiness(TM) is an outsourced Web site load testing Load testing is the process of creating demand on a system or device and measuring its response. In mechanical systems it refers to the testing of a system to certify it under the appropriate regulations (LOLER in the UK - Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment service designed from the ground up to reflect the unpredictable and dynamic nature of Web traffic. The service brings unprecedented new degrees of accuracy and realism to the load testing market. More than 2,900 corporate IT departments, Web hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith. companies and Internet service and content delivery providers around the world have implemented the company's easy-to-use and cost-effective services to benchmark and manage the performance of their Web sites. Keynote Systems, Inc. was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in San Mateo San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. , Calif. The company can be reached at www.keynote.com or by phone in the U.S. at 650/522-1000. Note to press and analysts: Call Keynote's media and analyst relations' hotline at 650/522-1234 to request more information or an interview. To be added to Keynote's press-release distribution list, send an email to press@keynote.com and specify media affiliation. Keynote, Perspective, MyKeynote, The Keynote Scale, The Keynote Audio and Video Streaming See streaming video and video stream. Indexes and The Internet Performance Authority are trademarks of Keynote Systems, Inc. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Note: Due to the formatting of the URLs, it may be necessary to copy and paste To copy files from one location to another or to copy text and images from one document to another. All modern operating systems and applications have a copy and paste capability that is typically selected from an Edit menu. See cut and paste and Win Copy between windows. the hyperlinks into your Internet browser's URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. address field. |
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