AdCritic.com Selects DVLABS as Video Serving Provider; Wildly Popular Site Re-Launches; DVLABS Vital to Critical Content Delivery.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 19, 2002 AdCritic.com, acquired earlier this year by Crain Communications Inc., announced today that it has entered an agreement with DVLABS to exclusively provide a complete video content delivery solution for the popular Web site. Terms of the contract were not disclosed. AdCritic.com was formerly a record-setting site available for free to the public and served popular television commercials as its content. The site is now a subscription-based news and information site targeted to professionals in the advertising business that track developments in TV commercials, the principal featured content of the site. "DVLABS' proved to us that their track-record and reputation for best-of-class solutions were well deserved. They earned our business through a competitive evaluation - - and never rested on their laurels," said Tony Calianese, managing director of AdCritic.com. He added, "we're very pleased with DVLABS' performance, service and expertise." DVLABS hosted AdCritic.com before Crain acquired it and during that time helped the site shatter shat·ter v. shat·tered, shat·ter·ing, shat·ters v.tr. 1. To cause to break or burst suddenly into pieces, as with a violent blow. 2. a. several Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the bandwidth volume records. Surrounding sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. the 2001 Super Bowl, AdCritic.com served millions of visitors including twelve terabytes in a single day- - an amount equivalent to half the library of Congress. Dan Summer, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of DVLABS remarked, "we are very supportive of AdCritic's renewed online presence and new revenue model. AdCritic was a pioneer of video on the internet, and DVLABS' continued involvement allows us to support AdCritic as it evolves its business model." About AdCritic.com AdCritic.com is now part of the Ad Age Group (a division of Crain Communications Inc.) and is dedicated to delivering readers the latest news and information about the advertising industry. In conjunction with Creativity magazine - the industry authority on creative advertising -- AdCritic offers subscribers a vast database of the best creative work in the industry, breaking news from the advertising and commercials production industries, plus features and insights from the editorial staff of Creativity. About DVLABS DVLABS (www.DVLABS.com) is the first and only content delivery network focused expressly on video delivery. DVLABS specializes in cost-effective, blazing fast video distribution paired with expert encoding See encode. services. This unique mix enables clients to create a viable business model for online content while providing broadcast or 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 video to mass audiences. The company is the first independent CDN (Content Delivery Network) A system of distributed content on a large intranet or the public Internet in which copies of content are replicated and cached throughout the network. to reach profitability. The DB&P/Webcast Track recently noted that DVLABS was one of the four main content delivery networks "delivering the lion's share of streaming video A one-way video transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play video clips and video broadcasts. Computers in home networks stream video to digital media hubs connected to a home theater. content owned by the top twenty sites and destinations." |
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