Bloomberg delivers news radio over the Internet to listeners worldwide.ARROYO GRANDE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 28, 1995--Bloomberg, a leader in news, financial information and business analysis, teams with Xing Technology Xing Technology was founded in Arroyo Grande, California in 1989 by former networking executive Howard Gordon on the basis of a simple (i.e. slow) JPEG decoding library that he had developed. Corp., a leader in the Internet broadcast industry, to deliver Bloomberg Information Radio to the global audience of the Internet. WBBR AM 1130, New York's new and only "non-crime" news radio station, adds a different dimension to the already dynamic business information available on BLOOMBERG Business News. WBBR is a full-service radio station that provides listeners with everything they need to know in order to survive and thrive in their professional and personal lives. Every 15 minutes, every hour, every day, WBBR AM 1130 reviews important world events and business news. This non-repetitive, up-to-the-minute coverage makes Bloomberg Information Radio AM 1130 truly unique. StreamWorks, Xing's new media distribution technology, enables Bloomberg to provide WBBR's news programming live on the Internet. Using an innovative audio compression Encoding digital audio data to take up less storage space and transmission bandwidth. Audio compression typically uses lossy methods, which eliminate bits that are not restored at the other end. ADPCM and MP3 are examples of audio compression methods. See audio codec and data compression. algorithm that takes advantage of existing international MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). standards and TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. protocols, StreamWorks delivers sound over the Internet more quickly and clearly than ever before. Optimized for live transmission, there is no wait for a file transfer -- the WBBR news broadcast is delivered in real time across most modem speeds. "Live broadcast of news programming will make the Internet more attractive to mass audiences," said Howard Gordon Howard Gordon (born 31 March 1961, Queens, New York, New York, U.S.) is an American screenwriter and producer. After graduating from Princeton in 1984, Gordon came to Los Angeles with fellow filmmaker Alex Gansa to pursue a career in writing for television. , 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 Xing Technology. "We are happy to work with Bloomberg in their efforts to be a leading source of news programming to personal computer users." Xing Technology Corp. Xing Technology, based in Arroyo Grande, provides international standards-based, scalable, cross-platform media distribution solutions for live and on-demand audio and video transmission. Xing can be contacted at the World Wide Web site www.xingtech.com. -0- NOTE: Xing and StreamWorks are trademarks of Xing Technology Corp. All other trademarks are acknowledged to their owners. CONTACT: Xing Technology Corp., Arroyo Grande Peggy Peggy may refer to:
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