NCUBE AND REALNETWORKS TEAM TO PROVIDE SCALABLE STREAMING MEDIA SOLUTIONS FOR BROADBAND PROVIDERS.nCUBE, and RealNetworks, Inc., have announced that nCUBE's n4 broadband broadband Term describing the radiation from a source that produces a broad, continuous spectrum of frequencies (contrasted with a laser, which produces a single frequency or very narrow range of frequencies). streaming media See streaming audio, streaming video and digital media hub. solutions now support RealAudio 8 and RealVideo 8. For the first time, broadband providers, such as DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary providers and cable modem cable modem Modem used to convert analog data signals to digital form and vise versa, for transmission or receipt over cable television lines, especially for connecting to the Internet. networks, will be able to leverage the scalability and high performance of n4, nCUBE's streaming media appliance A stand-alone hardware device or software environment dedicated to a specific task. See hardware appliance and software appliance. , to cost-effectively deliver RealNetwork's industry-leading RealAudio 8 and RealVideo. nCUBE's n4 server media appliance can scale from 100 megabits per second (unit) megabits per second - (Mbps, Mb/s) Millions of bits per second. A unit of data rate. 1 Mb/s = 1,000,000 bits per second (not 1,048,576). E.g. Ethernet can carry 10 Mbps. to 128 gigabits per second of streaming media from a single system. The integration of n4 with RealAudio 8 and RealVideo 8 will enable broadband providers to simultaneously deliver high quality streaming media to thousands of consumers from a single n4 server. By delivering RealAudio 8 and RealVideo 8 at lower datarates on n4 servers, broadband operators will greatly reduce their bandwidth costs and dramatically improve the media experience for RealPlayer users. "As demand and availability of broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. continues to rapidly increase, nCUBE and RealNetworks are at the forefront of providing the highest quality streaming services," said Michael J. Pohl, president, nCUBE. "By joining forces, nCUBE, whose work in the video delivery business spans eight years, and RealNetworks, the industry leader in streaming media since 1995, together enable broadband operators to expand their business models to include IP-based streaming at the highest level of scalability with the lowest total cost of ownership." "RealNetworks is excited that the inherent high-quality and economic efficiencies of RealVideo 8 and RealAudio 8 have been deeply incorporated into nCUBE's n4 to help directly address the growing demand for streaming media," said Martin Plaehn, senior vice president of Media Systems, RealNetworks, Inc. "The wide-scale demand for compelling RealAudio 8 and RealVideo 8 content provides a great opportunity to advance nCUBE's scalable and reliable servers and deliver a great streaming media experience to consumers." |
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