STREAMING MEDIA

According to a study from Arbitron and Edison Media Research, over half of all US Internet users have now watched or listened to streaming media. Fifty-two percent of US Internet users, or 34 percent of all Americans aged 12 and over, have used streaming media. This is equal to 78 million people.

IKANO's Streaming Media services help you take advantage of this rapidly growing medium by offering real-time data transmission (audio and video) to your subscribers. This is quite different from the time-consuming process of downloading large media files before they can be opened. Streaming starts almost immediately for end-users. The large file is not saved to the viewer's computer. Streaming also provides security for original content because the media cannot be copied to a client hard drive.

Streaming Media Formats
IKANO provides streaming media solutions in the Windows Media format. IKANO has multiple DS3 connections to the Internet that feed our Network Operations Center. Our streaming media servers are hosted on Windows 2000 Servers. IKANO provides robust clustering, load balancing, and additional bandwidth solutions based upon the anticipated demand for your media.

The top players in the streaming media market include: Microsoft's Windows Media Player, Real Networks' Real Player, and Apple's QuickTime. IKANO primarily supports Windows Media but can support all of these formats based upon contractual needs.