Complete Skitter.TV Platform to be Implemented as an Alternative TV Services Offering in February 2011 Skitter, Inc. today announced that Venus Telephone Corporation of Venus, PA will implement Skitter.TV as an alternative TV services offering to the company’s current Digital TV services. In addition, Venus Telephone has selected Skitter’s Acclaim Video Encoders as the encoding platform [...]
New Acclaim™ Video Encoder Models Now Offer Prioritized VBR for Multicast Live Streaming in IPTV and Internet TV Environments Skitter, Inc. today announced that a provisional patent application has been filed for an invention that brings variable bitrate (VBR) video streaming to multicast IPTV and Internet TV environments. The invention, called Prioritized VBR™ (PVBR™), allows [...]
Several members of “The Skitterati” (our internal nickname for the Skitter team) are on the way to Seattle this weekend. Skitter, Inc. will be on hand for OPASTCO’s 2010 Summer Convention and Trade Show, which gets underway Sunday afternoon at The Westin Seattle. Look for us at tables 8 and 9 in the exhibit area. [...]
Occam Packet Access Network (OPAN) Alliance Welcomes Emerging Video Solution Provider Skitter, Inc. has become a member of the Occam Packet Access Network (OPAN) alliance. The partner program outlines customer support, on-going testing, and joint sales and marketing activities that can occur between the two companies. The partnership highlights the need for validated video solutions [...]
Skitter, Inc. has announced the completion of Phase Two deployment of the Skitter.TV converged entertainment services platform at Hill Country Telephone Cooperative (Hill Country), headquartered in Ingram, Texas. To date, 54 Skitter Acclaim™ video encoders have been installed in preparation for a total linear (live) TV lineup of 70 cable/satellite network channels and 42 broadcast TV channels from network affiliates in nearby Austin and San Antonio. In addition to Hill Country’s linear TV channels, the Tier Two service provider will take advantage of Skitter.TV’s converged media environment to offer over-the-top (Web video) content, video on demand, digital audio and user-generated content as a part of a unified entertainment experience.
Skitter.TV has signed on as a sponsor of OTTCon East, being held right here in our hometown of Atlanta on June 16 and 17, 2010. Skitter.TV will also be presenting at the event at 2:15 p.m. on June 16 with a session on TV services strategies for Tier 2 and Tier 3 telecom service providers.
The positive Q1 results for Netflix illustrates the popularity and potential of Web video and video-on-demand subscription services.
At the NAB Show 2010, entertainment content providers seemed more receptive to making their programming Web-accessible.
Skitter.TV President and Co-founder Bob Saunders will speak at Com Net’s Tech-Con on Wednesday, April 14. Com Net, Inc. is a wholesale provider of operation support solutions to Video, Internet and Phone (VIP) Service Providers. The company was formed in 1993 through the collaborative efforts of 17 Independent Operating Companies (IOCs) across Ohio to provide [...]
Skitter will co-present a session at next month’s National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show in Las Vegas with our partner Zeugma Systems on Monday, April 12, 2010. The session, titled “Is Linear Video the Next AOL” is a part of the NAB’s “Broader-casting” conference.
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