MEDIA GATEWAY SERVICE VIDEO-ENABLE WEBSITES
WITH INTERACTIVE AND SEARCHABLE MEDIA
New York, N.Y. (STREAMING MEDIA
EAST 2000, Booth #2127) – June 12, 2000 - Pictron Inc., a leading provider of interactive media solutions to make video
searchable, today announced the launch of Media Gateway Service, the one stop solution to
video-enable web sites. This service provides
a means for integrating and handling of all searchable video-processing needs for
industries such as, media and entertainment, Internet portals, corporations, education,
and government.
Media Gateway Service offers
complete end-to-end solution to seamlessly integrate interactive and searchable media onto
web sites. Powered by Pictron’s state of the art technology and the
collaboration with Pictron Service Partners, Media Gateway Service provides best-of-breed
video encoding, indexing, search, and distribution services. Media Gateway Service
enables customers to experience engaging rich media content without any investment in
streaming media infrastructure.
Media
Gateway Service provides compelling media for the Internet, and the only thing needed is
the video content in tape, digitized file, or live feed formats. Pictron encodes the video
in RealNetworks, Microsoft, and QuickTime formats in multiple bitrates for targeted
audiences. In the process, Pictron's Media Gateway Suite automatically indexes,
catalogs, and summarizes video content to make video searchable. Once the video has been
encoded and indexed, the streaming video can be uploaded to any video server, anywhere,
giving it a distributed open architecture with unmatched performance and scalability.
Media Gateway Service seamlessly integrates searchable video content onto customer web
sites while maintaining the customer’s branding with the same look and feel.
This compelling and interactive experience will attract visitors to the website and
generate new revenue.
About Pictron
Pictron is the world's
leading provider of interactive media solutions to make video searchable on the Internet.
Pictron's products and services are designed to power the next generation broadband rich
media applications. Pictron uses its proprietary video analysis and artificial
intelligence technology to automatically segment videos into meaningful clips based on
visual and audio cues. The video is automatically indexed based on scene changes, text
transcripts, human faces and names, and objects in the scene. This process makes video
searchable and interactive. Internet users can now search videos based on text keywords,
visual content, and database annotation. Instead of viewing video from start to finish,
users can quickly browse the video content through the visual storyboard and instantly
navigate to desirable video location.
For more information, please
Darwin Kuan: (408)725-8888
email: darwin@pictron.com
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