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Wowza Media Systems Earns ‘99 Percent Total Satisfaction’ Rating in Independently Certified Customer
EVERGREEN, CO — September 1, 2011 — Wowza Media Systems®, the “any screen done right™” media server software company, today announced that it has earned a 99.2 percent overall satisfaction rating in a recent survey of its customers. San Francisco-based market research firm Power Decisions Group, which referred to the overall combination of responses as “total…
Wowza Media Systems and Encoding.com Partner to Simplify Adaptive Bitrate Video Streaming
EVERGREEN, CO and SAN FRANCISCO, CA August 23, 2011 — Wowza Media Systems®, the “any screen done right™” media server software company, and Encoding.com, the world's largest video encoding service, today announced a partnership that provides Wowza customers with custom Encoding.com presets to simplify the preparation and transcoding of videos into the optimal formats for…
Wowza Media Server 3 Shortlisted for 2011 CSI Product Awards
EVERGREEN, CO — August 10, 2011 — Wowza Media Systems®, the “any screen done right™” media server software company, today announced that its Wowza Media Server® 3 has made the short list of finalists in the 2011 Cable & Satellite International (CSI) Product Awards. Wowza is among seven finalists in the “TV Everywhere/multi-screen video” category, which…
Wowza Media Server 2 Named Best AV Over IP Distribution System by AV Technology Magazine
EVERGREEN, CO — June 22, 2011 — Wowza Media Systems®, the “any screen done right™” media server software company, today announced that its Wowza Media Server™ 2 received the nod for Best AV Over IP Distribution System at the 2011 AV Technology Magazine End-User Awards ceremony held at the recently concluded InfoComm 2011. The first annual…
Wowza Responds to Legal Action by Adobe Systems
EVERGREEN, CO — May 10, 2011— Wowza Media Systems®, Inc. today addressed a lawsuit filed last week against Wowza by Adobe® Systems, Inc. The Adobe lawsuit alleges certain patent infringement and unfair competition complaints regarding Wowza’s business practices. “Adobe's lawsuit against our company is completely without merit, and we look forward to resolving this matter in…
Wowza Media Systems & EZDRM Align to Offer DRM Integration for Smooth Streaming to PlayReady-Devices
EVERGREEN, CO — May 10, 2011 — Wowza Media Systems®, the “any screen done right™” media server software company, and EZDRM, a global leader in content access and control for live and on-demand media services, today announced the integration of Wowza Media Server® 3 with the EZDRM hosted Digital Rights Management (DRM) system to provide a…
Wowza Media Systems and BuyDRM Partner to Deliver PlayReady-Protected Smooth Streaming
EVERGREEN, CO and AUSTIN, TX — May 5, 2011 — Wowza Media Systems®, the “any screen done right™” media server company, and BuyDRM™, the leader in rights management solutions for premium digital media, today announced that they are partnering to deliver PlayReady-protected premium content solutions though integration of Wowza Media Server® 3 with the KeyOS DRM Platform from…
Influxis Hosts Wowza Media Server For Live and On-Demand Streaming to All Media Platforms
EVERGREEN, CO., and SANTA CLARITA, CA., April 11, 2011— Wowza Media Systems®, the unified media server software company, today announced that Influxis®, the leading expert in creative streaming, is offering a new hosting service for Wowza Media Server® 2. With Influxis' expert developer support, massively scalable international server networks, and a library of free prebuilt…
Wowza Media Systems & Verimatrix Partner; Preview Secure Any-Screen Streaming Solution at 2011 NAB
LAS VEGAS, 2011 NAB Show, April 11, 2011— Wowza Media Systems®, Wowza Media Systems®, the “any screen done right™” media server company, and Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multiscreen digital TV around the globe, today announced the integration of Wowza Media Server 3 with the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™)…
Wowza to Premiere Media Platform for ‘Any Screen Done Right’ Delivery at the 2011 NAB Show
EVERGREEN, CO., April 7, 2011—Any-screen content delivery has become the most important industry trend, ranked significantly higher than any other, according to the recently published 2011 Big Broadcast Survey (BBS) by Devoncroft Partners. Wowza Media Systems® recognized this trend in 2007 when it rolled out its industrial-strength media server software. Today more than 70,000 worldwide…
Streaming Media: Wowza Media Server 3: Any-Screen Delivery Done Right
Wowza Media is on a roll: Not only has the company been profitable from day one, with no outside funding, but it's also passed the 70,000 license mark. Today, the company hopes to extend its lead by introducing a full-version release, Wowza Media Server 3.
Streaming Media: Hot Companies To Watch: Wowza Media
Wowza Media: For nearly six years now, Wowza Media has been in the market offering streaming server software that does just about everything. Customers I speak to love that Wowza's server has streaming support for all of Apple's iDevices, Microsoft Silverlight and Apple QuickTime formats, Android and BlackBerry support as well as working with IPTV and set-top boxes.