For more on Microcast, check out the story i did last year at:
http://www.streamingmedia.com/r/article.asp?id=6605&format=news
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From: Greg Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 4:07 PM
To: skunkworks talk
Subject: [skunkworks] RE: MICROCAST
>folded their tent
a little more detail for ya...
IMHO -- Microcast was lucky, in that, considering how much money they lost,
and what types of promises they made, they went out relatively unnoticed.
They initially played themselves as a services company that would stream
live events for free, in return for ad-share revenue -- they also had their
own ad-insertion technology to enhance revenues.
>From articles in streamingmedia.com: "They made some headlines and gained
notoriety in 2000 when they claimed they could handle 1 million users on its
network. One early event, a live webcast of PGATour.com's Live@17, drew a
reported 155,000 simultaneous users."
I believe they were also branding themselves as a CDN (they had a huge deal
with Qwest). Anyway, unfortunately a now familiar story, they went too big
too soon.
cheers,
greg
greg miller
online sales director
streamingmedia.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Cameron Clarke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 7:54 PM
To: skunkworks talk
Subject: [skunkworks] MICROCAST
Does anyone know anything about the history of Microcast?
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Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 7:50 PM
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Subject: [skunkworks] Streaming Media West 2001 Keynotes now available on
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In case you didn't make it to the show (or to the website for the live
streams), you can now watch the keynotes from Streaming Media West 2001 on
demand in our archive.
My favorites are Glaser, Glover and (of course) Rich Seidner
http://www.streamingmedia.com/video/
Rich Seidner
Streaming Media, Inc.
Streaming Media Research's own Rich Seidner provides quantifiable ROI data
across a spectrum that includes corporate communications and distance
learning.
Richard Glover
Walt Disney Internet Group
Disney's Internet captain draws superb parallels between the early days of
cable and today's streaming space, providing an intelligently optimistic
view on the future of Internet distribution.
Gerry Louw
WWF New Media Network
The WWF's tech guru discusses scaling to meet voracious demand and taking a
new approach to DRM.
Philip Schiller
Apple
Apple's Vice President of Worldwide Product Marketing sings the virtues of
an open video standard and showcases the latest version of QuickTime.
David Peterschmidt
Inktomi
Inktomi's CEO showcases architecture that scales to meet ever-increasing
demand for streaming content behind the firewall and on the Internet.
Russ Pillar
Viacom Interactive Ventures
Viacom's Internet leader speaks candidly of the challenges facing content
owners entrenched in traditional revenue models while offering a snapshot of
cross-platform strategies at one of the world's content powerhouses.
Rob Glaser
RealNetworks, Inc.
Rob showcases Real's secure media delivery platform, the RealSystem Media
Commerce Suite and unveils the first demonstration of MusicNet.
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