Multicast Named a Winner in Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards

Dec. 2, 2009 - PRLog -- Multicast Named a Winner in Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards
Transcoding solution picked as best in class by more than 5,000 voters

ATLANTA – Dec. 1, 2009 – Multicast Media Technologies, Inc. is the 2009 first-place winner for Streaming Media Magazine’s Readers’ Choice awards in the Transcoding SaaS category.

“We are honored to be recognized by so many of our peers and customers in the industry,” said Lou Schwartz, chief executive officer of Multicast.  “Our multi-format to multi-format transcoding solution, which is available as part of Multicast Media Suite, is clearly setting us apart from the competition and giving our customers new channels to deliver interactive rich media content to important audiences.”

The award comes on the heels of Multicast’s successful launch of complete functionality to enable live streaming and on-demand video for the iPhone and iPod Touch in its comprehensive, hosted Multicast Media Suite solution. Multicast is the first online video platform provider to offer the full set of functionality needed to transcode, manage, deliver and display content on the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Multicast’s multi-format transcoding solution enables companies to quickly and easily transcode media files without the need to buy, install and maintain internal hardware and software ¬– allowing companies to quickly and easily convert their rich media content at no additional capital expense.

Multicast has also been generating growth momentum with a series of new partnerships and industry activities. It was recently named the streaming media platform provider for PINK magazine’s conference in Atlanta, the MCA-I international video awards, and the first-ever on-demand video program at PhocusWright’s travel industry conferences.

Streaming Media created the Readers’ Choice Awards to honor streaming technology and services companies that are creating growth and change in the industry. In a recent article, Streaming Media magazine editor Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen explained that "while other awards focus exclusively on content, this is the only awards program that honors the technology that makes it all possible, and it's definitely the only one where the people decide who wins. And this year, more than 5,000 votes were cast for more than 200 nominees. Clearly, people care deeply about the tools they use to get their jobs done."

Multicast and the other award winners were honored at the Streaming Media West conference in San Jose, California in November.

For more information on Multicast’s capabilities, please visit www.multicastmedia.com or call (877) 664-6137 to arrange a demonstration or purchase.

About Multicast Media Technologies, Inc.
Multicast is a market leader in live event broadcasting, Internet video and targeted multimedia communication that moves people to action. Founded in 2000, Multicast is relied on by more than 2,000 organizations of all types and sizes around the world that use a mixture of media to inform, educate, entertain, promote and inspire. Multicast broadcasts over 50,000 live events each year, and its best-in-class hosted solutions deliver 250 million streams a year (more than any network except ABC, CBS or NBC). For more information, please visit www.multicastmedia.com.