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Digital Rapids' StreamZHD Encoding and Streaming System Wins Streaming Media Readers' Choice AwardPRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release November 20, 2009 -- Markham, Ontario: Digital Rapids -- the leading provider of tools and solutions for bringing television, film and web content to wider audiences -- announced today that the StreamZHD multi-format, live and on-demand encoding system has won a 2009 Streaming Media Readers' Choice Award as the top high definition (HD) hardware encoder. The award was presented this week at a special reception during the Streaming Media West conference and exhibition in San Jose. The Readers' Choice Awards are held annually by Streaming Media magazine and recognize the leading streaming and online video solutions, services and innovations as judged by end users, rather than the magazine staff. Over 200 products, companies and services competed in this year's awards. "The Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards are the only awards of their kind in the online video industry," said Streaming Media magazine editor Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen. "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." "High-definition encoding and streaming are redefining people's expectations of the quality of online video, and StreamZHD is uniquely well-suited to empower both live and on-demand HD experiences. We're thrilled that it has been selected for this award by the readers of Streaming Media magazine," said Brick Eksten, President of Digital Rapids Corporation. "The Readers' Choice Awards are unique in our industry, as they're chosen by the people we designed the products to serve -- the end users. We continually strive to improve our users' productivity, output quality and operational efficiency, and this award demonstrates that we've succeeded in these goals. We look forward to continuing to bring innovative products to streaming media professionals and helping our customers achieve their objectives -- whether increasing their media revenues, expanding their audiences, improving their communications or reducing their costs." StreamZHD ra As a community-building service, TMCnet allows user submitted content which is not always proofed by TMCnet editors. If you feel this entry is of inferior quality or wish to report it for some reason, please forward the URL to "webedit [AT] tmcnet [DOT] com" with your comments. |