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Sonic Foundry's Mediasite Used to Capture and Stream Deep Impact's Cosmic CrashMADISON, Wis., July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sonic Foundry(R) Inc. , the worldwide leader in automated rich media solutions, today announced its Mediasite(TM) rich media system will be used to capture the images from NASA's Deep Impact space probe collision with comet Tempel 1. On July 4, the NASA spacecraft concludes a six-month, 268 million mile voyage by sending an 820-pound projectile crashing into the nearly 10-mile wide rocky, icy comet. The 23,000 mph collision will create a stadium-sized crater that will allow scientists to study pristine material inside the comet dating back to the formation of the solar system. The live rich media event will be available on Sonic Foundry's Web site, at http://www.sonicfoundry.com/ on July 4 just prior to the cosmic collision scheduled for 1:52 a.m. ET. An archive of the event will remain online for 30 days. The Webcast is co-hosted by Vanderbilt University, the Astronomical League and Sky and Telescope magazine. Vanderbilt operates the Arizona telescope in partnership with the Astronomical League, an organization of 240 local amateur astronomical societies from across the United States and Arizona Sky Village, which houses the telescope. Very few places on Earth will be positioned to view the celestial fireworks that result from the collision, a reason why Sky and Telescope contacted Vanderbilt to capture images, and make them available to the public. Deep Impact is the latest high-profile event recorded with Mediasite. By automating the capture, encoding, synchronization and streaming of audio, video and any type of graphical content in real time, the award-winning system is quickly becoming the new standard upon which rich media Web communications are compared. Mediasite is the fastest, easiest and most reliable Web publishing system available today, enabling users to take full advantage of the Internet as a convenient and affordable communications vehicle. "The speed, versatility and efficiency in which Mediasite captures and streams any type of rich media content has made it a popular choice for a broad mix of critical communications, but recording a cosmic crash certainly is a first for us," said Rimas Buinevicius, chairman and CEO of Sonic Foundry. "The event marks yet another way in which rich media is transforming the way we communicate, learn and, ultimately, live." About Sonic Foundry(R), Inc. Founded in 1991, Sonic Foundry is a provider of automated rich media communications technology for the enterprise. The company's high-performance rich media presentation systems are trusted by Fortune 500 companies, education institutions and government agencies for a variety of critical communication needs. Sonic Foundry is based in Madison, Wis. For more information about Sonic Foundry, visit the company's Web site at http://www.sonicfoundry.com/. Certain statements contained in this news release regarding matters that are not historical facts may be forward-looking statements. Because such forward-looking statements include risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include, but are not limited to, uncertainties pertaining to continued market acceptance for Sonic Foundry's products, its ability to succeed in capturing significant revenues from media services and/or systems, the effect of new competitors in its market, integration of acquired business and other risk factors identified from time to time in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Sonic Foundry, Inc. CONTACT: Press, Terri Douglas of Catapult PR-IR,+1-303-581-7760, ext. 18, [email protected]; or Investors, Rob Schatzof Strategic Growth International, Inc., +1-212-838-1444, [email protected], bothfor Sonic Foundry, Inc.; or David Salisbury of Vanderbilt, +1-615-343-6803,[email protected] Web site: http://www.sonicfoundry.com/ |