The World's Largest Tier 1 Reach Network
We own and operate the world's largest Tier 1 network, which means that we peer with every other Tier 1 carrier, and have more connections into more countries and territories than any other Tier 1 carrier. In addition to our Tier 1 network, we have strategic peering relationships and dedicated routing between our data centers and across our MPLS backbone. In all, our Tier 1 network, peering relationships, and dedicated routing on our MPLS network are integrated to provide the most direct routes between our customers' content and their end users.
Flexible Architecture & World-Class Performance
We provide customers the flexibility of (e.g., choosing) how they store and deliver content.
24/7/365 Customer Service
With round-the-clock email and phone support, we offer comprehensive, knowledgeable support to every customer at no additional cost.
Unsurpassed Value
By owning and operating the world's largest Tier 1 network, we have inherent cost advantages compared to pure-play CDNs. Combine that with flexible storage and a range of delivery options, world-class performance, and comprehensive customer service for the best value of any CDN.
January 11, 2011
Tata Communications Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire BitGravity
Mumbai, January 11, 2011— Tata Communications, a leading provider of a new world of communications, today announces that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire BitGravity, an award winning content delivery network (CDN). BitGravity's network and products accelerate the delivery of media assets to end-users and enables scalable, real-time video communications over the Internet. Upon successful completion of the transaction, Tata Communications (Netherlands) B.V. will own 100 percent BitGravity, Inc., which will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Communications. Terms of the transaction are not being disclosed.
In 2008, Tata Communications entered into a strategic alliance with BitGravity that included the licensing BitGravity's CDN technology and the federation of BitGravity's and Tata Communications' delivery networks. The company also made a strategic investment of $11.5mn in BitGravity. The alliance enabled Tata Communications' to enter the market with its own global CDN in 2008 and has resulted in successful traction with high profile media, content and gaming companies in Europe, Asia and India such as NDTV, IAH Games, Quick Heal Technologies and Nimbus Communications.
"Two years ago, we made an investment in BitGravity to provide content delivery services for Tata Communications" said Genius Wong, Senior Vice President, Global Network Services, Tata Communications. "With the success we've seen in the marketplace and our ownership of BitGravity, we can now fully invest in the potential that exists around the globe and accelerate the delivery of new features and services to our customers."
"Tata Communications bet on BitGravity's vision and people to provide innovative video services. We are ecstatic that this will be a positive outcome for all the stakeholders; we are equally excited about what this means for BitGravity and its products going forward," said Perry Wu, CEO and co-founder of BitGravity. "As a combined entity, we can propel our position in the market, and the opportunity to accelerate our vision on a significantly larger scale was one we couldn't pass up."
BitGravity, a privately held company located in Burlingame, California, was founded in mid-2006 and launched its services in 2008. The company's innovative services made inroads with major media and Internet companies and has received numerous accolades including RedHerring 100, OnHollywood 100, DemoGod, and LightReading's Service Company of the year. BitGravity initially raised a total of $13.5mn in two rounds of funding from angels and from Tata Communications.
July 13, 2010
BitGravity and Vivu Partner to Offer First Massively Scalable HD Desktop Video Conferencing and Collaboration Application
Application to Enable Enterprises and a Broad Range of Organizations to Conduct 1:1 to 1:100,000 Live, Global Video Conferences with Rich, Interactive Capabilities
BURLINGAME, CA—July 13, 2010
BitGravity, the world's first and only content delivery network (CDN) purpose-built to deliver HD video-on-demand and live streaming, and ViVu, a leader in creating cloud-based, easy-to-use solutions for live video participation, today announced a partnership that promises to expand videoconferencing capacity to the unprecedented 1:100,000 level, by deploying ViVu's video-centric desktop conferencing and collaboration application on BitGravity's global HD network.
The application will combine ViVu's participative platform with live streams output in 720p across BitGravity's global, tier-one network. In addition to providing real-time video conferencing capabilities, participants will have the ability to share applications, desktops, and more. The solution is tailored for enterprises to stream CEO addresses and company meetings across a campus or the world; sales organizations holding departmental meetings and trainings; universities and other educational institutions conducting distance learning; event producers asked to stream product launches or keynotes; and a broad array of media events.
"We partnered with ViVu because of their excellent, video-centric communication platform," said Mangesh Pimpalkhare, Vice President of Product Management at BitGravity. "ViVu has built a powerful interface and suite of tools that are easy to use, and enable people to communicate and collaborate with video being at the core of the experience."
"The quality of BitGravity's live streams and the scale of their network will help us at ViVu realize the full promise of our platform," added Sudha Valluru, CEO of ViVu, "With BitGravity, the application will accommodate massive, HD live conferences around the world."
The application will require no installation, will enable participants to view and participate from their desktops using a standard Web browser and a broad range of cameras, including standard Web cams and professional-grade cameras with DV output. Additional features will include moderator capabilities, sharing of desktops and a wide variety of applications, Twitter integration, event archiving, and analytics.
The application will be available in the fall of 2010.
ABOUT BITGRAVITY
BitGravity, Inc., built the first video delivery network to deliver affordable, broadcast quality video on demand, live streams, and interactive applications to massive audiences on the Internet. BitGravity is based in Burlingame, CA and is privately held, with strategic investment from Allen & Company, Tata Communications, and private investors. To learn more, please see www.BitGravity.com.
ABOUT VIVU
Founded in 2008 by startup veterans from Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent and a team of IIT graduates, ViVu creates solutions to transform the way people interact using video. ViVu's VuRoom, provides instant multi-user video conferencing through Skype - an exciting new breakthrough previously unavailable to Skype users. Along with its presentation and desktop sharing functionalities, VuRoom is designed to help remote users collaborate in real-time. VuCast, the company's flagship offering, enables meeting organizers to create, publish and manage large-scale, high-quality video events as effortlessly as with audio conference calls today. ViVu is headquartered in Cupertino, CA and has offices in Bangalore, India.
BitGravity Contact:
Skip Rudolf
skip@bitgravity.com
(415) 279-8756
Vivu Contact:
Donna Michaels
Loughlin/Michaels Group
donna@lmgpr.com
408.738.9142
May 10, 2010
BitGravity & HD Cloud Partner To Offer On-Demand Transcoding Services To BitGravity Customers
Partnership Marks the First Integrated, Value-Added Service Between a Global CDN and a Cloud Services Encoding Provider
CONTENT DELIVERY SUMMIT 2010, NEW YORK, NY, MAY 10, 2010
BitGravity, the world's first and only content delivery network (CDN) purpose-built to deliver HD and SD video-on-demand and live streaming, and HD Cloud, an enterprise-class video transcoding provider, today announced a partnership in which BitGravity will offer its customers on-demand transcoding services provided by HD Cloud. BitGravity customers will be able to upload and transcode videos through an interface powered by HD Cloud, and have the encoded files placed into their BitGravity account.
"One of our primary goals is to offer value-added products and services on top of our carrier-grade global network," said Mangesh Pimpalkhare, Vice President of Product Management at BitGravity. "HD Cloud represents the first partnership in our ecosystem of integrated solutions from trusted, high-quality third-parties that enable our customers to go beyond delivering better video experiences by solving problems, saving time, and generating more revenue with BitGravity. We partnered with HD Cloud because they offer high-quality transcoding services, support a wide range of formats, and are affordable."
"HD Cloud is pleased to enter into this unique alliance between an enterprise-level cloud service provider and a global CDN," added Nicholas Butterworth, CEO of HD Cloud. "BitGravity has been a leader in video delivery and now their customers will have a simple interface for managing multiple sites, encoding profiles, and encoding jobs that result in extremely high-quality encoded files. It will be simple for customers to transcode from many formats, such as the ability to transcode MPEG2s to FLVs for Web delivery or FLVs to h.264s for iPhone and iPad delivery."
The transcoding service will be available to BitGravity customers in the summer of 2010.
ABOUT BITGRAVITY
BitGravity, Inc., built the first video delivery network to deliver affordable, broadcast quality video on demand, live streams, and interactive applications to massive audiences on the Internet. BitGravity is based in Burlingame, CA and is privately held, with strategic investment from Allen & Company, Tata Communications, and private investors. To learn more, please see www.BitGravity.com.
ABOUT HD CLOUD
HD Cloud, developed by Diversion Media, is a video technology service provider that enables automated video encoding and transcoding for publishers. The company provides next-generation web video services based on proprietary technology to customers. Based in New York City, the company is privately held. For more information, please visit the company web site at http://www.hdcloud.com.
BitGravity Contact
Skip Rudolf
Skip@BitGravity.com
650.356.8571
HD Cloud Contact
Nicholas Butterworth
Nicholas@DiversionMedia.com
917.687.8847
December 7, 2009
San Francisco Zoo & BitGravity Partner to Deliver the First 1080p Live
Stream of the Gorilla Preserve and Infant Gorilla Hasani
Live Broadcast Provides Animal Lovers an Ongoing Close-up, High-Definition Glimpse of Popular Gorilla Lifestyle and Habitat
BURLINGAME, CA—December 7, 2009
BitGravity, Inc., a global leader in video delivery, is powering the San Francisco Zoo's live stream of the Jones Family Gorilla Preserve with BG Live output in 1080p. This marks the first time an Association of Zoo and Aquarium member has delivered a persistent, high definition (1080p) live video stream from its grounds to visitors on its Web site. BitGravity's 1080p live streaming delivers a high definition online experience and provides the public an ongoing, front row seat from which to view live the six gorillas—Oscar Jonesy (male silverback), Bawang, Monifa, Zura, Nneka and famed infant Hasani—while outdoors during the day.
The Zoo will also live stream the upcoming celebration of Hasani's first birthday, December 8, 2009, which will include a member-and media-only event at 9:30 AM and a large ice cake filled with treats for the gorillas donated by the San Francisco Ice Company.
"We are delighted to share our gorilla troop with the public on our Web site in crisp streams and stunning detail said Lora LaMarca, vice president of marketing for the San Francisco Zoo. "BitGravity's stream quality, simple set-up, and low start-up costs make it a perfect solution for any zoo or aquarium to build the bridge between its audiences and its main attractions. We know this live stream will help drive more visitors to the San Francisco Zoo's Web site and the zoo itself."
"1080p is the latest high definition video resolution and BitGravity delivers highly scalable, interactive experiences and live events without large IT teams or production services," said Perry Wu, founder and CEO of BitGravity. "To stream live with an HD camera and Internet connection requires an Apple MacBook Pro loaded with BitGravity encoding software, a PCI expansion card, and an HDMA or HDSDI source connected to BitGravity's network. Streaming live from zoos and aquariums is a perfect application of BG Live. The community can experience the day-to-day lives of the inhabitants, especially for popular newborn animals like Hasani."
BG Live is an affordable Flash-based, highly scalable, HD online streaming service built on BitGravity's Distributed Origin-based network minimizing latency to create a great viewing experience and low total cost of ownership.
ABOUT BITGRAVITY
BitGravity built the first content delivery network optimized to deliver affordable video on demand, software applications, Web assets, interactive applications and live broadcasts in standard and high-definition. BG Live HD is the first affordable, true HD, online streaming service for live events in 1080p resolution. The Flash-based, highly scalable streaming service is built on BitGravity's Distributed-Origin-based network which minimizes latency to create a superior viewing experience and low total cost of ownership. To learn more, please see www.BitGravity.com or visit BitGravity's Press Room.
ABOUT THE SAN FRANCISCO ZOO
Encompassing 100 acres, the historic San Francisco Zoo is Northern California's largest zoological park. The Zoo is home to exotic and rescued animals from all over the world and is located across from the Pacific Ocean. The African Savanna offers a multi-species landscape with giraffes, zebras, kudu, ostriches and more. Go nose to nose with famed grizzly sisters Kachina and Kiona at Grizzly Gulch; watch lemurs leap through the largest outdoor lemur habitat in the country; visit Penguin Island; marvel at our troop of gorillas; and feed farm animals in the popular Children's Zoo. Take rides on one of the world's only old-fashioned miniature steam trains and the historic Dentzel Carousel. Visit www.sfzoo.org for Zoo hours, directions and more.
BitGravity Contact:
Skip Rudolf
skip@bitgravity.com
(415) 279-8756
October 28, 2009
Key Shortcomings of Proxy Cache CDN Architecture Identified in 2009 CDN Satisfaction Survey
87% of CDN Decision—Makers Report Cache Misses Degrade End-User Experiences; 85% Say Cache Misses Increase the Total Cost of Video Delivery
BURLINGAME, CA—October 28, 2009
Great performance and end-user experiences, affordable video delivery, and great technical support topped the list of what is most valued by video delivery decision-makers according to results released today by BitGravity as part of its 2009 CDN Satisfaction Survey. The survey, fielded to over 2,300 CDN decision-makers across North America, also surfaced a surprise issue facing content publishers.
Most content delivery networks utilize a proxy cache architecture in which they purge less popular content from the servers to manage disk space. When a file that has been purged is requested, the proxy cache CDN must go back to the customer's storage server to retrieve and deliver the file. These cache misses, inherent to all cache proxy networks, were identified as a key challenge for content publishers.
• 87% of CDN decision-makers stated that cache misses degrade end-user experiences
• 85% of CDN decision makers stated that cache misses increase the total cost of video delivery
• 62% of respondents also stated that it was unfair for content to be purged based on popularity
For over a decade, content publishers have had to accept cache misses because there was no alternative to proxy cache architecture. "If you're Facebook, Yahoo, or MySpace you probably don't worry about the non-stop popularity contest that takes place on proxy cache networks because your content pushes the content of smaller guys off the disk," said Perry Wu, Founder and CEO of BitGravity. "But the vast majority of customers on proxy cache CDNs should be worried because cache misses hurt their time to first byte and significantly increases their total costs of video delivery.
"Because BitGravity stores all customer content on dense storage and delivery nodes, our customers never experience cache misses," said Wu. "As a result, our customers deliver videos that play instantly and their total delivery costs can average 25% lower than those of proxy cache CDNs. That's significant in an environment where people are trying to save pennies per Gigabyte."
For more information on the CDN Satisfaction Survey, visit:
http://www.bitgravity.com/page.php?s=legal&p=cdn-satisfaction-survey2
For more information on cache misses and their impact on content publishers, visit:
http://www.bitgravity.com/page.php?s=legal&p=nocachemisses
ABOUT BITGRAVITY
BitGravity built the first content delivery network optimized to deliver affordable video on demand, software applications, Web assets, interactive applications and live broadcasts in standard and high-definition. BG Video Delivery, is the company's flagship delivery product. BG Live is a standards-based, highly scalable live streaming service available in 480P, 720P or 1080P. Both are built on BitGravity's Distributed Origin-based network. To learn more, please see www.BitGravity.com or visit BitGravity's Press Room.
BitGravity Contact:
Mari Mineta Clapp
mari@bitgravity.com
(408) 398-6433
September 14, 2009
TWiT Selects BitGravity to Stream Live
Leo Laporte Cites BitGravity Quality and Support as Key to Turning a 'Hobby in the Attic,' into a '24/7 Live Internet Television Show'
BURLINGAME, CA—September 14, 2009
Web-based technology broadcaster TWiT has selected BitGravity, Inc., a global leader in online video, to stream its shows as part of a move toward television-quality broadcasting over the Internet. "Our goal with TWiT is to create a 24-hour, Internet-based technology news channel. And to reach that goal we have to look professional," said Leo Laporte, host and Chief TWiT of the network. "We have to look as good as broadcast quality."
"It's energizing to partner with great people like Leo Laporte who want their viewers to experience a live online video experience that is indistinguishable from broadcast television," said Perry Wu, co-founder and CEO of BitGravity. "BitGravity has redefined live streaming by making it possible for organizations of all sizes to affordably and easily deliver engaging, high-definition experiences over the Internet. Customers like TWiT can take advantage of the network to deliver superior customer experiences because we control the entire stack of technology behind our global network."
"We were very interested in BitGravity's solution for a number of reasons," Laporte said. "One, we're interested in eventually going high-def. Two, I was very impressed with the quality of live streams they were able to do for people like Tom Green, and my friend Kevin Rose over at Diggnation."
"BitGravity has been a great experience for us," Laporte said. "They've worked very closely with us and we even got on a conference call on air with their programmers and went back and forth to tune the service to get the most out of it. Going forward, we'll take advantage of other smart features of the BitGravity player, including auto bitrate adjustment, which distinguishes how much bandwidth a viewer has and chooses from multiple streams depending on the user's available bandwidth. BitGravity has an amazing technology and service and we're really happy to be partnering with them."
ABOUT BITGRAVITY
BitGravity has built the first global video delivery network optimized to deliver affordable, video on demand, live broadcasts, and interactive applications in standard and high-definition. BitGravity is based in Burlingame, CA and is privately held, with strategic investment from Allen & Company, Tata Communications and private investors. http://www.bitgravity.com
ABOUT TWiT
Leo Laporte is ChiefTWiT of the TWiT netcast network, host of "This Week in Tech" (the world's most popular technology podcast) and the nationally-syndicated "Tech Guy" radio show. He's the former host of "Call For Help" and "The Screensavers" on TechTV. Laporte and other hosts on his network create more than 40 hours of live technology programming each week, streamed live at http://live.twit.tv. Laporte himself usually broadcasts without interruption from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific, five days a week.
BitGravity Contact:
Mari Mineta Clapp
mari@bitgravity.com
(408) 398-6433
August 11, 2009
Showtime Sports® Extends Popular Online Experience To Global Audience
Live Mixed Martial Arts Event—"Carano vs. Cyborg"—To Stream Simultaneously With Live SHOWTIME® Telecast Saturday, Aug. 15, From HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.
NEW YORK—August 11, 2009
For the first time, SHOWTIME Sports will offer Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fans around the world STRIKEFORCE: All Access, the cutting edge online interactive experience, live on Saturday, Aug. 15, for STRIKEFORCE: "Carano vs. Cyborg" from HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.
The immersive digital initiative will stream simultaneously with the live SHOWTIME® telecast beginning at 10:30 p.m. ET* and for the first time be available to fans in Brazil, Japan, throughout Europe as well as in the U.S. and Canada.
STRIKEFORCE: All Access debuted on April 11, 2009, when world-class MMA promotion STRIKEFORCE brought Frank Shamrock vs. Nick Diaz to SHOWTIME. The unique experience was offered again on June 6, for the Robbie Lawler vs. Jake Shields event. On both previous offerings, STRIKEFORCE: All Access was limited to U.S.-based online users.
With STRIKEFORCE: All Access, fans can be their own director and toggle among five live cameras with full pause and rewind capabilities including SHOWTIME Sports exclusive CageCam®—a small and high quality camera worn by the referee which takes viewers inside the cage during the fights. It is the closest and most intimate viewing experience ever presented in MMA. Audio tracks will include the SHOWTIME telecast fight call by host and play-by-play man Gus Johnson, and color commentators Frank Shamrock and Mauro Ranallo, as well as the corresponding audio to the selected camera. SHOWTIME is again working with BitGravity, Inc. and Episodic, Inc. to enable this unique multi-media experience.
STRIKEFORCE: All Access will cost $24.95 per user and is available for pre-order at http://strikeforce.sho.com beginning Wednesday. Purchase includes access to the live stream and replays anytime thereafter through Aug. 20.
"We are excited to take All Access to the next level," said Ken Hershman, Senior Vice President and General Manager, SHOWTIME Sports. "This platform has been a hit with fans in the U.S. since its debut and we are thrilled to now be in a position to offer it around the world.
"August 15 is going to be a historic night for MMA," Hershman continued. "With three STRIKEFORCE Championships on the line and a marquee event featuring the top two female fighters on the planet, fans will want an immersive viewing experience. For U.S. subscribers, couple the All Access online offering with the live program on SHOWTIME and fans will have a whole new way to enjoy the fights."
"Dedicated sports fans around the world want to be at the center of the big events and SHOWTIME Sports' global stream of STRIKEFORCE: All Access ensures MMA fans a front row seat," said Chris Turner, VP of Worldwide Sales and Business Development at BitGravity. "BitGravity is pleased to again partner with SHOWTIME, to deliver STRIKEFORCE: All Access first live stream in new parts of the world, leveraging BitGravity's global network, high quality stream and seamless viewing experience."
As part of STRIKEFORCE: All Access fans also will receive a live Twitter feed from the event and can join behind-the scenes staff in tweeting about "Strikeforce" and "SHOWTIME Sports" during the evening.
Through a Facebook® Connect application, fans will be able to make predictions, comment on the live fights, discuss outcomes and even talk a little smack directly on the All Access page.
Other features include professional and amateur photography from the spectacle in the arena. Images of the fights, fan interaction and backstage will be uploaded during the live event via Flickr, the popular image and video hosting website and online community.
The Aug. 15 fight card features three world championship fights and a fourth fight TBA. Two of the most talented female fighters in the world, the beautiful and undefeated Gina Carano and Brazilian powerhouse Cris Cyborg will battle for the first-ever STRIKEFORCE Women's Championship. Renato "Babalu" Sobral and Gegard Mousasi will fight for the STRIKEFORCE Light Heavyweight Championship in a showdown fans have been salivating for. Japanese wrestling expert Mitsuhiro Ishida will face San Francisco's Gilbert Melendez in a rematch of their Dec. 31, 2007 fight for the STRIKEFORCE Interim Lightweight Title.
*Telecast airs live in the U.S. at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME (delayed on the West Coast); STRIKEFORCE: All Access will be webcast live in available countries at 10:30 p.m. ET/7:30 p.m. PT.
Facebook® is a registered trademark of Facebook Inc.
CageCam® is a registered trademark of Showtime Networks Inc.
ABOUT STRIKEFORCE
Strikeforce is a world-class mixed martial arts cage fight promotion which, on Friday, March 10, 2006, made history with its "Shamrock vs. Gracie" event, the first sanctioned mixed martial arts fight card in California state history. The star-studded extravaganza, which pitted legendary champion Frank Shamrock against Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Cesar Gracie at San Jose's HP Pavilion, played host to a sold-out, record crowd of 18,265. Since 1995, Strikeforce has been the exclusive provider of martial arts programming for ESPN and, after 12 years of success as a leading, world championship kickboxing promotion, the company unveiled its mixed martial arts series with "Shamrock vs. Gracie." In May 2008, West Coast Productions, the parent company of Strikeforce, partnered with Silicon Valley Sports & Entertainment (SVS&E), an entity created in 2000 to oversee all business operation aspects of the San Jose Sharks and HP Pavilion at San Jose.
ABOUT SHOWTIME NETWORKS INC.
Showtime Networks Inc. (SNI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CBS Corporation, owns and operates the premium television networks SHOWTIME®, THE MOVIE CHANNEL® and FLIX®, as well as the multiplex channels SHOWTIME 2™, SHOWTIME® SHOWCASE, SHOWTIME EXTREME®, SHOWTIME BEYOND®, SHOWTIME NEXT®, SHOWTIME WOMEN®, SHOWTIME FAMILY ZONE® and THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ XTRA. SNI also offers SHOWTIME HD®, THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ HD, SHOWTIME ON DEMAND® and THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ ON DEMAND. SNI also manages Smithsonian Networks, a joint venture between SNI and the Smithsonian Institution. All SNI feeds provide enhanced sound using Dolby Digital 5.1. SNI markets and distributes sports and entertainment events for exhibition to subscribers on a pay-per-view basis through SHOWTIME PPV®.
ABOUT BITGRAVITY
BitGravity has built the first global content delivery network optimized to deliver affordable video on demand, live broadcasts in standard and high-definition, software applications, Web assets, and interactive applications. BitGravity is based in Burlingame, CA and is privately held, with strategic investment from Allen & Company, Tata Communications and private investors. www.BitGravity.com
Showtime Networks Inc.
Annie Van Tornhout
(212) 708-1663
Annie.VanTornhout@Showtime.net
Brener Zwikel & Associates, Inc.
Steve Pratt
(818) 462-5602
SteveP@BZAPR.com
John Beyrooty
(562) 233-7477
Johnnybey@aol.com
Strikeforce
Mike Afromowitz
(917) 566-8754
mafromowitz@strikeforce.com
BitGravity Contact:
Mari Mineta Clapp
mari@bitgravity.com
(408) 398-6433
July 22, 2009
eBaum Nation Snags Exclusive Video of LeBron James Getting Dunked on by Jordan Crawford, Scoops TMZ and Streams on BitGravity
eBaum Nation Selects BitGravity as CDN, Gets Video Up in Less than an Hour
ROCHESTER, NY AND BURLINGAME, CA—July 22, 2009
Anticipating a traffic spike, eBaum Nation, the site for all entertainment needs, selected BitGravity, Inc., a global leader in online delivery, as its content delivery provider and then posted exclusive video of LeBron James getting dunked on (seen here) by Xavier star Jordan Crawford. eBaum Nation's traffic immediately spiked after hitting the front page of Yahoo Sports, and Sports Illustrated, ESPN and Digg.com.
"Our exclusive video of LeBron 'getting dunked' is 100 times better than the cell phone video posted on TMZ and we knew we needed a more robust network to handle the traffic spike. We got the video at 3:00 PM today and quickly decided to partner with BitGravity. They got us up in less than an hour, and I know for a fact that no other CDN provider could have done that. BitGravity's support team and network are absolutely incredible," said
Eric Bauman, CEO of eBaum Nation. "It's all about timing in our business and we aim to be the site that gets the video scoop. We realized we needed a partner like BitGravity with a phenomenal support team and network that could flawlessly handle huge traffic spikes. We would have missed this opportunity without BitGravity.
"One video can hit millions of viewers on the Internet in a matter of hours and companies without CDNs are ill-prepared. BitGravity's network was architected to be fast, scalable and to provision quickly, which enables us to better support our customers' viral videos. Time can mean money to user-generated video companies. Our goal is to enable customers to quickly take advantage of great opportunities and we're here to completely handle their content delivery so they can stay one step ahead of their competition," said Perry Wu, co-founder and CEO of BitGravity.
ABOUT EBAUM NATION
Headquartered in Rochester, New York, eBaum Nation is one of the Internet's premier online entertainment sites, offering exclusive content including video, games, jokes, photos, and more. More information on eBaum Nation can be found at http://www.ebaumnation.com
ABOUT BITGRAVITY
BitGravity has built the first global video delivery network optimized to deliver affordable, video on demand, live broadcasts, and interactive applications in standard and high-definition. BitGravity is based in Burlingame, CA and is privately held, with strategic investment from Allen & Company, Tata Communications and private investors. http://www.bitgravity.com
BitGravity Contact:
Mari Mineta Clapp
mari@bitgravity.com
(408) 398-6433
eBaum Nation Contact:
Michael Parker
mikep@ebaumnation.com
(585) 503-5544
July 22, 2009
gdgt Selects BitGravity to Stream Community-Driven Gadget Site
User Experience and Fast Network are Key to BitGravity Selection
BURLINGAME, CA—July 22, 2009
BitGravity, Inc., a global leader in online video, is delivering content for the newly launched gdgt site, co-founded by Peter Rojas (founder of both Gizmodo and Engadget) and Ryan Block (former editor in chief of Engadget). "gdgt is a new kind of technology site -- a social gadget platform that enables users to connect with the community through their gadgets, and connect with their gadgets through the community. It's a place to engage with your devices and hang out with people who are as passionate about their gear as you are," Rojas and Block say about their new tech gadget site.
"Working with BitGravity was an easy choice for us to make. Their team and service are top-notch, and their network's speed, scalability and media-centric features have helped empower us to make gdgt as dynamic as we'd imagined. The day we launched gdgt, we were flooded with traffic and BitGravity's network didn't even blink," said Ryan Block, Co-Founder of gdgt.
"Companies today of all sizes are focused on developing highly differentiated and competitive businesses," said Chris Turner, VP of Worldwide Sales and Business Development at BitGravity. "BitGravity partners with exciting companies like gdgt to deliver unmatched global user and support experiences so guys like Ryan and Peter can focus their efforts on building out the best community for technology gadgets."
ABOUT BITGRAVITY
BitGravity has built the first global video delivery network optimized to deliver affordable, video on demand, live broadcasts, and interactive applications in standard and high-definition. BitGravity is based in Burlingame, CA and is privately held, with strategic investment from Allen & Company, Tata Communications and private investors. http://www.bitgravity.com
BitGravity Contact:
Mari Mineta Clapp
mari@bitgravity.com
(408) 398-6433
gdgt Contact
Ryan Block
Ryan@gdgt.com
June 23, 2009
BitGravity Appoints Ed Crump VP of Technology
BURLINGAME, CA—June 23, 2009
BitGravity, Inc., a global leader in online video, today announced the appointment of Ed Crump as the company's Vice President of Technology. Ed is responsible for leading the team that develops and commercializes technology at BitGravity as the company focuses on driving innovation in HD video on demand and live video. Ed joined BitGravity in March, 2007 as Director of Engineering.
"Ed Crump has been one of two cornerstones in the development of BitGravity's products from the company's beginning. Our content delivery network and live broadcast products would not be the world-class products that they are today without the technical innovations from, and leadership of Ed Crump and Perry Clarke, BitGravity's VP of Engineering," said Perry Wu, co-founder and CEO of BitGravity. "As we enter a new stage of growth, the company will rely even more on Ed's technical leadership in our continued pursuit to deliver the highest quality VOD and live broadcasting solutions at the best economics for our customers."
Ed has led technology teams that design and implement commercially robust systems with a focus on distributed systems, network acceleration, embedded systems, and thin clients. Prior to BitGravity, Ed was VP of Technology at Tadpole Computing, developing network acceleration and thin client products. He was the co-founder and CTO of SmartCalendar, and held management and engineering positions at Akamba, Pure Software, Wayfarer Communications, and Amdahl. Ed holds a BS in Computer Engineering from UC Santa Cruz.
"BitGravity's distributed origin-based, on-demand, and live video delivery network is highly differentiated in the industry. It has taken a lot of work and innovation to get here, and I am thrilled to work with a growing, extremely capable team to lead the company's technology decisions as we continue to extend our technology leadership in the market," said Ed Crump, VP of Technology at BitGravity.
ABOUT BITGRAVITY
BitGravity has built the first global video delivery network optimized to deliver affordable, video on demand, live broadcasts, and interactive applications in standard and high-definition. BitGravity is based in Burlingame, CA and is privately held, with strategic investment from Allen & Company, Tata Communications and private investors. http://www.bitgravity.com
BitGravity Contact:
Skip Rudolf
skip@bitgravity.com
(408) 398-6433
April 8, 2009
Showtime® to Offer MMA Fans Online Interactive Experience with "Strikeforce: All Access"
Mixed Martial Arts Event to Stream Simultaneously
With Live SHOWTIME Telecast of Strikeforce: "Shamrock vs. Diaz";
Saturday, April 11, From HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.
NEW YORK, NY—April 8, 2009
SHOWTIME will offer Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fans the opportunity to get immersed in the April 11, blockbuster premiere of Strikeforce on SHOWTIME with its new interactive online experience, Strikeforce: All Access, it was announced today by the network's Senior Vice President and General Manager, Sports and Event Programming, Ken Hershman. The digital initiative, an interactive live stream of Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz, on Saturday, April 11, further demonstrates the premium network's commitment to leading the television industry in online, mobile, and interactive content distribution.
Fans can purchase the live webcast simultaneously with the live SHOWTIME telecast beginning at 10 p.m. ET*. Online participants can control their own viewing experience through multiple camera angles with corresponding audio tracks as well as interact with fellow users, view user-generated photos and download select music tracks from the event.
"By and large, the core fight fans watching MMA on SHOWTIME are among the most technologically savvy of all viewers," said Hershman. "We are proud to offer this enhanced experience to an audience that will embrace the opportunity to control the content and interact with one another during the live show. Strikeforce: All Access puts you in the driver seat."
Strikeforce: All Access will cost $24.95 per user and is available for review and pre-order by visiting http://strikeforce.sho.com.
With Strikeforce: All Access, fans can be the producer. Users can toggle between five live cameras surrounding the cage with full pause and rewind capabilities. Audio tracks will include the SHOWTIME telecast fight call by Gus Johnson, Mauro Ranallo and Pat Miletich, and the corresponding audio to the selected camera. SHOWTIME is working with BitGravity, Inc. and Episodic, Inc. to enable this unique multi-camera experience.
Fans will be able to make predictions, comment on live fights, discuss outcomes and even talk a little smack with All Access through a live Facebook® Connect application.
Other Strikeforce: All Access features will include professional photography from the action in the cage, as well as behind-the-scenes, backstage and fan photos. Images will be uploaded during the live event via Flickr, the popular image and video hosting website and online community.
If users want to own the ring-walk music of their favorite fighter, they can purchase select songs via iTunes directly from links on the site.
"SHOWTIME has led the industry in multi-platform initiatives for years," said Robert Hayes, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Digital Media for SHOWTIME. "We were the first premium network to offer content on iTunes. We were the first to offer Emmy® voters online screenings of SHOWTIME nominees. We partner with over 100 sites when sampling episodes of our original series and SHOWTIME Sports content. And we are the only premium network offering the explosive sport of mixed martial arts."
"Sports will be one of the big winners with the availability of high quality, scalable and affordable live streaming," said Chris Turner, VP of Worldwide Sales and Business Development at BitGravity. "SHOWTIME understands that sport fans demand a seamless viewing experience with a quality stream, quick start and no download. We are delighted to work with them to deliver Strikeforce: All Access."
The April 11 fight card features MMA pioneer Frank Shamrock taking on his newest rival, superstar Nick Diaz in the main event. Gilbert Melendez gets his second shot at the Strikeforce lightweight title when he faces Josh Thomson in a championship rematch. Female MMA phenom Cris "Cyborg" of Brazil will take on Japan's Hitomi Akano, middleweight contender Scott Smith will face Benji Radach and heavyweights Brett Rogers and "Abongo" Humphrey will square off to round out the show.
*Telecast airs live at 10 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME (delayed on the West Coast); Strikeforce: All Access will be webcast live at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.
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ABOUT STRIKEFORCE
Strikeforce is a world-class mixed martial arts cage fight promotion which, on Friday, March 10, 2006, made history with its "Shamrock vs. Gracie" event, the first sanctioned mixed martial arts fight card in California state history. The star-studded extravaganza, which pitted legendary champion Frank Shamrock against Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Cesar Gracie at San Jose's HP Pavilion, played host to a sold-out, record crowd of 18,265. Since 1995, Strikeforce has been the exclusive provider of martial arts programming for ESPN and, after 12 years of success as a leading, world championship kickboxing promotion, the company unveiled its mixed martial arts series with "Shamrock vs. Gracie." In May 2008, West Coast Productions, the parent company of Strikeforce, partnered with Silicon Valley Sports & Entertainment (SVS&E), an entity created in 2000 to oversee all business operation aspects of the San Jose Sharks and HP Pavilion at San Jose.
ABOUT SHOWTIME NETWORKS, INC.
Showtime Networks Inc. (SNI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CBS Corporation, owns and operates the premium television networks SHOWTIME®, THE MOVIE CHANNEL® and FLIX®, as well as the multiplex channels SHOWTIME 2™, SHOWTIME® SHOWCASE, SHOWTIME EXTREME®, SHOWTIME BEYOND®, SHOWTIME NEXT®, SHOWTIME WOMEN®, SHOWTIME FAMILY ZONE® and THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ XTRA. SNI also offers SHOWTIME HD®, THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ HD, SHOWTIME ON DEMAND® and THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ ON DEMAND. SNI also manages Smithsonian Networks, a joint venture between SNI and the Smithsonian Institution. All SNI feeds provide enhanced sound using Dolby Digital 5.1. SNI markets and distributes sports and entertainment events for exhibition to subscribers on a pay-per-view basis through SHOWTIME PPV®.
ABOUT BITGRAVITY
BitGravity has built the first global video delivery network optimized to deliver affordable, video on demand, live broadcasts, and interactive applications in standard and high-definition. BitGravity is based in Burlingame, CA and is privately held, with strategic investment from Allen & Company, Tata Communications and private investors. http://www.bitgravity.com
BitGravity Contact:
Skip Rudolf
skip@bitgravity.com
(408) 398-6433
Showtime Networks Contact:
Chris DeBlasio
(212) 708-1633
Chris.DeBlasio@Showtime.net
Annie Van Tornhout
(212) 708-1663
Anne.VanTornhout@Showtime.net
Brener Zwikel & Associates, Inc.
Steve Pratt
(818) 462-5602
SteveP@BZAPR.com
John Beyrooty
(562) 233-7477
Johnnybey@aol.com
Strikeforce Contact:
Mike Afromowitz
(917) 566-8754
mafromowitz@strikeforce.com
March 31, 2009
BitGravity Selected by David Lynch Foundation to Broadcast Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr Live via Webcast and Press Event
BURLINGAME, CA AND NEW YORK CITY—March 31, 2009
BitGravity, Inc., the innovative next- generation Content Delivery Network (CDN) and the David Lynch Foundation today announced the selection of BitGravity's BG LiveTM highly-scalable flash-based video stream service for both live broadcasts. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will publicly endorse the David Lynch Foundation's initiative to teach one million at-risk youth to meditate during a news conference at Radio City Music Hall on Friday, April 3, 12 noon (EDT). They will be joined by David Lynch, Russell Simmons, and a panel of leading doctors and educators. BitGravity will broadcast the news conference live on DavidLynchFoundation.org.
Funds for the meditation initiative will be raised during the "Change Begins Within" benefit concert on Saturday, April 4, 7:30 p.m. (EDT) at Radio City. Headliner Paul McCartney will be joined by special guests by Ringo Starr, Sheryl Crow, Donovan, Eddie Vedder, Ben Harper, Moby, Paul Horn, Bettye LaVette, Mike Love, and Jim James. BitGravity will also broadcast live the David Lynch Foundation Television exclusive 45-minute pre-concert webcast of the "Change Begins Within" benefit concert, beginning at 6:30 p.m. (EDT) on DLF.TV.
"The David Lynch Foundation required the highest quality live content delivery service to meet the production standards David Lynch consistently delivers through all his productions. BitGravity delivers a truly exceptional, thrilling user experience online with a quick start, full screen and no download," said Heather Hartnett, Director of Communications for the David Lynch Foundation. " BitGravity is an amazing partner with a truly top notch support team which is critical when working with folks that are used to the highest quality production in every aspect of their work."
"BitGravity is excited to work with David Lynch, 3-time Academy Award nominee, writer producer and creative genius in imagery and sound design to deliver the live broadcasts for David Lynch Foundation Television," said Perry Wu, co-founder and CEO of BitGravity. "Every live broadcast we deliver is a priority but it's a special thrill to broadcast David Lynch, Paul McCartney , Ringo Starr , Russell Simmons over our content delivery network."
The pre-concert webcast will include a series of live interviews with David Lynch, concert performers and surprise guests—as well as video reports of the successes of David Lynch Foundation Transcendental Meditation-based school projects in the U.S. and around the world. The webcast will not include concert performances due to complications over music publishing rights.
ABOUT THE DAVID LYNCH FOUNDATION
The David Lynch Foundation has provided scholarships since 2005 for more than 60,000 students, parents, and teachers to learn to meditate throughout the United States, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa. The Foundation also funds independent university research on the effects of the Transcendental Meditation technique on stress, learning, and behavior. For more information visit www.DavidLynchFoundation.org
ABOUT BITGRAVITY
BitGravity has built the first content delivery network optimized to deliver affordable video on demand, software applications, Web assets, interactive applications, and live broadcasts in standard and high-definition. BitGravity is based in Burlingame, CA and is privately held, with strategic investment from Allen & Company, Tata Communications and private investors. www.BitGravity.com.
BitGravity Contact:
Skip Rudolf
(650)356-8571
skip@bitgravity.com
David Lynch Foundation Contact:
Steve Yellin
syellin@mum.edu
(641) 455-9999
(641) 470-1344
March 16, 2009
BitGravity Appoints Perry Clarke VP of Engineering
BURLINGAME, CA—March 16, 2009
BitGravity, Inc., the innovative next-generation Content Delivery Network (CDN) provider today announced the appointment of Perry Clarke as the company's first VP of Engineering. Perry is responsible for leading the team that designs, develops, and optimizes the core BitGravity platform and products.
Perry has over 25 years of engineering and management experience and joined BitGravity in 2007 as one of the company's first employees. Prior to BitGravity he founded and sold Konfabulator—the desktop widgets application that spawned the widgets craze—to Yahoo!. Prior to this, Perry managed software engineering teams at Sun Microsystems, SmartCalendar and Unify. Early in his career, Perry programmed and managed teams at Motorola and Oracle in the UK.
"Perry Clarke is a seasoned engineering manager who builds great teams and great products," said Perry Wu, co-founder and CEO of BitGravity. "He brings intellectual creativity and innovative approaches to BitGravity's engineering efforts as we continue to deliver breakthrough performance and redefine total cost of ownership in content delivery."
"BitGravity is building the content delivery network for the future and when you aren't beholden to legacy systems you have the opportunity to build truly innovative products," said Perry Clarke, VP of Engineering at BitGravity. " It's challenging and exciting to lead a team that has engineered one of the industry's fastest networks, and constantly innovates to deliver the best economics."
ABOUT BITGRAVITY
BitGravity has built the first content delivery network optimized to deliver affordable video delivery, software applications, Web assets, interactive applications, and live streaming in standard and high-definition. BitGravity is based in Burlingame, CA and is privately held, with strategic investment from Allen & Company, Tata Communications and private investors.
www.BitGravity.com
BitGravity Contact:
Skip Rudolf
(650)356-8571
skip@bitgravity.com
March 2, 2009
BitGravity Announces 1080p HD Live Streaming
Affordable, Scalable, HD Streaming With No Client Required
DEMO 2009—PALM SPRINGS—March 2, 2009
BitGravity, Inc., the innovative next- generation Content Delivery Network (CDN) provider today announced the availability of BG Live HD, the first affordable, true HD, online streaming service for live events in 1080p or 720p resolution. BG Live HD is a Flash-based, highly scalable, streaming service built on BitGravity's 's Distributed Origin-based network which minimizes latency to create a superior viewing experience and low total cost of ownership.
"The notion of HD live broadcasting over the Internet is not earth shattering. Doing it in a way that enables wide adoption is." said Perry Wu, co-founder and CEO of BitGravity. "Technology is not meaningful if we only deliver four out of five requirements that customers demand. TV-quality 720p and 1080p HD with only a few seconds delay off live, no client download, simple set-up, scalability, and affordability are the table stakes for being a player in this space."
"BitGravity is a game changer in online video. The online live broadcast market has taken off and will ultimately deliver affordable, innovative HD services and BitGravity is a key company to watch. DEMO wanted to offer our global community the highest quality online viewing experience. While we may not have the budget of a major network, our ambitions are just as great. BitGravity let's us deliver our entire DEMO 2009 show online in the highest quality," said Chris Shipley, executive producer of DEMO 2009. To view the DEMO 2009 conference live online March 2-3,go to http://www.demo.com/live
BitGravity has low hardware start-up costs and to stream live with your HD camera and Internet connection, BitGravity requires only an Apple Mac Pro loaded with BitGravity transcoding software, a PCI expansion card, and an HDMI or HDSDI source connected to BitGravity's network. BG Live HD will be generally available in April. BitGravity is initially offering HD H.264 live streaming software in 1080p or 720p at no price premium over SD H.264 delivery.
ABOUT BITGRAVITY
BitGravity has built the first content delivery network optimized to deliver affordable video on demand, software applications, interactive applications, and live broadcasts in standard and high-definition to massive audiences on the Internet. BitGravity is based in Burlingame, CA and is privately held, with strategic investment from Allen & Company, Tata Communications and private investors. www.BitGravity.com
BitGravity Contact:
Skip Rudolf
(650)356-8571
skip@bitgravity.com
November 21, 2008
TV's Interactive Future Arrives Today, Combining Social Media with Personal Control
Revolutionary Multi-Camera Interface Delivers Five Concurrent Video Streams to Diggnation Viewers, Putting Them in Charge for the First Time Ever
SAN FRANCISCO, CA—November 21, 2008
Forget holograms, the next real video breakthrough is here from Internet video pioneers Revision3 and BitGravity. On November 21st at 6 p.m. EST, Revision3 will unveil a one of a kind episode of its hit show, providing a unique, interactive way for viewers to watch hosts Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht discuss the week's top stories from Digg.com.
Using breakthrough technology from Internet video network BitGravity, fans will get to choose from five simultaneous and separate video streams, putting them in control of what they watch. Episode #177—"Your Diggnation Remix"—will be available at http://www.revision3.com/remix.
"Diggnation was the first successful social video program featuring some of the top content voted on by the Digg community," said Jim Louderback, CEO, Revision3. "Now we're taking that to the next logical level, letting viewers control camera angles and other elements of the viewing experience. It's a brand new and revolutionary way to give our viewers even more control, and more ownership, of the programs they love."
"Internet users have these amazing computers and high speed Internet connections; there's no reason we have to replicate what we see on TV over the Internet—we have the opportunity to change the experience, play with new ideas, and allow available technology to take us to the next step. We're here to enable innovation and change the way people get their entertainment—it's pretty amazing what can be done by simply having fun with our API," said Barrett Lyon, CTO and co-founder of BitGravity.
The full-on experience of "Your Diggnation Remix" will be available online at http://www.revision3.com/remix. The director's cut of the show will be available for viewers to view and download through the show's web site at www.diggnation.com, and Revision3's 40 distribution partners. For more information on BitGravity's network and APIs, go to www.bitgravity.com/interactive.
An irreverent weekly tech/web culture show hosted by tech geeks/pop culture gurus Alex Albrecht and Kevin Rose, Diggnation was launched in 2005. Based on some of the top news stories from social news site Digg, Diggnation has more than 175 episodes available online, garners over 200,000 viewers per episode and consistently ranks among the top programs available from Apple iTunes.
ABOUT REVISION3
Revision3 is the first media company that gets it. Born from the Internet, Revision3 is the home of Internet Television, creating and producing shows for a new audience: passionate, committed fans who want to watch shows about technology, modern culture and music that entertain, educate and help to expand their life experiences.
The company was founded in 2005 by technology visionaries Kevin Rose, Jay Adelson and David Prager because they couldn't find anything they wanted to watch on traditional television. The company is now led by Internet TV pioneer Jim Louderback. With more than 60 million views to date (and six million per month), Revision3's programs can be found everywhere from Revision3 to a wide range of platforms, including iTunes, YouTube, Joost, Hulu, Viddler, Blip.TV and TIVO. Shows can be watched on any device, from a cell phone to an Apple iPod to a computer or a TV.
ABOUT BITGRAVITY
BitGravity has built the first content delivery network optimized to deliver affordable video delivery, software applications, Web assets, interactive applications, and live streaming in standard and high-definition. BitGravity is based in Burlingame, CA and is privately held, with strategic investment from Allen & Company, Tata Communications and private investors.
www.BitGravity.com
Media Contacts:
Revision3 Contact:
Sarah Hawes
(646)695-7050
sarah@rosengrouppr.com
BitGravity Contact:
Skip Rudolf
(650)356-8571
skip@bitgravity.com
October 28, 2008
STRIKE.TV Launches Largest Web Network of Original Hollywood Shows
BitGravity and Episodic to Provide Infrastructure to Power and Deliver Streaming Video; Content Network Debuts with Joost, & YouTube Distribution Deals and 10 Original Series Written by and Starring Top Hollywood Talent
DIGITAL HOLLYWOOD—LOS ANGELES, CA
Today, Strike.TV officially launched its much-anticipated online network, featuring original HD Web videos from well-known Hollywood creators. The portal represents the first formal effort to bring the writers of some of Hollywood's most successful and popular franchises to the world of online video. The company will operate a programmed format and currently has over forty original Web series and shorts, which encompass a wide variety of genres that will roll out daily on www.Strike.TV.
The talent behind the first shows to premiere on Strike.TV comes from films, TV shows and internet series such as "The Office", "Saturday Night Live", "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart", "The Wire", "LonelyGirl15", "Die Hard", "Licence to Kill", "General Hospital", "Days of Our Lives", "Child's Play", "Californication", "Medium", "Cold Case", "How I Met Your Mother", "Mad TV" , "Malcolm in the Middle", "10 Items or Less" and "The Bob Newhart Show", just to name a few.
"We recognized a real opportunity to provide high-quality, original content to online audiences seeking entertainment," said Peter Hyoguchi, Strike.TV CEO. "We're essentially building a real network in a virtual world. It's unprecedented and innovative companies like BitGravity and Episodic who are helping Strike.TV achieve its goals. Not only is Strike.TV a statement about the independence that the Web medium brings to the creators, but it's also a direct response to the maturing tastes of the online audience who consistently seek high-quality entertainment on the Internet. We now have one community built around the theme of independence; one where tremendous storytellers can entertain and where a global audience can watch content that rivals that on TV and in theaters, anytime and anywhere, for free."
Strike.TV's Web series will stream in HD with the help of BitGravity Inc., a next-generation Content Delivery Network (CDN) and Episodic which provides the video player that is the user interface for Strike.TV. Together, they provide the Strike.TV online audience with a consistent, high-quality entertainment experience that can be viewed across a range of operating systems, browsers and bandwidths. BitGravity and Episodic were selected for their quality, scalability and ability to support a quickly growing audience and withstand the consistent flow of original content, on top of existing episodes, that Strike.TV has planned.
"The online entertainment industry has changed dramatically over the past year and content companies like Strike.TV can affordably stream in HD to audiences around the world that demand a quickstart, high-quality user experience," said Perry Wu, co-founder and CEO of BitGravity. "With BitGravity delivering a highly reliable HD stream, Strike.TV can focus its effort on providing cutting-edge, original online entertainment to this growing consumer base."
"With the Episodic video publishing platform and BitGravity's superior network, Strike.TV is able to deliver a Web experience worthy of their quality content. We're very excited to be working with Strike.TV in what we see as a growing trend of Hollywood talent turning to the Web where products like Episodic and BitGravity allow them to control all aspects of their content, including monetization," said Noam Lovinsky, CEO of Episodic.
Beyond Strike.TV's on-site audience, the content will be super-syndicated to huge built-in audiences on YouTube and Joost; and available for television viewing via the Tivo® video download service. These partnerships will provide users with a variety of ways to find Strike.TV content. Meanwhile, the popularity of each location as a go-to destination for unique video content instantly strengthens the position of Strike.TV in the marketplace.
The Strike.TV website allows full-screen views, comments, fan forums and a virtual community to be built around each show via the website, as well as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter that will consistently update friends and fans and help build a one-to-one relationship between creators and viewers.
In keeping with Strike.TV's roots as a charity whose purpose was to help individuals impacted by the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike, the first three months of ad revenue profits, with help from BitGravity and Episodic, will be donated to the Entertainment Assistance Program (EAP) of The Actors Fund. The Actors Fund is a national organization that assists everyone – and not just actors – who works in theatre, film, TV, music, dance, radio and opera in times of need, crisis or transition. The Fund provides essential programs including social services and emergency assistance, health services, employment and training and housing support.
The first 10 shows to air at launch are Global Warming starring Kristen Wiig and Aasif Mandvi, House Poor with Mindy Kaling, Tom Holland's 5 or Die, Joe and Kate, Life In General and Greenville General, Daryl From OnCar, Side Effects, The Challenge with Bob Newhart, Unknown Sender and With the Angels.
ABOUT STRIKE.TV
Strike.TV was formed in January 2008 in response to the need for Hollywood creators to exercise their independence. Borne from the collective desire of many of Hollywood's top writers, directors and actors to create, control and distribute their own stories, Strike.TV is the culmination of that effort and provides an outlet for total creative freedom and high-quality, professionally produced content. As the first programmed network with a huge cross-section of genres, Strike.TV breaks new ground by distributing the largest made-for-web original series by Hollywood professionals. Strike.TV is delivered globally by BitGravity's CDN.
For more information, visit http://www.strike.tv
ABOUT BITGRAVITY
BitGravity has built the first content delivery network optimized to deliver affordable video on demand, software applications, interactive applications, and live broadcasts in standard and high-definition to massive audiences on the Internet. BitGravity is based in Burlingame, CA and is privately held, with strategic investment from Allen & Company, Tata Communications and private investors. www.BitGravity.com
ABOUT EPISODIC
The Episodic video publishing platform provides producers with everything they need to distribute, manage, and monetize their video properties on the web. Episodic takes care of the technology and lets producers focus on what matters most--the content. Episodic is a privately held company in San Francisco, CA.
For more information, visit http://www.episodic.com.
October 22, 2008
BitGravity Streams SpaceX Live in HD-Quality
BitGravity Selected To Deliver Live, HD-Quality Video Streaming For SpaceX Flights Following Historic Falcon 1 Rocket Flight into Earth Orbit
BURLINGAME, CA—October 22, 2008
BitGravity, Inc., provider of next-generation Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) for interactive broadcasting, has been selected by SpaceX to provide live streaming video for flights of the Falcon 1 and the Falcon 9 launch vehicles, as well as from each of SpaceX's initial demonstration flights, for the NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program, which will demonstrate private-sector capability to deliver cargo resupply, and eventually crew, to and from the International Space Station.
BitGravity achieved a major Internet milestone when the company provided affordable, live, HD-quality video streaming of the SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket on its historic flight into Earth's orbit. Falcon 1 lifted off at 23:15 (UTC) on September 28th from SpaceX's launch site on Omelek Island at the U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA) in the Central Pacific, and achieved an elliptical orbit of 621km by 643km. Falcon 1, designed and built from the ground up by SpaceX in Hawthorne, California, is the first new orbital rocket of the 21st Century and the first privately developed liquid-fuel rocket to orbit the Earth. Archived video of the flight is available at: http://spacex.com/multimedia/videos.php?id=30.
"September 28 was a milestone day for SpaceX, and the quality streaming by BitGravity allowed us to share this historic video in real time with the entire world," said Branden Spikes, SpaceX Chief Information Officer. "We selected BitGravity as our CDN provider because of the company's reputation for extremely fast downloads, high quality streaming of live video and additionally their range of advanced features available for our webcast. We are very pleased with their performance."
"The successful flight to Earth's orbit of SpaceX's Falcon 1 represents a very promising breakthrough for space research and innovation, and BitGravity was pleased to have been selected to provide the video delivery capability that augmented SpaceX's performance," said Barrett Lyon, co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of BitGravity. "Just as Falcon 1 was designed from the ground up for a new era of spaceflight, our unique, 'Distributed Origin'- based content delivery platform and carrier-grade, global CDN was designed from the ground up to enable an entirely new wave of rich, interactive video experiences."
ABOUT SPACEX
SpaceX (www.spacex.com) is developing a family of launch vehicles intended to substantially increase the reliability and reduce the cost of both manned and unmanned space transportation, ultimately by a factor of 10. As a winner of the NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services competition (COTS), SpaceX will conduct three flights of its Falcon 9 launch vehicle and Dragon spacecraft for NASA, culminating in Dragon berthing with the International Space Station (ISS). The first Falcon 9 will be delivered to its launch site at Cape Canaveral, Florida at the end of 2008, for its maiden flight in 2009.
ABOUT BITGRAVITY
BitGravity, Inc., built the first content delivery network (CDN) optimized to instantaneously deliver HD-quality video on demand, live and via interactive applications to massive audiences on the Internet. The company is based in Burlingame, CA and is privately held, with strategic investment from Allen & Company, Tata Communications and private investors.
For more information, please see www.BitGravity.com
October 15, 2008
Arizona State University Relies on BitGravity HD Video Delivery For Complex, Collaborative Decision-making and Visualization Projects
BitGravity Delivers Unmatched Video Experience for More Realistic Scenario Modeling at Arizona State's Decision Theater
BURLINGAME, CA—October 15, 2008
BitGravity, Inc., provider of next-generation Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) for interactive broadcasting, today announced that Arizona State University (ASU) is relying on BitGravity's high-definition video delivery capability for the complex, collaborative decision-making and visualization projects enabled by Arizona State's Decision Theater.
"Decision Theater creates dynamic environments that allow participants to engage in 'what if?' analysis of multiple scenarios, and BitGravity allows us to extend our reach," said Angelo Fernando, Communications and Outreach Manager with Decision Theater. "We were impressed with BitGravity's ability to stream complex data and visualization from seven screens and give audiences a high-quality experience in HD with no lag time. Also, it's a simple-to-use, portable solution that can be easily extended beyond our facility into classrooms and doesn't require much hardware or complicated platform integration to set up. The quality of the customer-support team made BitGravity the perfect choice."
Part of ASU's Global Institute of Sustainability, Decision Theater provides world-class capabilities—including cutting-edge visualization, modeling and simulation, and decision-support tools for collaborative decision making. Detailed representations of the consequences of behavior, decisions and policy are created so that science and community leaders can make more informed decisions. Projects enabled at ASU by Decision Theater have included mapping a response to a potential pandemic flu outbreak, anticipating water-management issues and helping cities plan for smart growth.
Decision Theater includes an interactive, immersive environment—"the drum"—featuring a 260-degree faceted display with seven screens that can show panoramic computer graphics or video content. Designed from the ground up to enable rich, interactive user experiences featuring the quickest downloads of highest-quality video, BitGravity's unique, "Distributed Origin"-based content delivery platform and carrier-grade, global CDN enables Arizona State to present and view content at unparalleled speed and quality.
"The HD video provided by our solution makes the scenario simulations modeled through Arizona State even more realistic, and this helps decision-makers explore all aspects of a challenge and better understand the impact of their choices," said Mari Mineta Clapp, VP of Marketing at BitGravity. "Arizona State is at the vanguard of an entirely new and highly promising field in sustainability, and we are proud that BitGravity was selected to be part of the important work that is taking place through Decision Theater and benefiting a wide range of public-sector and commercial clients."
Arizona State's capabilities can also be extended beyond Tempe, Arizona. In fact, the first project supported by the BitGravity solution was the live feed of a lecture on energy independence from ASU's Global Institute of Sustainability, by Jay Hakes, Director of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta, Georgia.
ABOUT BITGRAVITY
BitGravity, Inc., built the first content delivery network (CDN) optimized to instantaneously deliver HD-quality video on demand, live and via interactive applications to massive audiences on the Internet. The company is based in Burlingame, CA and is privately held, with strategic investment from Allen & Company, Tata Communications and private investors.
For more information, please see www.BitGravity.com
October 7, 2008
BitGravity Announces New Advanced Progressive™ API For Interactive Video Application Development
BitGravity's Advanced Progressive API For H.264- and FLV-encoded Video Now Supports Progressive Downloads, Auto Bitrate Adjustment and Virtual Clips
BURLINGAME, CA—October 7, 2008
BitGravity, Inc., a leading provider of next-generation Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) for interactive broadcasting, today announced the new release of its patent-pending Advanced Progressive™ application programming interface (API), which provides extensive control over progressive downloads within Flash. This new API enables developers to inject advertising, automatically adjust bitrates, add virtual clips and other additional advanced features into their H.264- and FLV-encoded video, unlocking the ability to create affordable and scalable interactive HD video applications for the first time.
BitGravity's CDN was engineered to enable a new wave of HD, live and interactive content on the Internet. This update of the Advanced Progressive™ API for BitGravity's Distributed Origin-based content delivery platform is additional testament to the company's commitment to innovation and leadership in Internet video. With the Advanced Progressive™ API, BitGravity customers can add a variety of advanced features to FLV- and H.264-encoded video, including:
• enabling auto bitrate adjustment between series of encoded videos,
• seeking to any portion of video by time code without having to download an entire file,
• showing select scenes from a larger video,
• creating start and stop points,
• allowing time-range requests,
• synchronizing videos from time codes and
• delivering bandwidth control.
BitGravity offers a library of source code that makes it easy for customers to use the Advanced Progressive™ API and introduce feature-rich interactive video applications. H.264 streaming with Advanced Progressive™ is a new option with BitGravity's content delivery service.
"With the move toward high-definition video and the demand for advanced feature sets, successful content delivery networks must have rich APIs capable of supporting customers with cutting-edge interactive video applications," said Dan Golding, Vice President and Research Director with Tier1 Research. "In a market prone to commoditization, innovation and the embrace of new technologies are the true differentiators between providers."
"From inception, our service was intended for interactive, fast-loading, HD content delivery across the mainstream Internet, and this new release of our Advanced Progressive™ API with H.264 support is another milestone in keeping with this original vision," said Barrett Lyon, Chief Technical Officer (CTO) and co-founder of BitGravity. "We will continue to enhance the API as necessary to expand our customers' capabilities and options for affordably creating compelling interactive video applications for large-scale audiences."
ABOUT BITGRAVITY
BitGravity, Inc., built the first content delivery network (CDN) optimized to instantaneously deliver HD-quality video on demand, live and via interactive applications to massive audiences on the Internet. The company is based in Burlingame, CA and is privately held, with strategic investment from Allen & Company, Tata Communications and private investors. For more information, please see www.BitGravity.com
September 8, 2008
Tata Communications Launches Global Content Delivery Network Service Powered By BitGravity
Member of the $62.5 Billion Tata Group Invests $11.5 Million in Award-Winning CDN Company
MUMBAI, INDIA AND BURLINGAME, CA—September 8, 2008
Tata Communications, a leading provider of a new world of communications, and BitGravity, Inc., a next-generation Content Delivery Network (CDN) for interactive broadcasting, announced today the worldwide launch of Tata Communications' CDN service powered by BitGravity. With more than 300 points of presence worldwide, Tata Communications now offers the first truly global CDN service on a state of the art, single ASN global IP network throughout Europe, Asia, North America and India.
Tata Communications, which announced a strategic partnership with BitGravity in March, 2008, has also invested $11.5 million in convertible debt in BitGravity, validating the company's content delivery platform as a key benefit in Tata Communications' value-added services offering. In turn, BitGravity has named Tata Communications' Chief Technology Officer, John Hayduk to its Board of Directors. Tata Communications' financial backing of BitGravity confirms Tata Communications' commitment to develop and offer innovative technology solutions to its global customers.
"The launch of Tata Communications' CDN service is a major milestone in our strategic roadmap to offer unparalleled managed services globally. We chose to work with BitGravity because it has the best architecture and technology to deliver high quality content and video," said Vinod Kumar, Chief Operating Officer, Tata Communications. "Together, Tata Communications and BitGravity's capabilities are a formidable force to deliver high quality content and video."
Tata Communications' next-generation CDN service, powered by BitGravity's technology, delivers the highest performance and reliability in the industry while providing immediate access to content, including High-Definition Video, without delay or jitter, and the highest levels of throughput for end users. Fast forwarding, cache clearing, resolution switching and rate throttling are just a few of the features that enable customers to build a robust and engaging application into a Flash Player.
"Video will soon become over 80% of the traffic on the Internet and content delivery will become strategic for every carrier. Carriers without a CDN strategy will inevitably become insignificant and will lose the economy of scale required to be competitive. This is a strategic endeavor for both Tata Communications and BitGravity and sends a bold message to the global CDN market," said Berge Avayzian, Chief Strategy Officer of Yankee Group.
"Global reach will be table stakes for content delivery and we are excited to receive funding and support from a strong strategic investor like Tata Communications that will enable us to effectively integrate our CDN architecture with their worldwide backbone and provide an unmatched user experience. Tata Communications' extensive relationships within and outside of the communications industry will accelerate the deployment and penetration of our innovative platform," said Perry Wu, CEO and co-founder of BitGravity.
Tata Communications' Tier 1 IP presence worldwide combined with BitGravity's leading technology provides an offering that is unmatched in user experience, performance, quality and reach around the world. Tata Communications is uniquely positioned to offer quality global delivery and support, which enables companies to outsource distribution of Video, Downloads, Music, Games and Multimedia without degradation from Paris to Hong Kong, Bangalore and the Silicon Valley.
"Two essential ingredients of a superior CDN service include a strong IP network providing higher performance, and an efficient, scalable file distribution technology," said Genius Wong, Tata Communications' Senior Vice President of Global IP and VPN Services. "The design of Tata Communications' CDN service has taken into account these key factors to come up with the industry's highest performance and reliable IPv4 and IPv6 CDN service."
Tata Communications' suite of offerings include Tata Communications CDN, a next-generation CDN designed for a wide range of applications providing the highest performance and reliability on a global scale; Tata Communications CDN Plus and CDN Secure, add value designed for the distribution and protection of media assets; and Tata Communications LiveBroadcast, a high quality, flash-based streaming service for broadcasters of live events.
For more information on Tata Communications CDN Service powered by BitGravity visit www.tatacommunications.com
ABOUT TATA COMMUNICATIONS
Tata Communications, a member of the $62.5 billion Tata Group, is a leading global provider of a new world of communications. The emerging markets communications leader leverages its advanced solutions capabilities and domain expertise across its global and pan-India network to deliver managed solutions to multi-national and Indian enterprises, service providers and Indian consumers.
Tata Communications' range of services include transmission, IP, converged voice, mobility, managed network connectivity, hosting and storage, managed security, managed collaboration and business transformation for global enterprises and service providers, as well as Internet, retail broadband and content services for Indian consumers. The Tata Global Network encompasses one of the most advanced and largest submarine cable networks, a Tier-1 IP network, with connectivity to more than 200 countries across 300 PoPs, and more than 1 million square feet of data center and co-location facilities.
Tata Communications' unique emerging market depth and breadth of reach includes a national fiber backbone network and access to network in over 60 cities and 125 PoPs in India, strategic investments in South African converged services operator, Neotel, Sri Lanka and Nepal and, subject to fulfillment of conditions precedent, a 50% ownership in China Enterprise Communications (CEC) providing full country VPN coverage in China.
Servicing customers from its offices in over 80 cities in 40 countries, Tata Communications is the number one global international wholesale voice operator and number one provider of international long distance, enterprise data and Internet services in India, the Company was named "Best Wholesale Carrier" at the World Communications Awards in 2006, "Best Pan-Asian Wholesale Provider" at the 2006 and 2007 Capacity Magazine Global Wholesale Telecommunications Awards and was awarded "Best Progress in Emerging Markets" at the 2008 Mobile Communication Awards.
Tata Communications Limited along with its global subsidiaries, (Tata Communications), is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India and its ADRs are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. (NYSE: TCL)
www.tatacommunications.com
ABOUT BITGRAVITY
BitGravity has built the first CDN for Interactive Broadcasting, which is optimized to deliver affordable, HD-quality video on demand, live broadcasts, and interactive applications for massive audiences on the Internet. BitGravity's patent-pending CDN is Tier 1, highly scalable, and delivers the performance that consumers want and expect, including streaming videos that play instantly, and live video with no buffering.
BitGravity is an award-winning technology provider in the content delivery space. The company has won numerous awards including DemoGod, LightReading's Service Company of the Year, Digital Hollywood 100, RedHerring 100 and AlwaysOn Hollywood 100. Built on top of BitGravity's patent-pending routing architecture, BitCast, BitGravity's services include BitGravity's High-Definition Content Delivery Service, BG Secure and BG LiveBroadcast, the Internet's first affordable, high-quality, massively scalable live product. The company is based in Burlingame, Calif., and is privately funded by Allen and Company, Tata Communications and other investors.
www.BitGravity.com
Forward-looking and cautionary statements
Certain words and statements in this release concerning Tata Communications and its prospects, and other statements, including those relating to Tata Communications' expected financial position, business strategy, the future development of Tata Communications' operations, and the general economy in India, are forward-looking statements. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including financial, regulatory and environmental, as well as those relating to industry growth and trend projections, which may cause actual results, performance or achievements of Tata Communications, or industry results, to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The important factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from such forward-looking statements include, among others, failure to increase the volume of traffic on Tata Communications' network; failure to develop new products and services that meet customer demands and generate acceptable margins; failure to successfully complete commercial testing of new technology and information systems to support new products and services, including voice transmission services; failure to stabilize or reduce the rate of price compression on certain of the company's communications services; failure to integrate strategic acquisitions and changes in government policies or regulations of India and, in particular, changes relating to the administration of Tata Communications' industry; and, in general, the economic, business and credit conditions in India. Additional factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from such forward-looking statements, many of which are not in Tata Communications' control, include, but are not limited to, those risk factors discussed in Tata Communications' various filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. These filings are available at www.sec.gov. Tata Communications is under no obligation to, and expressly disclaims any obligation to, update or alter its forward-looking statements.
August 14, 2008
BitGravity Gets to the Punch Line with CollegeHumor.com
CollegeHumor.com Selects BitGravity's Content Delivery Network to Provide High-Definition Video Sharing and Object Delivery
BURLINGAME, CA—August 14, 2008
BitGravity, Inc., provider of next-generation Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) for interactive broadcasting, and CollegeHumor.com, the definitive source for irreverent student humor and co-ed pop culture, today announced a partnership wherein BitGravity will provide high-definition object and video delivery for the CollegeHumor website. BitGravity's high-definition, fast-loading content delivery provides an unprecedented high-quality experience for CollegeHumor fans. In addition, BitGravity's scalability and competitive pricing made it the first choice for CollegeHumor's growing need for a new delivery network capable of supporting their galleries of images and videos.
"CollegeHumor has a rapidly growing fan base and BitGravity's highly scalable platform is exactly what we needed to deliver the highest quality video and user experience," said Kunal Shah, VP of Technology at CollegeHumor. "CollegeHumor is thrilled to be using BitGravity's state-of-the-art technology to solidify our presence as a mainstay for collegiate entertainment on the Internet."
"Timing and delivery is everything in comedy, and we're pleased to provide CollegeHumor viewers an unmatched user experience, including a quick start with no delay or buffering and HD quality video," said Perry Wu, CEO of BitGravity. "BitGravity's delivery ensures that CollegeHumor users can view and share content at unparalleled speed and quality."
BitGravity's network is based on optimized routing methodology and network innovations and is over four times faster than other leading CDNs. It was purpose-built by seasoned technologists with extensive expertise in global technology infrastructures, systems engineering and application development, allowing maximum performance through a much smaller and more nimble network than typical CDNs.
To view CollegeHumor's HD multimedia galleries delivered by the BitGravity network, visit www.collegehumor.com
ABOUT COLLEGEHUMOR.COM
CollegeHumor.com was founded in a dorm room in 1999 as an online depository for all of the content that floats around collegiate computer networks. The site has since grown into a daily updated source of original web content and now boasts a loyal following of over 6 million unique readers a month and more than 200 million monthly page views. With major blue chip companies such as Ford, Universal Pictures and Procter & Gamble now advertising on the site, the release of Penguin Books' The CollegeHumor Guide to College and Faking It ... How to Seem Like a Better Person Without Actually Improving Yourself, and a movie with Paramount in the works, CollegeHumor has quickly emerged as an icon of today's young adult culture.
ABOUT BITGRAVITY
Silicon Valley-based Burlingame, CA Company BitGravity, Inc., built the first CDN for Interactive Broadcasting, optimized to deliver affordable, HD-quality video on demand, live broadcasts, and interactive applications for massive audiences on the Internet. BitGravity's patent-pending CDN technology is a Tier 1 IPV6 content delivery network, highly scalable, and delivers the performance that consumers want and expect, including streaming videos that play instantly, and live video without buffering. The company is privately held, with strategic investment by Allen & Company. For more information, please see www.BitGravity.com
August 6, 2008
Blake Krikorian, CEO of Sling Media Joins BitGravity Board of Directors and Initial Investment Round
BitGravity Delivers Unmatched Video Experience for More Realistic Scenario Modeling at Arizona State's Decision Theater
BURLINGAME, CA—August 6, 2008
BitGravity, Inc., provider of next-generation Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) for interactive broadcasting, today announced that Blake Krikorian, Sling Media's co-founder and CEO has taken a seat on BitGravity's Board of Directors and joined other investors in BitGravity's initial funding. Founded in 2006, BitGravity launched the first affordable HD and Live CDN, and recently announced a strategic global partnership with Tata Communications.
"Blake transformed the way we watch TV with the invention of the Emmy award-winning Slingbox™. He has been very successful enabling leading media players with new business models and innovative technology and continues to be at the center of the Internet media revolution," said Perry Wu, CEO and co-founder of BitGravity. "We are fortunate to have strategic investors whose knowledge and relationships in the media, communications, and technology industry will be invaluable to BitGravity's growth."
"BitGravity is redefining the user experience around the quality and performance of content delivery on the Internet and has built an incredible team, a superior network, and an innovative service offering," said Blake Krikorian, co-founder and CEO of Sling Media and BitGravity Director. "Building a network and suite of technologies from the ground up with video delivery at the core has enabled BitGravity to set a new watermark, making Live delivery, HD-quality, and Interactivity part of the new standard for online experiences. This isn't your father's CDN. I'm excited to join BitGravity's Board, to support them through their growth phase and to enable innovative companies around the world to deliver the highest quality online experience."
Mr. Krikorian is co-founder and CEO of Sling Media, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS), a leading digital lifestyle company. A visionary leader whose company was named a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum, Mr. Krikorian sits on the board of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), received the Technology Leadership award by Broadcasting & Cable, was named one of the 25 most influential people in mobile technology (Laptop Magazine), was recognized as an innovator who has changed the face of travel in the 21st Century (Travel & Leisure) and named to Business 2.0's "50 Who Matter Now" and Forbes' "E-Gang" lists.
Previously, he founded and served as CEO of id8 Group Holdings, where he advised companies such as Microsoft, AT&T, Toshiba and Time Warner on product strategy and invested in new product creation. Mr. Krikorian also played an instrumental role in creating and defining products and partnerships at General Magic and at Philips Mobile Computing Group, a company he also co-founded. Mr. Krikorian holds a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from UCLA.
Mr. Krikorian will assume his board role with BitGravity immediately. BitGravity board members include CEO and co-founder Perry Wu and CTO and co-founder Barrett Lyon.
ABOUT BITGRAVITY
BitGravity has built the first CDN for Interactive Broadcasting, which is optimized to deliver affordable, HD-quality video on demand, live broadcasts, and interactive applications for massive audiences on the Internet. BitGravity's patent-pending CDN is Tier 1, highly scalable, and delivers the performance that consumers want and expect, including streaming videos that play instantly, and live video with no buffering. The company is based in Burlingame, Calif and is privately funded by Allen and Company, Blake Krikorian and other investors. www.BitGravity.com
June 10, 2008
Couch Trip: BitGravity Broadcasts Tom Green's House Tonight! Live to Internet Viewers; Show Simulcast on TV
BitGravity Delivers Unmatched Video Experience for More Realistic Scenario Modeling at Arizona State's Decision Theater
ONHOLLYWOOD 2008: Hollywood, CA—June 10, 2008
BitGravity, Inc., the pioneer in Content Delivery Networks (CDN) for interactive broadcasting, today announced that outrageous comedian and not-so-secret technophile Tom Green has selected BitGravity LiveBroadcast™ to deliver content for his live Internet-based television channel and talk show. The channel features Tom Green's House Tonight! (www.tomgreen.com) with celebrity guests including Jimmy Kimmel, Val Kilmer, Andy Dick, Brooke Shields, Andrew Dice Clay, Bob Odenkirk, and Kathy Griffin. The live streaming capabilities convinced broadcast network executives to simulcast Green's Internet show on television.
BG LiveBroadcast is the first cost-effective, carrier-grade, live broadcasting solution enabling content creators to broadcast live over the Internet to massive audiences in a high-quality, highly reliable experience that rivals traditional television. Green selected BG LiveBroadcast because his show requires an instant-on, live streaming solution that could be quickly and easily deployed while enabling him to cost-effectively create his own web TV channel. Green created his website more than a decade ago and has been on the prowl ever since for innovative technology to further enhance his viewers' online experiences and expand with his ever-growing global fan base.
"Because we were not bound by FCC regulations or television executives, we had the opportunity to create a cutting-edge, one hour talk show that would break the traditional mold and enable us to go one-on-one with Hollywood. We scoured the market for the latest, coolest live streaming solutions to upgrade our site and BitGravity won hands down," said Tom Green. "By enhancing our site and providing our viewers with a highly immersive and interactive experience, we have made the leap from the Internet to syndication on TV and continue to expand the most outrageous nightly show possible."
BG LiveBroadcast is a flash-based streaming service that has removed the need for expensive hardware and proprietary software, as well as any downloaded media player to view live content. BG LiveBroadcast has driven the cost of the system down to less than half the cost of current installations.
"Tom Green has consistently challenged the status quo. Tom Green's House Tonight! going live is another bold move that underscores the power of the Internet to rapidly become the single most powerful network for delivering video content and to redefine business models," said Perry Wu, CEO and co-founder of BitGravity. "We are impressed by Tom's foresight to launch his program from the Internet and are excited to be part of his milestone effort.We are confident that other artists will discover new ways to extend their audience reach and ultimately their brands, whether new or existing."
Tom Green is a television personality, film star, best-selling author, recording artist, and ground-breaking talk show host who has always brought a unique and innovative perspective to the entertainment industry. Well known for his hit show on MTV and for his roles in feature films Stealing Harvard and Road Trip, Tom Green has continued writing, producing and directing numerous film projects. In 2001, Green starred and made his directorial debut in the New Regency feature Freddy Got Fingered. Currently in post-production, Green has just completed Prankstar, a film which he wrote, directed and starred in. In addition, Green starred opposite Brooke Shields in the comedy feature, Bob the Butler, which screened at the Aspen U.S. Comedy Arts Festival.
ABOUT TOMGREEN.COM
Tom Green's ground-breaking, independent, live Internet-based talk show airs exclusively on www.tomgreen.com from the comfort of Green's own living room. The show received the 2007 TV Guide award for "Best Talk Show" along with a Webby for "Best Variety Show." The Tom Green show saw another industry first in 2008 as it was simulcast nationally on the Candian Comedy Network as well as in several television markets across the U.S. It features celebrity guests, a global audience and the funnyman's signature brand of quirky comedy. Green takes calls over the phone, along with Skype video calls from viewers from locations as varied as the United States, Canada, Australia, Estonia, Argentina, and others. For show times, visit http://guide.tomgreen.com/when2watch/.
For more information about Tom Green Live, visit www.tomgreen.com
ABOUT BITGRAVITY
BitGravity has built the first CDN for Interactive Broadcasting, which is optimized to deliver affordable, HD-quality video on demand, live broadcasts, and interactive applications for massive audiences on the Internet. BitGravity's patent-pending CDN is Tier 1, highly scalable, and delivers the performance that consumers want and expect, including streaming videos that play instantly, and live video with no buffering. The company is based in Burlingame, Calif., and is privately funded.
www.BitGravity.com
BURLINGAME, CA—May 29, 2008
BitGravity, a pioneer in Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) for interactive broadcasting, today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn for the second year in a row as one of the OnHollywood 100 Top Private Companies. The OnHollywood 100 is a power list of the top private emerging technology companies in digital entertainment and media. BitGravity was handpicked by the AlwaysOn editorial team based on a set of five criteria--innovation, market potential, customer adoption, media buzz and investor value creation.
BitGravity will be honored at the OnHollywood and BRiM event on June 10-11, 2008 at the Sofitel Hotel in West Hollywood, California. OnHollywood gathers executives from both the entertainment and the technology industries to identify and debate emerging trends in addition to building relationships and taking advantage of potential new business partnerships.
"This year's OnHollywood 100 represents the brightest of the innovators in the new media space. We are enthusiastic about gathering the leaders in a collaborative environment that fuses these two industries together, culminating in the richest, most progressive conversations on Hollywood's digital movement," said Tony Perkins, founder and CEO of AlwaysOn.
"We are thrilled to again be included as one of the OnHollywood 100 Top Private Companies," said Perry Wu, CEO and co-founder of BitGravity. "This honor validates BitGravity's innovation in delivering the first HD, Live and secure content delivery service. Our vision is to optimize the delivery and enrichment of the world's content through an unmatched user experience and we started with high quality, affordable Live streaming and a security suite that enables media companies to protect and monetize their content for less than $.02 for a full feature film."
ABOUT BITGRAVITY
BitGravity has built the first CDN for Interactive Broadcasting, which is optimized to deliver affordable, HD-quality video on demand, live broadcasts, and interactive applications for massive audiences on the Internet. BitGravity's patent-pending CDN is Tier 1, highly scalable, and delivers the performance that consumers want and expect, including streaming videos that play instantly, and live video with no buffering. The company is based in Burlingame, CA and is privately funded. www.BitGravity.com
ABOUT ONHOLLYWOOD 2008
June 10-12, 2008 at The Sofitel Hotel, West Hollywood, California
OnHollywood is where cutting-edge technology CEOs from the back streets of Silicon Valley meet the Hollywood digital entertainment and media elite. This two-and-a-half-day executive event features high-level debates on which forces are disrupting user behavior and creating new opportunities, content strategies and monetization schemes in the video, music, gaming, search, and mobile industries.
For more information, visit http://onhollywood.goingon.com/
ABOUT ALWAYSON
ALWAYSON ignited the open-media revolution in early 2003 by being the first media brand to launch a global blog network. In 2004, ALWAYSON continued to lead the media industry in innovation by introducing a social network where members can connect and engage. ALWAYSON is also revolutionizing the media business by applying its open-media principles to its executive event series (STANFORD SUMMIT, ALWAYSON HOLLYWOOD, ALWAYSON MEDIA and GOINGGREEN) and quarterly print "blogozine" by empowering its members to post and share their ideas and meet each other online..
For more information, visit http://www.alwayson.goingon.com/
BitGravity Contact:
Skip Rudolf
(650)356-8571
skip@bitgravity.com
April 14, 2008
BitGravity Arms Media Companies With The Industry's First Integrated Security Suite Designed To Eliminate Content Piracy
BG Secure Provides Dynamic Stream Protection Without Hampering User Experience or Requiring Client Download
NAB SHOW-LAS VEGAS, NV—April 14, 2008
BitGravity, Inc., the pioneer in Content Delivery Networks (CDN) for interactive broadcasting, today announced BG Secure, a suite of products that offers Internet media properties the ability to protect their copyrighted content from the growing number of pirating technologies without disruption to the customer experience.
Technologies that enable users to copy video from the Internet without permission have become readily available, making it impossible for media companies to prevent the volume of illicit material posted on websites. Both progressive downloads and streaming media are susceptible to pirating with tools that are free on the Internet and require a single click of the mouse to copy content. Ripper technologies either tap into the stream and simply divert it or pull the content from the cache.
"Current downloading standards used across the media and broadcast industries have actually aided content pirates, because when you have a standard protocol, there's only one code to crack," said Barrett Lyon, CTO and co-founder of BitGravity. "Now in this escalating 'arms-race' between pirating technologies and the content distributors trying to protect their intellectual property, the pirates have cracked that code and are winning."
More robust DRM solutions exist in the market, however companies have been slow to adopt these alternatives. In addition to being costly, their requirements of a client download and heavy client processing impede user adoption, which is the number one priority for consumer sites. Solutions that provide iron-clad protection without sacrificing the end-user experience simply do not exist.
BitGravity is making it possible for media companies to take back control over their content with the announcement of a suite of security products for companies desiring the highest level of anti-piracy protection:
• StreamGuard
StreamGuard is a patent-pending technology that provides iron-clad security for streaming video by utilizing a dynamic protocol that prevents flash-based streams from being saved and retrieved from a user's hard drive.
• SecureAccess
SecureAccess limits access to content based on expiry time, geo blocking, IP address, URL, browser type, cookies and other parameters by providing each customer with multiple unique keys.
• CacheControl
CacheControl eliminates content on the client and prevents easy copying of files stored in cache.
The primary innovation is BitGravity's patent-pending Dynamic Security Protocol™ (DSP), which unlike existing standards cannot be reverse-engineered and then replicated across the Internet in an easy manner for mass use. Rather than relying on an easily decipherable static protocol, DSP randomizes the downloading content instead of providing a single, persistent stream. By creating a random sequence of content "puzzle pieces" that are not re-assembled until they reach the media player, determining a fixed method for capturing content is impossible with DSP. With BG Secure, content providers can ensure that their content is not left on the cache, unplayable if recorded, and provided in a way that doesn't degrade the end user's experience. Since BG Secure is integrated into BitGravity's award winning distribution network, the service is easily integrated and affordable.
The BG Secure suite does not need to be downloaded and does not restrict usage to specific devices or video formats. Available today, contact sales or visit www.BitGravity.com for more information on BG Secure.
ABOUT BITGRAVITY
BitGravity has built the first CDN for Interactive Broadcasting, which is optimized to deliver affordable, HD-quality video on demand, live broadcasts, and interactive applications for massive audiences on the Internet. BitGravity's patent-pending CDN is Tier 1, highly scalable, and delivers the performance that consumers want and expect, including streaming videos that play instantly, and live video with no buffering. The company is based in Burlingame, Calif and is privately funded. www.BitGravity.com
Communications Arm of Tata Group to Leverage its Tier-1 IP Network and International Presence to Offer BitGravity's Technology Platform as Key Strategy in Value-Added Services Offering
MUMBAI, BURLINGAME, CA—March 5, 2008
Tata Communications, (NYSE: TCL) a leading provider of the new world of communications, and BitGravity, Inc., the pioneer in Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) for interactive broadcasting, announced today a strategic partnership. Tata Communications will co-brand, resell and jointly market BitGravity's technology platform worldwide as part of a value-added services offering on top of Tata Global Network.
As part of the arrangement, Tata Communications, with a global presence in more than 200 countries across 300 PoPs will provide tight integration with BitGravity's platform and their carrier-grade infrastructure, including collocation and IP-network capacity, and local sales presence in each region for the CDN offering. BitGravity will provide technology and manage the content delivery operation. The service will be sold in Europe and Asia and branded as Tata Communications' CDN Powered by BitGravity.
"Tata Communications has built one of the largest Global Tier-1 IP networks in the world and is uniquely positioned to offer its customers value-added services built on its robust infrastructure. Content delivery is driving huge increases in video traffic and this partnership with BitGravity and their innovative technology is a very important corporate initiative for Tata and a core part of our value-added services strategy. Internet-based video viewers want a high-quality, highly reliable experience that rivals television. BitGravity's award-winning platform has redefined video standards and created an unmatched user experience including high-definition, live and interactive video," commented Genius Wong, Senior Vice President, Global IP and VPN service, Tata Communications. "We selected BitGravity as the best technology partner based on its unmatched scalability, reliability and industry-leading innovation."
"The competitive landscape for CDNs with global reach is wide open. We required a partner with the vision, muscle and reach to accelerate adoption of BitGravity's services worldwide," said Perry Wu, CEO and co-founder of BitGravity. "Tata Communications quickly extends our platform and brand around the world and makes BitGravity the CDN of choice on one of the largest-reaching Tier-1 backbones in the world. The capabilities of both organizations combined is formidable and unmatched in the industry."
Tata Communications has global presence via a single ASN(autonomous system number), state-of-the-art IP network and has committed to invest a billion dollars in that network over the next three years.
BitGravity is an award-winning technology provider in the content delivery space. The company has won numerous awards including DemoGod, LightReading's Service Company of the Year, Digital Hollywood 100, and RedHerring 100. Built on top of BitGravity's patent-pending routing architecture, BitCast, BitGravity's services include BitGravity's High-Definition Service and BG LiveBroadcast, the Internet's first affordable, high-quality, massively scalable live product.
ABOUT BITGRAVITY
BitGravity has built the first CDN for Interactive Broadcasting, which is optimized to deliver affordable, HD-quality video on demand, live broadcasts, and interactive applications for massive audiences on the Internet. BitGravity's patent-pending CDN is Tier 1, highly scalable, and delivers the performance that consumers want and expect, including streaming videos that play instantly, and live video with no buffering. The company is based in Burlingame, Calif., and is privately funded. www.BitGravity.com
ABOUT TATA COMMUNICATIONS
Tata Communications Limited along with its global subsidiaries (Tata Communications) is a leading global provider of the new world of communications. The company leverages its Tata Global Network, vertical intelligence and leadership in emerging markets to deliver value-driven, globally managed solutions to the Fortune 1000 and midsized enterprises, service providers and consumers.
The Tata Communications portfolio includes transmission, IP, converged voice, mobility, managed network connectivity, hosted data center, communications solutions and business transformation services to global and Indian enterprises and service providers, as well as broadband and content services to Indian consumers. The Tata Global Network encompasses one of the most advanced and largest submarine cable networks, a Tier-1 IP network, connectivity to more than 200 countries across 300 PoPs, and more than 1 million square feet of data center space. Tata Communications serves its customers from its offices in 80 cities in 40 countries worldwide. Tata Communications has a strategic investment in South African operator Neotel, providing the company with a strong anchor to build an African footprint.
The number one global international wholesale voice operator and number one provider of international long distance, enterprise data and Internet services in India, the company was named "Best Wholesale Carrier" at the World Communications Awards in 2006 and was named the "Best Pan-Asian Wholesale Provider" at the 2007 Capacity Magazine Global Wholesale Telecommunications Awards for the second consecutive year.
Now the leading integrated provider to drive and deliver a new world of communications, Tata Communications became the unified global brand for VSNL, VSNL International, Teleglobe, Tata Indicom Enterprise Business Unit, and CIPRIS on February 13, 2008.
Tata Communications Ltd. is a part of the $29 billion Tata Group; it is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India and its ADRs are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: TCL). www.tatacommunications.com
Forward-looking and cautionary statements
Certain words and statements in this release concerning Tata Communications and its prospects, and other statements, including those relating to Tata Communications' expected financial position, business strategy, the future development of Tata Communications' operations, and the general economy in India, are forward-looking statements. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including financial, regulatory and environmental, as well as those relating to industry growth and trend projections, which may cause actual results, performance or achievements of Tata Communications, or industry results, to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The important factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from such forward-looking statements include, among others, failure to increase the volume of traffic on Tata Communications' network; failure to develop new products and services that meet customer demands and generate acceptable margins; failure to successfully complete commercial testing of new technology and information systems to support new products and services, including voice transmission services; failure to stabilize or reduce the rate of price compression on certain of the company's communications services; failure to integrate strategic acquisitions and changes in government policies or regulations of India and, in particular, changes relating to the administration of Tata Communications' industry; and, in general, the economic, business and credit conditions in India. Additional factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from such forward-looking statements, many of which are not in Tata Communications' control, include, but are not limited to, those risk factors discussed in Tata Communications' various filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. These filings are available at www.sec.gov. Tata Communications is under no obligation to, and expressly disclaims any obligation to, update or alter its forward-looking statements.
March 4, 2008
BitGravity Taps Chris Turner as Vice President of Worldwide Sales to Further Accelerate Growth and Expand Channels
Veteran Sales Executive Hails from Akamai, IBM, Intelliden and SkyeTek
BURLINGAME, CA—March 4, 2008
BitGravity, Inc., the pioneer in Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) for interactive broadcasting, today announced Chris Turner has joined the company as its vice president of worldwide sales. Mr. Turner brings more than 18 years of technology industry sales experience to the company's leadership team and will lead BitGravity's global sales efforts including development of worldwide channels, business development and support.
"Chris is intimately familiar with the evolution of the networking market and has an innate understanding of CDN infrastructure and today's user requirements," said Perry Wu, CEO and co-founder, BitGravity. "Chris' proven ability to forge significant global and channel customer relationships and his expertise with bringing new technologies to market to address emerging technology needs will accelerate the growth BitGravity is currently experiencing as the demand for interactive broadcasting continues to escalate."
Previously, Mr. Turner held the position of vice president of worldwide sales and support at Intelliden Corporation, which enabled service providers and large enterprise networks to manage and control their IP infrastructure for security, accountability and control. Mr. Turner also served as the executive vice president of sales and business development for SkyeTek, a leading maker of modular RFID readers and software.
Mr. Turner held a variety of positions at Akamai Technologies including senior vice president of global sales, where he managed a team of 250 and was responsible for Akamai's revenue of over $150m in annual sales. During his tenure at Akamai, Mr. Turner also held the positions of vice president of worldwide channel and international sales, vice president North American sales, and director of alliances and channel sales. In these roles, Mr. Turner developed Akamai's first Channel Sales program and through his leadership, grew the program to include more than 70 reseller partners and over 200 alliance partners.
"I am extremely excited to join BitGravity at this phase of the Internet's evolution as video replaces JPEGs at the forefront of our everyday online experience. BitGravity's world-class team has built a highly differentiated technology platform architected from the ground up to address the new requirements for highly reliable, scalable HD- quality online video and content," said Chris Turner, vice president of worldwide sales, BitGravity. "My top priority is to build out our global channels with world-class OEMs, system integrators and resellers including media service providers, Web 2.0 companies, web designers, as well as AV and production companies to support our Live events."
Earlier in his career, Mr. Turner spent 10 years at IBM in various positions in Large Account Marketing working closely with the CIO and CEO offices, the Internet Division at North American headquarters, and various field sales management positions.
Mr. Turner has a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Arts degree in international business and political science from Ohio Wesleyan University.
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ABOUT BITGRAVITY
BitGravity has built the first CDN for Interactive Broadcasting, which is optimized to deliver affordable, HD-quality video on demand, live broadcasts, and interactive applications for massive audiences on the Internet. BitGravity's patent-pending CDN is Tier 1, highly scalable, and delivers the performance that consumers want and expect, including streaming videos that play instantly, and live video with no buffering. The company is based in Burlingame, Calif and is privately funded. www.BitGravity.com
February 1, 2008
BitGravity Wins Coveted DEMOgod Award
Company Receives Top Honor From DEMO Producers for its Launch of BG LiveBroadcast™
BURLINGAME, CA—February 1, 2008
BitGravity, Inc., the pioneer in Content Delivery Networks (CDN) for interactive broadcasting, was one of only 10 companies to receive the distinction of "DEMOgod" at this week's DEMO 08 conference. To honor the best of the best among the 77 demonstrator participants, DEMO presented its much sought-after DEMOgod awards at the close of its conference.
At DEMO, BitGravity launched its BG LiveBroadcast™ product, the first cost-effective, carrier-grade, live broadcasting solution that lets media companies broadcast live content over the Internet to millions of viewers in a high-quality, highly-reliable experience that rivals television. In addition, BG LiveBroadcast was selected by the DEMO 08 conference producers to host the first live broadcast of the conference with BG LiveBroadcast at www.demo.com.
"Not only are we thrilled to receive this honor from the DEMO producers, but we are thankful for the opportunity they gave us to demonstrate the true power of our BG LiveBroadcast product by broadcasting the DEMO conference live over the Internet," said Perry Wu, CEO and co-founder of BitGravity. "As we saw from the other presenters at DEMO, the Internet is on its way to becoming the most powerful tool for delivering media, and I think that receiving the DEMOgod award from a venue that has built a reputation for identifying the newest trends in technology, helps support our goal of delivering an unmatched user experience on the Web."
BG LiveBroadcast is a Flash-based streaming service that has greatly simplified and improved upon current system architectures and the underlying streaming methodology, removing the need for expensive hardware and proprietary software, as well as any downloaded media player to view the live content. BG LiveBroadcast has streamlined the necessary computers to a single device and driven the cost of the system down to less than half the cost of current installations.
"For the first time in DEMO's 18-year history, people from all over the world were able to watch DEMO live over the Internet," said Neal Silverman, executive vice president of Network World events. "Our demonstrators were thrilled that their colleagues could watch the live product presentations as they launched at the event. With the live, high quality of the streaming content, it was as if the viewers were sitting right in the audience.
The DEMOgod award winners were selected by executive producer Chris Shipley in consultation with the production staff and input from DEMO advisors. Factors such as audience response, the presenters' performance during their six-minute on-stage demo, companies' preparation in advance of the conference and interactions with the DEMO team are taken into consideration when choosing the DEMOgod award winners.
"There are a number of reasons why BitGravity was selected as a DEMOgod but most important is the fact that it helped provide an outstanding experience for attendees and even those who were not onsite at DEMO 08," said Chris Shipley, executive producer of the DEMO conferences.
Produced by Network World Events and Executive Forums, the semi-annual DEMO conferences focus on emerging technologies and new products, which are hand-selected from across the spectrum of the technology marketplace. Past DEMO events have served as launch pad events for companies such as Palm, E*Trade, Handspring, and U.S. Robotics, helping them to secure venture funding, establish critical business relationships and influence early adopters. Each DEMO conference features approximately 70 new companies, products and technologies.
ABOUT BITGRAVITY
BitGravity has built the first CDN for Interactive Broadcasting, which is optimized to deliver affordable, HD-quality video on demand, live broadcasts, and interactive applications for massive audiences on the Internet. BitGravity's patent-pending CDN is Tier 1, highly scalable, and delivers the performance that consumers want and expect, including streaming videos that play instantly, and live video with no buffering. The company is based in Burlingame, Calif and is privately funded. www.BitGravity.com
BitGravity Contact:
Skip Rudolf
(650)356-8571
skip@bitgravity.com
January 28, 2008
Network World to Broadcast DEMO 08 Conference Live on the Web
BitGravity Selected to Deliver First Affordable, TV-quality Broadcast of 77 New Product Demonstrations Live from the Conference Floor
PALM DESERT, CA—DEMO 08/January 28, 2008
DEMO, the conference where the newest and best products in digital technology debut, today announced that for the first time, it will broadcast the DEMO conference live over the Internet. Network World, producer of DEMO, selected BitGravity, Inc., the pioneer in Content Delivery Networks (CDN) for interactive broadcasting, to broadcast the DEMO 08 conference live from Palm Desert, Calif. in a high-quality, highly-reliable experience that rivals television.
To join DEMO 08 Live!, simply go to www.demo.com January 29-30 to watch the 77 live emerging technology product presentations. DEMO Executive Producer Chris Shipley will give her keynote address on Tuesday, January 29 at 8:30 AM PST. BitGravity will be the opening presenter on Wednesday, January 30 at 8:30 AM PST.
"I selected BitGravity as a demonstrator for DEMO 08 because of its game-changing contribution to the art of broadcasting video online," said Chris Shipley, executive producer of the DEMO Conferences. "I am proud that DEMO 08 is the first conference to use BitGravity's sophisticated content delivery technology to bring the products and entrepreneurs of DEMO, live, to a worldwide audience."
"Chris Shipley has always been among the first to identify the most innovative technology products and trends, and DEMO has been the place to launch products that transform industries and everyday lives. So it's a pleasure to work with the team at DEMO to bring the first, affordable, live broadcast of the conference to the Internet," said Perry Wu, CEO and co-founder of BitGravity. "BitGravity's network is massively scalable to support millions of users on the Internet and also simple and affordable enough to be used by amateur and professional sporting venues, musicians and entertainers, and conferences like DEMO."
BG LiveBroadcast is a flash-based streaming service that has greatly simplified and improved upon current system architectures and the underlying streaming methodology, removing the need for expensive hardware and proprietary software, as well as any downloaded media player to view the live content.
For 18 years, the DEMO conferences and the year-round DEMO community have been connecting emerging technology entrepreneurs with VCs, business development executives and the nation's top press – all members of the ecosystem necessary to fuel the growth of early-stage companies and spur on technology progress and adoption.
At the center of each DEMO conference is a class of carefully vetted products, each making its market debut. Each of the 77 demonstrators selected for DEMO 08 will take the stage, and each will have six minutes to show off the salient uses and benefits of their product. To view the live stage demos live online, visit http://www.demo.com on January 29 and January 30, as the stage program unfolds. The program schedule is available here: http://www.demo.com/conferences/demo08/schedule.php.
ABOUT BITGRAVITY
BitGravity has built the first CDN for Interactive Broadcasting, which is optimized to deliver affordable, HD-quality video on demand, live broadcasts, and interactive applications for massive audiences on the Internet. BitGravity's patent-pending CDN is Tier 1, highly scalable, and delivers the performance that consumers want and expect, including streaming videos that play instantly, and live video with no buffering. The company is based in Burlingame, Calif., and is privately funded. www.BitGravity.com.
ABOUT DEMO
Produced by Network World Events and Executive Forums, the semi-annual DEMO conferences focus on emerging technologies and new products, which are hand-selected from across the spectrum of the technology marketplace. The DEMO conferences have earned their reputation for consistently identifying tomorrow's cutting-edge technologies, and have served as launch pad events for companies such as Palm, E*Trade, Handspring, and U.S. Robotics, helping them to secure venture funding, establish critical business relationships, and influence early adopters. Each DEMO conference features approximately 70 new companies, products and technologies. For more information, visit www.demo.com.
DEMO CONTACT
Becky Sniffen
MC² Communications
(510) 682-6613
becky@mc2pr.net
January 28, 2008
BitGravity to Make Live Broadcasts Ubiquitous on the Web
BG LiveBroadcast™ Lets Media Companies Offer Viewers TV-Quality Experience With a Scalable and Affordable Solution
PALM DESERT, CA—DEMO 08/January 28, 2008
BitGravity, Inc., the pioneer in Content Delivery Networks (CDN) for interactive broadcasting, today launched BG LiveBroadcast™, the first cost-effective, carrier-grade, live broadcasting solution that lets media companies broadcast live content over the Internet to millions of viewers in a high-quality, highly-reliable experience that rivals television. BitGravity was selected by the DEMO 08 conference producers as a presenter and will host the first live broadcast of the conference with BG LiveBroadcast at www.demo.com.
"By the end of this decade, the Internet – not cable, not satellite – will become the single most powerful network for delivering video," said Perry Wu, CEO and co-founder of BitGravity. "The potential for online video is boundless. That is why we are introducing BG LiveBroadcast: to deliver a simple, live broadcast solution for content providers, with an unmatched user experience. BitGravity LiveBroadcast will transform live broadcasting online from being an occasional event to being part of our daily lives."
Current live broadcasting over the Internet has not been widely adopted, because it is difficult to deploy, not reliable, and cost-prohibitive. Today's live broadcasting architectures require persistent connections between the source of the content and the consuming computer and therefore need intensive computing environments to maintain that persistence. That environment requires content publishers to install a tangle of hardware products and client-side software to broadcast a live event.
BG LiveBroadcast is a flash-based streaming service that has greatly simplified and improved upon current system architectures and the underlying streaming methodology, removing the need for expensive hardware and proprietary software, as well as any downloaded media player to view the live content. BG LiveBroadcast has streamlined the necessary computers to a single device and driven the cost of the system down to less than half the cost of current installations.
"BitGravity is changing the game of video content delivery on the Internet," said Chris Shipley, executive producer of the DEMO Conferences. "One significant technology barrier remains between conventional broadcast and IP-based broadcast: the efficiency of showing live content. With the introduction of BG LiveBroadcast, broadcasters now can adopt the 'Net as a live broadcast medium and we are that much closer to parity between the Web and traditional broadcast media," she added.
ABOUT DEMO
Produced by Network World Events and Executive Forums, the semi-annual DEMO conferences focus on emerging technologies and new products, which are hand-selected from across the spectrum of the technology marketplace. The DEMO conferences have earned their reputation for consistently identifying tomorrow's cutting-edge technologies, and have served as launch pad events for companies such as Palm, E*Trade, Handspring, and U.S. Robotics, helping them to secure venture funding, establish critical business relationships, and influence early adopters. Each DEMO conference features approximately 70 new companies, products and technologies. For more information, visit www.demo.com.
ABOUT BITGRAVITY
BitGravity has built the first CDN for Interactive Broadcasting, which is optimized to deliver affordable, HD-quality video on demand, live broadcasts, and interactive applications for massive audiences on the Internet. BitGravity's patent-pending CDN is Tier 1, highly scalable, and delivers the performance that consumers want and expect, including streaming videos that play instantly, and live video with no buffering. The company is based in Burlingame, Calif and is privately funded.
www.BitGravity.com
BitGravity Contact:
Skip Rudolf
(650)356-8571
skip@bitgravity.com
October 16, 2007
BitGravity's Content Delivery Network Recognized for Outstanding Achievements in the Next-Generation Communications Industry
Company Named Best New Service by Light Reading
BURLINGAME, CA—October 16, 2007
BitGravity, Inc., a content delivery network designed to enable a new wave of higher quality, interactive Internet media, won the Best New Service, Private Company award at last night's Light Reading Leading Lights Awards ceremony.
Light Reading's Leading Lights Awards recognize top public and private companies and their executives for their outstanding achievements in the communications industry. The awards are judged by a panel composed of Light Reading editors and Heavy Reading analysts. The categories and judging criteria are based on the publication's more than seven years', and its top editors' combined 130 years, of experience analyzing telecommunications.
"We are thrilled to receive this level of recognition from a leading industry publication, particularly considering the caliber of the companies we were up against," said Perry Wu, CEO and co-founder of BitGravity. "This honor validates the hard work, innovative thinking and creative development of the BitGravity team to bring this technology to market."
Light Reading's reputation for independent analysis makes the Leading Lights Awards one of the most credible and authoritative awards program in the industry. Of the more than 300 entries Light Reading receives, only 10 companies receive awards.
ABOUT BITGRAVITY
BitGravity allows media and Internet companies to differentiate on consumer experience through a content distribution network optimized for video and rich media. BitGravity's CDN is architected to be mission critical and deliver the kind of rich media that consumers expect and want – HD-quality videos that play instantly, uninterrupted audio streams and interactive applications unbounded by traditional limitations of Internet content delivery. The company is based in Burlingame, Calif., and is privately funded.
October 1, 2007
BitGravity Launches New Content Delivery Network To Enable Next Wave of Higher Quality, Interactive Internet Media
Company Also Announces Strategic Relationship with Sling Media, Inc.
BURLINGAME, CA—October 15, 2007
BitGravity, Inc. today officially launched a new content delivery network designed to enable a new wave of Internet media that is expected to be higher quality and more interactive. BitGravity, which has been operating in stealth for over a year, has already validated its technology with over 50 brand name customers. The company has developed a network engineered for a generation of web-based content just being envisioned by major media companies and innovative media start-ups. BitGravity's network is facilitating the creative development of multimedia applications previously limited by the performance constraints of the Internet.
BitGravity also announced a strategic relationship with Sling Media, the digital lifestyle products company and maker of the Emmy award-winning Slingbox™. Under the relationship, BitGravity will serve as the CDN for a series of forthcoming interactive services from Sling Media.
"Media companies are experiencing a technology barrier; they know in theory they can build applications online in unforeseen ways, but in practice, the current CDN infrastructure is too limiting to realize their vision," said Perry Wu, CEO and co-founder of BitGravity and a former venture capitalist and veteran of several technology start-ups. "That barrier is now coming down with the launch of BitGravity, and we anticipate content like we've never seen before will come to market on our network."
Major media companies and some technology start-ups have started to develop more innovative video applications for the Internet. While consumers have come to accept the performance and the quality of video for user-generated content and commercially-developed video, they will be less tolerant as the quality matures and as the complexity increases with new applications; requirements that are not ideal running on top of the current CDNs.
"There will be increasing amounts of HD and live content on the web, as well as mosaic applications that allow viewers to jump from one point of view to another, much like a TV director jumps from camera angle to camera angle in the broadcast booth," said Mr. Wu. "The vision and creativity for these applications exists today, but before BitGravity, the technology infrastructure really detracted from the desired experience. Now you can create experiences that are as engaging as if they were stored locally on your desktop, and when we get to highly immersive applications like online gaming, that's when the category becomes really exciting."
The BitGravity network, which has been measured at over four times the speed of some other leading CDNs, is based on optimized routing methodology and network innovations. That combination allows the company to squeeze maximum performance out of a much smaller and more nimble network than typical CDNs. Most CDNs are based on legacy architectures optimized to handle 10-year old applications, like text and jpeg files. The BitGravity network was purpose-built by seasoned technologists with deep expertise in global technology infrastructures, systems engineering and application development.
"We have approached this problem as a technology problem, not as a typical service provider would," said Barrett Lyon, CTO and co-founder at BitGravity and a well recognized pioneer in distributed network applications. "We have seen numerous applications that stretch the creative imagination and will require equally creative technology to support them, and we have built a company and a network to service that emerging market."
The company plans to build several applications on top of its core CDN products to expand on its scalability and management capability and not only provide a richer experience for consumers of content, but also give network administrators more control over their content distribution.
The company, based in Burlingame, Calif., currently manages several facilities in the US and in Europe. It is privately funded and has operations globally.
ABOUT BITGRAVITY
BitGravity allows media and Internet companies to differentiate on consumer experience through a content distribution network optimized for video and rich media. BitGravity's CDN is architected to be mission critical and deliver the kind of rich media that consumers expect and want – HD-quality videos that play instantly, uninterrupted audio streams and interactive applications unbounded by traditional limitations of Internet content delivery. The company is based in Burlingame, Calif and is privately funded.
January 23, 2012 | The Wall Street Journal
Juniper Networks Acquires Rights to Service Management Layer of BitGravity's Content Delivery Technology
January 11, 2011 | The Times of India
Tata Communications to Acquire BitGravity
March 25, 2010 | eGuiders.com
Announcing the eGuiders Live HD Studio
March 19, 2010 | PR Newswire
"Live Broadcast (of DEMO 2010) Over the Web Will Be Available Through a Partnership With Former DEMO 08 Demonstrator and DEMOgod Award Winner, BitGravity"
March 13, 2010 | Hive Awards
Approximately 3,000 Watched Hive Awards (Streamed Live Via BitGravity)
March 2, 2010 | Entertainment Weekly
BitGravity Among One of Three CDNs Delivering Live Online Video For New Web Series From American Idol Producers
January 30, 2010 | MMA Mania
Watch Strikeforce: 'Miami' online with 'All Access' tonight
January 16, 2010 | USA Today
BitGravity Streams Tennis Icon Roger Federer's Charity Event "Hits for Haiti"
October 13, 2009 | Techworld
Internet now dominated by 'traffic superpowers'
August 14, 2009 | Streaming Media
Streaming Media
BitGravity and Episodic Partner with Showtime for International MMA Webcast
August 11, 2009 | NewTeeVee
Handling Video Traffic Spikes: In the Event of a Michael Jackson or LeBron James Exclusive
July 22, 2009 | CNBC
gdgt Selects BitGravity to Stream Community-Driven Gadget Site --User Experience and Fast Network are Key to BitGravity Selection
April 10, 2009 | USA Today
Strikeforce has angles covered
April 8, 2009 | Contentinople
Showtime Streams MMA Match, With BitGravity's Help
April 8, 2009 | Multichannel News
Showtime To Strike Web With MMA Live Event
April 3, 2009 | Wall Street Journal Blogs
David Lynch Live-Streams Paul and Ringo Reunion
March 31, 2009 | CNN Money
HD For Everyone: BitGravity allows anyone to set up an Internet TV channel, in HD, for a few thousand dollars
March 16, 2009 | CNN Money
HD live on the Web: Calif.-based BitGravity brings HD streaming online for a fraction of the traditional cost.
March 10, 2009 | Reuters
More Than 230,000 Viewers From 80 Countries Experience the DEMO 09 Conference (Through Use of Technology from BitGravity)
March 2, 2009 | Venture Beat
DEMO: BitGravity launches high-definition video streaming service
April 10, 2009 | Contentinople
BitGravity Introduces Live, HD Streaming
March 2, 2009 | CNET News
Demo: BitGravity shows off inexpensive HD live-streaming
February 27, 2009 | PR Newswire
BG Live to Extend DEMO's Reach Globally. Facebook to Enable Broadcast Viewers and Conference Attendees to Connect and Engage with Each Other
September 9, 2008 | Business Week
Why BitGravity Attracted Tata
September 9, 2008 | Private Equity Week
A Start-up to Keep a Special Eye On
September 8, 2008 | DEMO.com
BitGravity to power CDN giant Tata Communications, secures $11.5 M investment
September 8, 2008 | Contentinople
Tata Enters Global CDN Market
September 8, 2008 | Venture Beat
BitGravity scores a big partnership and funding, calling an end to era of small independent CDNs
September 8, 2008 | Streaming Media
Tata Communications Launches CDN, Invests $11.5 Million In BitGravity
September 8, 2008 | Paid Content
CDN BitGravity Gets Another $11.5 Million, From Tata Communications
September 8, 2008 | VideoNuze
Video Quality Keeps Improving - What's it All Mean?
September 8, 2008 | CNN Money
Tata Communications, Member of the $62.5 Billion Tata Group Invests $11.5 Million in Award-Winning CDN Company
September 8, 2008 | Fox Business
Tata Communications Launches Global Content Delivery Network Service Powered By BitGravity
September 8, 2008 | CBS MarketWatch
Tata Communications Launches Global Content Delivery Network Service Powered by BitGravity
August 7, 2008 | Fast Company
Smart Guy Behind Video CDN Bitgravity
August 6, 2008 | The Industry Standard
BitGravity lands $2.5 M VC funds, Krikorian joins
August 6, 2008 | CNN Money
Blake Krikorian, CEO of Sling Media, Joins BitGravity Board of Directors and Initial Investment Round
August 5, 2008 | New York Times
Two-Year-Old BitGravity Raises Its First Round of Funding
August 5, 2008 | Venture Beat
BitGravity pipes video through the web, raises round
August 5, 2008 | NewTeeVee
BitGravity Raises $2.5M from Allen & Co. and Sling Founder
June 30, 2008 | Popular Mechanics
Top Gear Comes to America, Gaming Movies Turn Sour & Tom Green Warms Up to the Web: B-List Goes Bust PODCAST Click here to listen to the podcast
June 11, 2008 | Los Angeles Times
Chamillionaire rides clean inside tech scene
June 10, 2008 | Network World
What I have in common with actor Tom Green
June 10, 2008 | Contentinople
CDN Wrap: Back to the '90s?
June 10, 2008 | Network World
Tom Green: Actor, comedian, talk show host and A/V geek
June 8, 2008 | Mashable
Tom Green to Kick Off New Mashable Conversations Click here to watch the video
Click here to listen to the podcast
May 26, 2008 | Metacafe
Perry Wu, CEO of BitGravity, Talks About the Future of Content Delivery on TechWeb
May 25, 2008 | Fierce IPTV
Spotlight: AT&T touts CDN capabilities
May 12, 2008 | GigaOm
Here Come the Mobile CDNs
May 1, 2008 | CommunicationsDirect
BitGravity Promises Low-Cost Internet Broadcasting
May 1, 2008 | Broadcast Engineering
BitGravity introduces content security suite for Internet media distribution
April 20, 2008 | Broadcasting & Cable
Fates & Fortunes
April 18, 2008 | Daily T1R
BitGravity offers a new twist on content security message from CDNs
April 17, 2008 | Extreme Tech
BitGravity Employs Dynamic DRM to Protect Web Video
April 15, 2008 | Light Reading
Mind the YouTube Gap
April 15, 2008 | Contentinople
NAB Day Two: Even More CDN News
April 14, 2008 | Inside Digital Media
Protecting Video Streams from Piracy
April 2, 2008 | The San Jose Mercury News
People on the Move
March 25, 2008 | Tier1 Research
Spring 2008 CDN Market Overview Report
March 24, 2008 | MSNBC
Smoothing the Way for Web Video
March 17, 2008 | MultiChannel News
Gridnetworks Pitches Peer-Based Video Distribution
March 10, 2008 | TechCrunch
Cisco Invests in Hybrid Content Delivery Network, GridNetworks
March 10, 2008 | Contentinople
Content Deliverance
March 6, 2008 | Fierce Telecom
Tata joins CDN race with BitGravity deal
March 6, 2008 | Daily T1R
Tata Communications to resell BitGravity's CDN service
March 6, 2008 | Indo-Asian News Service
Tata Communications partners US firm for Internet video
March 5, 2008 | Contentinople.com
BitGravity and Tata Link Up
March 5, 2008 | Digital Media Asia
Tata Communications, BitGravity sign deal
March 5, 2008 | Venture Beat
Roundup: Wordpress to launch BuddyPress, Craig Venter gets rid of Co2, and why Google�s click-throughs flattened
February 27, 2008 | Contentinople
Exclusive: Inside the YouTube Outage
February 24, 2008 | ZDNet
Pakistan takes out YouTube
February 18, 2008 | Multichannel News
Net Streamers Tackle HD
February 11, 2008 | Contentinople
Online HD: Coming Faster Than You Think
February 10, 2008 | Web 2.0 and Social Media
BitGravity superior for delivering HD video and rich media apps
February 6, 2008 | Contentinople
The Platform Plays Up Integration
February 4, 2008 | Venture Deal
BitGravity Wins Top Honor From DEMO Conference
January 30, 2008 | Somewhat Frank
Demo 08 Day 2: Round-Up
January 30, 2008 | Information Week
Innovative Ways To Manage Content Seen At DEMO
January 30, 2008 | BlogJunkies
The Pros and Cons of DEMO
January 29, 2008 | Daily T1R
BitGravity goes 'live' with Demo 2008
January 29, 2008 | The Washington Post
The Announcements Keep Coming
January 29, 2008 | Contentinople
BitGravity's Internet TV: An Eye-Opener
January 28, 2008 | DigitalMediaWire
BitGravity Introduces Live Video Web Streaming Platform
January 28, 2008 | USA Today
Start-ups shoot for higher quality Web video
January 28, 2008 | ZDNet
BitGravity LiveBroadcast to Stream DEMO 08
January 28, 2008 | Wall Street Journal
Why Can't Computers (Fill in the Blank)
January 28, 2008 | Associated Press
Start-Ups Rush to Pave Way to Web Video
December 11, 2007 | Private Equity Week
Investors warm up to content delivery startups
October 22, 2007 | Multichannel News
BitGravity Cuts Chit Chat
October 16, 2007 | Light Reading
LR Names 2007 Leading Lights Winners
October 12, 2007 | Gartner
BitGravity Brings Real-Time to Multimedia
October 2, 2007 | Tier 1 Research
Tata Enters Global CDN Market
October 2, 2007 | Wall Street Journal
Its Creators Call Internet Outdated, Offer Remedies
October 2, 2007 | Online Video Watch
BitGravity's NextGen CDN
October 01, 2007 | Business Wire
BitGravity Launches New Content Delivery Network To Enable Next Wave of Higher Quality, Interactive Internet Media
October 1, 2007 | Venture Beat
BitGravity Officially Launches Content Delivery Network
October 1, 2007 | Light Reading
BitGravity Launches CDN
October 1, 2007 | NewTeeVee
BitGravity Jumps Into CDN Biz
October 1, 2007 | Light Reading
BitGravity Weighs in on HD Delivery
October 1, 2007 | Digital Media Bulletin
New CDN BitGravity Launches—Partners with Sling
October 1, 2007 | Streamaroo
BitGravity Takes on Everyone Else
October 1, 2007 | TVover
BitGravity to Enable Next Wave of High Quality IPTV
September 30, 2007 | TechCrunch
Bitgravity Officially Launches The Content Delivery Network Than Everyone's Been Talking About
September 30, 2007 | ZDNet
BitGravity Challenges Akamai and Limelight
May 1, 2007 | AlwaysOn
This Year's OnHollywood 100
March 6, 2007 | Light Reading
BitGravity Counts on HD
December 12, 2006 | The Whir
"Stop Hosting, Start Delivering"
December 11, 2006 | Private Equity Week
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Always On
OnHollywood Top 100 Private Company 2009
For two years in a row, BitGravity is selected from more than a thousand U.S. and international technology companies as a OnHollywood 100 winner.
Always On
OnHollywood Top 100 Private Company 2008
BitGravity Selected Again by AlwaysOn as an OnHollywood 100 Top Private Company Award Winner for Leadership in Emerging Technology for Digital Entertainment and Media.
Red Herring
Winner of the Red Herring Best Startup in
North America 2008
"(BitGravity was) selected on the basis of technology innovation, quality of management, breadth of partners and customers, and depth of financial backing."
Demo 08
DEMOgod 2008
"BitGravity Debuts BG LiveBroadcast at DEMO and Becomes a god!"
Light Reading
Best New Service 2007
"Awarded to the leading provider or carrier that has most successfully deployed a market-leading, revenue-generating service based on next-generation telecommunications technology."
AlwaysOn
OnHollywood Top 100 Private Company 2007
BitGravity Selected by AlwaysOn as an OnHollywood 100 Top Private Company Award Winner for Leadership in Emerging Technology for Digital Entertainment and Media.
Red Herring
Finalist for the Red Herring 100 North America Awards 2007
"BitGravity is on the list because of its innovative and entrepreneurial achievements. Evaluations were made on both quantitative and qualitative criteria such as financial performance, innovation, management, strategy and ecosystem integration."
Sr. Systems Administrator (System Operations/Engineering, DevOps)
BitGravity is looking for an Intermediate to Senior System Administrator that would function in the top tier of the Operations group. Though a Systems Administrator by title you're challenges will span the realms from systems engineering to DevOps. It's not about fixing things that are broken—it's about evolving and scaling them.
Responsibilities
- You will be an expert in everything systems/UNIX related
- Provide Senior-level Systems Engineering skills to design and manage implementations that support scaling, performance, and availability initiatives
- Design, implement, and support various supporting infrastructures
- Project leadership. The ability to self manage and thoroughly drive projects to completion
- Vendor management
- Continuous monitoring of industry trends, updates, and security
- Strong troubleshooting skills
- Participate in weekly on-call rotation (very light, 4-6 week rotation)
- Serve as a 3rd Tier escalation point
Education & Experience
- 5+ years of experience as a Sys Admin
- Script language skills—one or more of perl, php, shell, python
- Strong TCP/IP knowledge (but not a neteng)
- HTTP. Know it.
- Kernel, OS and hardware debugging skills/experience
- Monitoring system design and deployment (we use pieces of nagios/nrpe)
- MySQL (installation, setup, replication, and simple SQL usage)
- Familiarity with Load Balancers and networking
- VLANs, VIPs/DSR/Layer 7, subnets, tcpdumps, wireshark, etc.
Desirable
- BS in computer science, engineering, or equivalent
- Experience with FreeBSD
- Release engineering experience
- Xen/XCP/CloudStack/OpenStack
- Hadoop
- Storage experience
Qualified & Interested?
Send us a cover letter and resume.
Systems Administrator (Site Reliability Engineering)
BitGravity is looking for a Junior to Mid-level System Administrator that would function as part of the structural support of the operations team. Though a Systems Administrator by title you will become the Subject Matter Expert in BitGravity's CDN software and network.
Responsibilities
- You will become an expert with BitGravity's software and network (we'll train you)
- Provide Tier 2 Sys Admin support to our NOC and investigate customer issues as they are escalated
- Proactive about system support—if something doesn't look right, investigate, fix or escalate
- Deploy and troubleshoot various supporting infrastructures
- Drive release and deployment projects to completion
- Strong troubleshooting skills
- Desire to learn
Education & Experience
- 1-3+ years of experience as a Sys Admin
- Script language skills—one or more of perl, php, shell, python
- TCP/IP knowledge
- HTTP. Know it.
- Troubleshooting skills/experience
- Familiarity with Load Balancers and networking
- VLANs, VIPs/DSR/Layer 7, subnets, tcpdumps, wireshark, etc.
Desirable
- BS in computer science, engineering, or equivalent
- Experience with FreeBSD
- Networking experience—you'll be able to cross-train with our Networking Engineering Team.
Qualified & Interested?
Send us a cover letter and resume.
Inside Sales Associate
We are looking for several top-notch hunters and closers to join our new inside sales team as we combine inbound lead generation, heavy cold calling, and closing skills to sell our video on demand and live streaming solutions. This position will be responsible for cold calling, follow-up, and qualifying leads. You will evaluate potential customer needs and demonstrate our products product via the Web to qualified prospects, then manage your own leads and prospect relationships from initial contact to closure. Sales will be conducted via phone and email, with no travel required.
Responsibilities
- Drive sales through heavy cold call volume
- Close deals quickly and professionally
- Handle basic technical questions from potential clients related to their needs, and our video delivery and live streaming products
Requirements
- 0-2 years sales experience
- 4-year college degree
- Hunter/Closer and very comfortable with volume cold calling
- Consultative sales style
- Motivated to make $ through a modest salary with an attractive incentive-based compensation package
- Strong work ethic and entrepreneurial spirit; self starter, motivated, detail oriented
- Excellent phone presence, high degree of professional acumen
- High ethical values in all business dealings
- Exceptional written skills
- Great fun loving, positive attitude
- Experience with Salesforce (or equivalent CRM) a plus
Qualified & Interested?
Send us a cover letter and resume.
July 19, 2010
You Want Your HTML5
By Skip in Flash, Innovation, Video
Thanks in large part to Steve Jobs, HTML5 has been getting a lot of attention over the past few months. HTML5 is an emerging standard that covers video and too, provides new tools that allow Web browsers to largely replicate functionality provided today by runtimes such as Adobe Flash and Microsoft Silverlight. Since HTML5 requires the developers of the major browsers, including Microsoft, Mozilla, Google, and Opera, to implement the standard,differences in implementation and incompatibilities can emerge. These differences also relate to how HTML5 video is supported by the various browsers. At present there is no single HTML5 compatible video format supported by all browsers on the market.
To learn more about HTML5, we suggest checking out http://diveintohtml5.org/, an excellent resource for developers and novices alike. For video-related topics, check out the subsection at http://diveintohtml5.org/video.html.
July 15, 2010
First it's the Tablet and Now Ubiquitous Video Conferencing?
By Mangesh in Innovation, Live Streaming, Products
Reality is stranger than fiction and right now, in 2010, I can faintly hear Kirk utter a famous line from an episode of Star Trek, "…a dream that became a reality and spread throughout the stars…" Or in this case, two dreams.
Two days ago we at BitGravity announced a partnership with Palo Alto-based ViVu in which together, we'll bring 1:100k HD video conferencing and collaboration to desktops around the globe. Video-based communication and conferencing is not a new concept. Yes, there's been discussion about videophones for a long time and they've never become a reality. But then, tablet computers were a well-worn concept when Apple launched the iPad earlier this year. Video-based communication, conferencing and collaboration is finally coming of age just as did tablet computing. Why now? A number of vectors are driving the conditions for this perfect storm:
- Computers and smartphones now have the horsepower to encode video streams in real-time
- Adequate bandwidth and Quality of Service in now available in the cloud to transmit video streams with minimal latency
- Adoption of open standards has helped make the 'any stream on any device' vision a reality
- Growing bandwidth and other capabilities (e.g. cameras) are now available on edge devices
We are still some ways off from an experience that combines the easy-of-use of a Skype call, the quality of a Cisco Telepresence video conference and the convergence of usage across office computers, family room TVs, and 4G smartphones. However, there is no doubt that we will see a rapid change in how consumer–as well as enterprises–use video for communication, conferencing and collaboration in the near future. The days of installing expensive equipment and setting up dedicated video communication channels are numbered; the big wave will be about ubiquitous and cost-effective video communication.
BitGravity brings some key building blocks to the rapidly evolving world of cloud-based video communication. We have a unique cloud-based fabric for setting up and transporting real-time data streams across the global with minimal latency. This cloud-based fabric has very high throughput and scalability, is protocol agnostic and highly resilient and fault tolerant, making it ideal for a variety of real-time interactive applications including high quality video broadcasts, video conferencing and collaboration.
We are partnering with innovative application companies such as ViVu, which has developed a video-centric desktop conferencing and collaboration application. By deploying ViVu's application on BitGravity's global HD video network, we can offer enterprise customers a very compelling solution that can be used for a variety of applications, from high-quality global CEO broadcasts to multi-person video conferences enriched with application and desktop sharing. This is an exciting direction, so watch this space!
July 13, 2010
BitGravity & ViVu Announce Massively Scalable HD Video Conferencing & Collaboration Application
By Skip in Announcements, Innovation, Live Streaming, Products
We at BitGravity are pleased to announce a partnership with ViVu in which we're developing the world's first massively scalable HD video conferencing application. By combining HD live streaming on our global, carrier-grade network with ViVu's video conferencing and collaboration application, enterprises and organizations around the globe will soon be able to conduct video-centric conferences in HD.
Unlike traditional Web-based meeting applications or current video conferencing solutions, this new application from BitGravity and ViVu will feature HD video from 1:1 to 1:100k as the centerpiece of the experience and will incorporate numerous valuable collaboration features as well, including chat, displaying presentations, and more.
June 18, 2010
The BitGravity Difference: Technical Support
By Skip in Products
If you've worked with other CDNs, you probably understand how painful getting responsive, effective support can be. BitGravity is the first and only CDN built from the ground up specifically to deliver HD and SD VOD and live streams around the globe. Because of our focus on video, our customers expect and receive a level of service not provided by alternative providers. Here's what we offer:
- Presales Support: Our prospective customers span the range from organizations new to video delivery to global media companies wanting to monetize video assets. Regardless of experience or size, BitGravity spends the time needed up front to ensure there's a great fit.
- Video Expertise: Because BitGravity is the only CDN focused on VOD and live streaming, our team has the knowledge and experience to quickly and effectively help you address any issues that arise. 24/7/365 Phone & Email Support: We're here to help our customers by phone and email around the clock.
- We Go the Extra Mile: We're global, yet we're eager to keep you a satisfied customer. Have a question about encoding, reducing latency, or codecs? We go the extra mile to get and keep you on BitGravity.
- It's Included: Unlike an Web-only storage and CDN provider, 24/7/365 phone and email support is included for all our customers—even those that take advantage of our bundled VOD and live packages.
Contact us to find out how support and everything else, is different with BitGravity.
June 14, 2010
BG Live Helps Power 19 Entertainment's, 'If I Can Dream' Web Reality Show
By Skip in Live Streaming
In February, 19 Entertainment, the media powerhouse that created 'American Idol', launched 'If I Can Dream'—a Web reality show that invites the world to follow five aspiring artists as they pursue their Hollywood dreams. At the core of the show is a unique system for online broadcasting that provides the audience with a choice of watching the contestants through 60 cameras positioned throughout the 'If I Can Dream' House and streaming live 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
19 Entertainment worked closely with partners to innovate, create, and execute 'If I Can Dream', including BitGravity which provided proof of concept support and provides 60 HD on-demand live streams to the show's visitors from 211 countries around the globe. In building this window into the lives of aspiring artists, 'If I Can Dream' and BitGravity have introduced a whole new way of producing and delivering live content.
Check out the aspiring stars live.
May 27, 2010
Get BitGravity's Free Flash Player
By Skip in Flash, Products
If you want to quickly and easily post FLV and H.264 videos on your site, there's no reason to go through the hassle of installing complicated Flash players. We at BitGravity like the Flow and JW Players, however, our BitGravity Player 6 is a free Flash player and is as simple as it gets. Enter the path for your video, click 'Finished', and the embed code for the player is yours. That's it.
You can also add your own logo, color theme, and advertising. That's something you don't get when you embed Vimeo or Viddler videos, and it opens up new opportunities for video content producers to monetize their content.
Check out BitGravity Player 6
May 27, 2010
The Seven Essential Buying Criteria for Successful Video Delivery
By Skip in Whitepapers
The novelty of delivering video on Web sites is over. User expectations have matured. Internet video consumers are becoming more numerous and more demanding. In turn, the stakes of picking the right content delivery network (CDN) for successful video delivery are getting higher and higher. Several notorious content delivery failures—the Victoria's Secret fashion show, and high-profile outages on Facebook and Oprah.com—offer evidence to that fact. No one can afford to risk their company and career on a poorly informed choice for video delivery.
Against this backdrop, there have emerged new table stakes—seven essentials—for successful video delivery that every decision-maker needs to consider in making a decision on a video delivery provider. These buying criteria are shared across the gamut of small, video-centric start-ups and established, familiar media giants:
- Great end-user experiences
- Reliability, scalability, and global coverage
- Simple file management and content control
- Real-time reporting and analytics
- Excellent support
- Low total cost of delivery
- Great overall fit
Sign in to access the full whitepaper 'Seven Essential Buying Criteria for Successful Video Delivery'. This paper examines the inability of legacy CDNs to deliver on these seven criteria and the corresponding, unique necessity for a Distributed Origin-based network architecture that is purpose-built for today's broadband video opportunity.
May 20, 2010
Understanding YouTube's Influence on Live Video
By Charles Myslinsky in Live Streaming
When YouTube was started five years ago the business of video online was still largely undefined. Independent content producers were largely unaware of the value their content had to a site like YouTube. Professional content owners merely saw the site as facilitating the infringement of copyrights. Looking back, it was hard to realize in 2005 what an important role YouTube would eventually play in shaping consumer demand for video. The important takeaway from this early era of online video was that content is king, as Sumner Redstone famously coined. Without the content there would have been no foundation for a site like YouTube to grow.
YouTube was somewhat obscure until higher value professional content uploaded by users started appearing on the site. The increased content broadened YouTube's reach, allowing the site to capture a large audience of Web video viewers. This growth, however, is not without controversy as many went uncompensated for providing viral and popular videos. In extreme cases it has lead to lawsuits such as the one filed by Viacom against the now-Google-owned property.
Much like YouTube changed video on demand in 2005, a new series of companies seek to do the same in 2010 for live video. These 'Live Tube' sites are following much the same model of the original YouTube: focus on user-generated content, grow viewership through that content, and monetize the audience. These goals cannot be achieved without content, as technology alone will not bring an audience to a site. As a content owner a delicate balance should be exercised when using any 'free' service as it may reap substantial rewards from building its audience on the back of your content. Additionally, you should select partners whose first priority is building products that enable your business goals, not theirs.
At BitGravity we are technologists who enjoy seeing our products used to enhance your brand, on site experience or connection with your audience. Our tier 1, carrier-grade network is used daily by large and small content owners alike to provide great user experiences. We've already deployed a global network capable of delivering live 1080p HD video to thousands of your viewers.
Throughout the remainder of 2010, we'll be announcing new additions to our BG Live product that will bring new features increasing distribution options while in parallel providing simplified configuration. Our goal is to enhance the quality of experience provided to your audience, not to try and build one of our own.
May 14, 2010
BG Video Delivery Product Updates
By Skip in Products
Web publishers that serve video have ever-increasing needs for their video delivery networks to work on their terms and not to limit their capabilities or change their workflow to fit within the constraints of their provider. That's why we at BitGravity will continue expanding the services we offer on network–such as the announcement we made earlier this week about soon offering integrated on-demand encoding services to our customers–and the capabilities of our global video delivery and live streaming network.
Over the past two months we've expanded the capabilities of BG Video Delivery such that we now support Origin Pull, RTMP for Flash, and the Flowplayer. If you have your own origin infrastructure, you can now have your BG Video Delivery account configured so that we pull videos from your origin for serving regionally or globally across our network. We also now support the major Adobe video delivery protocols for video on demand including RTMP, RTMPT, RTMPE, and RTMPTE. And, we also added support for the Flowplayer, including the ability to integrate our Advanced Progressive API and RTMP.
May 10, 2010
BitGravity to Offer Customers Transcoding for On-Demand Video
By Skip in Encoding, Products, Video
We're pleased to announce that this summer BitGravity will start offering integrated transcoding services for on-demand video to our customers through a white-labeled service from HD Cloud. It will be simple for customers to transcode from and to many formats, such as the ability to transcode MPEG2s to FLVs for Web delivery or FLVs to h.264s for iPhone and iPad delivery.
Nicholas Butterworth, CEO of HD Cloud, spoke earlier today about the partnership at the CDN Summit in New York, and the full release can be found here.
May 5, 2010
Third Party Encoding Solutions = Choice and Live Streaming at up to 1080p
By Skip in Live Streaming
BitGravity's live streaming customers have a broad array of requirements, so we've broadened our support for live third-party encoding solutions. This enables choice for our customers in selecting an encoding product that best meets their needs, as well as the capability to push streams at up to 1080p across our global network.
Third-party encoders we've successful used to deliver live streams include Wirecast, Kulabyte, Digital Rapids, Viewcast, Flash Media Live Encoder, and Inlet. We're continuing to work with encoding partners and will provide updates as new solutions are qualified for use on the BitGravity network.
March 4, 2009
Not yer Daddy's Live Broadcast!
By Ed Crump in Announcements, Flash, Technology, Video
Greetings. My name is Ed Crump, and I'm the chief scientist behind the BitGravity LiveBroadcast system. I'd like to take a minute to share some thoughts, inside information, and tips about the system we've developed for you. First, some background …
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Terms of Service
Updated January 3, 2012
THESE TERMS OF SERVICE ( "TOS" OR"AGREEMENT") IS A BINDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN BITGRAVITY, INC ("BITGRAVITY," THE "COMPANY," "WE" OR "US") AND YOU AND, IF APPLICABLE, THE COMPANY OR OTHER LEGAL ENTITY YOU REPRESENT ("CUSTOMER" OR "YOU"). THIS AGREEMENT GOVERNS THE PROVISION OF THOSE SERVICES (THE "SERVICES") AND/OR SOFTWARE (THE "SOFTWARE") THAT ARE EITHER (A) SET FORTH IN A SERVICE AGREEMENT OR AGREEMENTS ("SERVICE AGREEMENT(S)") EXECUTED BY YOU; (B) SET FORTH ON THE AGREEMENT PAGE FOR ONLINE ORDERS, SUCH AS FOR BG DIRECT ("BG DIRECT"); OR (C) AS DESCRIBED ON THE DOWNLOAD PAGE FOR SOFTWARE OFFERED BY THE COMPANY THROUGH AN ONLINE PROCESS, WHICH INCLUDES, AS OF THE DATE OF THESE TOS, (i) THE BITGRAVITY FLASH PLAYER - ON DEMAND; (ii) THE BIGRAVITY FLASH PLAYER – LIVE; (iii) THE BITGRAVITY SECURITY SOFTWARE; (iv) THE BITGRAVITY ENCODING SOFTWARE; AND (v) THE BITGRAVITY VIDEO PLAYBACK SOFTWARE. BY (A) EXECUTING AND RETURNING THE SERVICE AGREEMENT(S) GOVERNING THE PROVISION OF SERVICES AND/OR SOFTWARE; (B) (ACCEPTING THIS AGREEMENT BY CLICKING ACCEPT OR CHECKING AN ACCEPTANCE BOX) CLICKING THE "ACCEPT" BUTTON FOR THIS AGREEMENT IF YOU ARE DOWNLOADING THE SOFTWARE ONLINE; OR (C) OTHERWISE INDICATING YOUR ACCEPTANCE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT BY A METHOD APPROVED IN WRITING BY THE COMPANY, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU ARE ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF A COMPANY OR OTHER LEGAL ENTITY, YOU REPRESENT THAT YOU HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO BIND THE LEGAL ENTITY TO THIS AGREEMENT, IN WHICH CASE "YOU" SHALL MEAN SUCH ENTITY. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE SUCH AUTHORITY, OR IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT, YOU MAY NOT USE THE SERVICES OR SOFTWARE AND YOU MUST EITHER INFORM THE ACCOUNT REPRESENTATIVE LISTED ON THE SERVICE AGREEMENT(S), OR NOT CLICK ACCEPT, NOT CHECK THE ACCEPTANCE BOX OR SELECT THE "DECLINE" BUTTON, IF USING AN ONLINE PROCESS.
1. Modifications to this Agreement
You agree that we may modify this Agreement or any policy or other terms referenced in this Agreement ("Additional Policy(ies)") at any time by posting a revised version of the Agreement or such Additional Policy on the BitGravity Web site. The revised terms shall be effective as follows:
- If the revised terms are
(a) For a Service or Software that we are adding at the time of the revision,
(b) For our Privacy Policy
(c) For the AUP (as defined in Section 12), or
(d) For any other general terms and conditions applicable to our services, Web sites or other properties, then the revised terms shall be effective upon posting (unless we expressly state otherwise at the time of posting); and - If the revised terms are otherwise for an existing Service or Software, then the revised terms shall be effective upon the earlier to occur of (a) fifteen (15) days after posting and (b) if, in our sole discretion, we provide a mechanism for your immediate acceptance of the revised terms, such as a click-through confirmation or acceptance button, your acceptance.
By continuing to use the Software, or use or receive the Service(s), after the effective date of any revisions to this Agreement or any Additional Policies, you agree to be bound by the revised Agreement or any revised Additional Policies. It is your responsibility to check the BitGravity Web site regularly for changes to this Agreement or the Additional Policies, as applicable. We last modified this Agreement on the date set forth at the top of this Agreement.
2. Term
2.1 Service Agreement(s). With respect to Services and/or Software ordered pursuant to Service Agreements:
- (a) Each Service Agreement is effective as of the Contract Effective Date set forth in such Service Agreement.
- (b) The Term for the provision of Services by the Company shall be as set forth in the applicable Service Agreement. The Term shall begin at the "Term Start Date" as set forth in such Service Agreement.
- (c) The Service Activation Date is the date service was provisioned on the network and BitGravity sent you notification of the same via email.
- (d) If you have first become a customer or renew your Service Agreement on or after April, 5, 2010, unless you provide notice in accordance
with Section 13 no earlier than ninety (90) days and no later than thirty (30) days before the end of the Term as outlined in the Service
Agreement, the Initial Term shall automatically renew for subsequent
twelve (12) month terms (each a 'Renewal Term'), unless not less than
ninety (90) days prior to the end of the initial term or any Renewal
Term one Party indicates in writing to the other Party of its
intention not to renew this Service Agreement in accordance with Section
13 of this Agreement.
- (e) Termination of an individual Service Agreement shall not terminate any other Service Agreement.
2.2. Downloaded Software. With respect to Software that is downloaded for no additional charge to you, your license to use the Software is subject to termination by BitGravity at any time, for any reason or no reason. Web site regularly for changes to this Agreement or the Additional Policies, as applicable. We last modified this Agreement on the date set forth at the top of this Agreement.
3. Termination and Suspension
3.1. Termination or Suspension by Us. We may suspend your right and license to use the Services and/or Software in a particular Service Agreement, or terminate this Agreement in its entirety or as to a particular Service Agreement (and, accordingly, your right to use the Service and/or Software as provided in this Agreement or in such particular Service Agreement), effective as set forth below:
- 3.1.1. Immediately upon our notice to you in accordance with the notice provisions set forth in Section 13 below if:
- (i) we receive notice, or we otherwise determine in our sole discretion, that you have violated the AUP;
- (ii) you otherwise use the Service in a way that disrupts or threatens the Service;
- (iii) there is an unusual spike or increase in your use of the Service;
- (iv) we determine, in our sole discretion, there is evidence of fraud with respect to your account;
- (v) you use any of the Software, BitGravity Content (as defined in Section 5) or Marks (as defined in Section 14) other than as expressly permitted herein;
- (vi) we determine, in our sole discretion, that our provision of a Service or Software to you is prohibited by applicable law, or has become impractical or unfeasible for any legal or regulatory reason; or
- (vii) subject to applicable law, upon your liquidation, commencement of dissolution proceedings, disposal of your assets, failure to continue your business, assignment for the benefit of creditors, or if you become the subject of a voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy or similar proceeding.
3.1.2. Default of Payment Obligation. Upon at least twenty-four (24) hours following our provision of notice to you in accordance with the notice provisions set forth in Section 13 below, if you are in default of any payment obligation with respect to the Services or Software, including any payment obligation under any current or prior Service Agreements, or if any payment mechanism you have provided to us is invalid or charges are refused for such payment mechanism, and you fail to cure such payment obligation default or correct such payment mechanism problem within such notice period.
3.1.3. Default of Any Other Provision. Upon at least five (5) days following our provision of notice to you in accordance with the notice provisions set forth in Section 13 below, if you breach any other provision of this Agreement and fail, as determined by us, in our sole discretion, to cure such breach within such notice period.
3.1.4. For Convenience. Upon ninety (90) days notice in accordance with Section 13, or, if within ninety (90) days of the end of the term set forth in the applicable Service Agreement, the end of such term.
3.1.5 Downloaded Software. With respect to Software downloaded through the Company's online process at no additional charge, we may suspend your right and license to use such Software, for any reason or for no reason, at our discretion at any time by providing you at least sixty (60) days' advance notice in accordance with the notice provisions set forth in Section 13 below.
3.1.6 Modification of Services or Software. The Company may modify components of, or the method of providing, its Services or use of the Software, upon thirty (30) days notice, or a shorter period if such change is due to compliance with applicable laws or regulations. In such case, these TOS and applicable Service Agreement(s) shall be modified solely to the extent necessary to reflect such modification(s); provided, that if such modification results in a material decrease in the functionality of the Services and/or Software, then you may terminate the applicable Service Agreement if such material decrease is not remedied within thirty days notice from you.
3.2. Effect of Suspension or Termination by Us
- 3.2.1. Upon our suspension or termination of your use of a Service or Software, we shall have no obligation to continue to store your data during any period of suspension or termination or to permit you to retrieve the same and may take any or all of the following actions, in any particular order, to limit, deactivate, and/or remove access to your account and content:
- a. Deactivate access to your BitGravity dashboard, FTP, or any other account including your ability to add, modify, or remove content or to access reports;
- b. Deny requests for serving your content on Our network;
- c. Remove any or all of your content from Our network, including from your account.
- 3.2.2.1 Suspension. Upon Our suspension of your use of a Service or Software, in whole or in part, for any reason, (i) applicable fees will continue to accrue for such Service or Software, notwithstanding the suspension (including your continued storage of data during the period of suspension); (ii) you remain liable for all fees, charges and any other obligations through the end of the Term outlined in the Service Agreement; (iii) in the case where your Service Agreement was automatically renewed at the end of a Term, you remain liable for all obligations for ninety (90) days after you deliver us notice of termination pursuant to Section 13 of this Agreement; and (iv) all of your rights with respect to the Service shall be terminated during the period of the suspension. Notwithstanding any suspension or subsequent termination of this Agreement, in the event you continue to deliver content using the Service or Software, you shall continue to be liable for the fees for such delivery in effect as of the date of suspension or subsequent termination (as applicable) as provided in the applicable Service Agreement for such delivery of content, including without limitation Section 7 of this Agreement and Section 7.2, specifically, as to the calculation of usage of the Service.
3.2.2. Payment and Rights.
3.2.3. Termination. Upon termination of this Agreement for any reason: (i) you remain liable for all applicable fees, charges and any other obligations through the end of the Term outlined in the Service Agreement; (ii), (ii) all of your rights under this Agreement shall immediately terminate; and (iiii) you shall immediately return, or if instructed by us, destroy all BitGravity Confidential Information (as defined in Section 9 below) and any BitGravity Properties then in your possession. Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, in the event you continue to deliver content using the Service or Software, you shall be continue to be liable for the fees for such delivery in effect as of the date of termination as provided in the applicable Service Agreement for such delivery of content, including without limitation Section 7 of this Agreement and Section 7.2, specifically, as to the calculation of usage of the Service.
3.3. Termination by You. You may terminate this Agreement in its entirety or as to a particular Service Agreement (and, accordingly, your right to use the Service and/or Software as provided in this Agreement or in such particular Service Agreement), for any reason or for no reason at all, by providing us ninety (90) days' written notice in accordance with Section 13. Upon termination of this Agreement: (i) you remain liable for all applicable fees, charges and any other obligations through the end of the then-current Term; (ii) in the case where your Service Agreement was automatically renewed at the end of the initial Term, you remain liable for all obligations for during such ninety (90) day notice period; (iii) all of your rights under this Agreement shall terminate; and (iv) you shall return, or if instructed by us, destroy all BitGravity Confidential Information (as defined in Section 9 below) and any BitGravity Properties then in your possession within three (3) business days after the date of termination. Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, in the event you continue to deliver content using the Service or Software, you shall continue to be liable for the fees for such delivery in effect as of the date of termination as provided in the applicable Service Agreement for such delivery of content, including without limitation Section 7 of this Agreement and Section 7.2, specifically, as to the calculation of usage of the Service.
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4.1. Permitted Uses Generally.
- 4.1.1. You may write a software application or Web site ("Application") that interfaces with the applicable Service solely in accordance with our APIs (as defined in Section 5.1 below) and any documentation provided in connection with such APIs. You acknowledge that we may change, deprecate or republish APIs for such Service or feature of such Service from time to time, and that it is your responsibility to ensure that calls you make to the Service are compatible with then-current APIs for the Service. You further acknowledge that we may change or remove features or functionality of any Service at any time.
- 4.1.2. You may make network calls or requests to such Service at any time that such Service is available, provided that you (or if you build and release an Application, each installed copy of your Application) may not exceed any maximum file sizes or maximum calls per second limits imposed by BitGravity (as such sizes or limits may be established or changed from time to time by BitGravity in its sole discretion).
- 4.1.3. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, you may generally publicize your use of the Service; however, you may not issue any press release with respect to the Service or this Agreement without our prior written consent. You hereby grant BitGravity the right to list and publicize you as a customer of the Service.
4.2. Accounts and Keys. You may only create one account per email address. When you complete the account creation process, you will have provided unique account identifiers ("Account Identifiers"), including your email address and password, and you will be issued unique account identifier. Account Identifiers (i) identify your account and (ii) allow you to access information and make requests to BitGravity. The Account Identifier is immutable and will always uniquely identify your BitGravity account. Account Identifiers are unique to your account and are subject to change. Account Identifiers are for your personal use only, and you may not sell, transfer, sublicense or otherwise disclose your private key to any other party. You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy and security of your Account Identifiers. You are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your Account Identifiers, regardless of whether such activities are undertaken by you or a third party. Therefore, you should contact us immediately if you believe a third party may be using your Account. you are responsible for maintaining up-to-date and accurate information (including contact information) for your BitGravity account. We are not responsible for any unauthorized access to, alteration of, or the deletion, destruction, damage, loss or failure to store any of, your Content (as defined in Section 9.2), your Applications, or other data which you submit or use in connection with your account or the Service.
4.3. Monitoring Your Use of the BitGravity Service. You agree to provide information and/or other materials related to your Applications as reasonably requested by us to verify your compliance with this Agreement. You further acknowledge and agree that, with respect to:
- 4.3.1. Online Applications, we may crawl or otherwise monitor the external interfaces of your Application for the purpose of verifying your compliance with this Agreement. You may not seek to block or otherwise interfere with such crawling or monitoring (and we may use technical means to overcome any methods used on your Application to block or interfere with our crawling or monitoring); and
- 4.3.2. Client-Side Applications, you agree to furnish a copy of your Application upon request for the purpose of verifying your compliance with this Agreement.
5. License to Use the BitGravity Properties
5.1. BitGravity Properties. We may make available to you, for your installation, copying and/or use in connection with the Service, from time to time, a variety of software, data and other content and printed and electronic documentation (all such materials except those specifically made available by us under separate license terms, the "BitGravity Properties"). Subject to your acceptance of this Agreement, ongoing compliance with its terms and conditions with respect to the subject Service, and payment if and as required for your right to use the Service, we hereby grant to you, without the right to sublicense, a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license during the Term, under our intellectual property or proprietary rights in the BitGravity Properties, only to install, copy and use the BitGravity Properties solely in connection with and as necessary for your use of the Service and solely to the extent in compliance with all the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The BitGravity Properties may include, without limitation:
- Proprietary application programming interfaces ("APIs");
- Developer tools for use in connection with the APIs;
- Articles and documentation for use in connection with the use and implementation of the APIs (collectively, "Documentation");
- Specifications describing the operational and functional capabilities, use limitations, technical and engineering requirements, and testing and performance criteria relevant to the proper use of the Service and its related APIs and other technology;
- Textual materials made available as part of the Service ("Text Materials"); and
- Other forms of digital content, data, text, images, logos, user interface designs and other creative designs, audio and video (with the Text Materials, collectively, "BitGravity Content"). Sample source code which we may make available from time to time for use in connection with the Service ("Sample Source Code") and libraries which we may make available from time to time for use in connection with the Service ("Libraries") will be made available to you under separate license that accompanies each Sample Source Code or Library and the term " BitGravity Properties," as used herein, specifically excludes any Sample Source Code or Libraries made available to you under separate license. Except as may be expressly authorized under this Agreement:
- You may not, and may not attempt to, modify, alter, tamper with, repair, or otherwise create derivative works of any software included in or accessed via the BitGravity Properties.
- You may not, and may not attempt to, reverse engineer, disassemble, or decompile the BitGravity Properties or the Service or apply any other process or procedure to derive the source code of any software included in or accessed via the BitGravity Properties.
- You shall ensure that all employees and independent contractors with access to the Software shall be bound to make no unauthorized use or disclosure of the Software.
5.2 Software. With respect to Software provided to you, we hereby grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable (except as provided below) license to the Software. The license granted herein is further subject to the following conditions:
- The Software shall only be used in conjunction with services provided by BitGravity;
- The Software may not be enabled for use, operation or interaction with any software, hardware or any other application other than your Flash-based media player or those provided by BitGravity, except as specifically authorized in writing by BitGravity;
- You may grant sublicenses to the Software to end-users of your Web site(s) that utilize BitGravity's services along with your standard end-user license agreement, Web site terms of use, or similar agreement; provided, that such sublicenses shall only grant rights as to compiled versions of the Software for use with your Web site(s).
- You shall take all reasonable precautions to protect the Software and documentation, and preserve its confidential, proprietary and trade secret status in perpetuity;
- You shall ensure that all employees and independent contractors with access to the Software shall be bound to make no unauthorized use or disclosure of the Software;
- You may not, and may not attempt to, reverse engineer, disassemble, or decompile the Software or apply any other process or procedure to derive the source code of any Software.
- You may not repackage the Software or any related product for the purpose of serving the Software or related functionality to third parties without obtaining the prior express written consent of BitGravity;
5.3. Third Party Software. The BitGravity Properties, Services and Software may include software and/or services that are proprietary to third parties. Such third parties are referred to individually as a "Third Party Provider," and collectively as "Third Party Providers,", and the software and/or services of each Third Party Provider referred to as "Third Party Properties"). As of the date of these TOS set forth above, the Third Party Providers and Third Party Properties are:
- Name of Third Party Provider Third Party Properties
Twistage, Inc. ("Twistage") BG Video Director
The Third Party Properties are subject to the restrictions set forth in this Agreement, to the same extent as all other BitGravity Properties, Services and Software, as applicable. In addition, with respect to the Third Party Providers and their respective Third Party Properties:
- Twistage is an express third-party beneficiary under this Agreement, with a right to enforce the terms of this Agreement against you.
- The Third Party Provider makes no representation or warranty to you.
- To the extent you receive confidential information of the Third Party Provider (the "Third Party Confidential Information", the Third Party Confidential Information will be subject to the provisions of Section 8 of this Agreement as if the Third Party Provider were the disclosing party.
- You shall not attempt to illegally gain access to any systems or networks of any Third Party Provider, except as required to access and use the Third Party Properties.
- The provisions of Section 10.2 specifically apply to your use of the the Third Party Properties and your responsibility for your Content.
5.4. Nonexclusive Rights. The rights granted by BitGravity in this Agreement with respect to BitGravity Properties, the Marks, the Services and Software are nonexclusive, and BitGravity reserves the right to: (i) itself act as a developer of products or services related to any of the products that you may develop in connection with the BitGravity Properties or via your use of the Service; and (ii) appoint third parties as developers or systems integrators who may offer products or services which compete with BitGravity or your Application.
6. Downtime and Service Suspensions; Security
6.1. Downtime and Service Suspensions. In addition to our rights to terminate or suspend Services to you as described in Section 3 above, you acknowledge that: (i) your access to and use of the Services may be suspended for the duration of any unanticipated or unscheduled downtime or unavailability of any portion or all of the Services for any reason, including as a result of power outages, system failures or other interruptions; and (ii) we shall also be entitled, without any liability to you, to suspend access to any portion or all of the Services at any time, on a Service-wide basis: (a) for scheduled downtime to permit us to conduct maintenance or make modifications to the Service; (b) in the event of a denial of service attack or other attack on the Services or other event that we determine, in our sole discretion, may create a risk to the Services, to you or to any of our other customers if the Service were not suspended; or (c) in the event that we determine that provision of the Services is prohibited by law or we otherwise determine that it is necessary or prudent to do so for legal or regulatory reasons (collectively, "Service Suspensions"). Without limitation to Section 10.5, we shall have no liability whatsoever for any damage, liabilities, losses (including any loss of data or profits) or any other consequences that you may incur as a result of any Service Suspension.
6.2. Security. We cannot guarantee that we will be successful at keeping your Content secure, given the nature of the Internet. Accordingly, without limitation to Section 4.3 above and Section 10.5 below, you acknowledge that you bear sole responsibility for adequate security, protection and backup of your Content and Applications. We strongly encourage you, where available and appropriate, to (a) use encryption technology to protect your Content from unauthorized access, (b) routinely archive your Content, and (c) keep your Applications or any software that you use or run with our Services current with the latest security patches or updates. We will have no liability to you for any unauthorized access or use, corruption, deletion, destruction or loss of any of your Content or Applications.
7. Fees
7.1 Service Agreements. With respect to Services ordered pursuant to Service Agreements, if you transfer less than or up to the minimum committed traffic, you will be charged the minimum commitment on the applicable Service Agreement. Beyond the minimum committed traffic, you will be charged overage rates as dictated by the applicable Service Agreement. Payment for monthly recurring fees is due in advance at the beginning of each billing cycle. Overages from the previous month will be due in arrears on the next month's bill. The initial month will be prorated accordingly, based upon the Service Activation Date. One time fees are billed in advance. The Company reserves the right to limit your usage of BitGravity's service in excess of your committed usage in the event that such excess usage will have a material adverse effect upon BitGravity's network. The Company may, as part of a general increase in fees, increase fees for the Services and/or Software; provided, that (i) we shall provide thirty days notice of such increase, and (ii) You shall have the right to terminate receipt of the applicable Services or use of the Software by providing notice to the Company within thirty days after the effectiveness of the fee increase. Upon termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1: (i) you remain liable for all applicable fees, charges and any other obligations through the date of termination; and (ii) you shall return, or if instructed by us, destroy all BitGravity Confidential Information (as defined in Section 9 below) and any BitGravity Properties then in your possession within three (3) business days after the date of termination. Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, in the event you continue to deliver content using the Service or Software, you shall be liable for the fees in effect as of the date of termination as provided in the applicable Service Agreement for such delivery of content.
Monthly Fees set forth in the Service Agreement will commence starting on the Service Activation Date. During the period between the Contract Effective Date and the Term Start Date, Customer will be responsible for any One Time Fees and prorated Monthly Fees at the rates set forth in the applicable Service Agreement and may receive an invoice during that time period.
Customers of BG Live may request additional publishing points from Customer Support, as needed. By requesting additional publishing points, Customer agrees to incur the additional cost per publishing point, as listed on the Customer's Service Agreement, for the remainder of the Term defined in the Service Agreement.
Payments for Invoices must be received within fifteen (15) days of the Invoice date. For any Invoices past due over fifteen (15) days, BitGravity reserves the right to charge interest on those invoices at the rate of 18% per annum, compounded monthly.
For any Invoices past due over thirty (30) days, BitGravity reserves the right to charge interest on those invoices at the rate of 18% per annum, compounded monthly.
- 7.1.1 Purchasing Online. With respect to Services or Software ordered and/or downloaded through the Company's online process, you agree to pay applicable fees in the amounts set forth on the Service's Detail page on the BitGravity Web site (including any minimum subscription fees). Fees for any new Service feature will be effective upon posting by us on the Service's detail page of the BitGravity Web site for the Service. We may increase or add new fees for the Service or Service feature by giving you 30 days' advance notice. Such notice will be posted on the Service's detail page of the BitGravity Web site on the Service detail page located at one of the following relevant URLs:
BG Video Delivery: http://bitgravity.com/products/bg_video_delivery.html
BG Video Director: http://bitgravity.com/products/bg_video_director.html
BG Live: http://bitgravity.com/products/bg_live.html
BG Web Site Acceleration: http://bitgravity.com/products/bg_wsa.html
You agree that you are responsible for checking the Service's detail page of the BitGravity Web site each month to confirm whether there are any new fees and their effective date(s). We may specify the manner in which you will pay any fees, and any such payment shall be subject to the Company's general accounts receivable policies from time to time in effect. Payment for your monthly base fee is due in advance at the beginning of each billing cycle. Overages from the previous month will be due in arrears on the next month's bill. The initial month will be prorated accordingly, based upon the Service Activation Date. BitGravity reserves the right to limit your usage of BitGravity's service in the event that such usage will have a material adverse effect upon BitGravity's network.
7.2 Network Calculations. With respect to Services ordered pursuant to Service Agreements,
- The Company shall invoice you based upon the total amount of delivery for each service multiplied by the price plan set forth in the Service Agreement.
- The Company shall invoice you based upon the maximum amount of storage for each service multiplied by the price plan set forth in the Service Agreement.
- For 95th percentile, sampling will be based upon traffic from BitGravity to and from the end-user over two minute intervals. At the end of the month, all the data samples will be collected and sorted from highest to lowest individually. The highest 5% will be discarded, and the next highest remaining data sample is the 95th Percentile number.
- For Total GB, at the end of the month all traffic from BitGravity to and from the end-user with be totaled to determine the Total GB.
- For Max Mbps Sum, BitGravity will take the peak bandwidth measured in Mbps used from any date, starting at 00:00 hours -24:00 hours Pacific Time from BitGravity to and from the end-user to determine the Max Mbps for a calendar date. At the end of the month, all the data samples will be collected and summed to determine Max Mbps Sum.
7.3 Delivery and Storage. We use the following conversions to determine your usage of a Service: (i) bytes * 1024 = KB (ii) KB *1024 = MB (iii) MB * 1000 = GB (iv) GB * 1000 = TB
7.4 Payment. All fees payable by you are exclusive of applicable taxes and duties, including, without limitation, VAT and applicable sales tax. You will provide such information to us as reasonably required to determine whether we are obligated to collect VAT from you, including without limitation your VAT identification number. All amounts payable by you under this Agreement will be made without setoff or counterclaim and without deduction or withholding. If any deduction or withholding is required by applicable law, you shall notify us and shall pay such additional amounts to us as necessary to ensure that the net amount that we receive, after such deduction and withholding, equals the amount we would have received if no such deduction or withholding had been required. Additionally, you shall provide us with documentation that the withholding and deducted amounts have been paid to the relevant taxing authority. In the event of any breach of your payment obligations, the Company shall be entitled to recover its costs of collection, including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses.
8. Confidentiality
(a) This Section 8 shall not apply at such times as the Company and you are parties to a non-disclosure agreement that governs the disclosure of confidential information by either party to the other. (b) Each party acknowledges that it will have access to certain confidential information of the other party, including the term, fees and commissions and other terms and conditions of this Agreement ("Confidential Information"), and agrees that it will not use in any way, for its own account or the account of any third party, such Confidential Information, nor disclose to any third party (except to that party's attorneys, accountants and other advisors as necessary), any of the other party's Confidential Information. Information will not be deemed Confidential Information if it (i) is or becomes known to the receiving party from a source other than one having an obligation of confidentiality to the disclosing party; (ii) becomes publicly known or otherwise ceases to be secret or confidential, except through a breach of this Agreement by the receiving party; (iii) is independently developed by the receiving party without reference to the Confidential Information. (c) Each party shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that the other's Confidential Information is not disclosed or distributed by its employees or agents in violation of the terms of this Agreement, but in no event will either party use less effort to protect the Confidential Information of the other party than it uses to protect its own Confidential Information of like importance. Each party will ensure that any agents or subcontractors that are permitted to access any of the other's Confidential Information are legally bound to comply with the obligations set forth herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Confidential Information may be disclosed as required by any governmental agency, provided that before disclosing such information the disclosing party must provide the non-disclosing party with sufficient advance notice of the agency's request for the information to enable the non-disclosing party to exercise any rights it may have to challenge or limit the agency's authority to receive such Confidential Information.
9. Intellectual Property
9.1. Our Service and the BitGravity Properties. Other than the limited use and access rights and licenses expressly set forth in this Agreement, we reserve all right, title and interest (including all intellectual property and proprietary rights) in and to: (i) the Service; (ii) the Software; (iii) the BitGravity Properties; (iv) the Marks; and (v) any other technology and software that we provide or use to provide the Service and the BitGravity Properties. You do not, by virtue of this Agreement or otherwise, acquire any ownership interest or rights in the Services, the BitGravity Properties, the Marks, or other technology and software (including third party technology and software), except for the limited use and access rights described in this Agreement.
9.2. Your Applications, Data and Content. Other than the rights and interests expressly set forth in this Agreement, and excluding BitGravity Properties and works derived from BitGravity Properties, you reserve all right, title and interest (including all intellectual property and proprietary rights) in and to: (i) content and data you may send to us or use as part of your use of the Services which are designed by us to permit you to send content or data to us ("Content"); and (ii) your Applications.
9.3. Feedback. In the event you elect, in connection with the Services or Software, to communicate to us suggestions for improvements to the Services, the Software, the BitGravity Properties or the Marks (collectively, "Feedback"), we shall own all right, title, and interest in and to the same, even if you have designated the Feedback as confidential, and we shall be entitled to use the Feedback without restriction. You hereby irrevocably assign all right, title and interest in and to the Feedback to us and agree to provide us such assistance as we may require to document, perfect, and maintain our rights to the Feedback.
9.4. Non-Assertion. During and after the term of the Agreement, with respect to the Service, the Software, the BitGravity Properties or Marks, you will not assert, nor will you authorize, assist, or encourage any third party to assert, against us or any of our customers, end users, vendors, business partners (including third party sellers on Web sites operated by or on behalf of us), licensors, sublicensees or transferees, any patent infringement or other intellectual property infringement claim with respect to such Service, Software, BitGravity Properties or Marks.
10. Representations and Warranties; Disclaimers; Limitations of Liability
10.1. Use of the Service. You represent and warrant that you will not use the Services, Software, BitGravity Properties and/or your Application and your Content: (i) in a manner that infringes, violates or misappropriates any rights of us or any third party; (ii) to engage in spamming or other impermissible advertising, marketing or other activities, including, without limitation, any activities that violate anti-spamming laws and regulations, including, without limitation, the CAN SPAM Act of 2003; (iii) in any manner that constitutes or facilitates the illegal export of any controlled or otherwise restricted items, including, without limitation, software, algorithms or other data that is subject to export laws; and/or (iv) in a way that is otherwise illegal or promotes illegal activities, including, without limitation, in a manner that might be libelous or defamatory or otherwise malicious or harmful to any person or entity, or discriminatory based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age.
10.2. Applications and Content. You represent and warrant: (i) that you are solely responsible for the development, operation, and maintenance of your Application and for your Content, including without limitation, the accuracy, security, appropriateness and completeness of your Content and all product-related materials and descriptions; (ii) that you have the necessary rights and licenses, consents, permissions, waivers and releases to use and display your Application and your Content; (iii) that neither your Application nor your Content (a) violates, misappropriates or infringes any rights of us or any third party, (b) constitutes defamation, invasion of privacy or publicity, or otherwise violates any rights of any third party, or (c) is designed for use in any illegal activity or promotes illegal activities, including, without limitation, in a manner that might be libelous or defamatory or otherwise malicious, illegal or harmful to any person or entity, or discriminatory based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age; (iv) that neither your Application nor your Content contains any Harmful Components; and (v) to the extent to which you use any of the Marks, that you will conduct your business in a professional manner and in a way that reflects favorably on the goodwill and reputation of BitGravity.
10.3. Public Software and Feedback. You represent and warrant that you will not use, and will not authorize any third party to use, any Public Software in connection with the Service in any manner that requires, pursuant to the license applicable to such Public Software, that any BitGravity Properties or Service be (a) disclosed or distributed in source code form, (b) made available free of charge to recipients, or (c) modifiable without restriction by recipients. With respect to any Feedback, you represent and warrant that such Feedback, in whole or in part, contributed by or through you, (i) contains no third party software or any software that may be considered Public Software and (ii) does not violate, misappropriate or infringe any intellectual property rights of any third party. "Public Software" means any software, documentation or other material that contains, or is derived (in whole or in part) from, any software, documentation or other material that is distributed as free software, open source software (e.g., Linux) or similar licensing or distribution models, including, but not limited to software, documentation or other material licensed or distributed under any of the following licenses or distribution models, or licenses or distribution models similar to any of the following: (i) GNU's General Public License (GPL), Lesser/Library GPL (LGPL), or Free Documentation License, (ii) The Artistic License (e.g., PERL), (iii) the Mozilla Public License, (iv) the Netscape Public License, (v) the Sun Community Source License (SCSL), (vi) the Sun Industry Standards License (SISL), (vii) the BSD License and (viii) the Apache License.
10.4. Authorization and Account Information. You represent and warrant that: (i) the information you provide on the Service Agreements is accurate and complete; (ii) if you are an individual, that you are at least 18 years of age and have the legal capacity to enter into this Agreement; and (iii) if you are accepting these TOS as an entity or organization, (a) you are duly authorized to do business in the country or countries where you operate, (b) the individual accepting these TOS meets the requirements of subsection (ii) above and is an authorized representative of your entity, and (c) your employees, officers, representatives and other agents accessing the Services are duly authorized to access the Services and to legally bind you to this Agreement and all transactions conducted under your account.
10.5. Disclaimers. EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED HEREIN, YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES, SOFTWARE, BITGRAVITY PROPERTIES AND MARKS IS "AS-IS," AND THE COMPANY DOES NOT MAKE, AND HEREBY DISCLAIMS, ANY AND ALL OTHER EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING FROM A COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE, OR TRADE PRACTICE. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN A SERVICE AGREEMENT, THE COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE USE OF THE SERVICES OR SOFTWARE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE OR COMPLETELY SECURE OR THAT THE DATA STORED BY CUSTOMER WILL BE SECURE OR NOT OTHERWISE LOST OR DAMAGED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COMPANY BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF PROFITS OR INCOME, WHETHER OR NOT BITGRAVITY HAD KNOWLEDGE, THAT SUCH DAMAGES MIGHT BE INCURRED. IN NO EVENT SHALL BITGRAVITY BE LIABLE FOR MORE THAN THE AGGREGATE PAYMENTS ACTUALLY RECEIVED FROM YOU IN THE TWELVE MONTHS PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO A CLAIM BY CUSTOMER. Users of the BitGravity GeoBlocking Service are hereby notified that such service is a mechanism implemented using third-party IP geolocation data and services. The accuracy of results based on these third-party solutions can vary significantly. Given the accuracy limitations of third-party IP geolocation solutions, BitGravity cannot guarantee any particular level of accuracy with regards to the BitGravity GeoBlocking Service. CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS LIMIT DISCLAIMERS OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATIONS OF DAMAGES. IN ANY SUCH JURISDICTION, THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATATIONS SHALL BE DEEMED AMENDED SOLELY TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH THE LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION
10.6. Your Applications are Your Responsibility. In addition to the foregoing, we specifically disclaim all liability, and you shall be solely responsible for the development, operation, and maintenance of your Application and for all materials that appear on or within your Application and you agree that you shall, without limitation, be solely responsible for:
- 10.6.1. the technical operation of your Application and all related equipment;
10.6.2. the accuracy and appropriateness of any materials posted on or within your Application (including, among other things, any product-related materials);
10.6.3. ensuring that any materials posted on your site or within your Application are not illegal and do not promote illegal activities, including without limitation any activities that might be libelous or defamatory or otherwise malicious, illegal or harmful to any person or entity, or discriminatory based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age;
10.6.4. ensuring that your Application accurately and adequately discloses, either through a privacy policy or otherwise, how you collect, use, store, and disclose data collected from visitors, including, where applicable, that third parties (including advertisers) may serve content and/or advertisements and collect information directly from visitors and may place or recognize cookies on visitors' browsers; and
10.6.5. any of your users' or customers' claims relating to your Application or the Service utilized in connection with your Application; and
10.7. Links. The BitGravity Web site and/or the Service may contain links to Web sites that are not under our control ("Third Party Sites"). We are not responsible for the contents or functionality of any Third Party Sites or any web site that can be accessed via links on any Third Party Site. We provide these links to you as a convenience and the inclusion of any such links does not constitute or imply our endorsement or validation of any Third Party Site.
11. Indemnification
(a) You shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company from and against any and all claims and suits, (including attorney's fees and costs) brought against the Company (i) alleging that your Content infringes or misappropriates any intellectual property right, or (ii) resulting from non-compliance with this Agreement (including the AUP).
(b) You shall not enter into a settlement imposing liability on BitGravity without BitGravity's prior written consent.
12. Acceptable Use Policy
Use of the BitGravity network and systems, and its services, software and products are also governed by and subject to BitGravity's Acceptable Use Policy, (AUP) found here . The AUP is incorporated into, and made a part of, this Agreement.
13. Miscellaneous
13.1. Notices. Notices under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be made first by email to notices@bitgravity.com for the Company, and to you at the email address set forth on the Service Agreement, and shall be deemed delivered upon delivery to such email address, unless the party sending notice is unable to deliver to such email address two (2) consecutive times. If this occurs, notice must be delivered personally or by commercial messenger or courier service, or mailed by registered or certified mail (return receipt requested) to you at the postal address set forth on the Service Agreement, or to BitGravity at the address set forth at www.bitgravity.com under Contact Us.
The email address or postal address used by you for notice may be changed upon notice to BitGravity, and may be changed by BitGravity by modification of these TOS.
(a) This Agreement shall be governed by the English language and by the laws of the state of California. The parties consent to the jurisdiction of the courts of the county of San Mateo, California. In the event the Company is the prevailing party in any dispute between you and the Company, the Company shall be awarded its reasonable fees and expenses (including attorneys' fees).
(b) If any provision is held unenforceable, this Agreement shall be deemed to be modified so as to render the remainder of the parties' agreement enforceable. Sections 1, 3.4, 5.3 and 6-13 of these TOS shall survive termination. This Agreement may be amended by BitGravity at any time, without notices, and can be accessed at: http://www.bitgravity.com/about/about.html#policies
No failure or delay of BitGravity to exercise or enforce its rights shall operate as a waiver.
13.2. Marketing. You agree that the Company can use you marks/logo in marketing materials, including in its Web site, data sheets, newsletters, case studies, and other appropriate materials.
14. Copyrights and Trademarks
BitGravity and the BitGravity logo are registered trademarks of BitGravity, Inc. BitCast, BG Live, BG Video Delivery, BG Video Director, BG Web Site Acceleration, BG Secure, and SecureAccess are trademarks of BitGravity, Inc. All other company, product, and service names mentioned may be trademarks of their respective owners.
Privacy Policy
BitGravity, Inc. ("We" "Us" or "BitGravity") cares about your privacy and those of others.
What this Privacy Policy Covers
This policy covers how BitGravity treats personal information that BitGravity collects and receives, including through the www.bitgravity.com Web site (the "Site"). As the BitGravity site is only to be accessed by persons 18 years or older, we do not intend to collect any personal information from children under 13. Personal information is information about you that is personally identifiable, including your name, email address, billing address, phone number, credit card information, birth date, and other information, that is not otherwise publicly available. This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that BitGravity does not own or control, or to people that BitGravity does not employ or manage.
Why we Collect Personal Information
BitGravity collects your personal information because it helps us deliver a superior level of customer service. It enables us to give you convenient access to and/or ordering of our products and services, as well as to focus on categories of greatest interest to you. In addition, your personal information helps us keep you posted on the latest product announcements, software updates, special offers, and events that you might like to hear about. Our emails to you should always contain an unsubscribe option.
Information Collection and Use
BitGravity may ask for your personal information when you're purchasing a product, registering a product, participating in a forum, discussing service issues, downloading a software update, registering for an event or participating in an online survey. In such cases, we may collect personal information relevant to the situation, such as your name, mailing address, phone number, email address, and contact information; your credit card information and information about the products you own; and information relating to a support or service issue. BitGravity gathers certain generic information with respect to your use of the Site, such as the frequency with which you visit the Site, the applications and the services you use, and the areas on the Site that you favor. We only use this type of data in aggregate - that is, we look at the data on a collective basis, in summary form, rather than on an individual basis. This data helps us determine the extent to which our customers use certain parts of our Site which, in turn, enables us to make it as appealing as possible. We may also provide statistical information about how our customers collectively use our Site to partners, advertisers, sponsors, and other companies with which we do business. We do this so they, too, can understand how often people use their areas of the Site in order for them to provide you with the best possible experience. This statistical information does not contain any personally identifiable information about you or any of our users. We may use also personal information to provide products that you have requested as well as for auditing, research, and analysis to improve our products.
BitGravity may set and access cookies on your computer. A cookie is a small text file containing a unique identification number that is transferred from a Web site to the hard drive of your computer so that the site administrator may identify your computer and passively track its activities on the Site. This unique number identifies your web browser to our computer system. A cookie will not allow a Web site to learn any personally identifiable information (such as your real name and address) that you have not otherwise disclosed. Cookies allow us to automatically remember your web browser when you visit our site or Service. The use of cookies is an industry standard, and they are currently used on most major Web sites. It is possible to adjust your Web browser preferences to alert you when a cookie is sent to your hard drive, or to refuse cookies altogether. While we do not require you to use cookies, keep in mind that certain sites and services may not function properly if you set your browser to refuse all cookies.
Disclosure Exceptions
Any information given to us shall be stored and managed with our best possible care, and will not be used in any ways to which you have not consented. We will not sell, rent or exchange such personality identifiable information to any other organization or entities, unless the user is first notified and expressly agreed to. Notwithstanding the above, we may indeed disclose personal information if required to do so in response to legal process, such as a court order or subpoena, or when such disclosure is made for establishment or exercise of legal rights or in defending against legal claim or as otherwise required by law, including pursuant to 18 USC Section 2257. And, as we mention above, we may share with aggregated statistical information about the use of BitGravity, its services and other future services.
Minors
If a parent believes that his or her minor chilled has submitted personal information to us, he or she can contact us via e-mail or postal mail as listed below. We believe that parents should supervise their children's online activities and consider using parental control tools available from online services and software manufacturers that help provide a kid-friendly online environment. These tools can also prevent children from otherwise disclosing online their name, address and other personal information without parental permission.
Third Party Sites
Links on this Site to other Web sites are provided as a convenience to you. Such linked sites are outside our control and responsibility and are not covered by this policy. If you use any such linked sites, you should consult the privacy policies posted on those Web sites. We are currently using a company to provide payment and other fulfillment services. As of the date of this privacy policy, these companies are Authorize.net. Our site contains links to other Web sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites. Our site may also link to Web sites that feature our trademarks and names along with trademarks and names of other companies. You should look at the privacy policy on that co-branded Web site, as the co-branded Web site may not be under our control.
Applications you use or download from our site may contain third party digital rights management systems ("DRMS") which may allow for communication between your software and the third party and utilize security features (e.g., preventing distribution of or access to the applications in the event of unauthorized use). These DRMS are subject to their own license agreements and you agree that we shall not be responsible for any loss or damage of any sort relating to the use of the DRMS or your dealings with such third parties. The applications may also contain DRMS produced by us which allow for communication between the applications you use or download and our systems and which collect information describing your computer system in order to prevent illegal or unauthorized use of the applications.
For reasons such as improving user experience and providing customized communications to our users, we may receive information about you from third party sources and our Web logs and add it to the information that we have received from you. Web logs automatically record anything a Web server sees, which may include e-mail addresses you enter into a form or pages viewed by a user at a particular IP address.
Information Sharing
We will not share your personally identifiable information with third parties, aside from entities that perform services for us, such as fulfilling orders or processing payment, that either are bound to comply with our privacy policy or have privacy policies that protect your information unless you have 'opted-in' to such sharing. If you have previously opted-in to such sharing under a prior privacy policy version, you are still considered to have opted-in under this privacy policy. As stated, and whether or not you have opted-in, we may use third parties to accept and process orders and payments for merchandise and products, including software, and such third parties may get access to your personal information for the purposes of providing services or products to you on our behalf. In addition, if you opt-out, we may share that information with third parties who send e-mails on our behalf so that they do not e-mail you.
However, we may disclose information you provide if required to do so by law or if we have a good faith belief that disclosure is necessary to (1) comply with the law or with legal process served on us; (2) protect and defend our rights or property; or (3) act in an emergency to protect someone's safety.
We may request demographic information from you (for example, your age, education level or household income) from time to time. We will not share that information in a manner that identifies you as an individual with any other entity, unless we let you know that at the time of collection or we have your permission. When we share demographic information with third parties, we will give them aggregate information only.
Sale of Assets
In the event that BitGravity is ever sold, acquired, merged, liquidated, reorganized, or otherwise transferred, we reserve the right to transfer our user databases together with any personally identifiable information contained therein, to a third-party acquiring BitGravity' assets. In the event we do so, we will place a prominent notice of the sale on the homepage of our site, with links to information as to how you can change your privacy preferences.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may change our privacy policy from time to time by updating the posting, provided however that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information and whether we will disclose it to anyone.
Contact Information
If you have questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, you should contact us. References to BitGravity in this Privacy Policy refer to BitGravity, Inc, a Delaware corporation, and its affiliates.
Last updated May 25, 2009
Acceptable Use Policy
This Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP") sets forth guidelines for acceptable use of the BitGravity network and systems, and its services, software and products. These guidelines are not intended to be comprehensive, but merely illustrative of examples of conduct deemed to be inappropriate, improper or harmful to BitGravity. This AUP may be modified at any time by BitGravity in its sole discretion.
Use
BitGravity's Internet services may be used only for lawful purposes and in a manner consistent with the permitted use of BitGravity's network and services. Transmission, distribution or storage of any material in violation of any applicable law or regulation is prohibited. This includes, without limitation, material protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property right used without proper authorization, and material that is obscene, defamatory, constitutes an illegal threat, or violates export control laws. BitGravity takes no responsibility for any content created, accessible or delivered on or through its network or services. BitGravity does not monitor or exercise any editorial control over such content.
A customer or user may not assign, transfer, distribute, resell, lease or otherwise provide access to any third party to the BitGravity network or services, or use such network or services with or for the benefit of any third party, other than Internet end users. Customers and users are also prohibited from attempting any action designed to circumvent or alter any method of measuring or billing for use of the BitGravity network or services, or for otherwise interfering with the functionality or proper working of the BitGravity network or services.
Use of the BitGravity network or services to violate or attempt to violate the security of a system or network is strictly prohibited, whether that of the BitGravity network or services or a third party's network or services. Such behavior may result in civil and criminal liability. Examples of prohibited behavior include: (i) Unauthorized access to or use of data, servers, accounts, databases, etc., including any attempt to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization (ii) Impersonating BitGravity or third-party personnel (iii) Interfering, or attempting to interfere with, disrupt or disable service to any user, host or network, including, without limitation, via means of overloading, mailbombing, flowing denial of service (DOS) attacks (iv) Forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any e-mail or newsgroup posting.
Usenet and E-mail
The BitGravity network and services shall not be used to send unsolicited e-mail messages or USENET postings, including, without limitation, bulk commercial advertising or informational announcements, or the same or similar message to one or more newsgroups or recipients ("spam"). In addition, a user shall not use the service of another provider to send spam, or use another site's mail server or system to relay e-mail without such site's express permission.
The BitGravity network and services shall not be used to (a) send e-mail messages or USENET postings that are intended to harass or annoy others, (b) continue to send e-mail messages or USENET postings to a recipient who has indicated that he/she does not wish to receive them, (c) send e-mail messages or USENET postings with forged header information.
The foregoing restrictions also apply to any email or content transmitted by a user or on a user's behalf that uses BitGravity's network or services, or which indicates in any way that BitGravity was involved in the transmission of such email or content.
Use of Marks
Customers or users may not remove, obscure, or alter any notice of any trademark, tradename, or other intellectual property or proprietary right designation of BitGravity appearing on or contained within the BitGravity network or services.
Remedies
If a customer becomes aware of any activity that violates this AUP, it shall take all necessary action to prevent such activity from involving BitGravity. BitGravity may, in its sole discretion, immediately block access to such activity or content that violates this AUP, suspend or terminate any affected services, or take any other actions it deems appropriate. BitGravity shall not be liable for any damages of any nature suffered by any person or entity resulting in whole or in part from BitGravity's exercise of its rights under this AUP. BitGravity may, in its sole discretion, charge a customer or user at its standard rates for the time and expenses involved in handling violations of this AUP.
Reports
Complaints about any violation of the above should be sent to abuse@bitgravity.com.
Affiliate
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