BitGravity superior for delivering HD video and rich media apps

Posted on 11. Feb, 2008 by Dean Whitney in Uncategorized   and has   0 Comments

Analysts expect nearly 200% growth of the $800 million content delivery network (CDN) market in 2008. The highly competitive companies trailing behind industry leader Akamai, includes Limelight, Mirror Image, Itiva and Grid Networks. Companies are looking for ways to differentiate themselves in the highly competite market.

Enter BitGravity with their game changing architecture designed specifically for the challenge of delivering more immersive bandwidth intensive applications. The BitGravity progressive download technology allows high-definition video video to play with hardly any download time and minimal choppiness. It also allows you to jump around the video with hardly any latency.

The ability to deliver HD video can be a hugh differentiator for consumers. The Tom Green Show is a recently launched internet TV show that uses BitGravity; and there’s a noticible difference in quality and performance. Look at the videos below; the same video in normal YouTube compression quality and the second is HD.

YouTube Version

HD version on Vimeo


Gone in a Flash – HD from Chris Crutchfield on Vimeo.

BitGravity CEO, Peri Wu, was at the Demo 08 conference to lauch their new service BG Live Broadcast, the first carrier-grade live video broadcasting solution for the Internet. The service is really simple to set-up, there’s no download required and its high-definition. It was used to broadcast the Demo conference worldwide; bringing web expeirences one step closer to broadcast.