Better, Faster Streaming Videos

We all know that streaming large files can be a pain sometimes, even with our high speed connections. However, lately there has been a lot of progress in this area. There is a new website called Best Front Seat, that is using a new compression technology that enables high-quality video material to be streamed across the internet using 1Mb broadband connection. BestFrontSeat is using the technology to deliver video on demand (films, TV programs, promotional videos etc.) and broadcast live events such as concerts, company announcements and sports events.

Another new company, ITiva, is soon to be offering streaming, high-def content via a new technology called Quantum Streaming. Unlike the peer-to-peer model, which breaks up a file into little pieces in order to transmit it, Quantum Streaming breaks up HD video into http-based web pages (called quanta), and those pages can be cached by ISPs just like any other web page. One major Hollywood studio has already signed up to distribute content with them and there surely will be more to come.

And if all this sounds like magic, well, that’s how you know that these are amazing leaps in technology that are going to revolutionize the net!