Are you looking for someone to create or convert your audio or video tapes or images to NetShow content? Here's a list of NetShow content providers who can meet a wide range of needs for creating stored NetShow content.*:

NetShow Providers
Activate
Alpenglow, Inc.
Alpha Online (see Plastic)
AudioNet
Bellamy Internet Services
Broadway Interactive Group
The Center for Multimedia
Ciavolino & Sheeler
ConnectOS Corporation
Constructive Media
Copfer & Associates, Inc.
Corporate Windows Pty. Ltd.
Digital Arts Consulting
Digital Evolution, Inc.
Digital Renaissance Inc.
ECI
Eloquent
Emerald City Productions
fine.com
Forsberg Multimedia
Free Range Media
Gray Company
HyperTrain Multimedia
Internet Communication Network, Corp.
ITV.Net
JCI Corporation
LearnCom, Inc.
MANRA Internet Consultants
Maverick Digital
MetaBridge, Inc.
Multimedia Solutions, Inc.
New Image Computing
Plastic Stream
Reactive Systems, Inc.
Realacom Multi-Media
Saltmine Creative, Inc.
Sitewerks, Inc.
Station 1 Internet Services, Inc.
The Sync
TechknowQuest, Inc.
Tri-Digital Software, Inc.
Vannevar New Media, Inc.
USWeb Corporation
WorldLink Corporation
Activate
1414 10th Avenue
Suite C
Seattle, WA 98122
Tel: (206) 325-1377
Fax: (206) 328-1961
e-mail: Send an e-mail messageinfo@activate.net
Activate, the premier Internet broadcasting solution provider, helps companies like yours broadcast NetShow content over intranets and the Internet. Whether it is a live event or on-demand programming, Activate provides the services and infrastructure to broadcast with NetShow. Our state-of-the-art post production facilities are designed specifically for encoding and editing with NetShow. When you're ready for distribution, the ActiveBroadcasting Network is the ideal solution. Designed and used exclusively for multimedia, the ActiveBroadcasting Network delivers your high-quality NetShow programming to national, international, or intranet audiences. Activate's clients include Boeing, Microsoft, Progressive Networks, Wall Data, and Yahoo!.

ASF Example:
http://www.activate.net/netshow

Alpenglow, Inc.
14118 168th Ave NE
Woodinville, WA. 98072
Tel: (425) 485-3222
e-mail: Send an e-mail messagealpenglow@alpenglowinc.com
WE'VE BEEN THERE SINCE BETA! When Microsoft needed someone to showcase the beta version of NetShow's full-screen video service, they asked Alpenglow to create a fictional hotel intranet featuring the streaming delivery of high-bandwidth on-demand video.
Alpenglow offers a comprehensive approach to the Internet and intranets. Whether you are developing your Internet business strategy, updating your existing Web site, or setting up a corporate intranet, Alpenglow can help you arrive at the optimum solution.
Let us show you the way.
AudioNet
2914 Taylor Street
Dallas, TX 75226
Tel: (214) 748-6660
Fax: (214) 748-6657
e-mail: Send an e-mail messagewebmaster@audionet.com
AudioNet, the largest broadcast network on the Internet, Webcasts live and on-demand audio and video content, including radio and television and the play-by-play of sporting events, as well as live concerts, conferences, speeches and other special events to Web users around the world. Founded in 1995, AudioNet has built a media distribution network with the infrastructure and bandwidth capacity to support the largest number of simultaneous listeners on the Internet. AudioNet has produced and delivered the largest and highest profile Internet broadcasts ever, including the keynote addresses of Bill Gates at COMDEX/Fall '96, Super Bowls XXX and XXXI, the President's State of the Union Address, the NCAA Final Four basketball tournament, and World Championship Wrestling. AudioNet's client list includes industry leaders such as Microsoft, Intel, AT&T, C-SPAN, Price Waterhouse, NFL, NHL, and Major League Baseball.
Bellamy Internet Services
90 Felbrigg Avenue
Toronto, ON Canada
M5M 2M4
Tel: (416) 480-9402 or (905) 305-9795
Fax: (416) 787-9206
e-mail: Send an e-mail messagekbellamy@bellamy.on.ca
Since January 1995, Bellamy Internet Services Inc. has offered services to clients for the development, production, and management of interactive Web sites, multimedia databases, integrated marketing tools, and profitable merchant applications. Our team of dedicated Internet professionals has the experience and resources to design and produce multimedia solutions for the Web that are specifically tailored to meet the needs of your business. Bellamy Internet Services will prepare a detailed proposal outlining our strategy for developing your site, including the incorporation of NetShow, Webcasting, and Internet commerce solutions.

ASF Example: Interactive Portfolio

Broadway Interactive Group
Midtown Headquarters
1619 Broadway
4th floor
New York, NY 10019
Tel: (212) 333-0533
Fax: (212) 333-0534
Broadway Interactive Group, a full service interactive production company, has made extensive use of NetShow in MSN's "This is Not a Test" (MSN, Channel 5). Broadcasting live each week on Wednesday at 10 pm (EDT), the one-hour comedy program incorporates audio, graphics, animations with chat and real time user polling.
In addition to providing creative services on this project, the group also produced a special application using the NetShow SDK to control the flow of the show's content in real time. BIG provides the following value-added skills in Microsoft Netshow broadcasting.
  • Overall "end-to-end" technical expertise of Netshow broadcasting including:
  • ISDN setup and hardware configuration
  • Netshow Server setup and configuration
  • Real-time audio and video encoding
  • Total synchronization of audio with images and animations for 28.8 Kbps (and faster) modem connections
  • Ability to run interactive games and applets simultaneously with live audio stream
  • Ability to run live chat simultaneously with live audio stream
  • Fully-integrated live user polling with real-time feedback and poll results
The Center for Multimedia
3240 - 118th Avenue S.E.,
Suite 100,
Bellevue, WA 98005
Tel: (206) 643-9039
Fax: (206) 643-9032
e-mail: Send an e-mail messagecfm@msn.com
The Center for Multimedia assists corporate communicators and content producers with developing effective interactive tools and solutions. Applications we are currently developing for companies around the Northwest and nationwide include: informational kiosks, large audience presentations, sales and marketing tools, custom online site development, computer based training applications, CD-ROM titles, and various production services. Please give us a call to explore ways we can help or to request a brochure.
Ciavolino & Sheeler Marketing Communications
White Marsh Professional Center
7939 Honeygo Boulevard, Suite 113
Baltimore, MD 21236
Tel: (410) 933-0558
Fax: (410) 933-0615
Ciavolino & Sheeler Marketing Communications is a full-service marketing-communications firm with an emphasis on Web (Internet and intranet) content development. Our projects consistently receive high marks for visual excellence, well planned navigation and structure, and appropriate amounts of information necessary to convey the client's message. We have produced live events using NetShow 2.0, and created many stored presentations based on NetShow to convey Web-based training and communications. We handle NetShow projects from the planning phase through implementation and follow up.

ASF Example:
Johns Hopkins AIDS Service 7th Annual Clinical Care of the Patient with HIV conference.

ConnectOS Corporation
137 7th Avenue West, Suite 201
Kirkland, WA 98033
Tel: (206)827-1040
Fax: (206)827-5309
e-mail: Send an e-mail messageinfo@connectos.com
ConnectOS Corporation provides NetShow hosting services, NetShow Live and On-demand event production/management/hosting, content conversion to ASF, NetShow Training (ConnectOS is writing some of the TechEd'97 modules, ISP guides etc.), and ConnectOS is currently hosting several of the NetShow 2.0 links found on the Microsoft Web site. Check out KISW, Twisted Radio, Microsoft RandomCAM, and TwistedTunes On-Demand. ConnectOS Corporation is a Microsoft Solution Provider, MCSE, and Internet Specialist.
Constructive Media Inc.
802-340 West Cordova Street
Vancouver, B.C.
Canada
V6B 2V3
Tel: (604) 681-1660
Fax: (604) 681-1670
e-mail: Send an e-mail messageinfo@constructive-media.com
Constructive Media is a leading-edge development firm which specializes in Internet/Intranet/Extranet solutions. We focus on technically demanding projects including NetShow; NetMeeting; legacy database integration/migration; and, of course, NT/Windows LAN/WAN networking. Reasonably priced and committed to service, Constructive Media helps businesses get the most out of their network systems.

ASF Example
Constructive Media added an ASF to the Microsoft Canada website. To see the example of Frank Clegg's Comdex Canada keynote address, go to http://www.microsoft.com/canada/clegg/

Copfer & Associates, Inc.
812 Huron Road, Suite 201,
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
Tel: (216)861-5951
Copfer & Associates is a full-service developer of interactive multimedia, including computer-based training, touch screen kiosks, electronic presentations, document management systems, electronic catalogs, interactive databases, and Internet services. We specialize in merging both traditional and contemporary technologies, but our emphasis in the design and development of interactive systems is on the human side of communication. Technology should be transparent in the business-driven objectives of our customers.

ASF Example: Copfer & Associates developed the intranet training application for Eaton Corporation's Cutler-Hammer divisions.

Corporate Windows Pty. Ltd.
Corporate Windows is an Australian-based developer of Multimedia Presentations and Distributed, Cross-Platform Databases. Our Speciality: We can take your existing content, spice it up a bit, and then produce a final output that optimizes usage of your available bandwidth.

ASF Example: Geoff Achison Band: Big Machine Album & Slideshow (8mb stream, 45mins apx.)

Digital Arts Consulting
2511 FM 548, Rockwall,
TX 75087-6971
Tel: (214)524-8548 or
1(800)591-6200
Fax: (214)524-8548
Digital Arts Consulting provides digital media services in such areas as education, training, adult literacy, computer-enhanced learning, libraries, and museums. Our projects are characterized by high graphic content and their informational or educational purposes. We provide complete digital media authoring systems for corporate marketing and training departments. These custom services include: development and hosting of interactive Internet presentations, complete systems for non-linear digital video editing, MPEG compression services and systems for CD-ROM and Internet video, custom graphical interface design providing easy access to digital content, and planning, specification, and development of innovative digital media projects.

ASF Example: In Search of the Golden Land
http://www.d-a-c.com/goldenland/

Digital Evolution, Inc.
11911 San Vicente Boulevard,
Suite #225,
Brentwood, CA 90049
Tel: (310) 440-3377
Fax: (310) 440-3388
e-mail: Send an e-mail messageepulier@digev.com
Founded in 1993 and based in Brentwood, California, Digital Evolution, Inc. is a privately-held digital communications firm and developer of proprietary technologies, with platform-independent expertise in large scale Internet and intranet solutions, database and electronic commerce applications, CD-ROM and interactive kiosk-based networks. Digital Evolution's 65+ full-time employees, in addition to an array of regular freelancers which allow us to expand quickly for larger projects, provide communications solutions for a range of Fortune 500 clients.

Digital Renaissance Inc.
190 Liberty Street, 2nd Floor,
Toronto, Ontario, M6K 3L5
Tel: (416)535-4222, x223,
Fax: (416)535-1201
Digital Renaissance is a New Media Engineering firm that has been designing and developing interactive communication solutions since 1990. As an integrated technology company, Digital Renaissance has been a leader in the field of new media communications. The company is dedicated to continuous innovation in the areas of training and education, corporate communications, systems architecture and integration, and the Internet.
ECI
Tel: (201)509-2446
Fax: (201)509-2946
e-mail: madoda@msn.com
Providing a great product or service is essential to a successful business! In addition... You must be equal with and whenever possible, ahead of your competition. Your customers need to feel, see, hear and sense that you are leading the field. Achieving this is a challenge because of the continuing technological changes in the way we do business. ECI can provide you with the expertise necessary to stay competitive in this rapidly changing technological environment. From a simple graphic presentation to a complex interactive internet application, ECI is prepared with the tools and resources that meet your multimedia communication needs. ECI can provide a turnkey operation for audio and video NetShow Inter/intranet broadcasting.

ASF Example: NetShow Samples available under "Design and Production Services"

Eloquent, Inc.
2000 Alameda de las Pulgas
Suite 100
San Mateo, CA 94403
Tel: (415) 294-6500
Fax: (415) 294-6400
e-mail: info@eloquent.com
Eloquent provides products and services that capture speakers and their presentations in a searchable, NetShow-compatible multimedia format that can be delivered via CD-ROMs or networks. Eloquent's Infomedia technology lets organizations build "corporate knowledgebases" that make business-critical information available to employees at their desktops through its unique video navigation facilities.
Emerald City Productions
1605 - 12th Ave., Suite 38,
Seattle, WA 98122
Tel: (206) 328-0595
Fax: (206) 328-2176
e-mail:Send an e-mail messageemerald@emeraldweb.com
Creative advertising, sound effects, and our ImageTel Custom Business Messaging services can work for you with a single call. If you're looking for creative professionals to help you produce a sales or training video, infomercials, music video or interactive CD Rom, you've found us! And, from consultation to content, we'll help bring life to your web site, with animation, audio, and video, featuring Microsoft's NetShow - On Demand.
fine.com
1109 First Avenue, Suite 212,
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: (206) 292-2888
Fax: (206) 292-2889
fine.com is a pioneer in the development of interactive Web sites. Our speciality is in planning, implementation, design, and database integration. You can use fine.com best when you hire us to implement large, highly involved, complicated Internet efforts.
Forsberg Multimedia
3410 Lansing Rd.
Lansing, MI 48917
Tel: (517) 371-3931
Fax: (517) 371-2217
e-mail: Send an e-mail messageinfo@forsberg.com
Forsberg Multimedia is a full-service producer of sales and training videos, interactive multimedia, Internet Web site development, 2D/3D animation and commercial photography, and NetShow stored training and communications content. Produced entirely in-house, Forsberg Multi-Media's services are not only cost-competitive, but able to meet even the most demanding deadlines. Serving businesses in multi-media since 1971.
Free Range Media
117 South Main, Suite 400,
Seattle, WA 98104
Tel: (206) 340-9305
Fax: (206) 340-0509
Sales: (800) 570-3873
e-mail: Send an e-mail messageinfo@freerange.com
Free Range Media offers a variety of solutions to clients who want to establish their Internet presence, as well as a growing catalogue of products and services to bring Internet technology into homes and businesses, enhancing the online community experience for every Web user. At Free Range Media, we are committed to facilitating relationships and building online communities through state-of-the-art Web sites, tools, products, and services. We strive to create engaging, effective, high-impact sites by capitalizing on the multimedia capacities of the Web, applying new technology, and creating custom solutions to meet our clients' needs.
Gray Company
3573-B S. Stafford St.
Arlington, VA 22206
Tel: (703) 931-1624
Fax: (703) 931-1624
e-mail: Send an e-mail messageJeff_Hendrickson@msn.com
The Gray Company uses NetShow to provide multimedia capabilities to the professional education software they develop for their internet and intranet clients.
HyperTrain Multimedia
126 West Crestwood
Monett, MO 65708
Tel: (417) 236-0544
e-mail: Send an e-mail messagelfox@mo-net.com
HyperTrain Multimedia creates web-based training by combining graphics, voice narration, still pictures, video clips, and text into an indexed NetShow presentation. We save you time and money by using your existing training materials like videos, workbooks, and stand-up presentations. We specialize in Inter/intranet-based training that can be delivered anywhere at anytime.

Services Include:

  • Converting live presentations to stored NetShow presentations
  • Video editing and conversion to NetShow ASF format
  • Inter/intranet-based training
  • Integrating NetShow with ActiveX, VBScript, and URL flips
ASF Examples: Dynamically display bullets on left half of screen while NetShow displays on right.
Internet Communication Network, Corp. (ICN)
6420 Congress Ave., #2000
Boca Raton, FL 33487-2811
Tel: 1-(800)-353-7111
Tel: (561) 998-2060
Fax: (561) 998-1878
e-mail: Send an e-mail messagejuans@superstation.net
ICN develops, deploys and hosts transaction processing applications, including searchable, interactive database systems for Internet and intranet publishing, customer online order processing and systems for broadcasting of live and on-demand audio, video, and mixed multimedia. The company leverages emerging technologies such as the Microsoft Active Framework, Microsoft Site Server, Microsoft NetShow, and the Microsoft BackOffice family of products to deliver its Internet and intranet solutions. ICN is a Microsoft Solution Provider and Internet Specialist, as well as a charter member of the Microsoft Level 3 Site Builder program. The company's client list includes: AT&T Wireless Services, Microsoft, Blockbuster Entertainment, For Eyes Optical, Proudfoot PLC (UK), and many others.

ASF Examples: BHi Corporate Slide Show, Information Television Network

ITV Technologies, Inc.
21 Water Street, Suite 503
Vancouver, BC, V6B 1A1
Canada
Phone: (604) 685-2959
Fax: (604) 685-2921
e-mail: Send an e-mail messageinfo@itv.net
ITV.Net is the first Internet Television Network that provides full webcasting services to the Entertainment, Broadcast, and Financial Industries. Started in 1995, ITV.Net focuses exclusively on video webcasting and has achieved a number of industry firsts including the first hybrid television and Internet simulcast, and the first wireless live Internet transmission.

Supported by a high-bandwidth delivery network worldwide, ITV.Net has delivered streamed video to the largest number of simultaneous users to date and has proven its delivery and technical expertise on such high profile events as:1997 Grammy Awards, Launch of U2 World Tour, Opening Night Broadway Plays, World Extreme Skiing Championships, and Cannes Film Festival.

ASF Example: ITV.Net NetShow Showcase, click on Live Netcast and Video On-Demand.

JCI Corporation
12 Steinway Boulevard
Suites 22-24
Etobicoke, Ontario
Canada M9W 6M5
phone: (416) 798-1770
fax: (416) 798-1790
e-mail: Send an e-mail messagesales@jcii.com
JCI is an IT solutions provider specializing in Internet audio-video Web casts and related services. Our content includes live concerts, news conferences, presentations, and other major events originating from both live venues and television studios. We also stream on-demand content for our corporate and broadcasting industry clients, and are known for our ground breaking work in the use of streaming and encoding applications. JCI's complete webcasting services range from Web site content creation and on-location production, to archiving in our new on-site StorageTek TeraFarmTM and distribution over our high-speed ATM-based private broadband network. Our list of high profile clients includes the likes of Microsoft, Altamira, Citytv, TSN (The Sports Network), and News theater.
LearnCom, Inc.
1054 South DeAnza Blvd
SUite 106
San Hose, CA 94129
Phone: (408) 873-3636

E-mail Addresses: General Information:
info@learncom.com
Sales Information:
sales@learncom.com
Technical Support:
support@learncom.com
Job Opportunities:
jobs@learncom.com

LearnCom provides web-based training products and services for corporate training and communications. LearnCom integrates advanced media streaming and web content management technologies with a comprehensive set of web media services to provide clients with a complete solution for their "on-demand" learning needs. Asynchronous access to information provides learners with the information they need, anytime, anywhere, and at their own pace.
Services include:
  • Training/Communications project management
  • Program design and development
  • Video production
  • Web media conversion/authoring
  • VXtreme product training
  • Managed internet hosting
MANRA Internet Consultants
292 S. Ridgewood Av.
Ormond Beach, FL 32174
Tel: (904) 673-7763
e-mail: Send an e-mail messageinfo@manra.com
MANRA Internet Consultants shows businesses how they can profit from NetShow. Local commerce can benefit from the Internet, making your product, service, or information easily accessible. Manra helps their clients keep competitive in the information age. Manra can take your multimedia such as audio and video and encode and combine it to make streaming slide shows or even interactive multimedia applications for your site.

ASF Examples:
Internet Explorer Users: http://www.manra.com/Art_Army/activexnetshow.htm
NetScape Navigator Users: http://www.manra.com/Art_Army/netshowsampler.htm

Maverick Digital
Florida - California - Ohio
(954) 523-3500 or
(800) 9maverick
Fax: (954) 523-5008
e-mail: Send an e-mail messageinfo@maverick.com
Interactive Creative Group Team Maverick.
A supreme-team, of marketing, advertising, design, and technology veterans. We are experts in the creation of thought-provoking, image-building, sales-oriented solutions, to the challenges confronting business today. Maverick Digital is a full-service Interactive HotShop, staffed by a team of seasoned advertising, design, and multimedia veterans. Both staff and principals headed the creative staffs of some of the top international agencies: Young & Rubicam, Della Femina Travisano & Partners, J. Walter Thompson, Hecht, Higgins & Pettersen, and BBD&O, to name a few.
MetaBridge, Inc.
2101 Fourth Avenue
Suite 310
Seattle, WA 98121
phone: (206) 674-6000
fax: (206) 674-6001
e-mail: Send an e-mail messageinfo@metabridge.com
MetaBridge©, Inc. is a pioneer in interactive broadcasting and has released its first toolset, netPodiumTM Personal BroadcasterTM 1.0. Described as a "personal broadcastingTM" tool set for the Internet, the product enables a speaker at a desktop computer to deliver a live, one-to-many presentation supported by visual slides, streaming audio or video, and interactive audience feedback. Users can see - and hear - the presentation at their own desktops, thus saving the travel time and money it would take to attend an event in person. Founded by veterans in desktop and multimedia publishing, MetaBridge has been in business since 1992 providing state-of-the art Web site products and services. For more information or to download a Free Trial Version of netPodium Personal Broadcaster, connect to http://www.netpodium.com/.
Multimedia Solutions, Inc.
1409 2nd St. S.W.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2R 0W7
phone: (403) 233-9411
fax: (403) 233-7757
e-mail: Send an e-mail messagemms@tcel.com
Multimedia Solutions, Inc. has produced NetShow applications for use by corporations to train their employees on how to use Microsoft products, accessible from the office NetShow server, or across the Internet. These NetShow applications utilize high quality 320x240 MPEG4 videos at .2 Mbps bandwidth, the content provided by MicroVideo Learning Systems of New York, NY. At this data rate, those at home with cable modems, Dual ISDN or ADSL can also learn how to use products such as Windows NT 4.0 at their own pace, with the aid of a video-on-demand instructor. Complete tracking of student course progress can be obtained through Administration modules or access accounts.
New Image Computing
27 Garfield Road
Portsmouth
Hampshire PO2 7HL
UK
Tel: +44(0)1705-679436
e-mail: Send an e-mail messagepaul@newimage.demon.co.uk
We provide a complete web design service including providing a full NetShow authoring service. Whether you want AV shows, conversion of .avi or .wav to .asf we can provide the solution. We place great stress on client involvement in the design process and creating an on-line branding for our clients. We also create NetShow presentations for distribution via CD-ROM an interactive brochure.

ASF Examples:
http://www.newimage.demon.co.uk/gallery.html

Plastic Stream, a division of Plastic Inc., The Global Conglomerate (sort of)(the company formerly known as Alpha Online, Inc.)
665 Third St. Suite 240,
San Francisco, CA 94107
Tel: (415) 977-1222
Fax: (415) 977-1226
e-mail: Send an e-mail messageinfo@plasticweb.com
Site Design, Game Development, Branding, Project Management ­ Alpha Online develops compelling interactive content.

ASF Examples:
http://www.plasticweb.com/netshow/

Reactive Systems, Inc.
690 Kinderkamack Road,
Oradell, NJ 07649-1528
Tel: (201) 599-1500
Fax: (201) 599-1596
e-mail: Send an e-mail messagelairdk@reactivesystems.com
RSi Communications has been producing multimedia programs for the medical community for more than twenty years, including audiographic teleconferences allowing physicians and health care workers to keep current without leaving their offices or homes. Participants who miss the live conference presentation are able to view and hear the same information on the Internet using Microsoft NetShow On Demand.
Realacom Multi-Media
151 Hernandez Avenue.
Ormond Beach, Fl 32174
Phone: (800) 860-9223
Contact:Anthony Rawson, Project Manager, (904) 677-1300
Send an e-mail messageinfo@realacom.com
Realacom has been using Microsoft NetShow for almost a year now. We have used it for everything from slideshow style presentations, to video and audio broadcasts. We currently have several clients using prerecorded unicasts, and also have the necessary video and computer equipment for sale or lease needed for live multicasts.

Realacom's internet and network services provide businesses and organizations with a reliable, affordable and complete solution to their Multi-Media needs. Using Microsoft NT 4.0 Servers equipped with IIS4, FrontPage, NetShow SQL Server 6.5 and IPSwitch's IMail Server we can provide our clients with the most advanced internet broadcasting and e-mail services available. Our talented staff is also available for custom programming and network design / management. As a beta tester for Microsoft and other Software manufacturers, we are always able to provide the most advanced services as soon as they become available. Let us put our expertise to work for you in preparing you and your business for the 21st century.

Sites Containing NetShow:
http://www.realacom.com
http://www.gordonbanta.com/video.htm
http://www.daytonaspringbreak.com/sbvideo.htm
http://www.realacom.com/bikeweek97

Saltmine Creative, Inc.
1725 Westlake Ave N, Suite 300
Seattle, WA 98109
Tel: (206) 284-7511
Fax: (206) 284-7875
e-mail: Send an e-mail messageinfo@saltmine.com
PR Contact: Send an e-mail messageRebecca Nick
Saltmine Creative, Inc. blends the best in creativity and technology for corporations that require superior results in the online and interactive world. Saltmine is a full-service firm specializing in all aspects of Internet/intranet solutions, new media tools and applications development, Web hosting services and Internet Broadcasts. Saltmine successfully integrates these disciplines in an exciting and creative environment with an ever-growing staff of skilled professionals.

On-Demand NetShow Production Services Include:

  • Tape to Edited NetShow ASF Conversion
  • Microsoft PowerPoint to NetShow Conversion
  • Targeted URL Flips syncronized with NetShow audio
  • ASF Optimization for CD-ROM usage
  • Multi-Stream Options for varying bandwidth
ASF Examples Include:
Microsoft Financial Analyst Meeting, Seattle, Washington. Live Broadcast, July 24, 1997
Microsoft Windows Platform Briefing, Live Broadcast, July 23, 1997
Microsoft Scalability Day, New York, New York. Live Broadcast, May 20, 1997
Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation Online Medical Grand Rounds, Nashville, Tennessee. Live Broadcast, May 1, 1997.

For more about Saltmine's Broadcast services see our corporate Web site at http://www.saltmine.com

Sitewerks, Inc.
558 1st ave. South, 5th Floor,
Seattle, WA, 98104
Tel: (206)467-6215
Fax: (206)467-6170
Sitewerks Inc. is a leading full-service Internet development company. Sitewerks combines advanced Internet, intranet and extranet business strategies, strong database programming skills, graphic design expertise and a thorough understanding of emerging technologies to produce fully-integrated business solutions. Sitewerks develops award-winning sites for Fortune 500 clients including: Bowne, Micron Electronics, Microsoft, Paccar, Turner Broadcasting, US West and Weyerhaeuser.

ASF Example: Sitewerks just added an ASF to the Industry site at Microsoft. To see the example, go to http://www.microsoft.com/industry/justice/ and click on the "Conference Live" toolbar button.

Station 1 Internet Services, Inc.
2665 30th. Street, Suite 214,
Santa Monica, CA 90405
Tel. (310) 581-4288
Fax (310) 581-4290
e-mail: Send an e-mail messageinfo@station1.com
Station 1 is an Internet software development and systems firm. Utilizing the latest Internet technologies, Station 1 provides high quality solutions for companies conducting business on the Internet. Web development, and cutting edge web site hosting are Station 1's core business. As a web development company, Station 1 offers solutions that include dynamic web page generation, database connectivity, secure transactions, "live" credit card authorization and capturing, custom Java or ActiveX components, and video/multimedia presentations utilizing Netshow. Station 1 is committed in offering superior hosting on shared or dedicated servers in its high performance web server farm. Through our partnership with UUNET, we are able to offer customized hosting solutions and DS-3 (45 Mbps) connectivity to the Internet. We offer reliable, affordable, and high speed web hosting on based on Windows NT, combined with features such as Netshow support, Cybercash credit card transactions, SSL security, FrontPage extensions, customized e-mail services, database connectivity, "shopping cart" systems, and generous disk and traffic allowances.

ASF Examples:
http://www.airdd.com/airtubes.htm
http://www.airdd.com/flyguys.htm

The Sync
4431 Lehigh Rd. #301
College Park, Md 20740
Tel: (301) 806-7812
Fax: (301) 474-5192
e-mail:Send an e-mail messageinfo@thesync.com
The Sync puts your video and audio on the Internet. The Sync is a relatively new company, but our crew has been doing cybercasting for years, working with groups from The White House to Timothy Leary. We work with multiple bandwidth providers to custom design your live event or on-demand hosting to your particular needs and budget. Our A/V people have been in the broadcast industry, our tech people have worked for major tier-one Internet providers, and our graphic designers can help you integrate audio and video into your web site.

ASF Example: http://www.thesync.com/nosferatu.html

TechKnowQuest, Inc.
7536 Municipal Drive,
Orlando, Florida 32819
Tel: (407) 248-0400
Fax: (407) 248-198
TechKnowQuest provides training, technical management consulting, and knowledge transfer to help organizations understand and succeed with today's client/server, GUI, network, and relational database technologies. As a Microsoft Authorized Technical Education Center (ATEC) we provide hands-on technical classes using Microsoft Official Curriculum, taught by Microsoft Certified Trainers.

ASF Examples: TKQ created the Web sites for
Swiss Connection
and
SeaWorld
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Ron Jon Surf Shop

Tri-Digital Software, Inc.
1818 Westlake Ave. N,
Suite 228
Seattle, WA 98109
Tel: (206) 232-1885
Fax: (206) 286-9442
e-mail: Send an e-mail messagemmonrean@tri-digital.com
Tri-Digital Software, Inc. are experts in the field of digital video, and provide the highest quality ASF, AVI, Quicktime, and MPEG files possible. Our level of service is unmatched in turnaround times at competitive rates. Our customers (including Microsoft, Intel, Toshiba, Sony, Plextor, and Canon) have found us to be the ideal solution for their digital video and custom programming requirements.
USWeb Corporation
3000 Lakeside Drive
Santa Clara, California 95054
Tel: (408) 987-3267
Fax: (408) 986-6701
Email: Send an e-mail messagebwinter@usweb.com
USWeb Corporation is a national consulting and development services company providing expertise and resources to help our clients implement custom Internet and intranet business solutions. With more than 50 offices, including one in your market, you can trust USWeb to be your technology solutions expert and a long-term strategic partner. USWeb's proven methodology has helped businesses of all sizes harness the power of Web-based technologies, to become more successful, efficient, and competitive. "SiteCast is an example of leading-edge broadcast medium for the Web, a first for delivering production-quality video, chat, and presentations simultaneously," said Brad Chase, Vice President of Microsoft. "Using Microsoft Netshow 2.0, Microsoft and USWeb have developed a 'first-of-its-kind' Web-based multimedia broadcast." Our work with Microsoft Netshow technologies is just one example of our leading-edge deployment of Web-enabled solutions.

ASF Example: SiteCast.


Vannevar New Media, Inc.

One Corporate Plaza, Suite 220
2525 Bay Area Blvd.
Houston, TX 77058
Tel: (281) 480-8390
Fax: (281) 480-8399
Sales: (800) WWW-SITE
Email: Send an e-mail messageinfo@vannevar.com
Vannevar New Media, Inc. is a commercial Internet development company based in Houston, Texas. Vannevar produces commercial Web sites and online events, and was part of the team that multicast the first full-length motion picture (Party Girl from First Look Pictures) in the summer of 1995. We bring a strong technical foundation in television production (13 years) to our NetShow work. We produce original content, do .ASF conversion and optimization, and are experienced in on-location video production and Internet broadcast. Our parent company, SQL*Systems, Inc., is a database development and consulting firm, enabling us to build robust database back-ends for high-traffic commercial sites and corporate intranets.

ASF Example:
First International Internet Film Festival

WorldLink Corporation
16360 Park Ten Place Drive
Houston, TX 77084
Tel: (281) 398-8000
Fax: (281) 398-8282
Sales: (800) WWW-SITE
Email: Send an e-mail messageinfo@wl.net
WorldLink Corporation is a leading provider of on-site live media production and hosting for Microsoft NetShow, on-demand content hosting services, and ASF production. Founded in 1994, WorldLink has become a renowned expert of online media production and Internet Services. WorldLink's extensive history of live and on-demand Webcast production includes radio, television, live concerts, press conferences, and many other events. WorldLink's on-site production services include all audio/video equipment and expertise required for live events including cameras, lighting, sound, and support crews, and can provide full production services anywhere in the world. Examples of current live and on-demand content are available at Microsoft's NetShow Website, including 104 KRBE, 101 KLOL, Classical 92.1, and an ongoing series of live concert events by popular recording artists.

Live Example: 104 KRBE FM Live
On-Demand Examples:
Concert Archive at 28.8 Kbps
Concert Archive at ISDN speeds

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