These companies have experience in using Microsoft NetShow to Webcast live events. Each offers different services, but most can provide a crew and equipment to encode the content at the event location, and the server bandwidth and hosting capabilities. *

NetShow Providers
Activate
AudioNet
Broadway Interactive Group
Ciavolino & Sheeler
ConnectOS Corporation
Eloquent, Inc.
Free Range Media
GRIT
ICN (Internet Communications Network)
ITV.Net
JCI Corporation
LearnCom, Inc.
MetaBridge, Inc.
Realacom Multi-Media
Saltmine Creative, Inc.
TechknowQuest, Inc.
The Sync
USWeb Corporation
Vannevar New Media, Inc.
WorldLink Corporation

Activate
1414 10th Avenue
Suite C
Seattle, WA 98122
Tel: (206) 325-1377
Fax: (206) 328-1961
e-mail: info@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 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 Examples: on http://www.activate.net/netshow
AudioNet
2914 Taylor Street
Dallas, TX 75226
Tel: (214) 748-6660
Fax: (214) 748-6657
e-mail: webmaster@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.
Broadway Interactive Group
Midtown Headquarters
1619 Broadway, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10019
Tel: (212) 333-0533
Fax: (212) 333-0534
Downtown Production Offices
81 Franklin Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10013
Tel: (212) 343-9066
Fax: (212) 343-2962
e-mail: info@thebig.com
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 10:00 pm (ET), 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:
  • End-to-end technical expertise of NetShow broadcasting
  • 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
  • Interactive games and applets simultaneously with live audio stream
  • Live chat and user polling simultaneously with live audio stream
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: info@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.
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.
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: info@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.
GRIT, Gould Resources & Internet Telecommunications
352 Seventh Avenue, Second Floor
New York, New York
Tel: (212) 631-7456
Fax: (212) 631-7499
e-mail: info@grit.net
GRIT, All Talk Station Broadcasting 24 hours live from New York City with interviews, Web reviews, contests, and more. GRIT goes remote with on-site reporting and broadcasts from all over the world on music, games, computers, trade shows, and Internet law. GRIT is the Talk of the Internet, so Give us a Hit at GRIT!
Internet Communication Network, Corp. (ICN)
6420 Congress Ave., #2000
Boca Raton, FL 33487-2811
Phone: 1-(800)-353-7111
Phone: (561) 998-2060
Fax: (561) 998-1878
e-mail: juans@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:
http://www.itvisus.com
http://www.bhicorp.com/show_news.htm
ITV Technologies, Inc.
21 Water Street, Suite 503
Vancouver, BC, V6B 1A1
Canada
Phone: (604) 685-2959
Fax: (604) 685-2921
e-mail: info@itv.net
ITV.Net is building a virtual NetCasting station by NetCasting highly visible world interest events and concerts. ITV.Net has the highest success rate on remote video NetCasts to the highest number of viewers of any NetCasting company. And we're just getting started. ITV.Net will continue to be the highest- bandwidth NetCaster, delivering more video to more end-users than any other company. We're also, logically, digital video experts, and provide professional services in remote netcasting, video conferencing, corporate video encoding and hosting, and music and film hosting.
ASF Examples:
NetShow Showcase (on http://www.itv.net)
JCI Corporation
12 Steinway Boulevard
Suites 22-24
Etobicoke, Ontario
Canada M9W 6M5
phone: (416) 798-1770
fax: (416) 798-1790
e-mail: sales@jcii.com
JCI is an IT solutions provider specializing in Internet audio-video Webcasts 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 TeraFarm™ 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 Theatre.
LearnCom, Inc.
1054 South DeAnza Blvd
Suite 106
San Jose, 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
MetaBridge, Inc.
2101 Fourth Avenue
Suite 310
Seattle, WA 98121
phone: (206) 674-6000
fax: (206) 674-6001
e-mail: info@metabridge.com
MetaBridge®, Inc., is a pioneer in interactive broadcasting, and is releasing its first tool set, netPodium™. Described as a "personal broadcasting™" 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 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.
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: info@saltmine.com
Saltmine Creative blends the best in creativity and technology for customers who require superior results in the online and interactive world. We are a full-service creative firm specializing in all aspects of the World Wide Web, Internet/intranet, and the development of new media tools and applications. We integrate these disciplines in an exciting and creative environment with an ever-growing staff of skilled professionals.
ASF Examples: On-demand audio broadcast of the NPR show,
"Whad'Ya Know? with Michael Feldman"
, On-demand audio/video of
Bill Gates' keynote at SD '97 in San Francisco
, and Live broadcasts from
WinHEC '97
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 Example: TKQ created the Web sites for
Swiss Connection
and
SeaWorld
and
Ron Jon Surf Shop
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

USWeb Corporation
3000 Lakeside Drive
Santa Clara, California 95054
Tel: (408) 987-3267
Fax: (408) 986-6701
Email: bwinter@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: info@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
Email: info@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 Web site, including 104 KRBE, 101 KLOL, Classical 92.1, and an on-going 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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