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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
SmartVideo Technologies Joins Microsoft Partner Solutions Center
ATLANTA -- May 24, 2005 -- SmartVideo Technologies, Inc., (OTCBB: SMVD), a leader in the delivery of live television to cell phones and other mobile devices, announced today it has it has become a member of the Microsoft Partner Solutions Center, a state-of-the-art product development program located on Microsoft Corp.'s Redmond, Washington, campus.
By participating in the MPSC, SmartVideo will continue to capitalize on its proprietary next-generation technology to expand its leadership role in the booming business of mobile television.
At the MPSC, SmartVideo will interact with Microsoft developers, designers and marketers, to continue to enhance its innovative mobile television system in association with top technology companies. The facility brings together select companies to develop and test new technologies, employing the latest technical resources and expertise of the software giant.
The MPSC's 21,000 square-foot facility and services include a $100 million network operations center with a fiber optic network powerful enough to house a full cellular broadcasting operation, as well as executive briefings, technology demonstrations, architectural design sessions, proof-of-concept and training.
Poised to capitalize on increased SmartPhone consumer adoption, SmartVideo technology's enables high-resolution mobile TV that offers the fluid motion and fully synched video and audio of broadcast television. SmartVideo's solutions perform even on phones running on the current generation of 2.5G cellular networks, making it the only such service able to be called television in the true sense. Thanks to the successful launch and fast growth of the more robust 3G networks in the U.S., SmartVideo can provide 3G-capable phones with a minimum of 24 frames per second, and virtual broadcast quality of at least 28 frames per second on Wi-Fi-enabled devices.
Already close to 70 million phones in the U.S. are equipped with media players that support the SmartVideo system. Leading network and cable television content providers, such as ABC News, ABC NewsNow, NBC Universal (CNBC, MSNBC and NBC Mobile), The Weather Channel, FOX Sports Network, IFILM, Fashion TV and DIC, as well as two-dozen others, have already signed up with SmartVideo. New providers regularly join SmartVideo's content portfolio.
SmartVideo's participation in the MPSC marks the latest collaboration between Microsoft and SmartVideo. In January, Microsoft began distributing SmartVideo's nearly three-dozen content channels via the Windows Media Mobile Portal: www.windowsmedia.com/mobile.
"We value the support, encouragement and technological validation Microsoft has given us, and look forward to working closely with Microsoft's world-class professionals in making SmartVideo an even more innovative and effective new media company," said Richard E. Bennett, Jr., President and CEO of SmartVideo Technologies. "The creative environment in the Microsoft Partner Solutions Center is particularly conducive to generating original ideas and molding them into effective business opportunities."
SmartVideo's proprietary technology has scalability that enables the service to operate with exceptional quality on next-generation 3G cell phones. The service also can be integrated easily into any wireless carrier's current offerings; it works on multiple player platforms, on numerous phones and on the networks of carriers around the world.
About SmartVideo Inc.
SmartVideo Technologies offers the first and best-in-class services for broadcasting live, on-demand and download-and-play television content for mobile video consumers around the world. SmartVideo's television solutions deliver sharp video images with fully synched audio for broadcast to video-enabled cell phones and other handheld devices, via current and next-generation cellular and Wi-Fi systems. SmartVideo's proprietary technologies include a full suite of television content management services for wireless telco carriers as well as content owners, to provide an end-to-end mobile television broadcast and business solution. SmartVideo's robust library of content includes news, weather, sports, children's programming and more, from such leading international brands as ABC News, NBC Universal, Fox Sports, The Weather Channel and dozens of others. SmartVideo's mobile video solutions provide exceptional image quality on all existing 2.5G and Edge cellular networks, and near-broadcast quality on 3G and Wi-Fi networks. SmartVideo is a Microsoft Windows Media® 9 Series Certified Hosting Provider. For additional information and to subscribe to SmartVideo's Live TV content packages visit www.smartvideo.com or using your SmartPhone visit www.windowsmedia.com/mobile.
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