RALEIGH -- Inlet Technologies, the leader in advanced encoding solutions for new media, today announced that Narrowstep, a leading provider of IP-delivered video content, has selected Inlet to provide its Fathom® encoding solution and Semaphore™ quality control software. The products will be used to enhance Narrowstep’s global delivery of video content over IP and help Narrowstep deliver on its vision of high quality media anywhere, at any time, to any device.

“We chose Inlet Technologies because their technology delivers the future of digital media today,” said Phil Davies, director of sales engineering for Narrowstep. “With Inlet, Narrowstep has a partner that understands the necessity of delivering the highest-quality media no matter the size of the screen.”

Narrowstep’s video delivery solutions, including telVos™, one of the most comprehensive commercial video and audio management system on the market, support the delivery of video content over IP and enable them to power over a hundred broadband television channels. Their offerings include making content available as a live stream, as video on demand, as searchable content from an archive and as a 24 x 7 schedule, just like television.

“Working with Narrowstep presents a great opportunity for Inlet in the constantly changing media world,” said Neal Page, chief executive officer and founder of Inlet Technologies. “They offer a valuable service to content providers by helping them get content onto new networks. Inlet enhances this capability by providing solutions that deliver an unwavering commitment to video quality, regardless of screen size or format.”

Inlet’s Fathom is the world’s most powerful encoding platform for VC-1, Windows Media, AVC and Flash files, providing stunning quality along with breakthrough workflow capabilities for the speed to produce digital files, even high-definition content, in real time. Semaphore, the first automated quality control software for digital encoding, eliminates the time-wasting tedium of manual video quality checking by evaluating hours of content in minutes.

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About Inlet Technologies

Inlet Technologies is the leading provider of advanced encoding solutions, enabling new media for new networks. Inlet solutions produce the highest quality video, faster and more efficiently than any other solution. Inlet allows content creators, programmers and distributors to increase production efficiency, reduce costs and deliver superior quality video over any Internet Protocol (IP) network. Inlet’s award-winning products – the Fathom® and Spinnaker™ encoder families and Semaphore™ automated quality control software – scale seamlessly from mobile to web to high-definition. Inlet solutions are ideal for applications such as Video-on-Demand, Web-based video, real-time, professional streaming and digital archiving and dailies. Inlet customers, such as Modern Video, Akimbo and Microsoft Studios, are able to expand their audiences and create new revenue from their valuable content. For more information, visit www.inlethd.com

 

About Narrowstep

Narrowstep™ Inc. (OTC BB:NRWS), the TV on the Internet company, is a leading global provider of broadband television services. Narrowstep's proprietary technologies and customer-focused services enable TV channels to be delivered over the Internet. 100+ companies worldwide have chosen Narrowstep because it offers the most television-like and true community building broadband experience. The company’s telvOS™ (Television Operating System™) and nBed™ technologies enable the most comprehensive delivery of video to mobile, wireless, Internet, broadband, VOIP and entirely new IP-delivered broadcast services. For more information, visit www.narrowstep.com