Piranha, Inc. Demonstrates Full-Length Motion Picture On A Single CD-ROM

18-Aug-00

Piranha, Inc. demonstrated its new Piranha Stream streaming video technology. Until now, high quality encoded theatrical movies could only be viewed on a computer desktop using DVD technology.Piranha CEO Ed Sample demonstrated the first Piranha Streamô CD-ROM that contained a high quality RKO Pictures 90-minute theatrical movie, and a 7-minute promotional piece. Sample also provided a second CD-ROM demonstration that contained a 70-minute concert featuring the Grammy AwardÆ-winning Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir (BTC), as well as several music videos and movie trailers.""I have seen the compression technology of tomorrow today, and its name is Piranha Stream,"" states Jeff Moseley, President of music label M2.0 and 20-year veteran of the Christian music industry. ""Never before have I seen this level of quality and clarity in concert with this large leap in technology. I feel privileged to be among the first to utilize the Piranha Stream technology on behalf of the world renowned Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir and other artists who desire to be at the forefront of video and audio. As far as I am concerned, all other compression technologies have a long swim upstream.""""Compressing a 162 gigabyte movie onto a 650 megabyte CD-ROM in 'real time' is a great achievement, but delivering it in broadcast quality is an amazing feat,"" said Nate McClintock, President and Chief Operating Officer of Piranha's Zideo.com subsidiary, which markets Piranha products. ""Until now, it couldn't be done because the picture quality was not up to par when compressed at those rates. Piranha Stream has changed all that with our 'real time' encoding and unique science. This product will have a significant impact on the streaming video industry.""About Piranha, Inc.Piranha, Inc., an eight-month-old company based in Dallas, Texas, provides digital data compression technology that enhances the speed of the Web and maximizes bandwidth and storage for publishing and e-commerce industries. In June, Piranha, Inc. launched its Piranha Byte ""lossless"" compression technology for the publishing and printing industry. Piranha Byte was developed in cooperation with Piranha's Advisory Board members Time, Inc., Newsweek Magazine, R.R. Donnelley and Sons, Quad Graphics, Young & Rubicam and Federated Consulting, Inc. and has already been purchased by such industry giants as McCann-Erickson, DDB Worldwide, and Quebecor, the world's largest printer. In July, Piranha launched Piranha Net and on August 1st introduced Piranha Stream.Piranha solutions increase the speed of Web pages, and maximize bandwidth and storage. Piranha products are available on Linux, Windows and Macintosh systems. More information is available at www.piranha.com.

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