Live On Line Plugs QuickTime TV Into Hottest Shows From Entertainment's Biggest Names
Live On Line Inc., a leader in streaming media content and technology, has announced that it will bring to Apple's (AAPL) QuickTime TV, the Internet's highest-quality network for Web-based video and audio, exclusive broadcasts of hundreds of top worldwide events over the next two years. Live On Line will provide QuickTime TV (QTV) with exclusive Webcasts of more than 300 marquis events, spanning the spectrum from sports to major concerts. Recent QuickTime broadcasts have included Alanis Morisette, Lilith Fair, Eurythmics, and Sheryl Crowe and Friends concerts. ""QuickTime TV was created to bring the best entertainment and biggest live events to Internet users worldwide,"" said Frank Casanova, Director of QuickTime Product Marketing at Apple. ""Live On Line has long been established as the source for some of the most popular, innovative content on the Internet, so we are pleased to team with them to give QTV viewers' exclusive experiences of the best entertainment available."" Live On Line provides unsurpassed Internet broadcast reliability and hosts numerous live events for clients such as, David Bowie, Aerosmith, MTV, VH1, Arista Records, CD Now, Sotheby's (BID) and numerous others. ""In the past few years, we have seen the potential of the Internet as a broadcast medium explode and have pushed the viability, of streaming media as a means for corporations to communicate,"" said Adam Cohen, CEO of Live On Line. ""By offering exclusive, top-name content through QuickTime TV, we are continuing our commitment to bringing consumers worldwide the best Internet content possible through the quality of QuickTime 4 Streaming."" Macintosh and Windows users can view QTV's diverse content via Apple's state-of-the-art QuickTime 4 Player, which provides one-click access to users' favorite QTV channels as well as the ability to bookmark content from anywhere on the Internet. The QuickTime Player is available as a free download from http://www.apple.com/quicktime. Live on Line-provided scheduled events will be posted on the QuickTime page, http://www.apple.com/quicktime/showcase. About Live On Line Formed in 1996, Live On Line, Inc. (http://www.liveonline.net) provides Internet content and streaming media technology to a diverse list of clients in the entertainment, media, consumer products, pharmaceutical and education industries. Through its high-bandwidth, worldwide server network, Live On Line provides its clients with unsurpassed speed and reliability. Source: Live On Line Inc. Web site: http://www.liveonline.net