Broadcast Quality Pay-Per-View Movies Streamed On The Internet

Television quality pay-per-view movies from the Internet will soon be a reality. encoding.com, a leading full-service provider for enabling movies and music for the Internet, has signed an agreement with Internet video-on-demand start-up MeTV.com to encode and host 750 full-length feature films. encoding.com has completed digitizing 20 movies that may now be viewed on the MeTV.com Web site, and the remaining films will be added continuously in preparation for MeTV.com's officialconsumer launch next spring.This partnership, along with MeTV.com's unique business model, ushers in a new era in home entertainment. encoding.com will translate the vast library of films to the language of the Internet, and MeTV.com will stream the movies at full-screen resolution to broadband Internet users at two speeds, 375k and, for the first time at 700k, which matches broadcast television quality.""As the broadband user base expands, MeTV.com will be the first with television quality feature film programming,"" said Martin French, MeTV.com's Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing. ""The contract with encoding.com marks the first significant move to build the first feature film libraryavailable over the Internet.""Martin Tobias, Founder and CEO of encoding.com, also known as the minister of order and reason, said their ability to control all the variables when translating complex content into a digital format is fundamentally changing the face of streaming media, producing the clearest audio and video ever broadcast via the Internet. ""We're proud to partner with MeTV.com. Our Optimized Encoding and Hosting Process enables their pay-per-view business model and gives consumers premium home entertainment at their fingertips.""""MeTV.com and encoding.com have been working together for some time to develop high-quality encoded material and this deal represents a commitment to significantly expand a natural relationship,"" Jeffrey Pescatello, President, MeTV.com.About MeTV.comMeTV.com is the revolutionary entertainment service that delivers real time, on-demand, full broadband, streamed movies and television programming, via the Internet. The MeTV.com web site sets a new standard in entertainment as it blends Web technologies with traditional television. MeTV.com empowers consumers, including those with little or no experience with computers or the Internet, to access a diverse selection of movies, children's and sports programming, information and other services, on-demand. Founded in 1988, MeTV's parent company, Group E Communications, is based in New London, CT and Los Angeles.About encoding.comEncoding.com is the leading provider of streaming and digital media solutions in the industry, media and entertainment markets. By offering products and services that incorporate the encoding, publishing, distribution and management of digital media, encoding.com leads the streaming media industry in digitizing and optimizing audio and video content for the Internet. Founded in 1997, encoding.com, is focused on creating and advancing business solutions using Web-based digital media. As a market-leader, encoding.com offers robust service solutions and applications for encoding, optimizing and delivering audio and video content on the Internet for clientslike Sony, Disney, Capitol Records, Warner Bros. Online and Discovery Channel. encoding.com is headquartered in Seattle with offices in San Francisco and San Diego. Additional contact information: 414 Olive Way, Suite 400, Seattle, Washington 98101; tel: 206 832 4000; fax: 206 832 4001. Visit encoding.com on the Web at http://www.encoding.com.Source: encoding.comWeb Site: http://www.encoding.com