Pricing will be based on the number of users included in a stream. But we plan to evolve so that users can buy a monthly subscription, as you do with a cell phone. Then if you go over your entitlement, you can pay for the difference. Ed McGarr, vice president of marketing and sales for Sorenson Video, said Vcast is and will be used to meet the needs of education, entertainment, and communications. He said that a small hospital in Utah is using a preview version of the system to stream surgery over the Internet.
Educators can use it for distance learning courseware.
And, for example, real estate firms could use it on their Web sites to offer video-based walkthroughs of properties, McGarr said. We want to make this service easy to use. Also, work is progressing well on the next version of Sorenson's industry-leading codec, Sorenson Video 3. Sorenson Video is a QuickTime compatible video codec designed for developers of applications or web sites that require compressed video segments. Click here for a list of today's stories Post your comments on this story.