Trey Parker and Matt Stone, to develop original online programming. But what makes Shockwave stand out among Hollywood-style Net plays is the strength it garners from its parent company, Macromedia. The publicly traded software developer's authoring and editing tools are considered to be the standard among Web animators. Its Shockwave and Flash players, required to watch the animations, are currently downloaded an average of 69 million times a month. What's more, Web content made in the Shockwave and Flash formats gives viewers a broadband experience via low-bandwidth Net connections.
Users now can watch short films, animations, and music videos.
Listeners can tune in to any of the company's 155 radio stations or choose from 800 other global radio streams. According to the company, Intertainer has the rights to distribute via telephone lines, cable modems, and advanced set-top boxes the films of every major studio except Paramount Pictures and Universal Studios. Founded in 1995 by Arthur Hair and Scott Sander. Sightsound is sitting pretty with its patented technology, which allows movie studios and record companies to distribute movies, books, and recorded music digitally for a fee. Hair, following the advice of his engineer father, in 1993 secured the company's first patent covering methods for transmitting digital content over an information network in return for payment.