FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Terran Interactive Supports RealMedia Architecture
New York, NY, Equitable Building, February 10, 1996 --Terran Interactive
(San Jose, CA), announced today that it will extend its award-winning Movie
Cleaner Pro to include support for the RealMedia Architecture (RMA). The
RealMedia Architecture by Progressive Networks (Seattle, WA) is the first
open multimedia streaming platform for the internet. Terran will first
release RealMedia Cleaner Lite, a free demo version of Media Cleaner Pro
2.0 on February 10, 1997. Media Cleaner Pro 2.0 will be released April
7, 1997 at the NAB trade show in Las Vegas. Terran Interactive's tools
will allow web authors to easily optimize and compress high-quality
RealMedia movies for delivery over the Internet.
"We are excited to have Terran support the Real Media Architecture.
Terran's Movie Cleaner Pro has demonstrated itself as the best solution for
compressing other video formats. With Terran's support, Web authors can
now enjoy the same high quality and ease-of-use when compressing RealMedia
files." said Pat Boyle, Product Manager of Tools, Progressive Networks.
RealMedia Cleaner Lite is the single tool web-masters need to compress all
RealMedia movies. The program makes the compresion process very easy and
gives developers better control than the freeware tools delivered with the
RealMedia Architecture. "Terran Interactive is proud to announce support
for the RealMedia format in Media Cleaner Pro 2.0, the upcoming sequel to
the Movie Cleaner Pro compression tool. We believe internet video
producers will benefit from the combination of Terran's award-winning tools
and Progressive's excellent technology," said John Geyer, VP of
Marketing, Terran Interactive.
RealMedia Cleaner Lite is free and available for download from
(http://www.terran-int.com/vid/RealMedia.html).
About RealMedia
The RealMedia Architecture (RMA) is an open platform for development of
these type of applications and a market and distribution channel for
streaming products and content that result in rich multimedia experiences.
The RealMedia Architecture extends the RealAudio installed base into a
platform for the development of streaming media applications that is
designed specifically for the existing infrastructure of the Internet.
Features of the delivery system include: interactive stream control, error
mitigation, bandwidth negotiation, multi-casting, scalability, live
broadcasting and monitoring. It is an open framework of client and server
plug-ins and APIs whereby Application Developers can build plug-ins for the
Progressive Network's product line which stream and play time based media,
including audio, video, MIDI, text, images, animation's and presentations.
About Progressive Networks, Inc.
Progressive Networks is the established market leader and pioneer in the
delivery of real-time media over the Internet. Progressive Networks is also
the creator of the RealMedia Architecture (RMA), a next-generation platform
for streaming multiple data-types over the Internet and codeveloper, with
Netscape Communications, of the Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP), a
proposed open standard for the delivery of real-time streaming media.
Based in Seattle, Progressive Networks develops and markets software
products and services designed to enable users of personal computers and
other digital devices to send and receive real-time media using the today's
infrastructure.
About RealMedia Cleaner Lite
RealMedia Cleaner Lite is a free utility from Terran Interactive designed
to make great looking RealMedia movies. Lite is a preview of Terran
Interactive's Media Cleaner Pro 2.0 and only supports RealMedia.
RealMedia Cleaner Lite is the best MacOS tool for compressing RealMedia
movies currently available. For more information or to download a free
copy of RealMedia Cleaner Lite, visit our web site at
(http://www.terran-int.com/vid/RealMedia.html).
About Terran Interactive, Inc.
Terran Interactive, Inc. is the leader of the QuickTime video compression
tool market. Developers of the award winning Movie Cleaner Pro and
Web-Motion, the company is committed to providing developers with tools
that improve the quality and efficiency of multimedia production. Terran
Interactive, based in San Jose, California, is a member of Apple Computer's
Multimedia Program, the Multimedia Development Group and the San Jose
Software Business Cluster. For more information, visit the web site at
http://www.terran-int.com.
Copyright 1996 All Rights Reserved
RealMedia, RealAudio and RealVideo are a trademarks of Progressive
Networks. Movie Cleaner Pro, RealMedia Cleaner Lite and Media Cleaner Pro
are a trademarks of Terran Interactive. All other trademarks and
registered trademarks are property of their respective owners
Contact Information:
John Geyer
Terran Interactive
+408.278-9026
http://www.terran-int.com
jgeyer@terran-int.com
