Solid State Announces Streaming Media Delivery Breathrough

First Commercial Implementation of On-Demand Streaming Media Delivery Solution Based on the BitTorrent(TM) Protocol Shown at DEMOfall '06

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With the popularity rising of sites such as YouTube(TM), so is interest in on-demand streaming media. However, this is accompanied with an overload of demands that are difficult for traditional content distribution systems to keep up with on their own. The Solid State Distributed Delivery Network (DDN) responded with flexibility as its solution. This network is designed to work with the content provider to handle the growing load while being cost-effective for peer-to-peer distribution.

Solid State Networks is the developer of high-performance distribution of high-resolution video, music and software programs. By introducing more possibilities for high quality to be distributed to a larger range of devices, Solid State Networks' multiplatform on-demand streaming media solution provides reliable service guarantees, "while others are still focused on just downloading files," said Chris Shipley, executive producer of DEMOfall '06. Another important aspect of this delivery system is that it features performance and economic advantages through the BitTorrent(TM) protocol.

This major breakthrough has a large impact on digital designers, for today's industry is in high-demand of quick and easy accesses that maintain low-cost distributions. We live in a fast-paced world, and whether you are a client receiving files from a business affiliate, a student conducting research, or just simply surfing the web for fun videos to watch . . . you want it NOW! You don't want to wait a long time to view the content, or worse, waiting only to experience horrible quality. So as designers, we want to create the most effective user friendly designs and output methods that keep viewers/customers coming back for more. Solid States delivery solution is greatly beneficial for the digital community, because it "provides content publishers with the unique proposition of significantly reducing per unit costs of delivery for high demand content along with the added benefits of increased scalability and improved performance of higher quality video and other digital media over the internet to personal, laptop and media PCs and other connected devices such as wireless PDAs, portable game players and even mobile phones."

Available as a stand alone application or as an internet plug-in for such browsers as Safari(TM) and Internet Explorer(TM), this on-demand streaming client provides higher data rate video and higher fidelity audio. This creates a more enjoyable experience for consumers viewing content using media players like Flash(TM), Windows Media Player(TM), QuickTime(TM), and RealPlayer(TM). An added bonus feature is this can even be used to stream Adobe(R) PDF files or any other non-traditional content.

Currently, Solid State's DDN is only available to select costumers, but by 2007 it will be accessible to the general public.

I feel this was a very informative article that features a breakthrough which is vital to the success of the digital arts industry. With such technology, we can design higher quality interactive media that are more easily accessible and take up less of the viewers time. That media can then be sent to other persons/companies with little difficulty, which in turn, helps spread the message or point we are trying to convey. Thus proving an effective design has been created and we have successfully done our job.