Video Selected for I-mode

Nextreaming Corp. has announced that France's Bouygues Telecom has selected the company as its preferred encoder for its i-mode partners. The agreement enables the French mobile operator's content and application partners, including the mobile content provider 123 Multimedia, to produce high quality encoded video content for its recently launched i-mode video service. Video content is available now on Bouygues Telecom's i-mode service and can be enjoyed by the operator's 800,000 users.

"Using Nextreaming technology has allowed 123 Multimedia to quickly and easily encode our 123Funclips video clip content for Bouygues Telecom i-mode subscribers," said Bertrand Perez, chief technology officer of 123 Multimedia. "123Funclips is one of Bouygues Telecom's most popular i-mode services, featuring a variety of high quality downloadable video clips and animations from film and TV."

"Bouygues Telecom's decision to recommend our encoding platform is testament to the effectiveness of Nextreaming solution," said Dr Il-TAEK LIM, chief executive officer of Nextreaming. "We believe that to ensure mass usage of video on mobile devices, it is critical that 3G operators provide the highest quality video content possible for consumers. Ensuring video content is sufficiently protected is also essential in order to encourage media owners to release their most valuable and engaging video footage across mobile networks."

Posted to the site on 7th January 2005