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Associated Press Chooses thePlatform
Posted By: Ericka Wood | Posted: 9.23.2008
We are excited to welcome the Associated Press (AP) as the latest customer of thePlatform's media publishing system. AP's needs represented a unique set of challenges that our system was ideally designed to fulfill. AP works with thousands of newspapers, radio stations, television broadcasters and websites across multiple geographic areas. In such an environment, AP strives to maintain the highest quality reporting, which is reflected in its massive reach and its 49 Pulitzer Prizes. They needed a system that was proven, flexible, and that could grow with them as they expand their broadband video capabilities.
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Amazon S3 integration now available
Posted By: Ericka Wood | Posted: 8.25.2008
thePlatform now supports the Amazon S3 online storage solution. S3 offers the same data storage infrastructure that Amazon uses to run its own web sites. Whether you want to use it to store media or deliver thumbnails, DRM content, or short-form Flash content S3 gives you an affordable and scalable choice for storing and delivering content online. This is another seamless integration with a valuable technology provider that helps make thePlatform the leading video publishing system in the industry.
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New Features in the PDK 3.3
Posted By: Ericka Wood | Posted: 8.19.2008
Version 3.3 of the Player Development Kit (PDK) contains a wide assortment of new features for those using our Adobe Flash-based toolset to develop custom players.
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Wall Street Journal Covers thePlatform
Posted By: Ericka Wood | Posted: 7.22.2008
We're excited about today's Wall Street Journal article highlighting our new customers Time Warner Cable Inc., Cablevision Systems Corp., and Cox Communications Inc. Adding these major cable operators means that, including Comcast, thePlatform now powers the video portals for four of the five largest US cable companies, helping these cable giants meet high-speed Interent consumers' demand for online television shows, movies, and other Internet clips.
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What’s new in PDK 3.2
Posted By: Ericka Wood | Posted: 6.26.2008
We've just released version 3.2 of our Player Development Kit (PDK), which offers a lot new features PDK users have been asking for. Here are the highlights:
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