VideoNuze talks about eyeIO, and its THX certification announced yesterday. Colin provides a layman’s explanation, that augments his post yesterday, of why this is so important along with the context of H.264 and the new H.265 standard just approved by the ITU.
While Netflix Watch Instantly movie streams are mostly useful for casual viewing, if you’re interested in the actual quality of the video provided you may have noticed a few changes recently.
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EYE IO, LLC (eyeIO) makes its official debut as an Internet video streaming technology provider, announcing its first commercial license agreement with Netflix, Inc.
Time Magazine: Techland
The technology to be able to halve bandwidth without significantly affecting quality comes from a new partner company, EyeIO, which has created a system for encoding video that, it claims, can reduce the average Netflix high-definition stream of 3.8 megabits per second to 1.8 megabits without a viewer being able to notice the difference.
Engadget
The streaming service has paired up with eyeIO in hopes of keeping bandwidth usage during streams to a minimum, which they claim won't affect the content's overall quality . . .
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The movie and TV show streaming company is the first client of Palo Alto-based start-up eyeIO, a maker of a video encoding system it claims reduces the bandwidth needs of Netflix streams by more than 50 percent without sacrificing picture and sound quality . . .
Fierce Online Video
EyeIO (that's I-I-O, as in eye, input, output) came out of stealth mode this morning, announcing a new H.264 encoding technology that delivers HD-quality video at ultra-low bandwidth; it also trotted out a very short, but impressive customer list of one: Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) . . .
VideoNuze
Some start-ups go to great lengths for visibility before ever launching a product or landing a customer, whereas others stay completely below the radar until they have big concrete news to share . . .
Yahoo Finance
EYE IO, LLC (eyeIO) makes its official debut as an Internet video streaming technology provider, announcing its first commercial license agreement with Netflix, Inc . . .
Bloomsberg Businessweek
EYE IO, LLC (eyeIO) makes its official debut as an Internet video streaming technology provider, announcing its first commercial license agreement with Netflix, Inc . . .
GigaOM
Palo Alto, Calif.–based video encoding startup EyeIO left stealth mode on Wednesday with the announcement that it has licensed its technology to one of the biggest players in the online video space. Netflix is using eyeIO’s encoding technology to cut down on the bandwidth of its streams, allowing the company to deliver HD video without busting subscribers’ bandwidth caps or overwhelming networks in emerging markets . . .
The Hollywood Reporter
EyeIO has developed “ultra low bandwidth†Internet video streaming technology and was founded by industry veterans Charles Steinberg, former president of Sony Electronic’s business and professional products company; Robert C. Hagerty, former chairman and CEO of Polycom; and Rodolfo Vargas, former senior program manager of video at Microsoft . . .
