HomeMovie.Com Streams Interactive Online
DVDs for Free
February 13, 2004 (Twisp, WA) - HomeMovie.Com has launched its
StreamingDVD
technology, announcing that every DVD produced
for its professional customers will be streamed
online in an interactive menu-based format for
30 days at no charge.
The company’s first implementation of its
StreamingDVD technology will be streaming all
wedding and event productions for their professional videographer customers through a specially set-up
website located at weddingdvd.com.
“This changes everything,” said Lars
Krumme, President of HomeMovie.Com. “Until
now, most video streaming has consisted of individual
clips. But our StreamingDVD service allows videographers
to deliver their entire video online with the
same functionality, graphical format and style
as they’re delivering on DVD. And the pricing
is unprecedented. For only $35, our Resellers
get our top-of-the-line Director’s DVD and
30 days of a StreamingDVD for their Bride &
Groom.”
Videographers send a unique Web address to their
customers when the project is finished that will
automatically bring up the customer’s
StreamingDVD
along with the videographer’s logo.
With broadband penetration among Internet households
currently at over 42% and expected to surpass
the 50% level in July of this year, the StreamingDVD
product is poised to take advantage of the inevitable
demand for high-quality, long-format
streaming video.
The new StreamingDVD technology delivers the
entire wedding video over the Internet in the
same interactive format the newlyweds see on their
DVD. Available exclusively through HomeMovie.Com’s
national network of professional wedding and event
videographers, the new service has already streamed
thousands of hours of weddings and events over
the last two months.
WeddingDVD.Com, a service of HomeMovie.Com, allows
the entire wedding video to be shared over the
Internet with the same functionality, graphical
format and style received on DVD. That’s
great news for couples engaged on Valentines Day
– they account for an estimated 11 percent
of the 2.4 million couples engaged each year -
and great news for those who provide wedding videography
services.
The free StreamingDVD is delivered for 30 days
at a 120kbs rate with interactive menus and chapter
marks. Optional upgrades are available to add
a 250kbs stream and lengthen the delivery time
to 60 days or 1 year for as little as $50. Videographers
are also able to receive statistics for viewing
of each StreamingDVD on a per-chapter basis.
The StreamingDVD is currently PC and Mac-compatible,
and requires Internet Explorer 5.0+ and Windows
Media 9. Upcoming features include the ability
to sell additional DVD copies directly through
the StreamingDVD interface, additional website
delivery portals for event and corporate videos,
and support for dial-up connectivity.
All members of the HomeMovie.Com Reseller program
can receive BasicPlusDVDs for $25 or the industry-leading
Interactive Director’s DVDs for only $35.
In addition, HomeMovie.Com Resellers receive a
free two-hour StreamingDVD of one of their videos
that can be viewed from their website.
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