News & EventsTokyo, Japan, June 8, 2005 — Announcement of selling rights of Mobile Movie Showdo SDK in Japan. Nihon Enterprise has acquired the selling rights in Japan of the BREW application development kit, Mobile Movie Showdo SDK, which incorporates video compression technology developed by Truvideo Inc. It is going to be available for sale beginning July 2005. Says Nihon Enterprise, "Our product was developed together with FreeVerse Partners. FreeVerse and we have acquired the production rights in Asia and selling rights in Japan respectively." The recent advancement of cellular phones has created the diversity of services and contents in its market. Along with this technological progress, BREW, employed by KDDI Inc., has become able to offer more content and functionalities. Mobile Movie Showdo SDK, by using TruVideo technology, has realised the developmental environment in which animation can be easily embedded in BREW applications. It features: 1. A small player size This SDK enables one to work in an environment similar to a PC, such as including a high quality movie cutscene within games, using movies to advertise products on commercial web sites, and employing animations for business applications. The use of animations in applications can provide a more satisfactory experience to the end user. Tokyo, Japan, June 8, 2005 — Nihon Enterprise introduces the BREW application development kit. Mobile Movie Showdo SDK was developed in cooperation with FreeVerse Partners. FreeVerse Partners and Nihon Enterprise obtained production rights in Asia and selling rights in Japan respectively. Mobile Movie Showdo SDK is capable of implementing animations in BREW applications with video compression technology developed by TruVideo Inc. of the United States. The TruVideo technology features a small player size and superior video rendering at low bitrates, with the capability of playing both streaming and downloaded video files. The possible uses include embedding a high quality movie cutscene within games, and movie advertisements in commercial web sites. Mobile Movie Showdo SDK will be available for sale in July 2005. Tokyo, Japan, May 17, 2005 — EyeMail Technologies, Inc. (ETI) in a joint development effort with TruVideo announce the release of Monet TV. Monet TV brings an exciting new mobile media viewing experience to the handset market. The venture was proposed and introduced by FreeVerse Partners, a Tokyo company as part of ongoing business development on behalf of TruVideo. “ETI has created a suite of inventions around digital lifestyle,” says Gary Zhang, CEO of ETI, “Monet is our flagship product which leverages our experience and innovation in mobile media solutions. We are confident that with our partnership with TruVideo, we can bring the best mobile media experience to handset users.” Monet TV will be launched in Asia beginning with Singapore on SymbianTM equipped handsets. From there deployment is scheduled throughout Asia and eventually globally. Monet TV will feature exciting embedded video and interactive content combined with a rich user interface designed for intuitive and easy use by the viewer. “We are delighted to enter this partnership with EyeMail. Monet’s capabilities integrated with our video streaming solutions result in superior user experience on a wide range of phones, “ comments Avideh Zakhor, CEO and founder of TruVideo. About ETI: About FreeVerse Partners: JCNNetwork: ETI and TruVideo team up on Monet TV mobile media solution Tokyo, Japan, October 10, 2004 — TruVideo and FreeVerse Partners team up to introduce new mobile video technology. TruVideo, a pioneer in mobile video technology has signed a representative agreement with FreeVerse Partners in Tokyo, Japan to develop business and expand into the Asian market. "TruVideo’s technology is ideal for bandwidth constrained wireless applications and is the best fit for today’s 2G and 3G networks," says Tim Smith, of FreeVerse Partners. "We are excited to introduce this technology to the fast growing Asian market and see a great future for it especially in the BREW and Symbian enabled handset market." TruVideo’s unique technology is based on patented video encoding, decoding and delivery algorithms, which dramatically reduce bandwidth requirements and assure smooth, high quality video playback. Streaming video content at over 5fps at less than 20kbps is possible, making it one of the only technologies that can provide real video streaming to the 2.5G network environment. "Entering the Asian market represents real challenges to any technology company," comments Avideh Zakhor, CEO of TruVideo. "FreeVerse Partners has the market knowledge and experience to help us enter the Asian market especially in Japan, China and Taiwan." JCNNetwork: TruVideo and FreeVerse Partners Tie-Up To Introduce New Mobile Video Technology Taiwan, September 17, 2004 — ELTA, Taiwan's leading mobile application service provider, has collaborated with TruVideo to launch a new range of services that provide multimedia services to mobile subscribers in Taiwan. These new services include downloadable and streaming movie clips for a variety of different GPRS and JAVA enabled handsets, and feature TruVideo’s mobile streaming technology. The range of handsets that support these new services includes SHARP i98, Motorola 388C, Nokia 3650, Nokia 7650, Nokia 7210, Nokia 6100, Nokia 6600, Nokia 7250, Nokia 7610 and Siemens SL55. With the previous launch of mobile video services with Chung Hwa Telecom, FET (Far East Tone) and TCC (Taiwan Cellular Company) last year, ELTA covers over 80% of all subscribers within Taiwan today. Sally Chen, CEO of ELTA, comments "TruVideo mobile applications gives us a leading edge technology to continue to provide new and exciting mobile video to our subscribers" "TruVideo’s technology is ideal for low- to mid-range phones, so it has far greater reach than any other mobile video solution," says Avideh Zakhor, CEO and founder of TruVideo. "With our patented high-performance suite of video communication products we are able to realize video streaming on 2G networks." Berkeley, California, August 13th, 2004 – Mflix, a leading content distributor for the mobile market, has chosen TruVideo to launch the Mflix channel on the Sprint mobile video network. "Mflix partnered with TruVideo for our Sprint launch because of their ability to deliver a superior quality subscriber experience" says Bo Buck, CEO of Mflix, "Our content combined with TruVideo’s technology has resulted in adoption rates that have exceeded our expectations" Beijing, China, July 26th, 2004 — DG Telecom, one of the leading handset manufactures in China, has selected TruVideo for their next generation mobile application platform. TruVideo will supply their patented BREW technology to enable DG Telecom to embed high quality video functionality to DG handsets and applications roadmap. "DG Telecom chose TruVideo as the foundation for our mobile video products based on the maturity, scope and scalability of their technology" comments Steve Chan, CFO of DG Telecom," After extensive evaluation, we found TruVideo meets our exacting standards in video quality, scope of devices supported and adaptability of their technology." |