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Octoshape has been selected as an Always On Global Top 250 Company (26 Aug 2010)

The AlwaysOn Global 250 represents the top emerging companies in the Global Silicon Valley that are demonstrating significant market traction and pursuing game-changing technologies in on-demand computing, digital media, and greentech.

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Nexit Ventures Invests in Danish Mobile Video Delivery firm Octoshape (11 Jun 2010)

- The most scalable and economical Internet video delivery platform available

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Octoshape selected as a Red Herring Top 100 Europe Tech Startup (10 Jun 2010)

Paris, France - Red Herring announced its Top 100 Award in recognition of the leading private companies from Europe, celebrating these startups' innovations and technologies across their respective industries.

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Octoshape welcomes Lawrence S. de Guzman as VP of Global Sales (18 May 2010)

The Octoshape Team is happy to welcome Lawrence S. de Guzman as VP of Global Sales. Lawrence has an extensive background in international Sales and Marketing, as well as Senior Management for high-tech, high-growth companies.

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Highwinds Unleashes Infinite HD for High-Definition Streaming (14 May 2010)

Highwinds, a leader in content delivery and hosted IP services, today announced at Streaming Media East the availability of Infinite HD for streaming high-definition video live and on-demand over its content delivery network (CDN). Setting a new standard for delivering HD video to online audiences, Highwinds’ Infinite HD is built on technology that provides the most resilient and consistent HD streams available in the industry today, together with the features necessary to deliver advanced HD viewing experiences.

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NASCAR Wins Viewers With Sprint Cup (26 Apr 2010)

NASCAR.com has to date seen 70 percent more video views in 2010 as in the same time frame last year, clocking a total of 14.2 million views by Monday of this week, compared to 8.3 million views in 2009. The site has also seen a more modest overall audience increase, with visits up five percent (78.3 million vs. 74.5 million). One of the races that NASCAR scored with (forgive me the non-motorsports metaphor) was the recently-held Sprint Cup, which brought in 509,000 video views, compared to 141,000 in 2009.

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Update: Octoshape delivered 3.4 million video streams for PGA Championship Live (15 Mar 2010)

The platform delivered a total of 3.4 million video streams, a 204 percent increase over 2008, and had a record 206 million total page views for four days of coverage with a 1.4 million average of daily unique visitors.

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Octoshape powers EUROVISION national final in Poland (16 Feb 2010)

EUROVISION is a European song contest with participants from all European countries, is the largest non-sporting event in Europe and Octoshape is proud to once again for the fourth in a row, to be the selected streaming partner for all national finals, the semifinals and the grand final in Oslo (Norway) the 29th of May.

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Octoshape powers EUROVISION national final in Iceland (16 Feb 2010)

EUROVISION is a European song contest with participants from all European countries, is the largest non-sporting event in Europe and Octoshape is proud to once again for the fourth year in a row, to be the selected streaming partner for all national finals, the semifinals and the grand final in Oslo (Norway) the 29th of May.

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Octoshape on iPhone (13 Nov 2009)

Create your own app and stream audio to iPhone with Octoshape!

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Octoshape expands (13 Nov 2009)

Hiring new people to meet the increasing demand!

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EUROVISION Junior (13 Nov 2009)

EUROVISION Junior to be live streamed with Octoshape to the world the 21st of November!

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World Cyber Games (WCG) (13 Nov 2009)

WCG grand final to be live streamed with Octoshape the 11th through the 15th of November.

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Highwinds and Octoshape Tee Up High-Quality Streams of the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup (7 October 2009)

Highwinds Network Group, Inc., a multiplatform IP services and content distribution provider, and Octoshape, a provider of streaming solutions for high quality and large-scale events, today announced that their technologies have been used for online streaming of the four PGATOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup events on PGATOUR.COM.

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Octoshape nominated for the Streaming Media European Readers' Choice Awards! (6 July 2009)

It was just announced that Octoshape has been nominated for the Streaming Media European Readers' Choice Awards in four categories:

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Michael Jackson Memorial Service reaches global audiences with the Octoshape Infinite Edge (8 July 2009)

Octoshape and Highwinds CDN delivered high quality uninterrupted coverage from the Michael Jackson Memorial Service to a global audience in 203 Countries.

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Octoshape powered streaming for top Malaysian radio stations (15 June 2009)

Malaysian media corporation Media Prima Berhad has chosen Octoshape to power their live radio streams, including live webcam video from the studio.

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Octoshape at the top of their game in online eSports coverage (12 June 2009)

Live in-game video streaming for eSports demands the highest quality Internet video. The Octoshape infinite edge streaming technology can deliver this quality level while also enabling eSports broadcasters to reach globally dispersed audiences without regional infrastructure.

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Eurovision Song Contest rocks audiences online with Octoshape Infinite Edge (3 June 2009)

For the 4th year in a row the Eurovision Song Contest selected Octoshape to power the video streaming of the most watched non-sporting event in Europe– this year showcasing even more features from the bleeding edge of streaming technology.

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Octoshape powers interactive functionality for NASCAR.COM’s TrackPass RaceView application (20 May 2009)

The Octoshape engine harnesses TrackPass RaceView's real-time 3D race rendering, allowing fans to control their viewing experience.

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Octoshape and CaptiveWorks launch world-wide streaming to Set-Top-Boxes (4 May 2009)

CativeWorks have successfully implemented the Octoshape streaming solution in one of their set-top-boxes. This allows a world-wide audience to tune in to high-quality streams directly on their TV sets.

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Octoshape infinite edge provides next-generation streaming platform for Adobe Flash Technology (20 April 2009)

Octoshape releases the capability to deliver enhanced online streaming experiences and innovative features for the Adobe Flash Platform with the Octoshape infinite edge streaming technology. Octoshape says "Break the Record" with infinite edge for Adobe Flash.

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Octoshape earns industry recognition for its disruptive streaming solution (17 April 2009)

Octoshape is joining the ranks of Google, Skype and eBay as the name made it on to the Red Herring top 100 list of emerging companies as well as the Streaming Media Dream Team 2009.

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Record breaking CNN.com/Facebook webcast took streaming to the next level (11 February 2009)

During the inauguration of President Barack Obama on Jan 20th. the live CNN.com/Facebook webcast demonstrated the future of live video online.

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Highly successful cooperation between ESL TV and Octoshape (10 February 2009)

Octoshape ensures high-quality and stable streaming from ESL events – More than 200,000 ESL TV viewers watched ESL Pro Series Finals 2008 all over the world – Covering the best of eSports for millions of fans worldwide.

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Octoshape sponsors the 25th Annual ACM Symposium on Computational Geometry (14 January 2009)

Octoshape is sponsoring the 25th Annual ACM Symposium on Computational Geometry held at University of Aarhus, Denmark on June 8-10, 2009. See the official website for more information.

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Turner streaming media gets the edge with Octoshape (6 January 2009)

Turner Broadcasting System Inc. has incorporated the Octoshape Infinite Edge technology to meet unprecedented scale demands created by both the elections and live sports coverage.

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Octoshape webcasts entire Superleague Formula season (25 November 2008)

Copenhagen – November 25th 2008 – During the past months Superleague Formula S.A. and Octoshape have with great success live streamed the entire racing season in high quality (700 Kbps), for the enjoyment of motorsport enthusiasts all over the world.

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European Broadcasting Union (EBU) recommends P2P streaming (7 November 2008)

Copenhagen – November 7th 2008 – In 2006 the EBU decided to do an in-deep investigation of the available P2P solutions. In the newly published final report, the technical department of the EBU concludes that Octoshape’s solution is “scalable, reliable, [and] easy to manage.”

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Olympics in HD powered by Octoshape (1 October 2008)

During the Olympic Games 2008, Octoshape solutions were streaming Olympic coverage in HD (2.5 mbps) for several broadcasters in Asia, some in corporation with CDNetworks.

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Octoshape and Highwinds Unleash P2P Solution (23 September 2008)

Highwinds Network Group, Inc., a multi-platform IP services and content distribution provider, today announced that it has partnered with Octoshape, a leading provider of high-quality peer-assisted streaming solutions, to create a Hybrid Peer-to-Peer Content Delivery Network (Hybrid P2P CDN) solution for streaming live events to millions of concurrent worldwide viewers.

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CDNetworks to Deliver 2Mbps HD Live Olympic Internet Broadcasting to SBS Viewers in Asia (8 August 2008)

CDNetworks is utilizing its recently announced Hybrid Live Streaming service to deliver the first buffer-free, HD-grade, peer-assisted live Internet broadcast for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games website of SBS, a top Korean broadcaster.

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CDNetworks and Octoshape Partner for Live Hybrid Peer-to-Peer Streaming to Millions of Concurrent Users (24 July 2008)

CDNetworks Media Live Streaming service delivers first live P2P that delivers commercially tested, high-quality, and globally available live Internet broadcasting.

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Eurovision reached millions with Octoshape (1 June 2008)

Copenhagen/Geneva – As Europe settles down after an intensely followed Eurovision Song Contest, the impressive results from this year’s webcast reveals record-breaking audience figures. With viewers from more than 163 countries - many of which were not broadcasting the event - the TV-quality feed from Octoshape was a major hit. The online ESC-TV platform has served more than 1.5 million sessions and more than 36 million minutes were consumed.

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Octoshape showcasing high-quality Video-on-Demand with Eurovision (21 May 2008)

Kicking off this year’s Eurovision Song Contest with a live webcast from the first semi-final, Octoshape served more than 32 000 users with a high-quality live feed. And as a first this year, the entire show is instantly made available to users as an on-demand stream.

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iTVP joins the Octoshape broadcaster portfolio (18. April 2008)

Polish broadcaster TVPs online TV-section iTVP has joined the Octoshape broadcaster portfolio with the online-exclusive TV channel Arts & Entertainment. Also iTVP and Octoshape will be broadcasting a number of events in High-quality.

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Octoshape Peer-to-Peer (P2P) High-Quality Streams Can Now Be Monitored by Keynote Streaming Perspective® (14. April 2008)

Octoshape Early Adopter of Keynote’s Real-Time Global Internet Performance Analysis to Monitor Its Web Performance and Customer Experience

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New broadcaster: Delta radio (10. January 2008)

German radio Station Delta Radio has been added to the Octoshape broadcaster portfolio.

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Octoshape sponsors Tarjan celebration (31. March 2008)

Octoshape and Akamai are official sponsors for the DIMACS Workshop in Honor of Bob Tarjan's 60th Birthday. Octoshape co-founders Stephen Alstrup and Theis Rauhe are co-authering one of the few articles that are presented at the workshop.

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Eurovision.tv goes further with Octoshape (15. January 2008)

Today the Eurovision team releases a new and updated version of the eurovision.tv website. Using the latest technologies like Octoshape, the new website will offer much more exciting content.

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Norway’s favorite funny men conquers the Internet with Octoshape (9. January 2008)

Octoshape will facilitate NRK’s webcasting of seven brand new episode of the hit comedy show “Uti vår hage”. Just as soon as the televised episode leaves the screen the webcast will offer an additional hour of exclusive live backstage coverage of the crew and cast of the show.

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Hessische Rundfunk joins the Octoshape broadcaster portfolio (6. December 2007)

The Frankfurt-based public broadcaster from Germany - Hessische Rundfunk - expands the Octoshape broadcaster portfolio with both a Radio and a TV channel.

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EBU P2P group meeting hosted by Octoshape (20. November 2007)

The D/P2P working group - a group of EBU members and contractors that are driving the development of P2P-streaming systems forward - held their 5th meeting at Octoshape HQ.

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Watch the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with Octoshape (8. December 2007)

Again this year, Octoshape will power the live webcast of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

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Watch e-stars Seoul 2007 at www.arirangtv.com (9.-12. August 2007)

Excited gaming fans can watch the e-stars Seoul 2007 from Seoul, Korea in high quality with Octoshape and the Korean broadcaster with worldwide network, arirang.

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Tour de France in near-HD watched by 20k (6. August 2007)

20 000 unique viewers tuned in for the near-HD Tour de France-webcast by Belgian broadcaster VRT. Octoshape technology was behind the successful high-quality webcast.

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Blizzcon coverage by GIGA 2 and Octoshape (3. - 4. August 2007)

This year the renowned game developer Blizzard Entertainment will once again gather fans and international press at BlizzCon ‘07. Here they will be presenting their latest games and inviting the best players from all over the world to compete in an exclusive tournament.

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Tour de France in near-HD with Octoshape and VRT (7. - 29. July 2007)

Octoshape is again pushing the limits of live streaming with this year’s webcast of the Tour de France. In cooperation with Belgian broadcaster VRT, Belgian viewers are offered a high-quality live video feed with Octoshape.

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New 7 wonders around the world with Octoshape (7. July 2007)

Saturday the 7th of July 2007 sees the culmination of one of the biggest global events to date. The search for the new 7 wonders of the world has been on since the turn of the millennium and on 07.07.07 they’re finally announced. Audiences around the world will be able to take part in this exciting ceremony with a high-quality Octoshape live stream.

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Octoshape takes on the satellites (5. July 2007)

Octoshape’s unique source signal software will be employed by Chinese broadcaster GamesTV to transport live coverage from Paris to their television viewers in China. In other words, a live television feed across the globe with no need for a satellite link.

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ESWC coverage by GIGA TV and Octoshape (5.-6. July 2007)

$180,000 is on the line when 750 finalists from more than 51 countries gather for the Electronic Sports World Cup in Paris, France. GIGA 2 will be onsite with extensive live coverage of the four-day event that will be broadcast worldwide by Octoshape.

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Octoshape and GIGA television cover the Intel & Blizzard Warcraft Weekend (22.-24. June 2007)

This weekend, some of the best Warcraft players of the world will gather in the Congress Centrum, Hamburg, Germany, for this year’s Intel & Blizzard Warcraft Weekend. Octoshape will broadcast from the event in cooperation with GIGA television.

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ESC’07: Streaming to a quarter million people with Octoshape (20. June 2007)

Octoshape estimates to have reached more than a quarter million people via their live webcast of the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest.

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Rock away the weekend with Octoshape and WDR (1.-3. June 2007)

Friday, June 1st, this year’s Rock am Ring music festival will kick off at the Nürburgring racetrack in Nürburg, Germany. As always, the WDR’s Rockpalast team is on site to deliver extensive coverage of the festival. And this year it will be streamed live to the world in high quality by Octoshape.

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Octoshape and DR gridcasting the UEFA Cup soccer finals (25. April 2007)

This year the Danish Broadcasting corporation (DR) holds the exclusive webcasting rights in Denmark for the UEFA Cup finals, and have decided to use Octoshape services to distribute the mathces. As the finals are not broadcast on any of the national television channels, the finals are only available to the Danish public via webcast.

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Octoshape broadcaster portfolio expanded again (10. April 2007)

We at Octoshape are proud to announce the availability of additional radio and television channels for Octoshape users.

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Octoshape launches all new gaming channel (28. March 2007)

The NGL ONE 2006/2007 finals, played out at the eSports convention - in Berlin, Germany - sets the stage for the newest initiative of the leader in large scale live streaming solutions, Octoshape. The NGL ONE Finals - taking place at the Sony Center at Potsdamer Platz, Berlin's new heart - is the premier event covered by OctoshapeTV. Matches will be shown from Friday, March 30th till Sunday, April 1st, being commented in both English and German. Both languages are offered in 800 and 400 kbits.

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Octoshape powers the Intel CS:Source Invitational Tournament (24. February 2007)

The Intel CS:Source Invitational hosted by GotFrag and broadcast using Octoshape technology, takes place today with the top four North American CS:Source teams participating.

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New broadcaster: SixHits (18. January 2007)

SixHits has been added to the Octoshape broadcaster portfolio. SixHits is a hit radio station, playing all the hits, all the time

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Octoshape powers Warcraft III finals (25. January 2007)

From January 25-28, 2007 the world’s 16 best Warcraft III players will compete at Cologne's Mediapark for the Warcraft III Season 4 Global Finals powered by Intel®. At the same time, the ESL WC3L Series Finals (Warcraft III League) will bring the best 4 Warcraft III teams on the stage. This Warcraft III festival will be covered by GIGA, the European broadcasting station for games, eSports and lifestyle, bringing this event live and exclusively to the World's eSports audience.

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Eurovision Song Contest around the world with Octoshape (12. May 2007)

On 10th of May the preliminary rounds of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest will kick off in Helsinki Finland. Live coverage by ESC-TV is available via Octoshape from day one.

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Octoshape and SourceRadio partners for DC-LAN Event Coverage (January 5-7 2007)

January 5th through January 7th 2007, Octoshape will be broadcasting the SourceRadio live coverage of the DC-LAN Winter 2007 Event.

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Five days of cybersports streaming by Octoshape (December 16-20 2006)

In cooperation with GotFrag TV, Octoshape will be streaming several events from the Cyberathlete Professional League championships 2006.

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Exhibition at NAB 2007 in Las Vegas (6. December 2006)

Octoshape exhibits at NAB 2007, in Las Vegas, United States, April 16-19 2007, Booth C3147

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Octoshape broadcasting more than 20 High Quality radio streams (18. October 2006)

More than 20 high quality (128 – 192 Kbps) radio streams are now available via the Octoshape live streaming technology. Listeners can choose from a multitude of channels, from all over Europe and the United States.

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World's first multichannel audio broadcast over the Internet using a P2P network (18. October 2006)

From 14th to 21st October 2006, Prix Europa invited the best European television-, radio- and Internet productions as well as their makers and managers to Berlin for a week of festival and competition. On October 14th the event was kicked off with an opening concert by Portuguese World Music group Gaiteros de Lisboa.

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Prix Europa 2006 (14. October 2006)

From 14 to 21 October 2006 Prix Europa invites the best European television-, radio- and Internet productions aswell as their makers and managers to Berlin for a week of festival and competition.

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Exhibiting at the NAB European Radio Conference (12.-14. November 2006)

Octoshape will be exhibiting at the NAB European Radio Conference, in Rome, Italy.

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New broadcaster: Smoothjazz (6. March 2006)

Smoothjazz.com has been added to the Octoshape broadcaster portfolio

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New broadcaster: Smoothlounge (14. April 2006)

Smoothlounge.com has been added to the Octoshape broadcaster portfolio

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New broadcaster: GoGirl (28. June 2006)

Gogirl has been added to the Octoshape broadcaster portfolio

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New broadcaster: Radio Paradise (15. June 2006)

Radio Paradise has been added to the Octoshape broadcaster portfolio

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New broadcaster: Rise FM (8. December 2005)

Rise FM has been added to the Octoshape broadcaster portfolio

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New broadcaster: Raddio.es (31. August 2006)

Raddio.es has been added to the Octoshape broadcaster portfolio

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New broadcaster: WMSL-UK (10. November 2005)

WMSL-UK has been added to the Octoshape broadcaster portfolio

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New broadcaster: MplusM (08. November 2005)

MplusM FM has been added to the Octoshape broadcaster portfolio

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New broadcasters: Maximma and Lemixx (31. August 2006)

Maxxima and Lemixx have been added to the Octoshape broadcaster portfolio

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New broadcaster: HHUK Radio (5. November 2005)

HHUK radio has been added to the Octoshape broadcaster portfolio

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New broadcaster: Club 921 (6. February 2006)

Club 921 80s radio has been added to the Octoshape broadcaster portfolio

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New broadcaster: Playdio (4. August 2006)

Playdio has been added to the Octoshape broadcaster portfolio

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New broadcaster: Nederhop.nl (4. August 2006)

Nederhop.nl has been added to the Octoshape broadcaster portfolio

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Junior Eurovision Song Contest (2. December 2006)

Geneva/Copenhagen, 8 September 2006 - The fourth annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be streamed live over the internet through ESC-TV, using Octoshape's peer-to-peer technology (P2P).

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NGL One finals (25.-27. August 2006)

Delivering live streaming from the NGL One finals

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World Cyber Games UK Final (26.-28. August 2006)

Delivering live streaming from the World Cyber Games UK Final

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Live streaming from several Esport finals by Octoshape (25. August, 2006)

eSports Media group and Octshape join forces together with Radio Inside The Game ( ITG ) delivering live streaming from the NGL finals, Kode5 Quake4 finals, i28 and World Cyber Games UK finals this weekend 25th – 27th

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Presentation at IBC by Octoshape CEO, Stephen Alstrup (11. September, 2006)

The International Broadcasting Convention 2006, will feature a presentation by Octoshape CEO, Stephen Alstrup

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ESC-TV Live Streaming (8. June, 2006)

This year, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) introduced Eurovision Song Contest-TV (ESC-TV) to deliver live streaming over the Internet from the European Song Contest.

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PRIX EUROPA opening concert (14. October 2005)

On Saturday the 15 at 8 pm (CET) EBU and Octoshape live stream the opening concert of PRIX EUROPA 2005.

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World Press Freedom Day (3. May 2006)

Radio Netherlands: World Press Freedom Day event.

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DW-TV Live Stream Utilizes Peer-To-Peer Technology (April 2006)

DW-TV's program is now available in an optimized Octoshape version on the Deutsche Welle Web site, DW-WORLD.DE.

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Live Webcast of the IIHF World Championships Div III (26. April 2006)

Octoshape is Live Webcasting the International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships Div III from Reykjavik, Iceland.

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Octoshape is streaming the World eSports Games (21. April 2006)

The World eSports Games Masters, held this year in Hangzhou, China, is being live streamed with Octoshape.

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ESC-TV brought to you by Octoshape (21. March 2006)

EBU and Octoshape are launching the new Eurovision Song Contest TV (ESC-TV).

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Octoshape Goes On-Demand After All (6 July, 2009)

The peer-assisted video segment is heating up, with Octoshape Aps now offering services for both live and on-demand delivery of online video. Eurovision, which is kind of like American Idol except longer running and for all of Europe, has used the Octoshape technology for live streaming of its broadcasts online for the last four years. But this year, the contest added an on-demand section allowing viewers to catch up on the show's broadcasts whenever they wanted.

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Highwinds Streams Live Coverage of Michael Jackson Memorial Service (8 July, 2009)

Unique Technology from Highwinds and Octoshape Delivers Exceptional Experiences to Online Viewers in 203 Countries.On the Highwinds and Octoshape solution, over 1 million unique users watched 2.7 million live streams of the memorial service, and cumulative successful stream time exceeded 94.8 million minutes throughout the day.

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Highwinds Streams Live Coverage of Michael Jackson Memorial Service (8 July, 2009)

Highwinds delivered live streams of the memorial service for its news broadcasting customer as well as the live streaming directed from the official Michael Jackson web site, www.michaeljackson.com, together with its partner Octoshape, whose Infinite Edge technology ensures HD-quality streaming through advanced throughput optimization.

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Highwinds Streams Live Coverage of Michael Jackson Memorial Service (8 July, 2009)

Exceptional user experiences, including high quality and no buffering, were delivered through the Octoshape platform over the Highwinds CDN, as evidenced by reliable streams that averaged 90 minutes in viewing time per user.

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Highwinds Streams Live Coverage of Michael Jackson Memorial Service (8 July, 2009)

On the Highwinds and Octoshape solution, over 1 million unique users watched 2.7 million live streams of the memorial service, and cumulative successful stream time exceeded 94.8 million minutes throughout the day. Exceptional user experiences, including high quality and no buffering, were delivered through the Octoshape platform over the Highwinds CDN, as evidenced by reliable streams that averaged 90 minutes in viewing time per user.

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Highwinds Streams Live Coverage of Michael Jackson Memorial Service (8 July, 2009)

Highwinds delivered live streams of the memorial service for its news broadcasting customer as well as the live streaming directed from the official Michael Jackson web site, www.michaeljackson.com, together with its partner Octoshape, whose Infinite Edge technology ensures HD-quality streaming through advanced throughput optimization.

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Octoshape at the top of their game in online eSports coverage (12 June, 2009)

Live in-game video streaming for eSports demands the highest quality Internet video. The Octoshape infinite edge streaming technology can deliver this quality level while also enabling eSports broadcasters to reach globally dispersed audiences without regional infrastructure.

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Octoshape at the top of their game in online eSports coverage (12 June, 2009)

Octoshape overcomes both of these challenges using its patented throughput optimization technology that opens and stabilizes outbound venue connectivity as well as blasting through congested, latent last mile networks - taking distance out of the equation.

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Octoshape at the top of their game in online eSports coverage (11 June, 2009)

Getting sustainable high bit rate output from the remote venue is challenging. Delivering the content to the global audiences that follow these events while preserving high quality is equally challenging. Octoshape overcomes both of these challenges using its patented throughput optimization technology that opens and stabilizes outbound venue connectivity as well as blasting through congested, latent last mile networks - taking distance out of the equation.

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Octoshape At Top Of Their Games In Online eSports Coverage (15 June, 2009)

With the gaming industry on the rise the production of premium gaming related content is growing daily. And as a technology driven industry, the major content producers and broadcasters have turned to large scale live streaming to distribute their content.

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Eurovision Song Contest Rocks Audiences Online With Octoshape Infinite Edge (4 June, 2009)

This year the Octoshape server side archive feature was used to provide High Quality on-demand playback of the full events. With Instant On and Instant Seek technology, users were able to get a high quality viewing experience whenever they chose to tune in.

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Eurovision Song Contest Rocks Audiences Octoshape Infinite Edge (3 June, 2009)

For the 4th year in a row the Eurovision Song Contest selected Octoshape to power the video streaming of the most watched non-sporting event in Europe– this year showcasing even more features from the bleeding edge of streaming technology.

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Eurovision Song Contest rocks audiences online with Octoshape Infinite Edge (3 June, 2009)

Again this year, the Eurovision Song Contest put viewers around the world on the edge of their seats as 42 performers battled it out in the Olympic Arena in Moscow. From the official website of the Eurovision Song Contest --www.eurovision.tv - fans from all over the world could tune in and view the events reliably and in high quality via Octoshape.

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Eurovision Song Contest rocks audiences online with Octoshape Infinite Edge (3 June, 2009)

For the 4th year in a row the Eurovision Song Contest selected Octoshape to power the video streaming of the most watched non-sporting event in Europe– this year showcasing even more features from the bleeding edge of streaming technology.

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Eurovision Song Contest rocks audiences online with Octoshape Infinite Edge (3 June, 2009)

Again this year, the Eurovision Song Contest put viewers around the world on the edge of their seats as 42 performers battled it out in the Olympic Arena in Moscow. From the official website of the Eurovision Song Contest --www.eurovision.tv - fans from all over the world could tune in and view the events reliably and in high quality via Octoshape.

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Interactive Functionality For NASCAR From Octoshape (22 May, 2009)

Octoshape has announced that their Infinite Edge technology has been selected to power the pause, replay and synchronisation functionality of the Emmy Award-nominated TrackPass RaceView application available exclusively on nascar.com

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Octoshape powers interactive functionality for NASCAR.COM's TrackPass RaceView application (20 May, 2009)

Octoshape today announced that their Infinite Edge technology has been selected to power the pause, replay and synchronization functionality of the Emmy® Award-nominated TrackPass RaceView application available exclusively on NASCAR.COM.

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Octoshape Fuels Interactive Functionality for Nascar.com's TrackPass RaceView (20 May, 2009)

Octoshape announces that their Infinite Edge technology has been selected to power the pause, replay and synchronization functionality of the Emmy Award-nominated TrackPass RaceView application available exclusively on NASCAR.COM.

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Octoshape powers interactive functionality for NASCAR.COM’s TrackPass RaceView application (20 May, 2009)

The Octoshape engine harnesses TrackPass RaceView’s real-time 3D race rendering, allowing fans to control their viewing experience.

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Eurovision Song Contest 2009 (16 May, 2009)

After two semi finals, the grand final of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest will be held tonight. 25 countries compete to win and host the 55th edition of the contest next year.

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Octoshape and CaptiveWorks Launch Streaming to STB's (4 May, 2009)

CaptiveWorks have successfully implemented the Octoshape solution onto one of their set-top-boxes. CaptiveWorks' main focus is on providing leading edge technology coupled with unmatched satisfaction to their customers for a greater online experience.

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Octoshape and CaptiveWorks launch world-wide streaming to Set-Top-Boxes (4 May, 2009)

CaptiveWorks a US based company located in Glendale, California with their focal point on designing, manufacturing and distributing a wide range of high-end Digital Video Broadcasting Receivers have successfully implemented the Octoshape solution onto one of their set-top-boxes.

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Octoshape Gets Embedded (4 May, 2009)

Peer-to-peer (P2P) technology firm Octoshape Aps is getting to some consumer televisions, with availability of its streaming video plug-in on set-top boxes from CaptiveWorks Inc.

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Octoshape and CaptiveWorks launch world-wide streaming to Set-Top-Boxes (4 May, 2009)

CativeWorks have successfully implemented the Octoshape streaming solution in one of their set-top-boxes. This allows a world-wide audience to tune in to high-quality streams directly on their TV sets.

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Octoshape and CaptiveWorks launch world-wide streaming to Set-Top-Boxes (4 May, 2009)

CaptiveWorks a US based company located in Glendale, California with their focal point on designing, manufacturing and distributing a wide range of high-end Digital Video Broadcasting Receivers have successfully implemented the Octoshape solution onto one of their set-top-boxes.

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Octoshape and CaptiveWorks Launch Worldwide Streaming to Set-Top-Boxes (4 May, 2009)

CativeWorks have successfully implemented the Octoshape streaming solution in one of their set-top-boxes. This allows a world-wide audience to tune in to high-quality streams directly on their TV sets.

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Octoshape and CaptiveWorks Launch Worldwide Streaming to Set-Top-Boxes (4 May, 2009)

CativeWorks have successfully implemented the Octoshape streaming solution in one of their set-top-boxes. This allows a world-wide audience to tune in to high-quality streams directly on their TV sets.

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Octoshape And CaptiveWorks Launch World-Wide Streaming To Set-Top Boxes (5 May, 2009)

A US-based company located in Glendale, California, with their focal point on designing, manufacturing and distributing a wide range of high-end Digital Video Broadcasting Receivers, CaptiveWorks, has successfully implemented the Octoshape solution onto one of their set-top boxes.

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Octoshape infinite edge provides next-generation streaming platform for Adobe Flash Technology (20 April, 2009)

AOctoshape releases the capability to deliver enhanced online streaming experiences and innovative features for the Adobe Flash Platform with the Octoshape infinite edge streaming technology. Octoshape says “Break the Record” with infinite edge for Adobe Flash.

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Octoshape earns industry recognition for its disruptive streaming solution (17 April, 2009)

Octoshape is joining the ranks of Google, Skype and eBay as the name made it on to the Red Herring top 100 list of emerging companies as well as the Streaming Media Dream Team 2009.

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Octoshape earns industry recognition for its disruptive streaming solution (22 April, 2009)

For years Octoshape has been shaping the streaming media business. The driving force of Octoshape has been a constant strive to provide streaming solutions that match the ease and quality of TV combined with benefits of Internet services.

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Octoshape earns industry recognition for its disruptive streaming solution (22 April, 2009)

For years Octoshape has been shaping the streaming media business. The driving force of Octoshape has been a constant strive to provide streaming solutions that match the ease and quality of TV combined with benefits of Internet services.

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Octoshape infinite edge provides next-generation streaming platform for Adobe Flash Technology (20 April, 2009)

Today Octoshape announced that the Octoshape infinite edge large-scale distribution technology now works with the Adobe Flash platform, making it possible for customers to deliver enhanced streaming experiences with Octoshape infinite edge and Adobe Flash technology.

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Octoshape infinite edge provides next-generation streaming platform for Adobe Flash Technology (20 April, 2009)

Today Octoshape announced that the Octoshape infinite edge large-scale distribution technology now works with the Adobe Flash platform, making it possible for customers to deliver enhanced streaming experiences with Octoshape infinite edge and Adobe Flash technology.

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Octoshape earns industry recognition for its disruptive streaming solution (22 April, 2009)

For years Octoshape has been shaping the streaming media business. The driving force of Octoshape has been a constant strive to provide streaming solutions that match the ease and quality of TV combined with benefits of Internet services.

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Octoshape Earns Industry Recognition for its Disruptive Streaming Solution (17 April, 2009)

Octoshape is joining the ranks of Google, Skype and eBay as the name made it on to the Red Herring top 100 list of emerging companies as well as the Streaming Media Dream Team 2009.

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Adobe Teams Up With Time Warner (3 March, 2009)

Adobe Systems Inc. has announced a partnership with Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX) to collaborate on creating new video experiences for some of the content provider's online properties. The partnership includes new initiatives in the Turner Broadcasting System (TBS), Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. , and Home Box Office Inc. divisions. To help deliver these live streams, Turner is currently working with peer-assisted delivery provider Octoshape Aps to power live video streams.

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Highly Successful Cooperation Between ESL TV and Octoshape (20 February, 2009)

Since May 2008 IPTV-station ESL TV has been using Octoshape's streaming technology. This meant that more than 200,000 viewers worldwide were able to follow the ESL Pro Series Finals live on ESL TV.

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Highly successful cooperation between ESL TV and Octoshape (13 February, 2009)

Since May 2008 IPTV-station ESL TV has been using Octoshape's streaming technology. This meant that more than 200,000 viewers worldwide were able to follow the ESL Pro Series Finals live on ESL TV. Due to the high performance of the unique Octoshape gridcasting technology, more viewers could tune in to the ESL TV high-quality streams.

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Highly-successful-cooperation-between-ESL-TV-and-Octoshape (13 February, 2009)

More than 200,000 ESL TV viewers watched ESL Pro Series Finals 2008 all over the world– Covering the best of eSports for millions of fans worldwide.

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Erfolgreiche Kooperation von ESL TV und Octoshape (16 February, 2009)

Im Mai letzten Jahres stellte der IPTV-Sender ESL TV komplett auf die Streaming-Technologie von Octoshape um. So konnten 2008 mehr als 200.000 Zuschauer weltweit die Finalevents der ESL Pro Series live auf ESL TV verfolgen. Die Technologie von Octoshape unterstützt durch Verwendung von Peer-to-Peer-Kommunikation die Streamingserver des Senders zusätzlich und ermöglicht es damit noch mehr Zuschauern, ESL TV in optimaler Qualität zu verfolgen.

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Erfolgreiche Kooperation von ESL TV und Octoshape (16 February, 2009)

Octoshape sorgt für qualitativ hochwertiges und stabiles Streaming der ESL Events – Über 200.000 ESL TV-Zuschauer bei ESL Pro Series Finalevents 2008 – Das beste aus der Welt des eSports für die Fans weltweit.

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Erfolgreiche Kooperation von ESL TV und Octoshape (16 February, 2009)

Im Mai letzten Jahres stellte der IPTV-Sender ESL TV komplett auf die Streaming-Technologie von Octoshape um. So konnten 2008 mehr als 200.000 Zuschauer weltweit die Finalevents der ESL Pro Series live auf ESL TV verfolgen. Die Technologie von Octoshape unterstützt durch Verwendung von Peer-to-Peer-Kommunikation die Streamingserver des Senders zusätzlich und ermöglicht es damit noch mehr Zuschauern, ESL TV in optimaler Qualität zu verfolgen.

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Erfolgreiche Kooperation von ESL TV und Octoshape (16 February, 2009)

Octoshape sorgt für qualitativ hochwertiges und stabiles Streaming der ESL Events – Über 200.000 ESL TV-Zuschauer bei ESL Pro Series Finalevents 2008 – Das beste aus der Welt des eSports für die Fans weltweit.

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Erfolgreiche Kooperation von ESL TV und Octoshape (16 February, 2009)

Octoshape sorgt für qualitativ hochwertiges und stabiles Streaming der ESL Events – Über 200.000 ESL TV-Zuschauer bei ESL Pro Series Finalevents 2008 – Das beste aus der Welt des eSports für die Fans weltweit.

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Online TV grows in Europe (16 February, 2009)

More than 200 000 viewers worldwide were able to follow the ESL Pro Series Finals live on ESL TV using Octoshape's streaming technology, states Streaming Media. Due to the high performance of the unique Octoshape gridcasting technology, more viewers could tune in to the ESL TV high-quality streams. ESL TV says the high-quality streaming from Octoshape is appreciated by the worldwide ESL audience.

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Technology Players Gear Up for Inauguration (20 January, 2009)

"CNN.com, for example, could be one go-to destination for live streaming of the event[...]. CNN.com's live stream will use Adobe Systems Inc. 's Flash video during the Inauguration, but it will also use peer-to-peer streaming technology from Octoshape Aps for its coverage."

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Turner Streaming Media Gets the Edge with Octoshape (9 January, 2009)

Turner Broadcasting Systems (TBS) has. integrated the Octoshape Infinite Edge technology in their live stream offerings for both the 2008 elections and their live sports coverage. Octoshape provides TBS with an enhanced user experience by enabling high quality video with faster stream start times. Using the unique Throughput-Optimisation technology that lies at the heart of the Octoshape solution, streams start instantly and play for hours on end.

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Turner Streaming Media Gets the Edge with Octoshape (6 January, 2009)

Turner Broadcasting System Inc. has incorporated the Octoshape Infinite Edge technology to meet unprecedented scale demands created by both the elections and live sports coverage.

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Turner Streaming Media Gets the Edge with Octoshape (6 January, 2009)

Turner Broadcasting System Inc. has incorporated the Octoshape Infinite Edge technology to meet unprecedented scale demands created by both the elections and live sports coverage.

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Turner Streaming Media Gets the Edge with Octoshape (6 January, 2009)

Turner Broadcasting System Inc. has incorporated the Octoshape Infinite Edge technology to meet unprecedented scale demands created by both the elections and live sports coverage.

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Turner Streaming Media Gets the Edge with Octoshape (7 January, 2009)

Turner Broadcasting System Inc. has incorporated the Octoshape Infinite Edge technology to meet unprecedented scale demands created by both the elections and live sports coverage.

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Inauguration most heavily covered event ever (20 January, 2009)

Today’s presidential inauguration of Barack Obama will be the most intensively covered event of all time, through a combination of broadcasting and online content provided by people there, the Financial Times tech blog says.

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Barack Obama's inauguration greeted by frenzy of internet activity (21 January, 2009)

The most technologically-advanced president in history was greeted by a frenzy of activity on social networks and websites as many millions participated in Barack Obama's inauguration on the internet.

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Social Media Plays a Role in History (20 January, 2009)

As an estimated two million people flooded the Mall in Washington D.C. to watch Barack Obama become the 44th President of the United States, hundreds of thousands more were watching this historic moment live from the Internet, thanks to a special partnership between CNN and social media giant Facebook.

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Record Millions Watched on Web, Early Numbers Show (20 January, 2009)

Time Warner Inc.’s CNN served 25 million streams of live video between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. EST Tuesday, with a peak of 1.3 million concurrent streams just before Obama’s midday address, the network said. General Electric Co.’s MSNBC said it had supplied 14 million video streams as of 1 p.m. Tuesday.

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Facebook's Big Day: 1.5 Million Obama-Related Status Updates Via CNN (20 January, 2009)

It may be Obama Day today, but it was definitely also Facebook Day - the company had its Facebook Connect service integrated nicely into the live CNN.com coverage of the inauguration.

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Viewers flock to Web sites for swearing-in (20 January, 2009)

Web traffic is still being tabulated, but preliminary results are in: CNN.com set an all-time record, serving more than 21.3 million live video streams globally since 6 a.m.

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No todo el P2P es igual a descarga de música, y películas, ahora también es televisión online (26 January, 2009)

Esta cadena ha trabajado con la empresa danesa Octoshape durante algunos meses y juntos han desarrollado un plugin para el navegador que hace que el reproductor Flash en el que se emiten los contenidos de la CNN no sólo cargue los servidores de la propia cadena, sino que también se alimente de los contenidos que ya han descargado otros usuarios. De hecho, el 30% del tráfico de las emisiones en vivo de la CNN en Internet provienen de clientes P2P.

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CNN: la tecnologia P2P per il discorso di Obama (29 January, 2009)

Il 20 gennaio, 25 milioni di spettatori hanno seguito in diretta sul sito della CNN l’insediamento di Barack Obama, nuovo presidente degli Stati Uniti d’America. Niente di strano, se non fosse che una larghissima percentuale l’ha fatto sfruttando i protocolli peer-to-peer.

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Watch the Semi-Final Allocation Draw with us! (29 January, 2009)

The draw, to determine in which of the two Semi-Finals 38 of 43 participating countries of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest are going to perform, will be held Friday afternoon in Moscow at 13:00 CET.

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P2P-Plugin für LiveStream (25 January, 2009)

Millionen US-Bürger sahen die Vereidigung des amerikanischen Präsidenten Barack Obama. Dabei war der Livestream von CNN einer der Meistgenutzten, welcher zugleich auf P2P-Techniken basierte.

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Octoshape Expands US Operations (13 January, 2009)

With at least one big win under its belt, peer-to-peer streaming technology firm Octoshape Aps is looking to expand its presence in North America, with a new CEO and vice president of marketing here. We spotted Octoshape being used by Turner Broadcasting System Inc.'s CNN.com for its online live feeds in December, a month before the companies formally announced the relationship.

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"CNN.com Using Octoshape's P2P for Live Feed" (8 December, 2008)

Peer-to-peer (P2P) streaming technology has quietly gained acceptance from Turner Broadcasting's CNN.com, which is using technology provider Octoshape Aps for some implementations of its online live feed.

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Octoshape works (24 November, 2008)

"Of all the P2P based services on the web, almost none of them support live streaming. Some say they do, but try getting a real demo of a live P2P stream. Octoshape works (used by CNN.com), but most others aren't doing live at all."

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European Broadcasting Union (EBU) recommends P2P streaming (7 November, 2008)

In 2006 the EBU decided to do an in-deep investigation of the available P2P solutions. In the newly published final report, the technical department of the EBU concludes that Octoshape’s solution is “scalable, reliable, [and] easy to manage.”

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European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Recommends P2P Streaming (12 November, 2008)

In 2006, the EBU decided to do an in-deep investigation of the available P2P solutions. In the newly published final report, the technical department of the EBU concludes that Octoshape's solution is 'scalable, reliable (and) easy to manage'.

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Broadband Content Bits: Tesco TV, Europe Backs P2P, MPs On BBC Local (13 November, 2008)

The European Broadcasting Union has backed plans to increase online broadcasting via P2P streaming provider Octoshape to save money and increase quality for the union’s 100 member organisations, who reach 650 million people a week.

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Olympics in HD powered by Octoshape (1 October, 2008)

During the Olympic Games 2008, Octoshape solutions were streaming Olympic coverage in HD (2.5 mbps) for several broadcasters in Asia, some in corporation with CDNetworks. Using the powerful features of the Octoshape streaming protocol, multiple point failover, throughput optimization, and loss resilience made it possible to deliver HD quality to end users all over Asia. Hundreds of Gbps were delivered and millions of hours consumed. The HD-quality distribution ensured a great user experience which in turn caused the average session duration to hit almost a full hour.

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Olympics in HD powered by Octoshape (1 October, 2008)

During the Olympic Games 2008, Octoshape solutions were streaming Olympic coverage in HD (2.5 mbps) for several broadcasters in Asia, some in corporation with CDNetworks. Using the powerful features of the Octoshape streaming protocol, multiple point failover, throughput optimization, and loss resilience made it possible to deliver HD quality to end users all over Asia. Hundreds of Gbps were delivered and millions of hours consumed. The HD-quality distribution ensured a great user experience which in turn caused the average session duration to hit almost a full hour.

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Olympics in HD powered by Octoshape (1 October, 2008)

During the Olympic Games 2008, Octoshape solutions were streaming Olympic coverage in HD (2.5 mbps) for several broadcasters in Asia, some in corporation with CDNetworks. Using the powerful features of the Octoshape streaming protocol, multiple point failover, throughput optimization, and loss resilience made it possible to deliver HD quality to end users all over Asia. Hundreds of Gbps were delivered and millions of hours consumed. The HD-quality distribution ensured a great user experience which in turn caused the average session duration to hit almost a full hour.

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Das PRIX-EUROPA-Eröffnungskonzert (18 October, 2008)

Um das Konzert in 5.1 über das Internet zu verfolgen, sind das kostenlose Octoshape-Plugin (www.octoshape.com).

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Octoshape Powered 2008 Olympic HD Coverage (30 October, 2008)

During the Olympic Games 2008, Octoshape solutions were streaming Olympic coverage in HD (2.5 mbps) for several broadcasters in Asia, some in corporation with CDNetworks. Using the powerful features of the Octoshape streaming protocol, multiple point failover, throughput optimization, and loss resilience made it possible to deliver HD quality to end users all over Asia. Hundreds of Gbps were delivered and millions of hours consumed. The HD-quality distribution ensured a great user experience which in turn caused the average session duration to hit almost a full hour.

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Octoshape and Highwinds Unleash P2P Solution for Live Streaming (23 September, 2008)

Highwinds Network Group, Inc., a multi-platform IP services and content distribution provider, today announced that it has partnered with Octoshape, a leading provider of high- quality peer-assisted streaming solutions, to create a Hybrid Peer-to-Peer Content Delivery Network (Hybrid P2P CDN) solution for streaming live events to millions of concurrent worldwide viewers. The solution fully integrates Octoshape's innovative peer-to-peer data transmission technology with Highwinds' high-performance network and real-time analytical tools. The Hybrid P2P CDN enables major international broadcasters to power many of the most-watched live events on the Internet.

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HighWinds And Octoshape Go P2P (23 September, 2008)

Multi-platform IP services and content distribution provider Highwinds Network Group (highwinds.com) has partnered with a leading provider of high-quality, peer-assisted streaming solutions provider Octoshape (octoshape.com) to create a hybrid, peer-to-peer, content delivery network solution for streaming live events to millions of concurrent worldwide viewers.

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Hybrid Live Streaming Provides Large Scale Olympic Broadcasting (8 August, 2008)

CDNetworks Hybrid Live Streaming service will deliver the first buffer-free, HD-grade, peer-assisted live Internet broadcast for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games website of SBS, a top Korean broadcaster. The service will be based on the comprehensive technology partnership between CDNetworks and Octoshape.

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CDNetworks to Deliver 2Mbps HD Live Olympic Internet Broadcasting to SBS Viewers in Asia (8 August, 2008)

The new service delivers 2Mpbs live broadcasting at a much higher quality, scale, and better price economics compared to conventional CDN services. The service will be based on the comprehensive technology partnership between CDNetworks and Octoshape.

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Media streaming service promises lower costs for live Internet broadcasts (14 August, 2008)

CDNetworks Inc., a global, full-service content delivery network, and Octoshape, a provider of high-quality streaming solutions, have developed a media live streaming service they say can deliver live Internet broadcasts and other streaming media at lower costs than traditional methods.

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Octoshape showcasing high-quality Video-on-Demand with Eurovision (21 May, 2008)

Kicking off this year’s Eurovision Song Contest with a live webcast from the first semi-final, Octoshape served more than 32 000 users with a high-quality live feed. And as a first this year, the entire show is instantly made available to users as an on-demand stream.

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Octoshape Showcases High-quality VoD with Eurovision (21 May, 2008)

Kicking off this year's Eurovision Song Contest with a live webcast from the first semi-final, Octoshape served more than 32,000 users with a high-quality live feed. And as a first this year, the entire show is instantly made available to users as an on-demand stream.

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Keynote Announces Peer-to-Peer Streaming Media Test and Measurement Service with Octoshape (23 April, 2008)

Octoshape, a leading provider of peer-to-peer streaming solutions, is now taking steps to further prove the viability and benefits of its technology with Keynote Streaming Perspective®, as broadcasters employing the Octoshape solution are now able to monitor quality and stability of their online content at the end-user level.

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Keynote Announces Peer-to-Peer Streaming Media Test and Measurement Service with Octoshape (23 April, 2008)

Octoshape, a leading provider of peer-to-peer streaming solutions, is now taking steps to further prove the viability and benefits of its technology with Keynote Streaming Perspective®, as broadcasters employing the Octoshape solution are now able to monitor quality and stability of their online content at the end-user level.

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Keynote Announces Peer-to-Peer Streaming Media Test and Measurement Service with Octoshape (23 April, 2008)

Octoshape, a leading provider of peer-to-peer streaming solutions, is now taking steps to further prove the viability and benefits of its technology with Keynote Streaming Perspective®, as broadcasters employing the Octoshape solution are now able to monitor quality and stability of their online content at the end-user level.

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Keynote Announces Peer-to-Peer Streaming Media Test and Measurement Service with Octoshape (23 April, 2008)

Octoshape, a leading provider of peer-to-peer streaming solutions, is now taking steps to further prove the viability and benefits of its technology with Keynote Streaming Perspective®, as broadcasters employing the Octoshape solution are now able to monitor quality and stability of their online content at the end-user level.

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Octoshape Announces Keynote Systems to Monitor Its P2P Streams (14 April, 2008)

Octoshape, a leading provider of peer-to-peer streaming solutions, is now taking steps to further prove the viability and benefits of its technology with Keynote Streaming Perspective®, as broadcasters employing the Octoshape solution are now able to monitor quality and stability of their online content at the end-user level.

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Big Easy ‘Battle of Bands’ Lineup Posted (5 March, 2008)

The event will be held at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, and will be streamed live via webcast courtesy of Octoshape to allow those unable to attend an opportunity to see the show and contribute online to the fundraising efforts.

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CANAL CATALÀ, en directe a Internet (6 March, 2008)

La programació de Canal Català ja es pot veure arreu del món gràcies a la seva aplicació en directe a Internet. Des de la web www.canalcatala.cat es pot accedir a visualitzar els continguts de la televisió en rigorós directe. Més de 32.000 persones s’han connectat a la televisió per Internet en els primers dos mesos de l’any, coincidint amb les emissions en fase de proves.

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The Cable Show´s "Battle of the Bands" Will Raise Funds for New Orleans (6 March, 2008)

The event will be held at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, and will be streamed “live” via webcast courtesy of Octoshape to allow those unable to attend an opportunity to see the show and contribute online to the fundraising efforts.

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The Cable Show´s "Battle of the Bands" Will Raise Funds for New Orleans (6 March, 2008)

The event will be held at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, and will be streamed “live” via webcast courtesy of Octoshape to allow those unable to attend an opportunity to see the show and contribute online to the fundraising efforts.

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Octoshape streaming from charity concert (6 March, 2008)

Nine bands comprising executives of cable operators, programming networks, cable industry suppliers, and media organizations will headline the "Battle of the Bands" fundraising event at The Cable Show ’08 to benefit New Orleans schools, libraries, and other organizations in the post-Katrina rebuilding effort, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) said today.

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Octoshape streaming from charity concert (6 March, 2008)

Nine bands comprising executives of cable operators, programming networks, cable industry suppliers, and media organizations will headline the "Battle of the Bands" fundraising event at The Cable Show ’08 to benefit New Orleans schools, libraries, and other organizations in the post-Katrina rebuilding effort, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) said today.

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Octoshape streaming from charity concert (6 March, 2008)

Nine bands comprising executives of cable operators, programming networks, cable industry suppliers, and media organizations will headline the "Battle of the Bands" fundraising event at The Cable Show ’08 to benefit New Orleans schools, libraries, and other organizations in the post-Katrina rebuilding effort, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) said today.

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Octoshape streaming from charity concert (6 March, 2008)

Nine bands comprising executives of cable operators, programming networks, cable industry suppliers, and media organizations will headline the "Battle of the Bands" fundraising event at The Cable Show ’08 to benefit New Orleans schools, libraries, and other organizations in the post-Katrina rebuilding effort, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) said today.

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Octoshape streaming from charity concert (6 March, 2008)

Nine bands comprising executives of cable operators, programming networks, cable industry suppliers, and media organizations will headline the "Battle of the Bands" fundraising event at The Cable Show ’08 to benefit New Orleans schools, libraries, and other organizations in the post-Katrina rebuilding effort, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) said today.

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New professional gaming league exclusively powered by Octoshape (7 March, 2008)

The broadcasting is very important in creating the success of the ELC and to secure this cooperation with Octoshape has been signed. Having created a unique technology for streaming, Octoshape is revolutionizing the streaming media business by widening the scope of web casting.

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New professional gaming league exclusively powered by Octoshape (7 March, 2008)

The broadcasting is very important in creating the success of the ELC and to secure this cooperation with Octoshape has been signed. Having created a unique technology for streaming, Octoshape is revolutionizing the streaming media business by widening the scope of web casting.

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WCG ELC gaming league powered by Octoshape (6 March, 2008)

The new World Cyber Games international gaming competition will be known as Esport League of Champions (ELC). The league will feature a different structure than seen before. All matches will be played in LAN, and not online as seen with other leagues (e.g. Extreme Masters and NGL One).

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Octoshape helps out raising money for New Orleans (6 March, 2008)

The charity concert will take place on Tuesday, May 20 at 8:00 p.m. Central Time as the closing event for NCTA's 57th Annual Convention and International Exposition on May 18-20, 2008 in New Orleans.

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Octoshape helps out raising money for New Orleans (6 March, 2008)

The charity concert will take place on Tuesday, May 20 at 8:00 p.m. Central Time as the closing event for NCTA's 57th Annual Convention and International Exposition on May 18-20, 2008 in New Orleans.

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Octoshape helps out raising money for New Orleans (6 March, 2008)

The charity concert will take place on Tuesday, May 20 at 8:00 p.m. Central Time as the closing event for NCTA's 57th Annual Convention and International Exposition on May 18-20, 2008 in New Orleans.

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Octoshape helps out raising money for New Orleans (6 March, 2008)

The charity concert will take place on Tuesday, May 20 at 8:00 p.m. Central Time as the closing event for NCTA's 57th Annual Convention and International Exposition on May 18-20, 2008 in New Orleans.

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New TV Broadcasted eSports League (7 March, 2008)

Today World Cyber Gamesannounced the launch of their own league called the Esport League of Champions with the goal to create a league to be able to produce a TV-production of it and take eSports to a new level.

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Belfast Giants broadcasting live with Octoshape (10 November, 2007)

Tonight you can tune in to watch the action from the Belfast Giants v Sheffield Steelers using Octoshape.

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Internet quiere ser tu tele (23 October, 2007)

Octoshape es otro de los programas informáticos que usa el P2P. Es conocido porque es la plataforma elegida por Televisión Española para ofrecer en la Red sus documentales, el 24H de noticias o las emisiones de Radio Nacional.

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Octoshape nomineret til New Media Days Award (24 October, 2007)

Hammer-dårlig opløsning på netTV?!? Det er noget, de fleste har prøvet. Men det kan du heldigvis gøre noget ved nu. Ring til din favoritstation og bed dem kontakte Octoshape. Octoshape er et dansk streaming selskab, hvor broadcastere kan købe teknologi til at lave bedre billedkvalitet ved lavere båndbredde. Så nu er det slut med at glo på gnidrede små billeder på din computer.

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Octoshape and VRT delivers Tour de France in near-HD (7 July, 2007)

Octoshape is again pushing the limits of live streaming with this year’s webcast of the Tour de France. In cooperation with Belgian broadcaster VRT, Belgian viewers are offered a high-quality live video feed with Octoshape.

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Intercontinental TV broadcast powered by Octoshape (5 July, 2007)

Octoshape’s unique source signal software will be employed by Chinese broadcaster GamesTV to transport live coverage from Paris to their television viewers in China.

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ESC’07: Streaming to a quarter million people with Octoshape (20 June, 2007)

Octoshape estimates to have reached more than a quarter million people via their live webcast of the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest.

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Eurovision 2007 Set New Streaming Record (21 June, 2007)

The 2007 Eurovision Song Contest, one of the largest musical events in Europe, set new records this year for both the European Broadcasting Union and Octoshape. Millions of users visited the Eurovision website and the online webcast also saw a major rise in popularity.

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Web 2.0 and radio: Octoshape in the lead (27 April, 2007)

EBU's Micheal Mullane recaps the discussions from the Multimedia Meets Radio Conference in March 2007. Octoshape is mentioned as a leader in P2P radio streaming.

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SixHits radio grows audience with Octoshape (27 April, 2007)

SixHits Digital Radio is now 4 months old, and management is pleased with the amount of progress made by the station in that time. Through the use of Octoshape Streaming Technology, the said audience is potentially limitless.

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DR går til Octoshape for at streame fodboldkampe (26 April, 2007)

Peer-to-peer løsningen kan ifølge DR øge seerkapaciteten dramatisk, da den nye løsning har plads til 15-20.000 brugere, der samtidig kan se kampen.

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Multimedia Meets Radio 2007 (29-30 March, 2007)

Octoshape was discussed in great detail at the EBU conference "Multimedia Meets Radio" in March 2007.

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ClanBase brings you NGL ONE, with Octoshape (29 March, 2007)

ClanBase is proud to announce its coverage of the NGL ONE Finals 2006/2007. We will be offering you live and high quality streams straight from the event, so that you won’t miss a thing. What’s more, you won’t have to wait for any buffering. This premier streaming service is brought to you by new technology thanks to Octoshape.

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Octoshape a key part of EBU Interactive TV efforts (6 February, 2007)

In the second half of 2006 the Interactive TV Unit completely revised its strategy for the official websites of the Eurovision Song Contest and its younger spin-off, the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Octoshape is part of the new efforts by EBU to provide a better Interactive TV experience for the Eurovision Song Contest audiences

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Octoshape kan hjælpe DR (26 January, 2007)

Som følge af kapacitetsproblemer, har DR for nyligt måttet hæve antallet af tilladte samtidige brugere. Computerworld gør status, og får et løsningsforslag fra Octoshapes Pernille Vestberg

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Octoshape and SourceRadio partners for DC-LAN Event Coverage (5 January, 2007)

January 5th through January 7th 2007, Octoshape will be broadcasting the SourceRadio live coverage of the DC-LAN Winter 2007 Event. In attendance at the event will be upwards of 50+ teams competing for over $15K in prizes. The event is the second largest CS:S event to date only second to CPL Summer 2005.

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Octoshape has partnered with SourceRadio for DC-LAN Coverage (2 January, 2007)

After the overwhelming success of the GotFrag? coverage during CPL Winter 2006, gaming events have turned their eyes to Octoshape. SourceRadio is the latest gaming event broadcaster that has adopted Octoshape technology.

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Octoshape mentioned as leading provider of P2P video streaming (21 December, 2006)

Alarm:clock checks out the current state of affairs, in the world of live streaming, mentioning a couple of the European enablers and early entrants, such as Octoshape.

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Octoshape P2P technology can save the Internet (15 December, 2006)

MIT's TechReview has a feature on how P2P technology is the Internet's new best friend. Amongst others Octoshape is mentioned as leading provider of P2P video streaming

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GotFrag TV and Octoshape are streaming from the CPL World Finals 2006 (15 December, 2006)

GotFrag TV will be using Octoshape technology to stream video in order to keep video quality at the highest possible level, and so that everyone can tune in.

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Former Real folk impressed by quality of Octoshape gridcasting (15 December, 2006)

Former Real folk are surprised about the high quality of audio and video using gridcasting, and notice that Octoshape is very unknown in the US but quickly building a name in Europe.

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NAB Radio TechCheck bulletin on Octoshape technology (4 December, 2006)

NAB Radio TechCheck, a technical newsletter for radio broadcasters recently featured an article on "Gridcasting", the technology of Octoshape

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Octoshape powers Swedish gaming television (2 November, 2006)

The swedish broadcasting company Xover.tv is launching a TV-channel entirely dedicated to gaming. The broadcast is powered by Octoshape technology

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Why EBU chose Octoshape (1 November, 2006)

Octoshape mentioned as the most advanced grid-based real-time streaming systems amongst several commercial P2P solutions, by the EBU. The paper, written by the EBU Technical Department, stresses how flexible and reliable Octoshape has been during several tests that the EBU has conducted so far.

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Watch Swedish Idol online with Octoshape and TV4 (13 October, 2006)

Swedish broadcaster TV4 and Octoshape join forces to provide a live webcast of the "Idol Eftersnack" show. The show is usually only broadcast on the TV400-channel, a sister channel of TV4 for younger audiences. This friday however, the show can be watched online via Octoshape.

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Swedish Videogame TV powered by Octoshape (25 October, 2006)

The premiere is on Sunday 29th of October with start at 22.00 CET. Xover.tv will also stream their programs live via the website www.xover.tv using a new peer-to-peer technology from the Danish company Octoshape.

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TV SLO v živo zdaj z visoko kakovostjo slike (25 October, 2006)

V MMC-ju smo za vse, ki spremljate prvi program TV Slovenija prek interneta, pripravili novost. Ogled programa v živo je zdaj mogoč tudi v visoki kakovosti.

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Premiär för SpelTV i Sverige! (27 October, 2006)

Under kvällen släpptes en pressreleas angående ett företag som har startat Sveriges första spel-kanal. TV-kanalen som för övrigt går under namnet Xover.tv startar att sända på Söndag den 29:e November från och med klockan 22:00. Xover.tv kommer att, i sammarbete med Kanal Lokal, att erbjuda två timmars sändning i veckan.

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RTVE estrena emisiones de calidad por Internet para Radio Clásica, Radio Exterior y el Canal 24 Horas de TVE (17 October, 2006)

Radiotelevisión Española ha puesto en funcionamiento un sistema de distribución de video y audio por Internet de gran calidad y menor coste por medio de la tecnología P2P ('peer to peer', basada en el intercambio de archivos), estrenada hoy, que se conmemora el Día de Internet en España.

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"Gaiteiros de Lisboa" live auf radiomultikulti (18 October, 2006)

"Die Dudelsäcke aus Lissabon" – so heißt der Name der Band wörtlich übersetzt. Musikalisch steht der Dudelsack bei den "Gaiteiros de Lisboa" eher für die ewige Suche nach dem Sound, für die Einbeziehung aller musikalischen Strömungen Portugals. Der Fado, mit dem man Portugal als Erstes verbindet, ist nur ein Musikstil – die "Gaiteiros de Lisboa" beschäftigen sich mit der Musik des ganzen Landes: die Klänge aus dem Minho, der Provinz Tras-os-Montes im Norden dazu kommen Einflüsse aus der Douro-Region, aus dem Alentejo, bis hinunter zur Algarve.

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Octoshape broadcasting more than 20 High Quality radio streams (20 October, 2006)

Listeners can choose from a multitude of channels, from all over Europe and the United States. The channels feature several genres, ranging from easy listening with SmoothJazz and SmoothLounge, over old-school FM blend with Radio Paradise, to Dutch hip hop on Nederhop.

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P2P concert broadcast from Prix Europa (19 October, 2006)

Saturday night's P2P broadcast was a 'first' for the EBU, Eurovision, RBB, and Prix Europa - testing what may be the technology of the future of radio delivery. The experiment was the world's first attempt to integrate HE AAC encoding software in real-time with P2P distribution using Octoshape technology.

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Octoshape Delivers Multichannel Audio Broadcast over the Internet Using a P2P Network (18 October, 2006)

The Prix Europa opening concert was broadcast live on the Internet, using Octoshape P2P live streaming technology. The Internet audio stream was coded in the multichannel 5.1 format using the Advance Audio Coding (HE AAC) technology, and distributed to listeners via Octoshape’s P2P live streaming technology.

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P2P concert broadcast a huge succes (18 October, 2006)

Saturday night's P2P broadcast was a 'first' for the EBU, Eurovision, RBB, and Prix Europa - testing what may be the technology of the future of radio delivery. The experiment was the world's first attempt to integrate HE AAC encoding software in real-time with P2P distribution using Octoshape technology.

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Octoshape streaming from Prix Europa (9 October, 2006)

Octoshape will be streaming from the Prix Europa opening ceremony, which will take place on October 14 at 2000 to 2100 CET. The performer of the concert is "Gaiteros de Lisboa" (Portugal).

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Octoshape mentioned as the future of streaming radio (11. September, 2006)

Jonathan Marks, radio producer, manager and consultant mentions Octoshape as the future of streaming radio, in his speech at the AIBD conference in Paris

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Two radio stations launched with Octoshape (4. September, 2006)

Danish internet broadcaster Musikplaneten is launching the first two of a planned four radio stations. All to be powered by the Octoshape P2P streaming technology

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Praise for Octoshape at digital distribution conference (27. September, 2006)

Peer-to-peer delivery was a major theme at a London conference on digital distribution for film and television. Octoshape was a company that was mentioned several times, notably for streaming the Eurovision Song Contest. David Wood, head of new media at the European Broadcasting Union, seemed impressed, saying that Octoshapes promises had been demonstrated in their tests.

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Playdio med ny hemsida (6. September, 2006)

Webbradiokanalen Playdio lanserade idag en ny hemsida på www.playdio.se. Hemsidans utseénde har ändrats en del, men är fortfarande ganska lik den förra i funktion och text.

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Musikplanetens Radio Orbit er nu i luften (4. September, 2006)

Som mange af jer ved, har vi i længere tid arbejdet på at få vores radiostreams op at køre, og nu er vi så klar med Dance/Trance og GOA/Psychedelic, der er de 2 første af i alt 4 streams. Vi har udelukkende samlet musik fra siden her, hvor vi har valgt de bedste numre og samlet dem i et non-stop mix der sendes 24 timer i døgnet.

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Octoshape and EBU to Peercast 2006 Junior Eurovision Song Contest (6. September, 2006)

The fourth annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be streamed live over the internet through ESC-TV, using Octoshape's peer-to-peer technology (P2P).

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UER - Concours Eurovision de la chanson junior en P2P avec Octoshape (8. September, 2006)

Le 4e concours Eurovision de la chanson junior sera diffusé en direct via internet grâce à la technologie peer-to-peer (P2P) de Octoshape.

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EBU som fildeler (16. September, 2006)

Fildelings-tjenester, hvor brugere udveksler musik, spillefilm og andre rare sager med hinanden over nettet, har generelt ikke noget godt ry hos de store tv-stationer.

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Octoshape up for Junior Eurovision Song Contest (10. September, 2006)

The fourth annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be streamed live over the internet through ESC-TV, using Octoshape's peer-to-peer technology (P2P).

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Crossfire PrizeFight Challenge (30. August, 2006)

We are proud to announce that Inside the Game will be providing a live video stream from the event, and that GamesTV.org will be both on site and online bringing what only they can and that is of course ETTV!

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eSport.org and iTG partner for i28, NGL and Kode5 (25. August, 2006)

eSports Media group and Octshape join forces together with Radio Inside The Game ( ITG ) delivering live streaming from the NGL finals, Kode5 Quake4 finals, i28 and World Cyber Games UK finals this weekend 25th – 27th.

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eSports Media group and Octshape delivering live streaming from eSport finals (25. August, 2006)

The event is held at Games Convention in Leipzig Germany which is the largest games expo in Europe. Expectations are high, where they are expecting more then 150.000 people to attend the event.

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Live streaming from several eSport finals (25. August, 2006)

Copenhagen, Denmark (August 25, 2006) - eSports Media group and Octshape join forces together with Radio Inside The Game ( ITG ) delivering live streaming from the NGL finals, Kode5 Quake4 finals, i28 and World Cyber Games UK finals this weekend 25th – 27th.

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Octoshape streamed the Eurovision song contest (June, 2006)

Octoshape streaming solutions, a company of Symbion Science Park streamed this years Eurovision song contest as the largest "live" test of their technology.

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Eurovision Song Contest - Live Streaming (14 June, 2006)

This year, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) introduced Eurovision Song Contest-TV (ESC-TV) to deliver live streaming over the Internet from the European Song Contest.

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Internetradio VRT kost te veel (16 June, 2006)

De radio-uitzendingen van de openbare omroep in Vlaanderen zijn al een tijd lang online te beluisteren. Maar omdat er bij die live streams telkens een unieke lijn naar de VRT-server wordt gelegd, kost deze feature een pak geld aan de omroep. Daarom start Studio Brussel met een proefproject om via peer-to-peer de uitzendingen tot bij de luisteraar te krijgen.

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RTVE ya emite contenidos en P2P (12 June, 2006)

RTVE ya está emitiendo parte de sus contenidos a través de Octoshape, un sistema P2P para emitir parte de sus contenidos a través de Internet. El "Canal 24 horas" y "Docu TVE", de Televisión, "Radio Clásica" y "Radio Exterior de España" son las cadenas escogidas por Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) para probar el sistema.

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Stubru beluisteren via het web kost geld (8 June, 2006)

Studio Brussel zendt zijn programma's sinds gisteren niet alleen meer uit via de traditionele internetradio, maar doet dat ook via peer-to-peer -netwerken. Die technologie is vooral bekend van software als Kazaa en E-donkey, waarmee illegaal films en muziek worden uitgewisseld, maar kan ook gebruikt worden om radioprogramma's legaal te verspreiden.

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Ogled Eurosonga preko interneta (12 June, 2006)

Čas gre naprej in z njim tudi tehnika. Če je bilo gledanje prenosa Eurosonga pred leti le privilegij državljanov tistih držav, ki na izboru tudi sodelujejo, izgleda aktualna situacija precej drugače.

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Televisión Española permite acceso libre a su canal "Docu TVE" mediante p2p (13 June, 2006)

Ya es posible acceder al canal Docu TVE desde la página de emisión mediante el intercambio de archivos entre usuarios de RTVE: http://www.rtve.es/ip2prtve/ . Interesante no sólo por el contenido del canal (documentales) sino porque éste, hasta ahora (en España), sólo se ha emitido codificado por el satélite Hispasat (en la plataforma Digital +): http://www.rtve.es/tve/programo/avan7/tv7_fr.htm

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Webradio via peer-to-peer-netwerken (8 June, 2006)

Studio Brussel is sinds woensdag via het internet te beluisteren via peer-to-peer-netwerken (P2P). Die technolologie is vooral bekend van software als Kazaa en Napster, maar kan ook voor legale doeleinden gebruikt worden.

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TVE adopta o P2P para poder emitir os seus programas na rede (12 June, 2006)

O tempo acostuma a pór as cousas no seu sitio. O P2P foi o inimigo público numero un da industria en tempos de Napster, pero agora é rehabilitado con todas as honras.

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Stubru beluisteren via het web kost geld (8 June, 2006)

Studio Brussels proefproject met internetradio kan de luisteraars op kosten jagen.

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RTVE en directo por el P2P (8 June, 2006)

Desde el 17 de mayo de 2006, es posible ver la TVE en directo por el P2P. Este sistema tambiém le permite escuchar radio Clásica y Radio Exterior de España. ¡Y es legal !

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(2 June, 2006)

Radiotelevisión Española ha puesto en marcha un programa para probar la efectividad de la emisión de contenidos televisivos a través de las redes ‘peer to peer’ o P2P. El sistema funciona mediante un programa desarrollado por una compañía danesa llamada Octoshape.

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RTVE ofrece televisión y radio mediante P2P legal (13 June, 2006)

Octoshape, el software elegido, es utilizado también por otras televisiones y radio europeas.

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España entra en la descarga legal P2P de música (13 June, 2006)

Las opciones para disfrutar de música y contenidos audiovisuales en la red no paran de crecer. Real Networks y Terra acaban de anunciar sendos servicios de suscripción con tarifa plana mensual para descargar o escuchar música y vídeos de la red.

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RTVE ya emite contenidos en P2P (13 June, 2006)

El "Canal 24 horas" y "Docu TVE", de Televisión, "Radio Clásica" y "Radio Exterior de España" son las cadenas escogidas por Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) para probar el sistema.

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ESC-TV Live Streaming (14 June, 2006)

Eurovision Song Contest live streaming delivered by Octoshape. Denmark -- This year, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) introduced Eurovision Song Contest-TV (ESC-TV) to deliver live streaming over the Internet from the European Song Contest.

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Octoshape praised at IPv6 conference (1 June, 2006)

David Wood, Head of New Technology, European Broadcasting Union (EBU) told about Octoshape’s successful streaming of the European Song Contest (ESC), at IPv6 Convergence: New Opportunities for accelerating the IPv6 Momentum.

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P2P Streaming Goes Live With Octoshape (June 02, 2006)

Danish startup, Octoshape, is a developer of peer-to-peer software that enables live streaming of videos and radio broadcasts. It's been on our radar for a while and we noticed that lately it's been growing its customer reference list.

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StuBru P2P Proefproject (1. juni, 2006)

De VRT start op 1 juni bij Studio Brussel met een proefproject rond peer-to-peer streaming.

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Eurovision 2006: more than 74.000 online users watched ESC-TV on eurovision.tv (9 June 2006)

This year, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) introduced Eurovision Song Contest-TV (ESC-TV) to deliver live streaming over the Internet from the European Song Contest, using Octoshape technology.

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Eurovision Song Contest 2006 - live streaming (9 June 2006)

More than 74.000 online users watched ESC-TV on eurovision.tv

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Studio Brussel experimenteert met p2p-netwerken (9 June 2006)

Radiozender Studio Brussel zendt zijn programma's voortaan online ook uit via de zogenaamde peer-to-peer netwerken, vooral bekend van de illegale uitwisseling van films en muziek.

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Stu Bru via P2P (9 June 2006)

De Vlaamse openbare zender Vrt is een experiment gestart rond het uitzenden van Studio Brussel-programma's via een peer to peer-netwerk.

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RTVE adopta el P2P (9 June 2006)

El Canal 24 horas de Televisión, Radio Clásica y Radio Exterior de España son las cadenas escogidas por Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) para probar un sistema 'peer to peer' (P2P) que permite la emisión por Internet.

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RTVE adopta el P2P (19 May, 2006)

El Canal 24 horas de Televisión, Radio Clásica y Radio Exterior de España son las cadenas escogidas por Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) para probar un sistema 'peer to peer' (P2P) que permite la emisión por Internet. Para utilizarlo sólo hay que descargar un programa desarrollado por la empresa danesa Octoshape y pinchar el enlace del canal que se quiera ver.

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Eurovision Singing Contest final set for Athens (21 May, 2006)

An estimated 100 million people around the world are expected to tune into Saturday's finale on TV. It will also be webcast from the Eurovision site.

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RTVE apuesta por el P2P Octoshape (18 May, 2006)

Ayer fue el día de Internet y una de los anuncios más interesantes (gracias Miguel), fue sin duda el de RTVE y su apuesta por el P2P. La idea es la de distribuir tanto radio como televisión a través de un cliente (se descarga desde Octoshape, unos desconocidos hasta hor para mí) y comenzarán con el Canal 24 horas de televisión y Radio Exterior de España y Radio Clásica.

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Eesti Televisioonis, internetis, mobiilis (20 May, 2006)

Eurovisioni lauluvõistlust saad sel aastal jälgida nii ETVst, internetist kui ka EMT kliendina 3G abil oma mobiiltelefonist.

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RTVE con P2P (29 May, 2006)

El Canal 24 horas de Televisión, Radio Clásica y Radio Exterior de España son las cadenas de Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) comenzarán a emitir con un sistema ‘peer to peer’ para ver las televisión por Internet con una calidad muy superior a la que se tiene ahora con el sólo método de ’streaming’. Vía | Observatorio de Neutralidad Tecnológica

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Terra y RTVE apuestan por el P2P (19 May, 2006)

Interesantes los últimos movimientos empresariales basados en tecnologías P2P que aterrizan en España. En su vertiente más comercial llega el servicio Pixbox de Terra, mediante el cual venden música y otros contenidos audiovisuales (próximamente películas y series de TV) ayudándose de la tecnología P2P para su distribución. De esta forma los usuarios que ayuden a la distribución de los contenidos conseguirán puntos que equivaldrán a descuentos en próximas compras.

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Antena 3, RTVE y Telecinco en Internet (22 May, 2006)

Las ultimas noticias en el negocio de la televisión están dejando bien claro hacia donde evoluciona el futuro próximo de las cadenas. En estados unidos las grandes cadenas ya ofrecen parte de sus contenidos a través de la red, con diferentes propuestas , desde la descarga gratuita con publicidad, hasta el pago por visionado , o la descarga a tu reproductor u ordenador.

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A TVE salta ao P2P (18 May, 2006)

Lento foi sempre o desenvolvemento da TVE en todo o relacionado con internet, onde non tivo estratexia definida e veu chegando tarde respecto a todas as demais canles no seu acceso á rede. Paradoxalmente, agora dá un salto cualitativo coa decisión de ofrecer en probas a emisión a través das redes de intercambio de arquivos entre usuarios, as popularmente bautizadas P2P.

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Comienza el P2P legal de música en España (25. May, 2006)

Radio Televisión Española está probando por primera vez en España un sistema de intercambio de archivos P2P que permite emitir por internet las cadenas Canal 24 de Televisión, Radio Clásica y Radio Exterior de España.

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RTVE adopta el P2P (22. May 2006)

Para utilizarlo sólo hay que descargar un programa desarrollado por la empresa danesa Octoshape y pinchar el enlace del canal que se quiera ver.

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RTVE se apunta al P2P para sus emisiones de Radio Clásica, Radio Exterior y el Canal 24 Horas de TVE (18. May 2006)

Radiotelevisión Española ha puesto en funcionamiento un sistema de distribución de video y audio por Internet de gran calidad y menor coste por medio de la tecnología P2P ('peer to peer', basada en el intercambio de archivos), estrenada hoy, que se conmemora el Día de Internet en España.

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RTVE ensaya el sistema P2P para ofrecer la tele y la radio on line (22 May 2006)

En el Día Mundial de las Telecomunicaciones, la Dirección de Internet de RTVE puso a prueba un nuevo sistema que distribuye contenidos (imágenes y sonidos) a través de la tecnología P2P.

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RTVE transmite via internet solo para usuarios de Windows y Mac (28 May 2006)

Su contribución es esta página en la que encontrarás la posibilidad de ver y escuchar, mediante el SISTEMA P2P, un canal de TVE y otros dos de RNE, con una calidad superior a la servida actualmente.

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Eurovisión en directo (20 May, 2006)

Si has instalado en tu ordenador el plug-in Octoshape podrás disfrutar, si no tienes posibilidad de verlo por televisión, del Festival de Eurovisión de este año por Internet con una calidad excelente, y sin comentarios, con la señal directa del festival.

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(17 May 2006)

Tanto las radios como el canal de TV que se nos ofrece hoy por P2P se podía seguir anteriormente online. La diferencia estriba en que usando la tecnologia P2P permite una distribución de mayor ancho de banda, lo que redunda en una mejor calidad.

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RTVE adopta el P2P (18 May 2006)

pobrecito hablador nos cuenta: «Leo en El Mundo: RTVE adopta el P2P. El Canal 24 horas de Televisión, Radio Clásica y Radio Exterior de España son las cadenas escogidas por Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) para probar un sistema 'peer to peer' (P2P) que permite la emisión por Internet.

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Webcast of the Eurovision Song Contest (18 May 2006)

Estonian TV (etv) presents the Eurovision Song Cpntest live webcast on ESC-TV.

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RTVE prueba el P2P (18 May 2006)

RTVE probará un sistema P2P para emitir parte de sus contenidos a través de Internet.

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RTVE adopta el P2P (18 May 2006)

Aunque desde el portal de RTVE es posible seguir las emisiones del Canal 24 horas y de todas las emisoras de radio, con el nuevo sistema se ofrece más calidad debido a las características del P2P, que no depende de clientes y servidores fijos que se puedan colapsar.

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El P2P de RTVE (19 May 2006)

RTVE ha comenzado a emitir el Canal 24 horas, Radio Clásica y Radio Exterior de España mediante el software P2P de la empresa danesa Octoshape.

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Canal 24 Horas emite por Internet mediante unha tecnoloxía P2P (May 2006)

Radio Televisión Española, co gallo do Día da Internet, decidiu lanzar Canal 24 Horas, Radio Clásica e Radio Exterior de España a través dun sistema P2P que permite a emisión en directo a través da Internet.

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Historisk web-sending (20 May 2006)

Kveldens Grand Prix-finale skriver et lite stykke mediehistorie: For første gang sendes et så digert show også via Internett.

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Un p2p de un ente estatal (20 May 2006)

Abierta la veda de los p2p. El descubrimiento de que la manera que no se sature un servidor de descargas es que todos los usuarios sean pequeños servidores, ha creado una nueva era en que toda compañía que se precie deberá tener el suyo propio.

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Televisión Española prueba la distribución de programas en redes P2P (18 May 2006)

TVE confirma la importancia tecnológica y el modelo de distribución basado entre iguales, entre pares, de las redes P2P.

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RTVE ADOPTA EL P2P (19 May 2006)

El Canal 24 horas de Televisión, Radio Clásica y Radio Exterior de España son las cadenas escogidas por Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) para probar un sistema ‘peer to peer’ (P2P) que permite la emisión por Internet.

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Eurovision 2006 Webcast Using Peer-to-Peer Network (20. May 2006)

The Eurovision Song Contest this year is being broadcast live over the Internet for those unable to watch on a TV set.

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RTVE apuesta por el P2P Octoshape (18. May 2006)

Ayer fue el día de Internet y una de los anuncios más interesantes, fue sin duda el de RTVE y su apuesta por el P2P.

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RTVE adopta el P2P (18. May 2006)

Para utilizarlo sólo hay que descargar un programa desarrollado por la empresa danesa Octoshape ...

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RTVE P2P (18. May 2006)

RTVE pone en marcha un sistema online de distribución de audio y vídeo mediante P2P

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volg het ESC 2006 online (18. May 2006)

www.eurovision.tv have made a webcast of the Eurovision Song Contest semi final available online by using the Octoshape technology.

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RTVE estrena emisiones de calidad por Internet (17. May 2006)

RTVE estrena emisiones de calidad por Internet para Radio Clásica, Radio Exterior y el Canal 24 Horas de TVE.

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Deutsche Welle erprobt Peer-Streaming (17. May 2006)

Die Technologie dafür kommt von der däni schen Firma Octoshape ApS.

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Eurovisie peer-to-peer (16. May 2006)

De EBU doet mee aan een peer-to-peer webtv test. Het Songfestival zal er live mee worden uitgezonden.

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Counter-Strike: eSport.org prepares for finals (2. May 2006)

Esport.org is live streaming the WEG pro gamer championship. “The Octoshape engine is really something special,” said Esport.org founder Johan Ryman.

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Euro Kitchgeist And P2P Live Streaming (May 21, 2006)

Lordi, Lordi, that's the chant that welcomed the Finnish winners of this years' Eurovision Song Contest when they performed last night in the Eurovision Song Contest, an event that was live streamed via peer to peer tech from Octoshape and broadcast to an estimated audience 100 million.

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Televisión Española prueba la distribución de programas en redes P2P (19. May, 2006)

RTVE confirma la importancia tecnológica y el modelo de distribución basado entre iguales, entre pares, de las redes P2P.

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The futures of radio (12. May, 2006)

The Octoshape GridCast technology is presented as a bandwidth saving P2P solution.

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Deutsche Welle setzt auf Peer-to-Peer-Streams (2. May 2006)

Als erster Rundfunksender in Deutschland bietet die Deutsche Welle Internet-Streams ihres TV-Programms im Peer-to-Peer-Verfahren (P2P) an. Damit erweitert der deutsche Auslandsrundfunk sein TV- und Radio-Angebot auf DW-WORLD.DE um ein weiteres Format.

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RTVE P2P (18. May 2006)

RTVE se apunta al P2P para sus emisiones de Radio Clásica, Radio Exterior y el Canal 24 Horas de TVE

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P2P: ESTO AVANZA (May 2006)

Pues resulta que RTVE ha creado un sistema para emitir su canal de noticias "24 Horas" y dos de RNE. La cosa es bajarse un programa y ya está.

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RTVE ensaya la distribución de contenidos mediante la tecnología P2P (22. May 2006)

Con motivo del Día de Internet, RTVE ha puesto en marcha un nuevo servicio, en fase de pruebas, con el objetivo de impulsar la Sociedad de la Información.

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RTVE P2P (18. May 2006)

RTVE pone en marcha un sistema online de distribucion de audio y video mediante P2P

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RTVE ensaya el sistema P2P para ofrecer la tele y la radio on line (22. May, 2006)

En el Día Mundial de las Telecomunicaciones, la Dirección de Internet de RTVE puso a prueba un nuevo sistema que distribuye contenidos (imágenes y sonidos) a través de la tecnología P2P.

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Emisiones P2P de radio televisión Esañola (17. May, 2006)

Con motivo del Día de Internet, RTVE quiere sumarse al esfuerzo colectivo de impulsar la Sociedad de la Información.

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RTVE adopta el P2P (19. May, 2006)

El Canal 24 horas de Televisión, Radio Clásica y Radio Exterior de España son las cadenas escogidas por Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) para probar un sistema 'peer to peer' (P2P) que permite la emisión por Internet.

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RTVE adopta el P2P (18. May, 2006)

El Canal 24 horas de Televisión, Radio Clásica y Radio Exterior de España son las cadenas escogidas por Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) para probar un sistema 'peer to peer' (P2P) que permite la emisión por Internet.

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Radio Deutsche Welle: Streaming im P2P Verfahren (17. May, 2006)

Der Radiosender Deutsche Welle (DW) überträgt nun die Internet-Streams ihres TV-Programms im „Peer-to-Peer“-Verfahren ( P2P ) an und das als erster Rundfunksender in Deutschland.

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RTVE apuesta por el P2P Octoshape (18. May, 2006)

Ayer fue el día de Internet y una de los anuncios más interesantes fue sin duda el de RTVE y su apuesta por el P2P.

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Para ver el canal 24 de RTVE con gran calidad (18. May, 2006)

Con el plug-in de Octoshape podemos ver el canal 24 h de RTVE y muchos más con gran calidad por medio de nuestra conexión ADSL.

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RTVE: Distribución Online de Vídeo y Audio (18. May, 2006)

RTVE pone en marcha un sistema online de distribución de audio y vídeo mediante P2P.

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RTVE prueba el P2P (18. May, 2006)

RTVE quiere probar durante tres meses un sistema de P2P para emitir via internet.

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RTVE estrena emisiones de calidad por Internet (17 May, 2006)

Radiotelevisión Española ha puesto en funcionamiento un sistema de distribución de video y audio por Internet de gran calidad y menor coste por medio de la tecnología P2P ('peer to peer', basada en el intercambio de archivos), estrenada hoy, que se conmemora el Día de Internet en España.

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Eurovision 2006: the final of the Eurovision Song Contest to be broadcasted via internet (20. May, 2006)

The contest will be broadcasted with live peer to peer webcast, something that's used for the very first time on such a large scale. EBU has cooperated with the Danish company Octoshape for this project.

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RTVE apuesta por el P2P (17. May, 2006)

RTVE anuncia desde su web la puesta en marcha de emisiones de televisión a través de Internet con tecnología P2P.

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DW-TV offers high-quality live stream with Octoshape (10. April 2006)

Larger image, higher resolution: DW-TV's program is now available in an optimized version on the Deutsche Welle Web site, thanks to Octoshape.

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Eurovision Television (15. April 2006)

Het is er al een tijdje maar wij hebben er nog geen aandacht aan besteed, ESC TV!

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From P2P to broadcasting (April 2006)

P2P can dramatically change the possibilities for broadcasters to live stream over the internet. The article describe some of the benefits of using P2P for live streaming, especially it is mentioned that EBU have chosen Octoshape for different live streaming events.

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The IIHF Championships Div III. (26. April 2006)

Octoshape is live streaming the ice hockey World Championships Div III.

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Quick Q&A with Vesslan from Esport.org (22. April 2006)

Interview with Johan “Vesslan” Ryman, CEO and cofounder of eSports Media Group.

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Live coverage of the WEG Masters in Hangzhou, China. (21. April 2006)

This article introduces the new eSport site eSport.org and covers its use of the Octoshape technology to stream the WEG Masters.

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Deutsche Welle testet Peer to Peer (19. April 2006)

DW sieht sich mit dem Angebot einiger TV-Programme über das Internet als Avantgarde in Deutschland.

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Kostenloses Tauschen von TV-Beiträgen (17. April 2006)

Deutsche Welle testet Peer-to-Peer-Verfahren.

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P2P-Pilotprojekt soll bessere IPTV-Bilder ermöglichen (17. April 2006)

“Durch diese Verteilung der Datenströme heben wir die Qualität und die Stabilität des Streams für alle Zuschauer”, erklärte Holger Hank, Leiter der Abteilung Neue Medien.

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Testlauf mit TV-Stream im Peer-to-Peer-Verfahren (13. April 2006)

Die Deutsche Welle (DW) bietet als nach eigenen Angaben erster Rundfunksender in Deutschland Internet-Streams ihres TV-Programms im Peer-to-Peer-Verfahren (P2P) an.

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P2P-Pilotprojekt soll bessere IPTV-Bilder ermöglichen. (12. April 2006)

Als erster Rundfunksender in Deutschland bietet die Deutsche Welle (DW) Internet-Streams ihres TV-Programms im von Musiktauschbörsen bekannten Peer-to-Peer-Verfahren (P2P) an.

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Deutsche Welle (April 2006)

Deutsche Welle setzt auf Peer-to-Peer-Streams - Zusätzlicher Übertragungsweg für DW-TV.

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Deutsche Welle bietet TV-Programm als P2P-Stream an (12. April 2006)

Deutsche Welle bietet TV-Programm als Peer-to-Peer-Stream an.

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Deutsche Welle: Peer-to-Peer-Streams (12. April 2006)

Als erster Rundfunksender in Deutschland bietet die Deutsche Welle (DW) Internet-Streams ihres TV-Programms im "Peer-to-Peer"-Verfahren (P2P) an.

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European Broadcasting Union: Streaming, Broadband Delivery Etc (2. April 2006)

Latest issue of EBU Technical Review has some good stories on broadband content related topics. Among them, Octoshape ...

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EBU start ESC-TV (21. March 2006)

Sinds 18u vanavond is een nieuw Eurovisiekanaal gestart via Eurovision.tv. ESC-tv begint met een verslag van de loting die vanmiddag plaatsvond. Om te kijken dient speciale (gratis) software geïnstalleerd te worden. Wat het kanaal verder precies zal uitzenden, is niet bekend. Wel belooft het ook de repetities in mei uit te zullen zenden.

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IT-Universitetet udklækker den 25. ph.d.-kandidat (Marts 2006)

Head developer Christian Worm Mortensen at Octoshape defends his PhD thesis in algorithms at the ITU.

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Eurovision Song Contest TV. (March 2006)

Danas je otvoren ESC TV na kojem cete moci gledati vijesti i zanimljivosti o Eurosongu.

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Nace la ESC-TV la televisión del Festival (25. March 2006)

This article introduces ESC-TV.

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ESC TV yayýnda. (21. March 2006)

Read the eurovision-turkey presentation of ESC-TV.

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Nace ESC-TV la televisión oficial del Festival. (21. March 2006)

Por primera vez en la historia del Festival de Eurovisión la UER crea una Televisión online dedicada al Festival de Eurovisión.

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Eurovision Song Contest TV (21. March 2006)

Starting 21 March 2006, watch the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 draw and find all the details about this year's ESC in Athens on Octoshape-powered ESC-TV!

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EBU launched online Eurovision channel ESC-TV (21. March 2006)

The European Broadcasting Union announced that ESC-TV will closely follow the Eurovision Song Contest from today's draw, to rehearsals, to the semifinal and the final in May.

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Interview with CEO Stephen Alstrup. (1. April 2005)

Stephen Alstrup speaks about the research behind the Octoshape technology that makes large scale live streaming possible and saves 97% of the bandwidth compared to other technologies.

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Octoshape is going to the moon (June 2005)

Interview with Stephen Alstrup, CEO, who speaks about the research he, him self and co-founder Theis Rauhe CTO did before starting Octoshape. Stephen Alstrup talk about the technology behind Octoshape, the streaming technology that makes large scale live streaming possible and saves 97% of the bandwidth compared to other technologies. He also tells about future visions for him and Theis Rauhe.

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File sharing gives higher sound quality on net-radio (17. June 2005)

The article explains some of the basic concepts behind Octoshape's large scale live streaming solution

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Live streaming of radio and video (18. June 2005)

Interview with CEO, Stephen Alstrup broadcasted on Denmark's largest radio channel. Stephen Alstrup tells about the demonstration of Octoshape Live Streaming Solution running in corporation with DR (Danish Broadcasting Corporation), and how Octoshape makes it possible to stream in large scale and doing it almost without any costly resources.

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Interview with Stephen Alstrup (7. September 2005)

Stephen Alstrup (CEO) speaks about specializing in multicasting, which no one has managed to succeed in yet. He tells about CTO, Theis Rauhe and his own background at the IT-university in Denmark and the future in Octoshape, about running a business and getting clients.

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Interview with CEO Stephen Alstrup ((16. september 2005))

Stephen Alstrup speaks about the bandwidth problem most broadcasters are facing, and how the Octoshape technology solves these problems and makes it possible for them to live stream to millions of users in high quality.

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Article chosen to EBU’s Technical Review, The best of 2005: Introducing Octoshape (October 2005)

The article introduces the concept of Internet Radio (IR) and provides some technical background. The article mentions the Octoshape GridCast solution as drastically reducing bandwith fees, providing higher quality bitrates, and eliminating buffering.

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Digital Media Industry: Private Company Sector Framework (October 2005)

Rutberg & Company have now in there overview of the digital media industry added Octoshape unique streaming technology.

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Prix Europa 2005 (15 October 2005)

EBU and Octoshape live streamed the opening concert of PRIX EUROPA 2005.

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The next technology winners (23. May 2004)

These 6 potential super IT companies are combining the factors that make up future success. Nyhedsmagasinet has been looking at competence in the leader team, the technology, the financing, and the timing, and these 6 companies looks like they got what it takes.

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ITU start-up aims to revolutionize live-streaming technology (25. march 2004)

ITU entrepreneurs set out with the criteria that their product shouldn't just improve slightly on some technology. It should clearly revolutionize the current state-of-art.

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Danish technology will stream to millions (12. March 2004)

The new company Octoshape hopes that their technology for live streaming of sound and image can open the way for streaming to millions of concurrent users. Behind the company are two professors from the IT University ...

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Octoshape - Live streaming (March 2004)

Stephen Alstrup tells about his and Theis Rauhe's background and live streaming.

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IT investments on the way (d. 18. January 2004)

After several years of crisis and lack of investments there is now again money for new investment companies. The latest example is an investment in Octoshape who will make it easier to distribute video over the Internet.

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