We believe that the slowing global economy is driving applications for streaming media onto corporate networks. Travel budgets have been slashed, head counts are down, and competition for customer dollars is increasing. As high-speed corporate networks extend beyond office buildings and into Metropolitan Area Networks using optical Ethernet, corporations will have a strategic asset in their networks, which is best leveraged by keeping all employees "at the top of their game" all the time, using interactive streaming media applications to communicate, train, motivate and retain their best workers.
Companies will be able to choose to "build their own" streaming media services, creating on-line training and communications packages. However, the best time-to-market is obtained by working with an outside streaming media service provider, who brings extensive hosting infrastructure, digital asset management capabilities, and a variety of other services that help companies get the "best bang for the buck" from streaming. Over 21 thousand corporate sites will be on-line during 2001, and the number grows by a factor of 10 to more than 225 thousand sites paying fees for streaming media services during 2005. Our worldwide forecasts for revenues being paid to companies that provide streaming media services will surpass $5 Billion (U.S.) per year by 2005.
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Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
  
• Methodology
  
• Intro To Streaming Media For Business
  
  • Streaming Media Is Highly Compressed Video & Audio
    
  • Streaming Media Requires High Speed Connections
    
  • Streaming Media - Natural Fit For Corporate Networks
    
  • Corporate Networks Are Near-Homogeneous
    
    • Bandwidth Bottleneck To Be Broken Soon
      
    • Ethernet Ubiquity Sets The Stage For Broadband Corporate Streaming Applications
      
    • Metro-Ethernet Forum Spreading Ethernet Further
      
    • Clearing The Final Bottleneck For Business Broadband
      
  • Corporate MIS/IT Dictates Features & Functions
    
    • Corporate Computing Environment Is Homogeneous
      
  • Corporate Networks Fit Streaming Well
    
• Economic Slowdown Will Drive Growth
  
  • Corporate Headquarters Staff Being Downsized
    
    • Headquarters Staff Has A Lot Of Talent And History
      
    • Headquarters Has Access To Company-Wide Networks
      
  • Corporate Security Applications
    
  • Corporate Message Communications
    
    • Ford Motor Company Testifies To Congress
      
  • Corporate Electronic Training
    
    • New Hire Orientation
      
    • On-Going Updates On Corporate Policies
      
    • Human Resources Training
      
    • Corporate Technical Training
      
  • Corporate Interactive Video Networks
    
  • Corporate Image Management
    
    • Product Launches And Important Announcements
      
    • The Importance Of Multiple Language Support
      
• Build It Or Out-Source It?
  
  • Streaming Media Tools Abound
    
  • A Few Good Service Providers Will Succeed
    
• Four Examples Of Specific Applications
  
• BroadWare - Corporate Security
  
• BroadWare Corporate Video Via Internet
  
  • Leverages Installed Base of Corporate Video Equipment
    
• The BroadWare Surveillance Solution
  
  • Surveillance(dot)COM Video Monitoring Service
    
  • BroadWare Media Servers For Storage & Archiving
    
  • Network Operations Center
    
  • Direct View Or Storage Options
    
• BroadWare Channel Play
  
• Talkway - Video Enhanced E-Mail
  
  • One Billion Video e-Mails Per Month!
    
  • Talkway Is Customer-Focused
    
    • Talkway CODEC Is Focused And Small
      
    • Talkway CODEC Is A Java Applet And Plug-In To Standard Web Browsers
      
    • Using The Talkway Encoder To Capture Video e-Mail
      
    • Talkway Video e-Mail Content Delivery Network
      
    • Narrowband, Broadband, And Mobile Devices
      
    • Talkway Video e-Mail Servers
      
    • Talkway Digital Asset Management
      
    • Talkway Message Storage And Archiving
      
    • The Talkway Playback CODEC Methodology
      
    • Talkway CODEC Is Always The Latest Version
      
    • Talkway Uses Progressive Download, Not Streaming
      
  • Guaranteed Delivery Of Video e-Mails
    
    • Talkway CODEC Can Be Ported To Multiple Devices
      
    • Talkway Network Compatible With HTTP, Firewalls, Proxy Servers
      
  • Talkway Take To Market Opportunity
    
• TEN-TV - Corporate Video Networks
  
  • First Mover Advantage For Advanced Corporate Streaming Services
    
  • Rich Media Integration Lab For Incoming Content
    
    • Incoming Video And Streaming Quality Control
      
    • Clients Can Choose Their Encoding Technology
      
    • TEN-TV Recommends Multiple Encoding Speeds
      
    • Long Programs Segmented Into Modules
      
    • Rich Media Integration Lab Provides Metadata
      
    • Transcription To Multiple Languages Can Be Applied
      
    • Closed Captioning To Become A Requirement
      
    • Interactive Quizzes And Polls
      
  • Application Streaming With Screen Shots
    
  • TEN-TV's Suite Of Services
    
    • User Authorization And Event Managment
      
    • Administrative Support And Report Generation
      
  • TEN-TV's VideoMiningÔ Search Capabilities
    
    • TEN-TV Experts-On-DemandÔ Web Portal
      
  • TEN-TV's Take To Market Program
    
• Hughes Network Systems - DirecWAY Managed Enterprise CDN Service
  
  • Hughes - At The Top Of The Streaming Food Chain
    
  • Satellite Advantages For Streaming Media Connectivity
    
  • The Hughes DirecWAY Service Builds On Experience
    
  • The DirecWAY Services NOC Provides Control
    
  • Local Storage At The LAN Conserves Bandwidth
    
  • Satellite Delivery Can Save Bandwidth Dollars
    
  • Reduced "Waiting Time" Improves Customer Satisfaction And Lifts Training Results
    
  • DirecWAY Managed Enterprise CDN Services
    
    • Intelligent Caching
      
    • Video-on-Demand (VOD)/Live Streaming
      
    • Digital Content Delivery
      
    • Back-Up / Disaster Recovery
      
  • DirecWAY Take To Market Plan
    
• Streaming Media Service Opportunities
  
  • North American Service Fees
    
  • North America Sites Paying Service Fees
    
  • North American Service Revenues
    
  • Worldwide Service Revenues

List of Tables

• Table 1. Worldwide Streaming Media Revenues For Business
  
• Table 2. Monthly Revenue Per Site By Segment
  
• Table 3. Annual Revenue Per Site By Segment
  
• Table 4. Number Of North American Sites Paying Service Fees
  
• Table 5. North America Annual Service Revenues By Segment
  
• Table 6. Percent Of North American Revenue By Segment
  
• Table 7. Percent Of Total Revenues By Geographic Region
  
• Table 8. Worldwide Service Revenues By Geographic Region

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