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CE Media Services: Providing Members Access to Large Files and Streaming Video
Contact Vonda T. Hampton
Marketing Manager
800-448-1475, ext. 0530
vonda@clubessential.com
(July 29, 2003) - Clubessential, LLC, is now offering customers the
flexibility to distribute a variety of media formats to their club members.
The new product, called CE Media Services, delivers large files and streaming
video over the Web by matching viewing capabilities to the user's computer
hardware. Without such adjustments, some users would experience unacceptable
viewing delays or poor quality video.
The following functionality is offered to Clubessential clients as part of CE Media Services:
Large File Downloads.
Many clubs produce large files they would like to share with their
members. They might, for example, produce a four megabyte PDF file of
their newsletter, large album of photographs, or perhaps a three megabyte
Word file describing an event. If these large files are posted directly
to clients' Web sites, it could degrade Web response times when multiple
members attempt to download the file simultaneously. CE Media Services
allows the posting of files larger than one megabyte on special servers
dedicated to this task. Clubs can place links to the files anywhere in
their Web site, or even in emails sent to users, without fear that the
large files will interfere with normal Web site traffic. Files will work
in many formats, including videos, Word files, Excel files and zipped
file archives.
Streaming Video.
Some clubs would like to post lengthy videos for their members to view. Clubessential has specialized servers to host streaming video that offer the following advantages:
- Compression. Clubessential's technicians will compress large video
files so they can be transmitted quickly over the Internet.
- Resolution Control. Clubessential will create multiple versions
of each video file, with differing degrees of resolution, so
that viewers with less capable equipment can still enjoy the
videos, though at a resolution appropriate for their computer.
Clubessential's servers automatically determine which resolution
best matches the viewer's bandwidth.
- Streaming.
Viewing can begin shortly after clicking,
because Clubessential's servers "stream" the
compressed data to the viewer's computer as
it is played. If it were not for this "streaming," the
user would have to wait for the entire file
to download before any viewing could begin.
- Bandwidth Throttling. Clubessential's servers monitor the number of members who are attempting to view simultaneously, and gracefully limit the maximum bandwidth consumed. Imagine, for example, that a club posts a video of Tiger Woods playing in a tournament and 300 people want to view it at once. Without some kind of bandwidth throttling, communication channels would be overwhelmed and no one would be able to enjoy the video.
CE Media Services are offered at three price levels based on the volume of activity desired. For more information, contact Clubessential at 800-448-1475 or request information at http://www.clubessential.com/contactus/.
Clubessential, LLC, hosts Internet communication systems for more than 400 of the world's most prestigious private clubs and associations. The company, founded in 1999, is headquartered in Vienna, Virginia. www.clubessential.com