Orb Networks & Inetcam announce mobile video streaming products

- Gary Thayer, News Editor

San Diego & Emeryville, CA, April 5, 2005 -- (MobileVillage) -- In separate announcements, two companies today introduced mobile video streaming applications. Orb Networks today launched its mobile streaming media product for consumers, as well as a beta release of a French language version. Inetcam announced the availability of its Mobile Gateway Plus video server, targeted primarily at security applications.

Orb Networks' free service provides consumers with mobile access to their music, photos, videos, webcams and other digital content located on their home PC from virtually any Internet-enabled device, according to the company.

Orb says it is currently establishing business relationships with providers of television guide data in many countries, including France, Japan and Great Britain, that will allow users to stream live TV for free. Until then, the Orb TV feature is only available in the United States. Users can remotely record TV programs using Orb's Digital Video Recorder function and view those recorded programs at any time on any of their mobile devices. Orb Networks says it abides by current digital rights management (DRM) platforms.

To supplement the English and French versions, Orb Networks plans to deliver additional language releases of its streaming media service over the next few months. For more information, see the Orb Networks web site.

Inetcam's Mobile Gateway Plus video server uses analog and IP cameras as inputs and streams to PDAs, browsers, and any cell phone running the iMViewer application. The video server can receive analog camera feeds, loop through from a CCTV DVR or time-lapse VCR unit, or IP cameras from most manufacturers. Mobile Gateway Plus also supports covert camera features so viewers can only see a subset of the total number of cameras configured on the server.

Mobile Gateway Plus allows viewers using Java enabled browsers such as: Internet Explorer, Netscape, Firefox, and Mozilla. It also streams video to J2ME and BREW enabled mobile handsets on both CDMA and GSM based wireless networks. The Mobile Gateway Plus product lineup is remotely administered via web browser. For more information, see the Inetcam web site.

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