On2 Technologies Releases Java Player Application New Product Built on Companies VPX Technology NEW YORK, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- On2 Technologies, Inc., The Duck Corporation, released its Java player technology for license today.. The player works with On2's highly regarded VPX video compression technology. The TrueMotion Streaming Java Applet 1.0 is a TrueMotion video player written in pure Java. The Applet offers a truly cross-platform solution -- it plays on Windows, MacOS, Linux, and other environments. As on other platforms, the TrueMotion codec outperforms all other competing video compression technologies. Unlike most media players, the TrueMotion Applet requires no player installation. The Applet is compact and downloads quickly to the user's browser, making for a seamless user experience. Just as exciting, no special server software is required to serve media files to the Applet over networks. The Applet streams over HTTP, so it can be deployed on any Web server, thereby leveraging customers' existing infrastructure investments. "Many competing solutions claim to support HTTP streaming when in fact they use HTTP tunneling to a dedicated, proprietary media server," said Douglas A. McIntyre, On2 Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. The TrueMotion Streaming Java Applet 1.0 provides an ideal solution for online advertising and other Web-based video applications. The TrueMotion Streaming Java Applet 1.0 can be licensed from On2 by contacting . About On2 Technologies, The Duck Corporation On2 Technologies is a leading technology firm at the forefront of video compression. The company revolutionized digital media delivery with the creation of its advanced full-motion, full-screen, TrueMotion(R) VP4/VP5/VP6 compression and streaming technologies. On2's TrueMotion codecs are used extensively in the video-on-demand, videoconferencing, Internet media, surveillance, and store-and-play markets. They operate with On2's own TrueCast Server and Player software, as well as third-party player and server products. On2's software is used by such leading companies as Sony, NTT, AOL, BBC, ABC News, Nullsoft, SeaChange International, China Netcom, NHK, and Nanwang Multimedia. The VP6 decoder has an installation base of millions through its inclusion in AOL 9 Media Player, Winamp 5, Viewpoint Media Player, and others. On2 licenses its software for use in set-top boxes, consumer electronics devices and wireless applications and offers high-level video encoding, customized technical support, and consulting/integration services. Located in New York City, the company has an office in Clifton Park, NY, and operations in Cambridge, UK. To contact On2 write to or visit http://www.on2.com/. DATASOURCE: On2 Technologies, Inc. CONTACT: Tim Reusing of On2 Technologies, Inc., 646-292-3533 Web site: http://www.on2.com/

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