NEW YORK-ITN News Media of the United Kingdom will stream video reports to handheld wireless devices using technology developed by Geo Interactive Media Group Ltd. of Israel, under an agreement announced Dec. 18.
Geo said it holds worldwide patents for delivery of streaming video over 2G, 2.5G and 3G wireless networks to handheld devices and wireless phones.
In the user trial, ITN will transmit its video reports to handheld devices via MPEG-4 compliant chips using GEO’s trademarked Emblaze wireless technology, which enables encoding and playback of live and on-demand video messages and content.
Geo, founded in 1994, has North American headquarters in New York and field offices in London, Los Angeles, Seoul and Tokyo.