Media Excel Appoints Heath Peyton Senior Product Manager

AUSTIN, TX, August 4, 2008 - Media Excel, a leader in advanced real-time video solutions, today announced that it has appointed Heath Peyton as Senior Product Marketing Manager for the company's HERA line of professional video compression appliances.   [more...]

Media Excel Joins FLO Forum Board of Directors; Furthers Contribution to FLO Technology and Next-Generation Mobile Video Delivery

LAS VEGAS, NV, April 15, 2008 - Media Excel, a leader in advanced real-time video solutions, today announced that the company’s chief technology officer, Mr. Jongil Kim, has joined the board of directors of FLO Forum, a multi-company initiative committed to advancing the global standardization of FLO Technology, which enables the delivery of advanced multimedia services to wireless consumers.   [more...]

Media Excel Collaborates with MobiTV to Deliver Enhanced Mobile Video Experience for Mobile TV Service Providers

LAS VEGAS, NV, April 15, 2008 - Media Excel, a leader in advanced real-time video encoding and transcoding solutions for the Mobile TV industry, today announced that MobiTV, the leader in delivery of mobile content and services, has integrated Media Excel’s video encoding and transcoding solutions into its end-to-end management network service platform to enable enhanced mobile video delivery for mobile TV service providers. The combined solution will enable greater flexibility for customers and provide a higher-quality video product for mobile consumers over a wide range of 3G, Broadband and Broadcast networks.   [more...]

Media Excel delivers H.264 support; Joins Adobe Flash Media Solutions Partner Program.

LAS VEGAS, NV, April 14, 2008 - Media Excel, a leader in advanced real-time video solutions, today announced that its HERA 3200 series of video transcoding hardware solutions deliver live standard definition support for Adobe Flash Media Server 3 and Adobe Flash Player 9 software.   [more...]

Media Excel launches next-generation video encoding / transcoding hardware platform with world-leading density based on Texas Instruments DaVinci processor, delivers higher quality video at lower cost.

LAS VEGAS, NV, April 14, 2008 - Media Excel, a leader in advanced real-time video encoding and transcoding solutions, today announced that it has launched a new generation of video compression professional appliances which can rapidly encode, transcode and distribute professional, broadcast-quality video to any device over any network using the Texas Instruments DaVinci technology digital media processor. The introduction of the new, DaVinci-based HERA 4000 line of transcoder products will provide higher quality video at much higher speed and much lower cost than previous industry solutions.   [more...]

MTV Networks selects Media Excel for video transcoding; Single platform and unmatched speed enables rapid delivery of content

LAS VEGAS, NV, April 14, 2008 - Media Excel, a leader in advanced real-time video solutions, today announced that MTV Networks, a division of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B), has implemented the Media Excel HERA 3200 series of video transcoding products across several of its channels to enable high-quality, rapid, and more cost-effective delivery of video to any device – TV, PC, and mobile – over any network. MTV Networks is currently using HERA platform domestically, with plans to extend its use globally, for digital media transcoding of video content for any device over any network.   [more...]

Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Media Excel’s Strong Product Innovation in Creating the HERA Encoder-Transcoder Product Line.

Palo Alto, CA, February 7, 2008 - Frost & Sullivan, Based on its recent analysis of the video encoders and transcoders market, Frost & Sullivan presents Media Excel with the 2008 World Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Innovation.   [more...]

Media Excel and UDcast Complete Interoperability Testing for MobileTV DVB-H Solutions.

AUSTIN, TX & SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS, France, February 7, 2008 - Media Excel Inc., a leading provider of Next-Generation Transcoding Appliances for MobileTV, WebTV and Digital Media and UDcast, a global provider of wireless IP broadcast solutions, announced today they have successfully completed interoperability testing with the companies’ respective DVB-H solutions.   [more...]

Media Excel Joins the FLO Forum. Media Excel Pre-Announces the Hera 3200.FLO MobileTV Transcoder Appliance.

AUSTIN, TX, August 30, 2007 - Media Excel, Inc., a leading provider of Advanced Digital Video Content Adaptation for MobileTV, IPTV & Digital Home, pre-announced today the arrival of the Hera 3200.FLO MediaFLO MobileTV transcoder for MobileTV solutions, broadcasters, content aggregators and service providers around the world.   [more...]

Media Excel Showcases "Hera 3200m", the World’s Highest Performance Multi-Codec, Multi-Rate Video Transcoder for MobileTV at IBC 2007.

AUSTIN, TX, August 30, 2007 - Media Excel, Inc., a leading provider of Advanced Digital Video Content Adaptation for MobileTV, IPTV & WebTV, announced today that Hera 3200m will be featured at IBC 2007 in Amsterdam, September 7 - 11 at Media Excel’s booth 2.311.  [more...]

Media Excel launches "Hera 3200f", the world’s most powerful Video File Transcoder for Mobile TV and IPTV delivering up to 10x Real-Time performance.

Austin, TX, August 27, 2007 - Media Excel, Inc., a leading provider of Advanced Digital Video Content Adaptation for MobileTV, IPTV & WebTV, announced today general availability of the Hera 3200f file transcoder appliance tailored for broadcasters, content owners and aggregators VOD systems.  [more...]

Media Excel Licenses VP6 Codec from On2 Technologies for MobileTV, WebTV, IPTV and VoD File Transcoding on the 'HERA' Hardware Transcoder Appliance

Austin, TX, August 20, 2007 - Media Excel Inc., a leading provider of Advanced Digital Video Content Adaptation for MobileTV, WebTV & IPTV and On2 Technologies, Inc. (AMEX:ONT), a leader in video-compression software solutions, announced today they have signed a licensing agreement that will further establish Media Excel's leadership in the transcoding market and new market opportunities for On2.  [more...]

Media Excel's Mobile TV Solutions Enable Broadcasters and Mobile Operators to Adapt Content in Real-Time for Mobile Multimedia Devices

Austin, TX, November 6, 2006 - Media Excel is showcasing at TelcoTV (Nov 6-8, Dallas, TX) upgraded Hercules 1600m and HERA 3000m video transcoding solutions - an affordable multi-channel, multi-codec, multi-bit rate product line for high quality Mobile Television applications.  [more...]

Austin Technology Council's (ATC) Center of Innovation Event is a Success for Austin's Technology Companies

AUSTIN, TEXAS, May 12, 2006 - Austin Technology Council (ATC), a member-driven association focused on promoting the growth and success of Austin's technology sector, celebrated the breadth and depth of its membership by holding a Center of Innovation conference. The May 3rd event took place while World Congress of Information Technology (WCIT 2006) was in full swing.  [more...]

Media Excel Introduces Affordable H.264 Real-Time Transcoder for Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), Digital Home and Mobile Entertainment Markets

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- April 17, 2006 - Media Excel, Inc., announced today the immediate availability of their SoftStream® HERA 3000 system - an affordable real-time H.264 video transcoding system for high quality Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), Digital Home and Mobile TV applications.  [more...]

Media Excel Introduces Affordable SoftStream^® H.264 Real-Time Transcoder for End-to-End Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), Hospitality, and Mobile Media Markets.   [more...]

Yahoo! Finance - AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 2005--Media Excel, Inc., a leading provider of digital video solutions for Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), Digital Home, and Mobile TV, today announced the immediate availability of their SoftStream® HERA 3000 system -- an affordable high quality real-time H.264 system for the telecommunications, digital signage, hospitality and related video over IP markets. [Yahoo! Finance...]

Market Watch - AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 2005--Media Excel, Inc., a leading provider of digital video solutions for Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), Digital Home, and Mobile TV, today announced the immediate availability of their SoftStream® HERA 3000 system -- an affordable high quality real-time H.264 system for the telecommunications, digital signage, hospitality and related video over IP markets. [Market Watch...]

BusinessWire - AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 2005--Media Excel, Inc., a leading provider of digital video solutions for Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), Digital Home, and Mobile TV, today announced the immediate availability of their SoftStream(R) HERA 3000 system -- an affordable high quality real-time H.264 system for the telecommunications, digital signage, hospitality and related video over IP markets. [BusinessWire...]

Cisco licenses Media Excel's MPEG-4 technologies.   [more...]