Nevada City, Calif., August 12, 2008 - Telestream today announced comprehensive encode and decode support for Flash 7, 8 and 9 video formats as a standard feature in its flagship FlipFactory® transcoding workflow automation applications and powerful Episode® batch encoding applications. Telestream is one of the first companies in the industry to include On2 VP6® Flash decoding and encoding as a standard feature in its products.

"We are pleased to be partnering with Telestream to put our superior-quality VP6 technology in the hands of all new Telestream Episode and FlipFactory customers," said Eero Kaikkonen, Chief Marketing Officer of On2 Technologies. "Delivering very high quality over lower data rates, On2 VP6 based Flash Video is much less compute intensive to encode and playback than H.264, and is not subject to burdensome content royalties, enabling Telestream's customers to cost effectively serve more compelling video."

"Telestream has lead the industry by providing media professionals with the broadest format support available and enabling them to automate their workflows in more ways," announced Barbara DeHart, VP of Marketing at Telestream. "We extend that support by adding On2's VP6 codec for Flash as a standard feature in our transcoding products. Industry experts have recognized the quality of our Flash 8 encoding, and Telestream is pleased to be able to offer that quality at an even greater value to our customers."

In the 2008 Encoder Shootout published in the Feb 2008 issue of Streaming Media magazine, author Jan Ozer reported, "In terms of encoding quality, [Telestream's Episode] Flash 8 results were the best, with files that were visually identical to On2's Flix Pro, the gold standard."

Belgium's IT.Enquirer reviewer Erik Vlietinck states that "the quality of your Flash videos will dramatically improve" with Telestream's Flash 8 encoding.

Telestream Episode desktop products with Flash now start at $495. The company's Episode and FlipFactory server-based trancoding products with Flash now start at $2,950. Episode desktop products are available at www.flip4mac.com. FlipFactory and Episode server products are available from Telestream's worldwide network of direct sales and resale channels. More information is available at www.telestream.net.

Labels: Episode, Flash, Flip4Mac, Telestream

Episode Series Version 5.0 is the latest update for Episode and Episode Pro media encoding software applications. This is a free update which adds new features, formats and enhancements in response to your feedback and evolving market needs.

Episode and Episode Pro are powerful desktop media encoding applications for the Mac. They offer the highest quality and fastest desktop encoding for content repurposing and distribution for Web, DVD, mobile phones and portable devices. Includes extensive format support, presets and filters, batch processing of 25 jobs, Compressor plug-in and Dashboard Widget, plus advanced professional formats in the Episode Pro version: MXF, GXF, H.264, High Profile DVCPRO HD, surround sound 5.7, 7.1 and more, with unlimited batch processing.

Episode 5.0 Highlights include:

• Encode to new Flash 8 VP6s, Flash 9 (H.264) and Blu-ray (MPEG-2) formats for content authoring and repurposing
• Import and export support for ProRes HQ (with corresponding QT component installed)
• Log and capture video from tape or live sources with Telestream's Pipeline network video capture device (available with Pipeline v1.2 in May)
• Support for Flip4Mac MXF plug-ins in Episode and Episode Pro enables browsing and importing of content from Grass Valley K2, Profile and 360 Systems servers, plus Sony XDCAM, Ikegami Editcam and Grass Valley Infinity disk-based cameras
• High-quality NTSC/PAL video standards conversion, plus other new video and audio filters

Labels: Episode, Telestream

Free update for existing customers

Enhancing our industry-leading desktop encoding applications for the Mac... to bring you greater speed, quality & ease of use.

Episode 4.4 features include:

• Improved H.264, WMV & VC-1 encoding - faster and higher quality
• Ability to encode Real Media files on Intel-based Macs
• Alpha Channel support in Flash 8
• Cable Labs compatible MPEG-2 transport stream encoding
• Flexible tape ingest from SDI to DV, IMX & MPEG with our new Pipeline network encoder

Here's how to get Episode 4.4:

Purchase Episode 4.4 now

Existing customers:
Get your FREE update to Episode 4.4 and release notes:

• Open Episode, go to "Preferences" and select "Update".
• Click on "Check Now" and the latest version of Episode/Episode Pro will be downloaded to your computer. (If your Mac is not connected to the internet, go to a computer that is and download the latest version of Episode from www.flip4mac.com/episode_download.htm)

Labels: Episode, Telestream

The South Florida Final Cut Pro Users Group will have its next meeting on Thursday Sept. 27th. Our featured speaker is Kevin Loudon of Telestream, and he will demo Episode Pro, Flip4Mac and Pipeline.

Details and RSVP link are on the user group site. The group meets on the last Thursday of the month.

Labels: Final Cut Pro, Telestream, User Group