Streaming Products The antfarm has also developed a range of streaming products that can be utilised for different application depending on the requirements. Some of these products we offer as a complete service but in partnership with other industry leaders. Corporate Results Broadcast Services With over three years of experience and development behind us, antfarm's broadcast interfaces provide maximum functionality and ease of use to the end user, providing the vehicle for reliable delivery of focused corporate communication. The Ant team provides an end-to-end point of origination broadcast service that pushes high quality streams out to a global audience, within a customized frameset. Each interface is branded specifically to a client's requirements, and appears uniformly within the client's web site. Additional value adds, such as registration databases, surveys, feedback forms, chat interfaces, live stock tickers, and many more, are available on demand. Synchronized delivery of rich media, or event driven information flow processes, can quickly be integrated to ensure your audience enjoys an enhanced online media experience. Intranet Streaming Server The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) have for the last few years been pushing the main ISP's around the world to adopt the Multicast set of protocols as a way to reduce the bandwidth required for multimedia on the Internet. Multicast and its associated protocols is a one to many broadcast system that keeps IP traffic to minimum on the ISP's network, irrespective of the number of users connected. Multicast is however limited to live and scheduled broadcasts only, and does not work in the media-on-demand environment. The antfarm have worked on multicast systems, and can offer both server and router configuration and optimatisation skills to implement a Multicast system in both the Internet and Intranet arenas. Custom Encoding Systems In some instances the streaming requirement is unique in its application. The antfarm can develop customised systems in order to facilitate these applications. Our consulting services will advise customers as to what is feasible or not in order to prevent unnecessary expenditure of scarce resources. Antfarm's Secure CD Streaming System (SCS) The antfarm's Secure CD Streaming System is designed to work as an extension to our existing Internet streaming services. A user acquires a CD that contains all the relevant streaming data, along with a valid username and password. When the user inserts the CD into their PC, the CD will run automatically and connect to the antfarm's license key server to take the user through the license acquisition process. The user's username and password are validated and the antfarm's license key server delivers the license to the user's PC. The video content is encrypted with very high encryption rates and cannot be viewed without a valid key. If a user does not have a login name and password, the license key server will provide one depending on the criteria requested by the client. It can be free, free if information is entered on a form or paid for by credit card. Acquisition Payment Gateway (APG) The Antfarm also has a license Acquisition Payment Gateway (APG) as part of our advanced rights management services. The licenses issued can also vary from a 'play once' license, a 'play N times' license or time based where the license expires after a specified time period. As this system is based on our Internet streaming services, we can retain all the web site integration functionality that is available with our online services. The CD will start a browser on the client's machine, interrogate their system to see if they have the latest Windows Media Player, and install as necessary. The stream is integrated with the web site to dynamically change the content as the stream plays. The graphics and layout of the website will be professionally designed the license key server will be hosted by our global ISP partner to ensure the highest availability.