Vemotion Offers Video

LONDON -- Vemotion, part of BTexact Technologies’ corporate technology incubator Brightstar, today announced its mobile video hosting service at the source O2 developer conference in London. Brightstar takes ideas and patents from BTexact, BT’s advanced research and technology business, and gives the individuals who developed them the chance to create fledgling businesses. Vemotion, an independent company operating Europe's first mobile video hosting service, is utilising patented technology from BTexact to deliver full-colour video services to the latest mobile phones and PDAs. Vemotion’s underpinning technology includes the FastStart capability, which halves video start-up times; Layered Download, which improves quality with each viewing of a clip, and Mobile Aware features to enhance user experience in harsh network conditions. The technology is also the first in the world to meet the emerging H.26L international standard, which doubles video quality for the same data rate as MPEG-4. Ian Cameron, Vemotion’s CEO, said: "We are facing a revolution in the way people use their mobile phones – some analysts say it will be as big as the effect of TV on radio. Video over the internet is a challenge but video over mobile networks is much tougher. No single platform meets every customer's needs, but by combining the best offerings on the market today with patented technology developed by BTexact we offer the best possible service across a range of applications."Brightstar Corp.Vemotion Ltd.