Piranha Introduces 'Real-Time' Encoding Of Videos at Full Frame Rates
And Dramatically Reduced File Sizes
DALLAS, Aug. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Piranha, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BYTE),
an innovator in data compression solutions, announced today its streaming
media technology, Piranha Stream(TM), featuring real time, full-frame rate
encoding of streaming video files with dramatic file size reductions when
compared to the three streaming video industry leaders -- QuickTime(TM), Real
Video(TM) and Windows Media Player(TM), all while maintaining comparable image
quality. Piranha's introductory streaming video demonstration is available at
http://www.piranha.com/stream_demo.htm .
"For the past several weeks we have announced that Piranha would be
unveiling a revolutionary streaming video technology on August 1st," Edward W.
Sample, Piranha's chief executive officer explains. "I am extremely happy to
present the on-time delivery of this extraordinary product, Piranha
Stream(TM)."
"Piranha's web site demonstration is very simple," states Nate McClintock,
president and chief operating officer of Zideo.com, a wholly-owned subsidiary
of Piranha, Inc., that directs sales and marketing of Piranha products to the
Internet and entertainment industries. "Piranha Stream(TM) took the three
minute and fifty-three second music video entitled, "The Mighty" by Sting,
compressed it in real time to a video file size of only 11.1 megabytes. For
benchmark purposes, we established the following criteria: Real time encoding;
frame rate -- 24 frames per second (film frame rate) or 30 frames per second
(video frame rate); frame sizes 320 pixels x 240 pixels and greater; image
quality, visually comparable quality to industry leaders. Today's
announcement is just the tip of the iceberg."
As an example of the significance of Piranha's real-time encoding
breakthrough the same three minute and fifty-three second music video took 84
minutes to encode using QuickTime(TM) with the Sorenson(TM) video codec.
About Piranha, Inc
Piranha, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: BYTE) a seven-month-old company based
in Dallas, Texas, provides digital data compression technology that enhances
the speed of the Web and maximizes bandwidth and storage for publishing and
e-commerce industries. In June, Piranha, Inc. launched its Piranha Byte(TM)
"lossless" compression technology for the publishing and printing industry.
Piranha Byte(TM) was developed in cooperation with Piranha's Advisory Board
members Time, Inc., Newsweek Magazine, R.R. Donnelley and Sons, Quad Graphics,
Young & Rubicam and Federated Consulting, Inc. and has already been purchased
by such industry giants as McCann-Erickson, DDB Worldwide, and Quebecor, the
world's largest printer.
Piranha solutions increase the speed of Web pages and maximize bandwidth
and storage. Piranha products are available on Linux, Windows and Macintosh
systems. More information is available at http://www.piranha.com .
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statements within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward
looking statements are reasonable, actual results may differ materially from
those anticipated in the forward looking statements as a result of certain
factors including sales levels, retention, competition trends and other market
factors.
CONTACT: Edward W. Sample, CEO of Piranha, Inc., 214-800-2835, e-mail,
edsample@piranhabyte.com, Nate McClintock, nate@zideo.com, or Dennis Wade,
dennis@zideo.com both of Piranha, Inc.- Zideo.com, Inc., 972-739-0370; or
Michael DiLorenzo or David McKee, both of Schwartz Communications, Inc.,
781-684-0770, or piranha@schwartz-pr.com, for Pirahna, Inc.
SOURCE Piranha, Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.piranha.com
CONTACT:
Edward W. Sample, CEO of Piranha, Inc.,
214-800-2835, e-mail, edsample@piranhabyte.com, Nate McClintock,
nate@zideo.com, or Dennis Wade, dennis@zideo.com both of Piranha,
Inc.- Zideo.com, Inc., 972-739-0370; or Michael DiLorenzo or
David McKee, both of Schwartz Communications, Inc., 781-684-0770,
or piranha@schwartz-pr.com, for Pirahna, Inc.
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