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Skystorm Launches Website Redesign

Welcome to the freshly redesigned Skystorm website for 2009. Our goal with our new website is to provide visitors to our site with a state-of-the-art online video experience. The reason we feel this is important is prospective clients are able to view our work online in its entirety without having to come in to our studios. At their convenience, they can view our work in full-screen and high-definition and decide if Skystorm is a good fit for them.

With this goal in mind the Skystorm crew went to work and literally spent hundreds of hours in the studio rigorously testing every available video format and encoding software configuration until the highest quality files were unanimously agreed upon.

The next challenge was to find a content delivery network capable of streaming H.264 high-definition video in 2 seconds or less. After extensive testing, EdgeCast Networks came out on top as a clear winner. Our web developers worked closely with their technical team and a senior software engineer at Adobe to push the limits of the Flash Media Server and EdgeCast delivery network to its maximum to achieve a near instant-on experience.

Our development team programmed the video player to auto-detect the user's bandwidth and deliver the appropriate video stream. While most video players offer a choice of high or low bandwidth our player chooses from one of 9 video streams to ensure a superior and incredibly smooth playback experience. The viewer can seek forward without having to wait saving time and keeping the viewer engaged.

One of the major benefits of the investment we have made in our new website is that we are now able to offer all our clients this truly state-of-the-art online video player experience to enhance their websites where it makes sense as part of our full-service approach to working with them. This is especially valuable as the Internet is widely recognized as one of the most important distribution channels available.