New York/ Düsseldorf, Germany, February 22, 2009
nacamar GmbH, one of the leading streaming and media hosting providers in Germany, and Kaltura Inc., developer of the first open source online video platform, have joined forces to offer Kaltura’s video management solution to broadcasters, publishers, content providers, multimedia agencies, enterprises and educational institutions in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg. Hosted in nacamar’s Frankfurt-based data center, the Kaltura solution serves as the basis for nacamar’s online video service medianac® 2.0. The combined service will be presented at CeBIT 2010 for the first time.
Uwe Schnepf, Managing Director of nacamar: “The European Market for online media solutions is growing fast. With Kaltura we found the perfect partner to address its needs. The company offers one of the world’s best online video systems as open source. This complements our open system approach, that is, defined interfaces with existing content management systems as well as individual players and front-end design by multimedia partners and agencies. Together with Kaltura, we will be able to offer one of the best and most flexible online video services in Europe.”
At the trade show CeBIT 2010, nacamar will relaunch its online video service medianac® as version 2.0 on the basis of Kaltura’s open source online video platform. medianac® 2.0 offers state-of-the-art content upload, transcoding, metadata management, pIayer and playlist or channel management, ad-integration, detailed usage statistics, community functions, and players which customers can integrate into their websites. In combination with nacamar’s Media Delivery Network, which is one of the largest and most powerful Flash streaming server platforms in Germany and possibly Europe, as well as nacamar’s VMware-based Shared Hosting, the “medianac® powered by Kaltura” solution will form the heart of nacamar’s new strategic market approach in the innovative realm of online media applications.
“We are very happy to team with cutting edge streaming service provider nacamar who hosts some of the most prestigious brands throughout Europe. Kaltura’s on-premise OEM Edition allows ISPs, CDNs, hosting & service providers and global organizations to resell and extend video management solutions to their customers and target markets – all hosted on their own data centers, with full control. Kaltura is the only provider on the market that offers a self-hosted online video platform, as well as an OEM edition of this platform, striking the perfect balance between build versus buy,” said Ron Yekutiel, Kaltura Chairman and CEO. “Kaltura has emerged as the fastest growing online video platform in North America, and now, together with nacamar, we are looking forward to replicating that success in Europe.”
About Kaltura
Kaltura provides the world’s first Open Source Online Video Platform. Over 48,000 web publishers, integrators, and developers use our flexible platform to power advanced video, photo and audio functionalities, including publishing, management, syndication, monetization and analysis, as well as content uploading and remixing. Kaltura’s SaaS platform includes full video services, such as streaming and hosting, ad serving and aggregation of related third party services, as well as maintenance, support, integration and professional services. Kaltura’s platform can also be deployed as a self-hosted solution and is offered as a free Community Edition, and as an Enterprise Edition under a commercial license. Founded in 2006, New York-based Kaltura is also a founding member of the ‘Open Video Alliance’ (www.openvideoalliance.org), a coalition of organizations dedicated to fostering open standards for online video.
For more information: www.kaltura.com and www.kaltura.org.
About nacamar GmbH
nacamar GmbH is one of the leading German providers of innovative services such as live or on demand streaming, podcasting or vodcasting, video-on-demand solutions or shared media hosting, and also offers integration of payment systems and digital rights management (DRM, GeoIP location). Customers include, amongst others, several media and broadcasting companies such as ZDF, 3sat, and SWR. Since 2007, the company is a subsidiary of the ecotel group and can thus serve as a full service provider, offering related internet and data services to customers.
ecotel communication AG, which is listed as Prime Standard at the German Stock Exchange, is one of the first telecommunication companies to offer business customers an integrated combination of language, data and mobile services. The company with headquarters in Düsseldorf and about 200 employees in all subsidiaries serves around 35,000 customers with standardized and individual telecommunication solutions. Its strategy: fixed mobile convergence (FMC), that is, the merging of landline and cell phone services.
nacamar GmbH
Prinzenallee 11
40549 Düsseldorf, Germany
Ingmar Witt
Phone: +49-211 55007 193
Fax: +49-211 55007 5230
Email: ingmar.witt@nacamar.de
www.nacamar.com