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BitGravity, Inc.

Conference: DEMO 09
Market Segment: Enterprise Software and Services
Funding Amount: $10,000,001-$25,000,000
Funding Round: Series A
Funding Details: $2.5 million from Allen and Company and private investors. $11.5 million from Tata Communications.
Competitors: Akamai Limelight
Product Description: BG Live HD is the first standards-based, high definition broadcasting solution for the Internet. The product works with Flash players, requiring no plug-ins or downloads. It can broadcast at resolutions up to 1080p at 30 frames per second with four-second delays from the source. BG Live HD takes minutes to setup, is surprisingly affordable and operates with standard, off-the-shelf hardware that has the ability to input native HD as the source.
Market Opportunity: The 2008 content delivery market projection was $800 million, according to Streaming Media.
DEMO Says: Since its introduction at DEMO 08, BitGravity has paved the way for intensive content applications to be delivered globally via the Iinternet. The confluence of its technology, the rapid push to high definition, and the embrace of live video as a communication type create the perfect environment into which BitGravity now releases its high-definition live streaming technology. Itself a key component of things yet to come, this high-definition CDN secures BitGravity's place as a leader in global content delivery.