Granger Film Festival Saturday, September 30, 2006

Day 1 of the Innovative Church Conference (ICC) included the Granger Film Festival (GFF). This is where churches from all across the country came to show off there stuff! The GFF was looking for original films created by church volunteers or staff to further their mission, illustrate a point, or promote or highlight an event.

Light Cast Media was selected as the official streaming media provider and we are happy to say the videos are now available to view. Thank you to the ICC folks for letting us be a part of the conference, and we hope to see your videos next year hosted by Light Cast Media.

Check out the "Best in Show" videos, as well as the other 16 final contestants.

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National Community Church launches new site Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Today National Community Church (NCC) launched a brand new web site at www.theaterchurch.com. David Russell and team did a wonderful job integrating mediaSTREAM into the site beautifully.

The Light Cast Media Team welcomes NCC as a customer, and we look forward to them pushing the envelope, and making us even better!

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A journey to the past... Sunday, September 24, 2006

Many great things have happened in the past few months at Light Cast Media that we wanted to share with you. Since we did not blog at the time, I figured we would just lump the top 5 into this post.

1) We deployed our multi-node content distribution network. In simple terms, we added four new data centers overnight. Our content distribution network now includes 2 nodes in Dallas, Atlanta, New York, Australia, and Amsterdam.

2) Added some great new reporting features in the "basic" reporting section. Now you can sort by multiple options, view stream requests, and see where your videos are being viewed by country, and more granular.

3) Deployed "Live" active stream reporting. With Active Stream Reporting you can view all your videos being streamed throughout the world. It shows you what server it is streaming from, what location it is being streamed to, where the viewer started in the video, where they are currently in the video, as well as how long they have been watching.

4) Intelligent video display. Let me remind you that Light Cast Media's desires to make your life simpler when it comes to streaming media. A simple way we do that is by you not having to think! Intelligent video display simply delivers the best video possible to your viewers based on their connection speed. In other words, if you have 1 video, with 5 different quality settings we will serve up the best quality possible every-time without you doing a thing! Streaming made simple.

5) Flash8/vp6 support. mediaSTREAM fully supports new newest Flash codec.

We are so excited about some of the upcoming releases. Currently the Light Cast Media development team has a full plate of upgrades, new features, etc. Stay tuned into this blog to learn more.

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Advanced Reporting Image Friday, September 22, 2006

Hey, have you noticed that the Advanced Reporting page is missing an image? I bet you have, we receive a lot of emails about it.

So why is it missing? Simple, we need your input as a customer. To many times software companies built out functionality that they "think" customers want. Not here brotha, we build out tools and technology that you need! Take a moment and tell us what is important to you in your advanced reports and we will build it to your liking! That is just the kind of company that we strive to be.

Jump over to the Contact Us page and dream away.

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Light Cast Media goes live! Thursday, September 21, 2006

Today, Thursday September 21st Light Cast Media officially launched as a company. Many great customers have been with us for the last 6 months using the system in “alpha” mode helping us build out our tool sets, offering great recommendations, and allowing us to create an tailored solution.

The future of Light Cast Media is very bright. By offering the highest quality video available we are confident that you will love our product offering and great prices. Take a moment to visit www.lightcastmedia.com to learn all about our mediaSTREAM offerings. Also, take a moment and let us know what your needs are as well. We are committed to offering the best solutions and the best technology, and we lean on our customers to drive us in those areas. Visit our Contact Us page and give us your thoughts and ideas.

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