Christian Media Ministry Cost-Effectively Delivers Unlimited Video-on-Demand to Millions With Wowza Media Server(TM)

Christian Media Ministry Cost-Effectively Delivers Unlimited Video-on-Demand to Millions With Wowza Media Server(TM)

White Horse Media(TM) Sees a World of Business and Ministry Opportunities with Wowza Media Server

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Wowza Media Systems today announced that White Horse Media, a Christian media ministry, has chosen Wowza Media Server(TM) Pro for its Flash(R) streaming needs. Wowza Media Server, a high-performance alternative to Adobe(R) Flash(R) Media Server that enables dramatic improvements in Flash streaming economics, is used on the organization's website to deliver video-on-demand to millions of users around the clock.

"With Wowza Media Server Pro, we're saving money while providing more resources to our customers," said Aaron Roberson, Webmaster for White Horse Media. "Wowza provides a crystal-clear picture and streams very well. The best thing is that it runs flawlessly on our Linux servers without crashing like some of the other systems we've tried."

Offering More Content to More Users 24/7

With Wowza Media Server, White Horse Media can also simultaneously record all of the live events it produces, extending its reach and allowing more users to view a seminar or service after the event has concluded.

"Wowza Media Server has given us the control over Flash streaming that we require for our business objectives," said Roberson. "It allows us to cost-effectively provide our customers with additional resources that we wouldn't otherwise be able to make available. And it's accessible to 98% of people browsing the Internet because it makes use of Flash."

Roberson also appreciates the fact that Wowza Media Server is an industrial strength solution. "Wowza Media Server doesn't require a lot of server resources, and that's crucial," he said. "It runs smoothly without consuming a lot of memory or processors so it's not degrading anything else. The fact that it's built on top of Java opens it up for extending it so that the sky truly is the limit. We can do just about anything with Wowza -- that's good for our business, both now and in the future."

Rock Solid Experience

White Horse Media is happy with its decision to go with Wowza Media Systems for its Flash needs. Roberson is impressed with the support he's received from Wowza. "I got emails from Wowza employees on weekends, and I've received many calls at home to make sure things were running smoothly for us. That's not always the case with vendors."

Things have indeed been running smoothly since Wowza Media Server was deployed. "While I appreciate the responsiveness of Wowza representatives, I've yet to need their help on anything since we went live," said Roberson. "I haven't had any reason to contact them for anything because it's just been working."

About White Horse Media

White Horse Media, a Christian media ministry based in Fresno, California, is directed by author, television host, and national seminar speaker Steve Wohlberg. The organization produces printed materials, radio and television broadcasts for its audience, which consists of millions of potential listeners and viewers. Its video productions can currently be viewed on two major TV networks (Three Angels Broadcasting Network or 3ABN, and FaithTV, the largest channel on the Sky Angel Network) and its audio programs can be listened to on radio stations across the country. These resources are also streamed on-demand on the White Horse Media web site, http://www.whitehorsemedia.com/.

About the Wowza Media Server

The Wowza Media Server combines an innovative server architecture with rich functionality and high performance to enable interactive and entertaining Flash applications and content, including video on demand, live video distribution, video recoding and chat for a broad range of uses in entertainment, social media, advertising, enterprise, education, government, and Internet commerce.

About Wowza Media Systems Wowza Media Systems, a software company located in San Jose, CA, is a developer of interactive streaming media server software. Please visit Wowza Media Systems at http://www.wowzamedia.com/.

Wowza and related marks are trademarks of Wowza Media Systems. Adobe and Flash are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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CONTACT: Lori Lux of Lux Communications, +1-408-244-1880,
lori@luxpr.com, for Wowza Media Systems

Web site:

http://www.wowzamedia.com/
http://www.whitehorsemedia.com/

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