On2 Technology Included In Adobe Flash Lite 3 Application

By Daniel | February 19, 2008

On2 Technology Included in Adobe Flash Lite 3 Application

VP6 Enables High-Quality Video Playback on Portable Wi-Fi Devices

TARRYTOWN, N.Y., Feb 19, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ — On2
Technologies, Inc., (ONT), a leader in video compression solutions, today
announced that it has licensed its optimized TrueMotion(R) VP6(TM) video decoder
software to Sony(R) for use in its mylo(TM) communicator “COM-2″ device.

The COM-2 uses On2’s TrueMotion VP6 decoder with Adobe(R) Flash(R) Lite 3
software, and provides access to videos posted on Flash-based web sites. When
connected to a wi-fi hotspot, the mylo communicator can also upload and download
content to and from the Web using the touch screen interface on its 3.5-inch
high-resolution display. By integrating an optimized version of On2’s VP6
decoder, the mylo communicator users have the ability to enjoy web based video
content, while on-the-go.

“We continue to improve the quality of our video solutions for leading handheld
device manufacturers, and the mylo communicator is one of the best examples of
mobile video products on the market today,” said Bill Joll, president and CEO of
On2 Technologies. “Most of the leading user-generated content web sites today use
our Flix Engine product and VP6 compression scheme to create and publish video,
and we see the market trends moving toward mobile video sharing and consumption.”

Flix Engine is a leading server side encoding platform used by a large number of
Web 2.0 websites and leading enterprises for creating and publishing Flash video.

For more information about licensing On2 VP6 for Flash Lite 3, visit
http://www.on2.com or write to sales@on2.com.

About On2

On2 Technologies (ONT) ensures a compelling video experience for any video
application anywhere. From low bit rate to high definition, On2 provides
optimized video compression technology enabling innovative solutions for
application developers, content and service providers, chip vendors, device
manufacturers, digital signage companies and beyond.

Through continual innovation, On2 satisfies the toughest quality, bandwidth, and
power requirements for video. The company’s proprietary (TrueMotion(R) VP6(TM),
VP7(TM)) and standards based (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.263, H.264, VC-1) codecs dominate
the video market, with more than 1 billion deployments on desktops worldwide and
more than 200+ million in mobile; they are also proven in silicon with over 25
semiconductor manufacturers globally.

Established in 1992 and headquartered in Tarrytown, New York, On2 has offices and
partners in Finland, Germany, UK, Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea and India.
Customers include Nokia, Samsung, Freescale, AMS, Atmel, Adobe/Macromedia, AOL,
Sony, Skype, Facebook, VideoEgg, Brightcove, Move Networks and XM Satellite
Radio. For more information please visit http://www.on2.com.

Trademarks mentioned in this release are the property of their respective owners.

SOURCE On2 Technologies, Inc.
http://www.on2.com

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