Video-to-the-TV and Music-on-Mobile Drive New Users to Orb
Four million registered users
Watch PC movies on their TV, stream media to phones and remote PCs
EMERYVILLE, CALIF (December 19, 2007) -- Orb Networks (www.orb.com) this week announced it had reached four million registered users, just weeks after reaching the 2 million milestone. The company said that the spike was driven by users consuming music and videos on their streaming media phones, and the exploding trend of streaming home and internet videos from the PC to the TV, taking advantage of home theater and surround sound systems. The growth in user accounts comes from US as well as international geographies.
Orb's media management software enables users to stream anything on their PCs to virtually any other internet-connected device. Based on usage patterns, a huge spike came from streaming video and music collections from a PC to the TV using a game console like the Nintendo Wii or Microsoft Xbox 360. See the CNET review at http://www.cnettv.com/9742-1
"Everyone has their photos and music on their PCs. Now, people are downloading movies as well, but who can stand to watch a movie on a 12-in computer screen?" said Joe Costello, CEO of Orb Networks. "With Orb, you can watch those downloaded movies – or any content from your PC – on your 50-inch TV with the surround-sound system. You can even watch internet videos like YouTube on the TV."
First launched in late 2004, Orb handles the media formatting, network connection, and file type discrepancies that typically make streaming live media difficult. Orb's free software and service make it easy to consume media while you are away and to share it with friends and family.
"With Orb on your PC, you don't need to sync a "player" device, or remember to update your collection before you leave the house, or upload anything to the internet," Costello said. "Anything on your PC is accessible, safely and securely, so it's easy to show grandma little Janey's school video, watch TV on your laptop, or play music on your iPhone."
How Orb Works
Orb is a free media sharing application. Download it to the PC where you have all your media, and then stream any of the media that is on your PC – or anything from the internet – to another computer, mobile phone, or TV via a game console. Download it today at http://www.orb.com/download_orb
About Orb Networks, Inc.
Orb Networks is an award-winning developer of software and services that unlock the digital media stored on personal computers. Orb provides secure, free, instant, and everywhere-access to photos, videos, to TV programs and music, on virtually any Web-enabled device. The company's partners and affiliates include: AOL Winamp, AMD, Creative Labs, Hauppauge, Hutchison, Nokia, Orange and Vodafone. Orb Networks is a privately held company in Emeryville, Calif.
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