Milestones
- November 2008
ResearchChannel Surpasses 35 Million Subscribers
- More than 35 million households now subscribe to ResearchChannel, including at least 14.6 million on cable, 13.8 million on satellite and 7 million through cable video on demand.
- Early 2008
ResearchChannel Expands Podcasting through Researchchannel.org, iTunes U, YouTube
- ResearchChannel is among the first nonprofit organizations to join iTunes U in January 2008 by offering its programming through the dedicated area of the iTunes U Store. In February 2008, ResearchChannel begins offering programming through its own YouTube channel. In March 2008, ResearchChannel introduces audio (MP3) and video (MPEG-4) downloadable podcast files for all programs created in January 2007 and thereafter.
- November 2007
ResearchChannel Surpasses 30 Million Subscribers
- More than 30.5 million households now subscribe to ResearchChannel, including at least 13.2 million on cable, 13.6 million on satellite and 3.7 million through video-on-demand television.
- Ocotober 2007
National Science Foundation Partners with ResearchChannel
- NSF joins forces with ResearchChannel to develop programs with science themes for national and international distribution via cable, Internet and other media.
- December 2006
Matching Funds Production Program Launches
- ResearchChannel awards funds for five video proposals in the first-ever Matching Funds Production Program, encouraging the creation of programs that further the public awareness of research.
- August 2006
ResearchChannel Programming Becomes Available to Charter’s VOD Customers
- ResearchChannel’s diverse range of programming is made available to all of Charter Communications’ video-on-demand digital customers.
- January 2006
Open Source Development
- ResearchChannel makes its iHDTV™ and DigitalWell™
technologies open source.
- November 2005
High-Definition Videoconferencing, Video-Editing Demonstrated at SC05
- At SC05, ResearchChannel and partners demonstrate a global, low-latency videoconference using uncompressed high-definition video. ResearchChannel and partners also used DigitalWell™ to demonstrate live, interactive video-editing session produced in real time using uncompressed HD.
- September 2005
First-Ever Live HD Images from Seafloor
to Land Available as IP-Based Feed
- For the first time, live high-definition images of active thermal
vents on the ocean floor are made available as an IP-based feed.
Feeds like this one are essential to transforming science, research
and learning.
November 2004
First HD Videoconference Across
IP Networks- At SC04, attendees interact with colleagues in Seattle and
Canberra, Australia, in the first-ever high-definition videoconference
across IP networks.
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- July 2004
First Transmission of Full Bandwidth
HD Video Between Computers
- ResearchChannel demonstrates the first successful transmission
of full bandwidth high-definition 1080i video between two desktop
computers using high-speed networking technology at the Asia Pacific
Advanced Network conference. Three HD video clips are streamed
at a sustained data rate of 1.5 Gbps.
January 2001
iHDTV™ Conference Welcomes
Technology Leaders- At a conference sponsored by ResearchChannel, the University
of Washington and Pacific Northwest Gigapop, technology leaders
meet to discuss the future of the University of Washington’s
iHDTV project, which explores using network, video and server
technologies to distribute extremely high-quality video over Internet
links.
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- October 2000
KEXP Launches Live Uncompressed
Audio to Worldwide Audience
- KEXP 90.3 joins ResearchChannel and Pacific Northwest Gigapop
to provide listeners with a live, uncompressed audio stream of
KEXP programming. The resulting transmission exceeds FM broadcast
quality, so listeners worldwide can experience high-fidelity,
stereo audio.
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- April 2000
First Live HDTV Over Internet Newscast
- At the National Association of Broadcasters convention, ResearchChannel’s
iHDTV™ technology successfully makes high-definition Internet
newscast available to viewers in Seattle.
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- November 1999
Network Sets Record Speed
- ResearchChannel and other technology industry leaders collaborate
at the 1999 Supercomputing conference to set a speed record of
2.4 Gbps of packet-over-SONET-based standard Internet capacity.
Representatives from Microsoft, the National Computational Science
Alliance, the University of Washington and Sony demonstrate two
working, real-time gigabit applications in coordinated SC99 exhibits.
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- October 1999
First-Ever Streaming of High-Definition
Television over the Internet
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ResearchChannel teams with Sony Electronics’ Broadcast and
Professional Company to demonstrate the first streaming of high-definition
television over the Internet with a connection speed of 270 Mbps.
The demonstration relies on iHDTV™, software code developed
by engineers at the University of Washington in collaboration with ResearchChannel.
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- November 1996
ResearchChannel Formed
- Founded in 1996 by a consortium of leading research universities,
institutions and corporate research centers, the primary goal
of ResearchChannel is to expose scientific communities and the
general public to the latest research activities from around the
world. [About ResearchChannel]
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