A new website was released at www.neokast.com this week! Besides the sleeker design and a lot of reformatting there are some added features and navigation capabilities. Pay us a visit and you’ll find quite a few improvements such as the ability to continue browsing content while watching live streams.

Expect the website to continue to evolve over the coming weeks and months. We have some big designs for delivering the greatest live online broadcast experience on the planet, and as always we gladly welcome your suggestions and feedback at questions@neokast.com.

We are also excited to be fully supporting Firefox users now! In the next week we should have added Safari and Opera support making our Stream Player fully compatible with all of the major web browsers.

The next milestone in our development will be the release of a “lite” Stream Player with no .net requirement and an ultra fast installation time. This is also going to be released next week so be sure to update your current player when prompted. Looking further ahead, we are investing a lot of resources into delivering full Mac support and have made it a top priority of ours. 

Thanks for visiting and please stay tuned for many more developments to come!

CALLING ALL INDEPENDENT FILMAKERS!
Neokast is pleased to announce a partnership with independent film production company, SaraMora Productions.

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The are currently at least 5 to 10 groups hyping their “TV on the Internet — Worldwide” technologies. Some have already released their technology locally, as in the case of Zattoo. There are quite possibly many other teams attempting the same thing behind the scenes. However, none of these companies have come forward with an official worldwide release.

Is there an unspoken race to be the first? The current Internet TV climate and hype gives rise to a popular notion that the first group to do so will provide an unparalleled and lucrative video solution to the world. While the idea of getting real Internet TV out there is a great idea, there is much more to providing such a service than meets the eye. The next generation of Internet Video will require much more than a simple proof-of-concept. The services Neokast will provide go far beyond “let’s try this out and see what happens.”

Does the beginning of 2007 mark the start of an Internet TV “Space Race?” For the older crowd, this quote can be reminiscent of the epic competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. For the younger crowd, it’s similar to the Ansari X-Prize. But what exactly are we racing towards?

Is it true that the first group to put “TV on the Internet, the way it should be” becomes the next “killer app,” the next “it” company that created the next “big thing?” Maybe, maybe not…

The Neokast team is thinking past the concept of “let’s get TV on the Internet as soon as we can, then see what happens,” and are developing the solution to the following problem:

“OK. We finally have TV on the Internet. We’re satisfied with the quality, user interface, and overall speedieness. What do we do with it now? We’re all enjoying the video, albeit passively. It is getting a little boring.”

Neokast will allow any user to live stream their own videos with high quality for no cost.