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TWST: Would you give us a brief historical sketch of the company and a picture
of the things you're doing at the present time?
Mr. Joll: On2 Technologies has been in the digital media business for 12 years.
We are publicly traded on AMEX. We focus on video compression technologies and
solutions thereof. We are strongly positioned in two broad categories with our
current generation technology. One is our VP6 format or compression scheme,
which is the technology empowering the Flash video phenomena today; it is the
technology in Flash video. Then we have a higher compression technology, called
VP7, which was designed specifically for mobile video, VoIP and video
conferencing, security, and a large number of other such applications. This is
the technology currently used by Skype and AOL for their video messaging
applications, and by others for mobile to two-way instant messaging platforms in
various devices. TWST: Which of these is more important to you at this time?
Mr. Joll: They are both important because they both address burgeoning markets
that require our technical capabilities. We are seeing VP6 based Flash video
take off tremendously on the Internet. If you look at what's happening with
social networking sites and user generated content, it is almost entirely driven
in Flash video. That is the video community phenomenon. The other video driven
trend is video communication, for which we developed VP7, with higher
compression and real time capabilities. In two-way video instant messaging, for
example, we have relationships with Skype, AOL, and Tencent QQ Messenger in
China. We provide the video capabilities in all these. The third trend in video
is mobile video. We are in trials with CTTNet in China for China Mobile's
offering in mobile video that uses VP7 technology. So, from a company
perspective, they are both important from a growth and market opportunity
perspective.
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