AOL.com is First Major Portal to Deliver DVD Quality Videos

DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 2005--

Trial Begins for "AOL Hi-Q" Video Format, Which Provides Free Video on Demand, Such as Online Movie Trailers, Music Videos, and Video Game Trailers, to Broadband Users

The AOL.com portal is the first to introduce a trial for a new "AOL Hi-Q" high quality video format. The AOL Hi-Q format builds on the AOL.com Web portal's industry-leading video experience (

) and can deliver DVD quality videos, in addition to standard quality streaming video, free to broadband users. Consumers can view AOL Hi-Q video on demand as well as select to have new Hi-Q videos in a particular category of interest, such as online movie trailers, music videos, video game trailers and more entertainment content, pushed to them when they are available.

Using one of the industry's first commercial-grade, peer-to-peer grid distribution networks, developed in partnership with Kontiki, AOL(R) Hi-Q(TM) can deliver DVD quality videos directly to consumers more quickly and efficiently. The peer-to-peer distribution network built by Kontiki features robust security to protect copyrighted content through digital rights management (DRM) and a centrally managed, highly-scalable delivery model that enables AOL to reliably deliver content to consumers. Through the installation of a simple plug-in, a special AOL Hi-Q video player provides a high resolution display with image quality designed for full-screen viewing on PC monitors or televisions capable of showing a PC interface.

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