| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : JUNE 28, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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Webcasting Sweeps the Net JUNE, 1998 RealNetworks and America's Health Network prove there's a market for video by drawing 1.4 million viewers to a Webcast of the Internet's first live birth. FEBRUARY, 1999 Thousands of rowdy Netizens swamp computers at Broadcast.com when it tries to host an online fashion show for Victoria's Secret. The event spotlights technical challenges. MAY, 1999 Intervu proves that tiny startups can compete in video. Teaming up with TBS Superstation, Intervu Webcasts two NASCAR races. Partly owned by NBC, Intervu also handles news and film clips for CNN and others. JUNE, 1999 Apple introduces its QuickTime 4.0 video software, which won raves last month in beta tests with Lucasfilm. Thousands of Phantom Menace fans have downloaded QuickTime clips from the film. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
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