Princeton University

The Office of Information Technology (OIT) at Princeton University has deployed Virage software to support a variety of streaming media applications. The OIT is utilizing the new software to put live and pre-recorded content from the University's public lectures, speaking engagements, and sporting events onto the Internet and Intranet for alumni, faculty and students to access on-demand.

In addition to using Virage to automate the recording and Web-based delivery of public lectures and University events, the OIT expects to utilize the Virage software to make classroom lectures available to students for review. The software will also be used to deliver key video content such as film and news clips to students in the classroom. Finally, the OIT will take advantage of the speech-to-text capabilities provided by the Virage software to enable keyword search and playback of specific topics within lectures and events.

On the athletic side, the OIT has been webcasting sporting events, such as football, basketball and hockey games for several years. Starting this Fall, OIT will offer the University's athletic department coaching tools via the Virage software to enable athletes to review and critique their performance from a recent game. Each game is encoded in its entirety and indexed according to game statistics, type of play, and the game clock.

'We have been streaming since 1998, and the demand for our services has increased,' said Dan Oberst from the Office of Information Technology at Princeton University. 'Virage has added many new capabilities to our streaming services to enable us to support a growing number of events and applications without adding staff. With Virage, we have been able to automate the process of making campus events and academic information available to our students, faculty, and alumni.'

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