February 28, 1997 6:15 PM ET
Startup Geo Interactive to launch streaming multimedia tool
By Maria Seminerio

Startup Geo Interactive Media Group Ltd., of Israel, will launch a streaming multimedia applications suite at the Internet World trade show in March that officials claim offers a 400 percent compression-rate improvement over competing products. Geo's Emblaze technology incorporates real-time interactive features into streaming multimedia applications, company officials said. The applications, engineered specifically for the Internet rather than for running on CD-ROM, also include a Java-based authoring tool called Emblaze Creator. Emblaze has been licensed by several entertainment and news Web sites, with deals to be formally announced at Internet World, according to officials at Geo, in Tel Aviv. The $130 million company, traded on the London Stock Exchange, also develops CD-ROM games and other Java-based multimedia tools for the Internet. Geo can be reached at www.emblaze.com/. Copyright(c) 1997 Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of Ziff-Davis Publishing Company is prohibited. PC Week and the PC Week logo are trademarks of Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. PC Week Online and the PC Week Online logo are trademarks of Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. Send mail to PC Week