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Sorenson Media

Sorenson Media was an American software company specializing in video encoding technology. Established in December 1995 as Sorenson Vision, the company developed technology which was licensed and ultimately acquired from Utah State University. The company first announced its codec (compression and decompression tool) at a developer’s preview at Macworld…

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Industry
Computer software
Headquarters
Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Founder
James Lee Sorenson
Key people
Patrick Nola (CEO)
Type
Private

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Technical service for the deaf and Sorenson Communications

Encoding technologies

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Sorenson Media

Nodes53
Edges52
Triples27
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037736
Components1

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Sorenson Media

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related to Sorenson Spark · 13
Sorenson Media → Adobe, Adobe Flash, As Apple, FFmpeg, Flash Player, Flash Video, FLV1 FourCC, Macromedia, Macromedia Flash MX, March, MPEG-4, Sorenson, Sorenson Spark
Area served · 1
Sorenson Media → Worldwide
Founder · 1
Sorenson Media → James Lee Sorenson
Headquarters · 1
Sorenson Media → Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Industry · 1
Sorenson Media → Computer software
Key people · 1
Sorenson Media → Patrick Nola (CEO)
Type · 1
Sorenson Media → Private
Website · 1
Sorenson Media → sorensonmedia.com

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sorenson video codec company version quicktime ffmpeg spark encoding compression deaf software released format technology licensed utah media fourcc use

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Sorenson MediaArea servedWorldwide1.00infobox
Sorenson MediaFounderJames Lee Sorenson1.00infobox
Sorenson MediaHeadquartersSalt Lake City, Utah, U.S.1.00infobox
Sorenson MediaIndustryComputer software1.00infobox
Sorenson MediaKey peoplePatrick Nola (CEO)1.00infobox
Sorenson MediaTypePrivate1.00infobox
Sorenson MediaWebsitesorensonmedia.com1.00infobox
Disneyinstance ofSorenson Media’s video encoding technology was used in Apple's trailer web site and video clips for film studios0.80text
Lucasfilminstance ofSorenson Media’s video encoding technology was used in Apple's trailer web site and video clips for film studios0.80text
MGMinstance ofSorenson Media’s video encoding technology was used in Apple's trailer web site and video clips for film studios0.80text
and Paramountinstance ofSorenson Media’s video encoding technology was used in Apple's trailer web site and video clips for film studios0.80text
as well as Apple's iTunes music videosinstance ofSorenson Media’s video encoding technology was used in Apple's trailer web site and video clips for film studios0.80text

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