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On2 Technologies

On2 Technologies, formerly known as The Duck Corporation, was a small publicly traded company (on the American Stock Exchange), founded in New York City in 1992 and headquartered in Clifton Park, New York, that designed video codec technology. It created a series of video codecs called TrueMotion (including TrueMotion S, TrueMotion 2, TrueMotion RT 2.0…

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Founded
1992 (1992), Clifton Park, New York
Industry
Video codec technology
Defunct
June 21, 2010 (2010-06-21)
Fate
Acquired by Google
Key people
J. Allen Kosowsky, Chairman Matthew C. Frost, COO Tim Reusing, GC James Bankoski, Senior VP Paul Wilkins, Senior VP Wayne Boomer, Senior VP Yaowu Xu, Senior VP
Parent
Google

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related to history · 42
On2 Technologies → After Ameres, After Miller's, Ameres, Bill Joll, CEO, CEO's, Colonie, CTO, CTO Eric Ameres, Daniel, Doug McIntyre, Duck, Duck Corporation, EMPAC, Eric Ameres, Experimental Media, FMV, In, Jim Bankoski, Matt Frost
related to Acquisition by Google · 15
On2 Technologies → After, August, February, Flix DirectShow SDK, Flix Engine, Flix Exporter, Flix Live, Flix PowerPlayers, Flix Pro, Flix Publisher, Flix Standard, Google, January, On, The On2
related to External links · 15
On2 Technologies → Archived, Archived October, Codec, June, MultimediaWiki, On2 TechnologiesHorizons Technology, On2 VP7 Website, Retrieved October, Robert CurrierHorizons Technology, September, TrueMotion VP7 White PaperSpecification, TrueMotion-S, Wayback MachineDuck TrueMotion, Wayback MachineHorizon Technology's TrueMotion-S, Windows
related to TrueMotion VP7 · 8
On2 Technologies → DirectShow, It, July, March, MPEG-4 AVC, The, VC-1, VFW
Defunct · 1
On2 Technologies → June 21, 2010 (2010-06-21)
Fate · 1
On2 Technologies → Acquired by Google
Founded · 1
On2 Technologies → 1992 (1992), Clifton Park, New York
Industry · 1
On2 Technologies → Video codec technology
Key people · 1
On2 Technologies → J. Allen Kosowsky, Chairman Matthew C. Frost, COO Tim Reusing, GC James Bankoski, Senior VP Paul Wilkins, Senior VP Wayne Boomer, Senior VP Yaowu Xu, Senior VP
Parent · 1
On2 Technologies → Google

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On2 TechnologiesDefunctJune 21, 2010 (2010-06-21)1.00infobox
On2 TechnologiesFateAcquired by Google1.00infobox
On2 TechnologiesFounded1992 (1992), Clifton Park, New York1.00infobox
On2 TechnologiesIndustryVideo codec technology1.00infobox
On2 TechnologiesKey peopleJ. Allen Kosowsky, Chairman Matthew C. Frost, COO Tim Reusing, GC James Bankoski, Senior VP Paul Wilkins, Senior VP Wayne Boomer, Senior VP Yaowu Xu, Senior VP1.00infobox
On2 TechnologiesParentGoogle1.00infobox
On2 TechnologiesProductsTrueMotion S, TrueMotion 2, TrueMotion RT 2.0, VP3, VP4, VP5, TrueMotion VP6, TrueMotion VP7 and VP81.00infobox
On2 TechnologiesTypeSubsidiary of Google Inc.1.00infobox
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the Sega game box.In 1996instance ofTrueMotion-S was originally developed by the Duck Corp. for applications0.80text
the main competitors for TrueMotion S software codec were Cinepakinstance ofTrueMotion-S was originally developed by the Duck Corp. for applications0.80text
Indeo in games for first-generation CD-ROM based game consoles.TrueMotion RTTheinstance ofTrueMotion-S was originally developed by the Duck Corp. for applications0.80text

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