Anystream, the leading provider of multiplatform publishing solutions to the media industry, today announced that MLB.com uses its Agility software in an automated live webcasting and on- demand workflow to easily and affordably reach new users through a multitude of global syndication partners.

Anystream Agility is an automated, mission-critical solution that tightly integrates with MLB.com's other production systems to autonomously extract video and make it playout-ready for virtually any platform and consumer device. As a result, Agility helps MLB.com maximize the value of its video content by streaming thousands of hours of live games and distributing thousands of highlights, clips and condensed games direct to consumers and syndication partners.

"With 2,430 games a season, and approximately five hundred possible sub- events per game, Anystream gives us a solution that greatly accelerates our ability to create, transcode and deliver content customized for our subscribers and partners -- tailored in virtually every way imaginable," said Justin Shaffer, vice president and chief architect at MLB.com. "As a result, we can deliver the excitement of every game to fans wherever and whenever they choose and significantly expand our distribution opportunities."

"MLB.com is a world leader in innovative media repurposing and syndication strategies," said Geoff Allen, Anystream chairman and founder. "Anystream Agility helps them maximize the value of their game-day content by efficiently and affordably preparing media for on-demand delivery across virtually any platform or consumer device."

Anystream Agility is an enterprise-class production suite used by the world's largest media companies to streamline internal production and media exchange as well as to rapidly repurpose content for the Web, VOD, mobile IPTV and other emerging content outlets. Agility makes it easy for media companies to gain greater flexibility in the way they monetize their content by enabling them to automatically capture more content, add greater value to that content, and distribute it through virtually any broadcast media. As a result, media companies can increase the revenue-generating lifecycle of their content by continually repurposing it as opportunities arise.

Agility facilitates broadcast digital media workflows by eliminating manual production, conversion and delivery steps. Agility automatically processes media in its broadcast server, editing and streaming formats for exchange between editing systems, play-to-air servers, news production systems, streaming and Web servers.

Agility is also the leading choice for Web and multi-platform publishing. It automates the time-consuming, specialized processes required to repurpose broadcast-quality video for optimal viewing on a variety of IP devices. Agility integrates with existing production systems. It accepts content from live, tape or digital file sources; pre-processes video to adjust color, size and composition for multi-device playback; encodes video into different streaming formats and data rates; and delivers finished files to the Web, mobile, VOD, IPTV and syndication outlets around the globe.