YNOT – Red Apple Media, a San Diego-based provider of managed hosting services, will release version 3 of its Media Commander software on Friday during the annual Phoenix Forum gathering.

Media Commander is a fully managed, secure media-streaming and -download system. The product allows customers to upload videos, generate secure code and then integrate the videos into their existing content-management systems to provide true streaming and downloads on all media-capable devices, including mobiles. Supported formats include Windows Media, Flash and MP4.

“I’m excited to release our Media Commander v3 after a full year of feedback and testing from our clients,” said Steven Daris of Red Apple Media. “Security, reporting and ease of use were our main missions in this release.

“We have extended security to protect the streaming and download URLs, added impressive reporting with live stats and re-designed our admin interface to upload and post video in less than 30 seconds,” he added. “Media Commander does all the work for you … and does it securely.”

According to Daris, the process is as easy as 1-2-3: Users upload a video, generate the secure code with the click of a button and then paste the code into their site’s HTML or integrate it into an existing CMS. Media Commander provides a comprehensive reporting system to track downloads, measure bandwidth consumption and analyze logs, all in real-time.

“The web community is focused on HTML5 video, but [the web is] still a few years away from a format that supports all browsers and devices,” Daris said. “A large number of sites still use [Flash video], and last year when Adobe announced they were killing Flash as we know it, people started to move to MP4 with H.264. Over the past three months, we have seen some browsers pull support for H.264 in HTML5 because the license for commercial use of H.264 is still unclear. The only current technology supported by all browsers and iOS devices like the iPhone and iPad is [Windows Media video] using Silverlight.”

Instead of developing a system that works with only one format, Red Apple Media decided to support for all three formats. The company remains one of the few hosting companies to offer Silverlight streaming along with .flv and .mp4, Daris said. Red Apple also is working with content defender Porn Guardian to integrate watermarking and reporting processes in Media Commander to make the product even more full-featured in future releases.

Red Apple Media is a division of dotCOM host and has provided niche hosting for more than 12 years.

For more information, visit RedAppleMedia.com.