INSINC Streaming

In January of 2001, technology in Vancouver, like in much of the world, was in a transformative phase. The city was establishing itself as a growing tech hub in Canada. Long before the NHL started streaming, the Vancouver Canucks partnered with INSINC to showcase how streaming technologies could be used to provide fans more in-depth coverage of the team.

Vancouver Canucks unveil streaming service powered by INSINC (2001) HISTORY OF INNOVATION PHASE 2: 2001-2009 Canucks Fans Score Big Online Revamped site gives users access to team January 11, 2001 THE PROVINCEBy Jim Jamieson Download Original Article HISTORY OF INNOVATION PHASE 1: 1996-2000: The Content Years Vancouver Firm Rocks the Net with Vintage Tunes Valley Ra...

Streaming media still seems so new, but many of the things we think are new ... have a history. 26 years ago this month the Globe and Mail's Report on Business Magazine featured an article about a Vancouver Internet broadcaster that "has turned the conventional rules of radio upside down" with programming "so intimate hosts greet listeners by their names"

Radical changes start with small steps.

A little known fact is that two of the early INSINC hosts were also hosts for the notorious Radio Caroline pirate radio station, founded in the mid 1960s off of the coast of the UK. Look it up!

https://insinc.com/experimenting-with-content/1998-sept/

INSINC was a leading streaming media company formed in 1998. In 2009 the company was acquired by TSX based NeuLion. NeuLion was subsequently acquired by Endeavor Streaming.

Just launched is a new historical website at www.insinc.com dedicated to documenting the many innovations and streaming firsts engineered by the INSINC team during the early dot com years.