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Activemovie

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Last Updated May 24, 2021 7:34 am

A multimedia streaming technology developed by Microsoft. ActiveMovie is already built into the Internet Explorer browser will be part of future versions of the Windows operating system. Supporting most multimedia formats, including MPEG, ActiveMovie enables users to view multimedia content distributed over the Internet, an intranet, or CD-ROM.

ActiveMovie’s main competition is the QuickTime standard developed by Apple Computer.