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, TrueMotion VP3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8).
| Company type | Subsidiary of Google Inc. |
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| Industry | Video codec technology |
| Founded | 1992, Clifton Park, New York |
| Defunct | June 21, 2010 |
| 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 |
| Products | TrueMotion S, TrueMotion 2, TrueMotion RT 2.0, VP3, VP4, VP5, TrueMotion VP6, TrueMotion VP7 and VP8 |
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In February 2010, On2 Technologies was acquired by Google for an estimated $124.6 million. On2's VP8 technology became the core of Google's WebM video file format.
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