<s>
CU-SeeMe	B-Protocol
is	O
an	O
Internet	O
videoconferencing	B-Application
client	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CU-SeeMe	B-Protocol
can	O
make	O
point	B-Architecture
to	I-Architecture
point	I-Architecture
video	B-Application
calls	I-Application
without	O
a	O
server	O
or	O
make	O
multi-point	O
calls	O
through	O
server	O
software	O
first	O
called	O
a	O
"	O
reflector	O
"	O
and	O
later	O
called	O
a	O
"	O
conference	O
server	O
"	O
or	O
Multipoint	B-Protocol
Control	I-Protocol
Unit	I-Protocol
(	O
MCU	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
commercial	O
versions	O
of	O
CU-SeeMe	B-Protocol
could	O
also	O
make	O
point-to-point	B-Architecture
or	O
multi-point	O
calls	O
to	O
other	O
vendor	O
's	O
standard	O
H.323	B-Protocol
endpoints	O
and	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CU-SeeMe	B-Protocol
was	O
originally	O
written	O
by	O
Tim	O
Dorcey	O
of	O
the	O
Information	O
Technology	O
department	O
at	O
Cornell	O
University	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
in	O
1992	O
and	O
later	O
for	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
platform	O
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
it	O
was	O
video-only	O
with	O
audio	O
added	O
in	O
1994	O
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
and	O
1995	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
CU-SeeMe	B-Protocol
'	O
s	O
audio	O
came	O
from	O
Maven	O
,	O
an	O
audio-only	O
client	O
developed	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Illinois	O
at	O
Urbana-Champaign	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	O
WXYC	O
utilized	O
CU-SeeMe	B-Protocol
to	O
simulcast	O
its	O
signal	O
to	O
the	O
net	O
and	O
so	O
became	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
first	O
internet	O
radio	O
station	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
20	O
,	O
1995	O
,	O
now	O
defunct	O
London	O
cable	O
channel	O
Channel	O
One	O
used	O
CU-SeeMe	B-Protocol
to	O
simulcast	O
its	O
programme	O
Digital	O
World	O
on	O
the	O
Internet	O
,	O
becoming	O
the	O
first	O
UK	O
television	O
programme	O
to	O
broadcast	O
live	O
on	O
the	O
web	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
programme	O
was	O
frame-grabbed	O
every	O
2	O
frames	O
using	O
a	O
macro	O
written	O
in	O
Windows	B-Application
by	O
duo	O
Thibault	O
&	O
Rav	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Thanksgiving	O
morning	O
in	O
1995	O
,	O
World	O
News	O
Now	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
television	O
program	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
to	O
be	O
broadcast	O
live	O
on	O
the	O
Internet	O
,	O
using	O
a	O
CU-SeeMe	B-Protocol
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CU-SeeMe	B-Protocol
was	O
also	O
used	O
in	O
a	O
taped	O
interview	O
segment	O
in	O
which	O
anchor	O
Kevin	O
Newman	O
and	O
Global	O
Schoolhouse	O
director	O
and	O
founder	O
Dr.	O
Yvonne	O
Marie	O
Andres	O
discussed	O
the	O
future	O
of	O
computers	O
in	O
communication	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
1996	O
,	O
CU-SeeMe	B-Protocol
was	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
ever	O
live	O
internet	O
broadcast	O
of	O
a	O
musical	O
theatre	O
performance	O
with	O
the	O
production	O
of	O
Cowboys	O
in	O
Love	O
:	O
The	O
Hank	O
Plowplucker	O
Story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Internet	O
Phone	O
Connection	O
,	O
written	O
by	O
Cheryl	O
L	O
.	O
Kirk	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
consumer	O
books	O
to	O
feature	O
CU-SeeMe	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
CU-SeeMe	B-Protocol
2.x	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
commercial	O
product	O
in	O
1995	O
through	O
an	O
agreement	O
with	O
Cornell	O
University	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
not	O
directly	O
competing	O
against	O
hardware-assisted	O
video-conferencing	B-Application
companies	O
,	O
it	O
suffered	O
in	O
that	O
the	O
nascent	O
market	O
was	O
expecting	O
hardware	O
quality	O
audio	O
and	O
video	O
when	O
CPUs	O
of	O
that	O
time	O
were	O
n't	O
really	O
ready	O
to	O
support	O
that	O
quality	O
level	O
in	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
wide	O
acceptance	O
of	O
CU-SeeMe	B-Protocol
outside	O
of	O
the	O
hobbyist	O
market	O
was	O
limited	O
by	O
its	O
relatively	O
poor	O
audio/video	O
quality	O
and	O
excessive	O
latency	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
commercial	O
and	O
freeware	O
products	O
were	O
useful	O
to	O
hobbyists	O
,	O
CU-SeeMe	B-Protocol
and	O
its	O
accompanying	O
server	O
product	O
were	O
beginning	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
following	O
in	O
education	O
-	O
with	O
up	O
to	O
40%	O
of	O
commercial	O
sales	O
from	O
educational	O
establishments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
spinoff	O
application	O
called	O
ClassPoint	O
which	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
CU-SeeMe	B-Protocol
and	O
the	O
conference	O
server	O
was	O
released	O
commercially	O
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
United	O
States	O
military	O
was	O
a	O
large	O
customer	O
of	O
the	O
technology	O
,	O
making	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
CU-SeeMe	B-Protocol
Conference	O
Server	O
MCU	O
for	O
many	O
applications	O
,	O
including	O
using	O
the	O
T.120	O
server	O
for	O
Microsoft	O
NetMeeting	O
endpoints	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
White	O
Pine	O
locked	O
out	O
users	O
of	O
version	O
1.0	O
from	O
using	O
its	O
free	O
,	O
public	O
videoconferencing	B-Application
chatrooms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
White	O
Pine	O
Software	O
was	O
briefly	O
renamed	O
CUseeMe	B-Protocol
Networks	O
,	O
then	O
merged	O
with	O
First	O
Virtual	O
Communications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
commercial	O
standalone	O
client	O
was	O
decommissioned	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
independent	O
company	O
used	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
embedded	O
commercial	O
CU-SeeMe	B-Protocol
client	O
renamed	O
"	O
CU	O
"	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
fee-based	O
video	B-Application
chat	I-Application
service	O
called	O
CUworld	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
15	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
Radvision	B-Protocol
Ltd	I-Protocol
.	I-Protocol
acquired	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
substantial	O
assets	O
and	O
intellectual	O
property	O
of	O
First	O
Virtual	O
Communications	O
,	O
including	O
its	O
'	O
Click	O
to	O
Meet	O
 '	O
(	O
formerly	O
CUSeeMe	B-Protocol
)	O
and	O
Conference	O
Server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Radvision	B-Protocol
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Avaya	O
in	O
June	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spirent	O
Communications	O
acquired	O
Radvision	B-Protocol
's	O
Technology	O
Business	O
Unit	O
from	O
Avaya	O
in	O
July	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
descendants	O
of	O
the	O
CU-SeeMe	B-Protocol
technology	O
live	O
on	O
in	O
part	O
in	O
the	O
Radvision	B-Protocol
Scopia	O
product	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
still	O
a	O
small	O
but	O
active	O
community	O
of	O
users	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
CU-SeeMe	B-Protocol
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
there	O
have	O
been	O
no	O
releases	O
of	O
software	O
from	O
the	O
various	O
incarnations	O
of	O
White	O
Pine	O
since	O
roughly	O
2000	O
,	O
freeware	O
alternatives	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
both	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
Macintosh	B-Device
platform	O
.	O
</s>
