[1] The goal of the project is to create a service for routers akin to SHOUTcast, aiming to help the data be handled better, to allow for more efficient handling of more users, and to enable much faster channel changing.
AOL Radio has since moved to a non-streaming "beamcast" approach to music listening as of late Summer 2008.
Michael Wise is on the ISMA Board of Directors,[2][3] and is reported as being actively involved in AOL’s streaming technology planning.
In an effort to drive interoperability and lower distribution costs, he and his team are now working to standardize key parts of Ultravox, AOL’s own streaming technology platform.
Ultravox is implemented in servers and in the firmware of certain routers to provide efficient, scalable delivery to hundreds of thousands of customers simultaneously.