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BROADCASTING LAUNCHES SUITE OF WEBCASTING PRODUCTS TO CATER FOR RANGE
OF CORPORATE REQUIREMENTS
London, November 15th, VIRTUE Broadcasting Ltd, Europe's leading
Internet broadcaster, today launched a suite of internet broadcasting
products designed to meet the varied communication requirements
of modern corporate business.
An experienced provider of streaming facilities to names such as
Morse, British American and Siebel Systems, VIRTUE Broadcasting
enables the delivery of real-time information directly to corporate
audiences and extends the reach of sales messages over the Internet
to more customers and prospects.
VIRTUE Broadcasting's President Corporate, Giles English believes
the core benefits of streaming are the savings in time and money
in terms of audience travel and the rapid deployment of company
messages and information.
"Streaming in any capacity immediately saves a company a substantial
amount of money just in terms of travel, time and accommodation
expenses. Many of our large customers are using the FIRSTAudio product
to quickly disseminate vital information across a number of locations
safe in the knowledge the message won't suffer misinterpretation
at the hands of line managers."
Webcasting has significantly changed the way large organisations
choose to communicate with employee's, clients and investors. With
reducing costs, increasing the speed and ease at which critical
information is disseminated being a key strategic goal, streaming
via the Internet has is becoming the preferred choice for a wide
range of companies"
VIRTUE Broadcasting's individual product range follows:
FIRSTAudio - VIRTUE'S entry-level product is a fully managed and
distributed service for the streaming of an audio presentation.
The product provides the synchronisation of PowerPoint and audio
presentations and facilitates speaker context indexing which enables
viewers to jump to any desired point in the presentation.
FIRSTView - VIRTUE'S video product makes possible on-demand internet
broadcasting to replicate the offline presentation environment.
Like FIRSTAudio, FIRSTView enables context indexing for viewer navigation
and a fully designed and hosted viewing page.
FIRSTForum- VIRTUE'S fully interactive web chat solution, which
combines the broadcast environment with a moderated Q&A facility
that enables viewers to post questions to the speaker who can respond
in real time.
FIRSTi-conference - VIRTUE'S premier webcasting conference solution
which offers all the benefits of FIRSTForum as well as viewer registration,
synchronised slide presentations, speaker indexing, online voting
and detailed audience reporting providing key viewer information
such as the location and identity of Q&A participants.
FIRSTDesk Show - VIRTUE'S latest innovation combines the power
and functionality of FIRSTAudio in a desktop software application.
FIRSTDesk Show enables non-technical users to create and publish
comprehensive streaming presentations from their own PC, thereby
reducing the cost and production time dramatically. Desk Show is
ideal for all forms of internal and external communications.
VIRTUE Broadcasting's service extends to all elements of delivery
to both internal and external audiences as such they employ server
scheduling and intranet management to prevent disruptions to IT
infrastructure.
About VIRTUE Broadcasting
VIRTUE Broadcasting is Europe's most experienced and advanced broadband
streaming provider for both Media and Corporate Communication solutions,
including rights management and content syndication, ad-insertion,
digitisation, and live and on-demand interactive production. Established
in 1998, the Company's head office is in London with subsidiaries
in Canada, Australia and Mexico. More than 200 customers use VIRTUE
Broadcasting including the EMI Group, Granada Media and News International.
Past entertainment broadcasts include Madonna from The Brixton Academy
in London; and Paul McCartney at The Cavern in Liverpool.
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