Interactive Video Technologies Introduces IVT Studio(TM)


IBM and IVT Work Together to Deploy the First IVT Studio(TM) Pilot Program; Helping Allow IBM Employees to Easily Create, Distribute and Archive Webcasts

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 11 -- Interactive Video Technologies (IVT), the leader in the production, management and distribution of live and on- demand webcasting, announced today the availability of IVT Studio. This new self-service webcasting tool enables users throughout an organization to create, distribute and archive professional webcasts in less than an hour. IBM and IVT are working together to deploy the first IVT Studio pilot program, empowering IBM employees with the ability to easily create and distribute dynamic webcasts to facilitate professional, cost-effective, one-to-many communications.

"We chose to work with IVT on the first IVT Studio pilot program, because we see it as an effective way for us to enable our employees to easily create feature-rich webcasts that are as productive as face-to-face meetings, all at a very low cost with the capability to reuse and widely distribute valuable content," said Albert Miyashita, Director of Workplace Strategy and Enablement, IBM. "At IBM, we are always looking for innovative ways to improve our communications and facilitate greater collaboration between employees and departments. We anticipate that our work with IVT and the use of its product will have a tremendous impact throughout our culture, empowering our executive content creators to produce professional yet cost-effective content for audiences around the world."

IVT Studio easily captures and synchronizes video, audio, PowerPoint, and other rich media, enabling content owners who are not media experts to create professional webcasts quickly, with minimal training. By automating the entire webcasting process, IVT Studio allows users to create webcasts at their desktops and instantly deploy them, all while keeping control of distribution, management and cost.

IVT Studio features and benefits:

o Self Service Webcast Creation - Create professional video-on-demand presentations with common desktop tools, such as PowerPoint, webcam, microphones, etc. with no IT or media department involvement
o Feature Rich Webcasts - Robust index and search functionality along with custom registration pages
o Timely Internal and External Communications - Users are able to quickly address both internal and external audiences, regardless of size, location or availability; presentations are accessible on-demand at the viewer's convenience
o Pre-built Templates - Ensure ease-of-use and professional branding through webcasts
o Automated Publishing and Deployment - Webcasts are available instantaneously for viewing in multiple formats including, Windows Media, RealMedia, MP3 and MP4 Podcast

"IVT Studio is another example of our efforts to meet and exceed the ever-changing communications and training needs of global corporations," said Greg Pulier, founder and CTO, IVT. "IBM's deployment of this self-service webcasting tool demonstrates the need for easy, scalable technology, and their use of IVT Studio validates the technology. IVT is committed to providing new, user-friendly, cost effective solutions that will make interactive, rich media communications a real success."

Availability and Pricing

IVT Studio is currently available. Please contact rshulkin@ivtweb.com for details.

About IBM

With 80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate, IBM is the world's largest information technology company. Over the past 45 years, IBM has extended its business solutions into entertainment and professional sports by combining real-time scoring, digital asset management, virtualization, and autonomic computing technologies with the expertise of the world's largest IT consulting services organization. In 2005, IBM received an Emmy award for technical achievement in broadcasting. For more information on IBM, please visit: http://www.ibm.com/.

About Interactive Video Technologies (http://www.ivtweb.com/)

Interactive Video Technologies (IVT) is the leader in corporate webcasting, providing the most comprehensive and scalable solution for the production, management, distribution and monitoring of live and on-demand webcasts. IVT products enable Global 2000 companies to deliver interactive, online communications to customers, channel partners, investors, sales force and employees. For more information on IVT, please visit www.ivtweb.com

For IVT sales information, please contact
Ron Shulkin,
Director of Sales
(847) 949.4290.

Source: Interactive Video Technologies

CONTACT:
Jorge G Alberni
IBM,
+1-646-234-1617,
alberni@us.ibm.com

Web site: www.ivtweb.com/
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