All, Here's a nice little tid bit:
(PR NEWSWIRE) Boeing Selects DigitalXpress for Satellite Broadcast Services
Boeing Selects DigitalXpress for Satellite Broadcast Services
SEATTLE, June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA) has contracted
DigitalXpress, a direct-broadcast satellite company, to provide services that
will increase the company's employee training and corporate communications
capabilities.
DigitalXpress specializes in high-quality, low-cost satellite-to-desktop
digital video, audio and data information distribution systems for the
business community.
On June 17 and 18, the Boeing Center for Leadership and Learning in Seattle
aired the first of a series of live-broadcast, interactive, management
training workshops. Using DigitalXpress services, the workshops linked nearly
1,000 Boeing managers at 12 sites across the country. This fall, with
DigitalXpress' support, Boeing will begin training more than 20,000 managers
nationwide.
Phil Condit, Boeing chairman and chief executive officer, participated in
the initial workshop.
"As we grow we have to be more creative in how Boeing people around the
world communicate with each other," Condit said. "Our investment in, and use
of, DigitalXpress reflects the value we place on very efficient -- and yet
very effective -- communication and learning methods."
Participating Boeing locations have been fitted with a small, low-cost
antenna and integrated receiver/decoder that ensures a high-quality -- and
secure -- transmission signal. Programming is broadcast in a digital format
from the DigitalXpress operations center in St. Paul, Minn., to a commercial
satellite transponder. The programming then is downlinked to various Boeing
sites for employee viewing.
DigitalXpress was co-founded by Boeing Commercial Space Co., Conus
Communications and Computing Devices International.
/CONTACT: Chick Ramey, 253-657-1380, or Dave Sloan, 253-657-3046, both of
Boeing; or boeing.com; or Tina Plant of DigitalXpress,
612-647-5282, or tplant@digxpr.com/
12:10 EDT
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