iBEAM Broadcasting Announces Newest Technology, Adds ``Talkpoint'' to Product Line-Up; TalkPoint To Become Definitive Do-It-Yourself Webcasting Tool
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 2001--iBEAM Broadcasting(R) Corp. (Nasdaq:IBEM), the leading provider of streaming communications solutions, today announced the full deployment of its newest technology, TalkPoint(TM). TalkPoint technology is a unique, web-based, self-publishing presentation tool that addresses the demands for low-cost easy-to-use, flexible presentation options for the financial and enterprise markets. It is the latest product to join iBEAM's Activecast(TM) family of advanced integrated streaming media applications that allow companies to create innovative communications and save money with interactive webcasts.
TalkPoint, which iBEAM(R) acquired as part of the recently announced agreement with CCBN, (www.ccbn.com), the leading provider of Internet-based shareholder communications services, is a presentation application that enables users to easily broadcast complex media presentations to widely dispersed audiences live or on demand. The product has a proven track record with a significant number of CCBN's large client base, which has grown to rely on the technology for quarterly earnings conference calls, annual shareholder meetings and other investor related events.
TalkPoint holds a unique position in iBEAM's Activecast family since it enables anyone with a minimal level of technical skill to communicate with any size audience, simply, cost-effectively and without geographical limits. Its browser-based technology uses basic, everyday tools such as the telephone, an Internet connection and PowerPoint to create complex presentations that do not require plug-ins or outside production resources.
"Now, anyone, anywhere, inside a corporation can publish integrated presentations without the need for complicated production or MIS resources," said iBEAM chairman, president and CEO Peter Desnoes. "With the addition of TalkPoint to our expansive breadth of streaming services, iBEAM has strengthened its position as the leader of content delivery and continues to be unparalleled in the market place."
TalkPoint presentations are not only easy to create, but they are easily received. Low bandwidth requirements allow audiences with a variety of technical capabilities to view outgoing content with a single phone line and an Internet connection. Viewers can now receive integrated product briefings, sales force training, employee updates, lead generations, and analyst commentaries through a standard Internet browser without firewall restrictions, the requirement of downloads or extra hardware.
Additional TalkPoint options include flexible registration features, the ability to collect detailed viewer information, and comprehensive reporting capabilities. Despite the product's simplicity, technical support will also be available 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
The TalkPoint application expands iBEAM's Activecast product family for interactive webcasting. iBEAM's Activecast interactive webcasting solutions are fully integrated communication platforms that combine streaming audio and video communications with slide presentations and interactive features, in one customizable interface. This interactivity can include live Q&A, audience polling, chat, chapter indexing, and links to related content or e-commerce items. More information about TalkPoint can be found on iBEAM's website at www.ibeam.com.
About iBEAM Broadcasting Corp.
iBEAM Broadcasting(R) Corp. (Nasdaq:IBEM), founded in 1998, is the leading provider of streaming communications solutions. The iBEAM end-to-end solutions for enterprise and media customers include interactive webcasting, streaming advertising insertion, syndication and pay-per-view management, and secure, licensed download and geographical identification applications. iBEAM currently delivers more than 100 million audio and video streams per month across its intelligent distribution network of satellite connected, high-performance servers located in more than 210 networks around the world. More than 460 innovative companies use iBEAM's global services including media leaders, CNBC, MTVi, and LAUNCH.com, and enterprise customers, IBM/Lotus, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Merrill Lynch. iBEAM is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif. Telephone 408/523-1600. For more information visit www.ibeam.com.
iBEAM's Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
The statements contained in this release relating to TalkPoint, iBEAM's relationship with CCBN and the effectiveness of iBEAM's services, including without limitation, Activecast and TalkPoint, and oral statements of iBEAM management about such matters, are forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in any forward-looking statement as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the early stage of iBEAM's operating history and the industry for Internet broadcast services, iBEAM's ability to build its network to the edge of the Internet, iBEAM's ability to manage its expansion and raise additional capital and the complexity of iBEAM's broadcast network, and the desirability of iBEAM's new and existing products and services in the market. For other risks and uncertainties applicable to iBEAM's business, investors are encouraged to refer to iBEAM's most recent Form 10-Q or 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
CONTACT: iBEAM Broadcasting
Anna Caldwell, 408/523-1634
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