CBS News to Provide Live, Gavel-To-Gavel Video Coverage of the Republican and Democratic National Conventions on the Internet; VDOnet to Supply Sophisticated Technology for This Historic Network First.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 1996--CBS News will provide the first live, gavel-to-gavel video coverage of the Republican and Democratic National Conventions by a network news division on the Internet, it was announced today by Andrew Heyward Andrew Heyward is a former President of CBS News, serving from January of 1996 until early November 2005. He is the son of Dick Heyward. He and his wife, Jody, have three children: David and Emily, both of whom work in New York City, and Sarah, who graduated from Harvard University , president, CBS News CBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. Its current president is Sean McManus who is also head of CBS Sports. Current productions Current television shows
VDOnet Corp.'s VDOLive(TM) will be used for the unprecedented project. "In our efforts to provide comprehensive, state-of-the-art coverage of this year's political campaign to the public, we are delighted to complement our broadcast programming with a growing new medium that has such enormous potential," said Heyward. "VDOnet is the leader in video on the Internet, and we are extremely happy to be working with them on this historic project." "We are very pleased that CBS News, the pioneer in news and information on both radio and television, has adopted VDOLive for covering such important events on the newest mass communications medium -- the Internet," said Asaf Mohr, president and chief executive officer of VDOnet. "This is an important example of how live video on the Net will continue to change the way we communicate around the world. Additionally, as the infrastructure for the Internet improves, our technology will allow the quality of video to improve along with it." "Where we are now with interactive technology is comparable to where television was 40 years ago, although the new technology will develop quicker," said Dean Daniels, director, Interactive News Services, CBS News, who developed the project with VDOnet. "Edward R. Murrow Noun 1. Edward R. Murrow - United States broadcast journalist remembered for his reports from London during World War II (1908-1965) Edward Roscoe Murrow, Murrow seized every platform he could get his hands on for spreading information to the average person, whether it was radio when it was new or television in its infancy. We feel that if Murrow were around today, he'd grab the chance to get on the Web and communicate one-to-one with people." The live video will be included on CBS News' "Campaign '96" Web site (http://www.cbsnews.com/campaign96). The video will appear as a window on the consumer's computer screen. CBS News will also provide convention schedules, speaker profiles and regularly updated campaign news. The Republican National Convention will take place Aug. 12-15 in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , and the Democratic National Convention will take place Aug. 26-29 in Chicago. VDOLive is based on VDOnet's technology which enables virtually anyone on the Internet to view video in real time, a feat not possible before the company's technology was developed. The Internet is a complex web of very narrow and "leaky" pipes and any video running through them must be compressed to a very small size and can easily lose data -- both of which result in loss of quality. VDOnet has solved the problems posed by the Internet through a sophisticated series of technologies that adjust automatically to the available bandwidth and protect the integrity of the video as it is running through the pipe. The CBS News "Campaign '96" Web site was launced on Feb. 12 this year, the same day as the Iowa caucuses, the political season's first major event. CBS News was the first network news division to launch a site on the World Wide Web when "UP TO THE MINUTE," CBS News' overnight broadcast, debuted its site in February 1995 (http://uttm.com). VDOLive, which was launched in October 1995, has been adopted by many Web sites around the world. It is being used for entertainment, information and a variety of business uses of video on the Internet. VDOnet Corp. is a private company based in Palo Alto Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif. In addition to VDOLive for Internet video Video material obtained from the Internet. It may refer to streaming video from real time broadcasts, streaming archival material or downloading video files for watching later, all of which are viewed on the computer. broadcasting, the company also offers the VDOPhone(TM) for Internet video telephony. The company was founded in 1995 and today has offices in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Israel. It has raised $10 million in funding from private sources, Battery Ventures and NYNEX NYNEX New York-New England & X for the Unknown (Telephone Company) NYNEX New York Network Exchange . VDOnet's URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. is http://www.vdo.net. CONTACT: CBS News Sandy Genelius, 212/975-7525 or Roeder-Johnson (for VDOnet) Abigail Johnson Abigail Johnson (born January 7, 1962) is an American financial businesswoman. She runs part of Fidelity Investments under the auspices of her father Edward Johnson. In March 2007, her net worth was estimated at $13 billion - she is at the 42nd position in Forbes , 415/802-1851 abigail@roederj.com |
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