Simulcast, Video-On-Demand Sessions Expand Lotus Conferences Into Ongoing Virtual Forums.IBM-owned Lotus Development Corp. of Cambridge Cambridge, city, Canada Cambridge (kām`brĭj), city (1991 pop. 92,772), S Ont., Canada, on the Grand River, NW of Hamilton. It was formed in 1973 with the amalgamation of Galt, Hespeler, and Preston, all founded in the early 19th cent. , Mass., will webcast the general session and selected presentations live from its popular Lotusphere 2000 conference taking place January January: see month. 17-20 at Walt Disney World Noun 1. Walt Disney World - a large amusement park established in 1971 to the southwest of Orlando Orlando - a city in central Florida; site of Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. On-demand video of the Lotusphere opening general session will be available free for 24 hours Adv. 1. for 24 hours - without stopping; "she worked around the clock" around the clock, round the clock ; all other live or video-on-demand conference sessions will be available on a subscription basis through May 2. Each event's webcast will combine streaming video A one-way video transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play video clips and video broadcasts. Computers in home networks stream video to digital media hubs connected to a home theater. and audio, presentation materials, expanded biographies of presenters and links to related Web sites. Lotus says the webcast will transform the annual conference into an ongoing virtual forum for sharing leading-edge ideas and product information. Lotus plans to provide more than 280 hours of conference content on a subscription basis. Webcasts of live and video-on-demand sessions will be available in 30-day, 60-day, and 90-day blocks priced at $300, $400 and $450 per Web viewer. Subscriptions are available from the Lotusphere Web site at http://www.registration.lotusphere.com. |
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