TargetVision Contributes to Relief Effort; Donates Proceeds From Television Integration Product to American Red Cross.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 2001 TargetVision(R), a leading provider of workforce communication software and services, announced it will donate proceeds from sales of its new television integration product, Enterprise by TargetVision(R) LiveTV, to the American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross. , in support of the September 11 relief efforts. Enterprise LiveTV broadcasts live television feeds (received via satellite, cable or antenna) along with company news and information across an Enterprise by TargetVision(R) visual communication network. "In light of recent events, we at TargetVision expect that the incorporation of live television into crisis communication plans will continue to be an important customer need and employee expectation," says TargetVision President of Business Development Marty Cournan. "Therefore, we plan to donate 25 percent of the total sale of each Enterprise by TargetVision LiveTV module that is sold between now and January 1 to the American Red Cross." Enterprise by TargetVision LiveTV works with the Hauppauge(R) WinTV video card, a single slot PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). board that allows full motion video to be displayed in a window on a PC screen. The WinTV card can display video from a 125-channel cable ready TV tuner An electronic part of a radio or TV that locks on to a selected carrier frequency (station, channel) and filters out the audio and video signals for amplification and display. , VCR VCR: see videocassette recorder. VCR in full videocassette recorder Electromechanical device that records, stores on a videotape cassette, and plays back on a TV set recorded images and sound. , camcorder, or any other video source. Enterprise LiveTV integrates live video events with company news and information and delivers the content to televisions, plasma displays Also called "gas discharge display," a flat-screen technology that uses tiny cells lined with phosphor that are full of inert ionized gas (typically a mix of xenon and neon). Three cells make up one pixel (one cell has red phosphor, one green, one blue). and desktop PCs. "Because Enterprise by TargetVision LiveTV can display live video and Enterprise messages simultaneously," Cournan continues, "it becomes an invaluable crisis communications Crisis communications are generally considered a sub-specialty of the public relations profession that is designed to protect and defend an individual, company, or organization facing a public challenge to its reputation. tool that not only informs audiences of crisis events, but also educates them about how such global, national or regional news will impact their work." TargetVision(R) is a leading provider of communication software and visual systems for office, manufacturing and call center environments. A privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. headquartered in Rochester, NY, TargetVision has been in the business of developing, selling and supporting its solutions for more than 15 years. Customers use proprietary TargetVision software to create a continuous "slide show" of ongoing performance statistics, company and industry news, training reinforcement and employee recognition and deliver it to strategically placed television monitors, plasma displays and desktop PCs. Today, TargetVision communication systems are in use at 20 percent of the Fortune 500. Customers include AT&T Wireless, WorldCom, GE Capital, Alcoa, Boeing, DuPont Company, and Eli Lilly Eli Lilly can refer to:
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