Xing to transmit first Internet broadcast of a religious holiday service; broadcast of Passover Seder from Temple Emanu-El in New York will make historic first.ARROYO GRANDE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 1996-- Religious and Internet history will be made on April 3 when Xing Technology Xing Technology was founded in Arroyo Grande, California in 1989 by former networking executive Howard Gordon on the basis of a simple (i.e. slow) JPEG decoding library that he had developed. Corp.'s StreamWorks software transmits the first broadcast of a Passover Seder The Passover Seder (Hebrew: סֵדֶר, seðɛɾ, "order", "arrangement") is a Jewish ritual feast held on the first night of the Jewish holiday of Passover (the 15th day of Hebrew month of Nisan). over the Internet -- the first broadcast of a religious holiday ceremony over the Internet in history. People around the world will be able to follow the Seder and 37 hours of related programming beginning at 4 a.m. EST EST electroshock therapy. EST abbr. electroshock therapy from New York's historic Emanu-El Temple, the largest house of Jewish worship in the world. "We're proud that Xing is taking part in this landmark broadcast," said Howard Gordon, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Xing Technology Corp. "Through the use of Xing's StreamWorks technology, this will become a truly global experience available to people in almost every country on Earth." The StreamWorks broadcast of the Seder and related services will include an audio transmission of the service. Also available on the Web site will be a simultaneous exhibit of illustrated Haggadot from the archive of the Klau library of Hebrew Union College The Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (also known as HUC, HUC-JIR, and The College-Institute) is the oldest Jewish seminary in the New World and the main seminary for training rabbis, cantors, educators and communal workers in Reform Judaism. . The on-line audience will join the rabbis, cantor and children from the religious school, and participate in the Seder as they celebrate Passover, the holiday that retells the ancient story of the Jewish exodus from Egypt. The ceremony can be accessed from Temple Emanu-El's World Wide Web site, http://www.emanuelnyc.org. The temple's Web site was designed by WebSine. Those interested in listening and viewing the broadcast should first visit Xing's Web site at http://www.xingtech.com to download the StreamWorks program, available for free. 0 Temple Emanu-El, a Reform Congregation, is the world's largest Jewish house of worship Noun 1. house of worship - any building where congregations gather for prayer house of God, house of prayer, place of worship bethel - a house of worship (especially one for sailors) . WebSine is the fastest-growing Web design house located in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . WebSine is on the cutting edge of multimedia Internet design with new products in audio, animated graphics and a new location. Xing Technology, based in Arroyo Grande, provides international MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). standards-based, scalable, cross-platform media distribution solutions for live and on-demand audio and video transmission. The company sells its audio and video broadcast compression software worldwide. Xing can be contacted at its World Wide Web site: www.xingtech.com. CONTACT: Xing Technology Corp. Peggy Tayloe, 805/473-0145 or Goldine Eismann Associates Goldine Eismann, 212/799-3061 or Rogers & Cowan Sallie Olmsted/Matthew Mickelson, 310/201-8817/8847 |
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