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Netbriefings acquires large event production specialists Beacon Hill Productions

One-stop-shop for large event production that includes event staging, video shooting, Web streaming, audience management and more

St. Paul, Minnesota - February 12, 2008 - Netbriefings, a webcasting services provider that specializes in helping businesses communicate with video, has acquired its long-time production partner, Beacon Hill Productions. Together, the companies offer a full array of large-event production services, letting marketers, communicators and event organizers forget about technology and focus on the substance of their events.

An organization that wants to stream video over the Web from a large meeting, conference, gala or other event will likely face a series of hurdles, such as getting good lighting, capturing quality video, properly encoding the video stream, displaying it on the Web, and tracking and reporting viewer statistics. Choosing a single company to provide all of these services can save time and money, and will offer the additional expertise to help avoid common pitfalls in the webcast production process.

When the Parkinson's Disease Foundation put on its 50th Anniversary Educational Symposium in October, the group turned to Netbriefings to stage, shoot and produce the event to its on-site audience as well as webcast the event to its online audience numbering in the thousands. In all, more than 30 sessions from the PDF anniversary event were posted online as individual webcasts.

"The ability to craft a webcast that meets our needs for our meetings enables us to offer exactly what our supporters want," said Elizabeth Pollard, Director of Special Events for the Parkinson's Disease Foundation. "We tell Netbriefings what we're looking for and they make it happen."

More information about the Parkinson Disease Foundation and its event webcast can be found at http://www.pdf.org/50th/webcast.cfm.

Netbriefings' technology experts and production team work hand-in-hand to handle all aspects of event production and video streaming. This includes setup, lighting and shooting video for on-site purposes - such as large-screen display in an auditorium or recording for future use - and encoding for streaming over the Internet. Netbriefings also manages staging design, on-site event direction, presentation equipment setup and operation, and online registrations and audience statistics.

"We offer a full spectrum of services and let you pick and choose exactly what we do for you," said Gary Anderson, CEO of Netbriefings. "This a la carte approach means you get everything you need and get the most bang for your buck."

About Netbriefings
Netbriefings is a leader in large group webcasting. It provides professional-quality webcast services with robust audio/video streaming to audiences in the 100s to 10,000s, designed for town hall meetings, CEO meetings and multi-day conferences. Netbriefings also provides a solution for personal video messaging for enhanced sales, engaging marketing and improved training. The company offers a full spectrum of services for large event, video and audio production. Look to Netbriefings for secure broadcasting, on-demand access of archived content, and repurposing of content into CDs, DVDs, podcasts and other formats. (www.netbriefings.com) (www.ProclaimYourself.com)

Contact Info

Jeanneane Kloss
651-225-1532 x151 office
jkloss@netbriefings.com