ATLANTA, Aug. 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- PGi (NYSE: PGI), the world's largest dedicated provider of collaboration software and services, today announced that IT World Canada (ITWC) chose iMeetLive to host engaging, self-service webinars, helping the award-winning media and content marketing company reduce software costs by 25% and nearly triple revenue from its company-sponsored webinar program.

iMeetLive makes it easy to create professional quality webcasts and webinars for up to 10,000 people. The secure, cloud-based iMeetLive webcasting platform provides marketing and corporate communications teams with self-service and fully managed webinars for lead generation, town halls and other events. iMeetLive's robust feature set includes on-demand recording and replay, social media integration, audience interaction, event analytics and more.

"Sponsored webinars are integral to ITWC's thought leadership and demand generation programs—a key source of revenue for our business. Using the self-service dashboard, iMeetLive makes it so easy for us to plan, launch and host webcasts," said Donna Butts, ITWC general manager of events. "We've nearly tripled the number of sponsored webinars we host each year, which helps us not only drive growth within our business, but also deliver more qualified leads to our clients. With the 25% cost savings and PGi's amazing support team, we could not be happier with making the decision to switch to iMeetLive."

In addition to webcasting, PGi's expanding iMeet portfolio of unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) products includes all-in-one web, video and audio conferencing and an award-winning smart calendar app. PGi recently announced the integration of iMeet into all popular video room systems and endpoints, extending the utility of an organization's video investments to any desktop or smart mobile device. In the coming months, iMeet will release several new innovations in online team workspaces, project management and sales acceleration.

To learn more about how iMeetLive can help your business grow and save money, visit pgi.com/imeetlive or contact a PGi representative at 866-755-4878.

Sign up for ITWC's "CanadianCIO Executive Roundtable: Hybrid Cloud 'Secrets to Success'" iMeetLive webcast here: http://www.itworldcanada.com/events/canadiancio-executive-roundtable-hybrid-cloud-secrets-to-success.

ITWC is a privately owned digital media and content marketing services company. Building on over three decades of solid relationships with Canada's technology decision-makers through award-winning excellence in journalism, ITWC delivers incisive, relevant information to executive and managerial audiences. It also provides leading, integrated marketing content strategies to clients, including over 200 global Fortune™ 1,000 companies. To learn more, visit itworldcanada.com.

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About Premiere Global Services, Inc. │ PGi
PGi is the world's largest dedicated provider of collaboration software and services. We created iMeet®, an expanding portfolio of purpose-built applications designed to meet the daily collaboration and communications needs of business professionals, with solutions for web, video and audio conferencing, smart calendar management, webcasting, project management and sales acceleration. PGi's award-winning unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) solutions help nearly 50,000 businesses grow faster and operate more efficiently. To learn more, visit us at pgi.com.

Statements made in this press release, other than those concerning historical information, should be considered forward-looking and subject to various risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control. Such forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are made based on management's current expectations or beliefs as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management. A variety of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in PGi's forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the following factors: competitive pressures, including pricing pressures; technological changes and the development of alternatives to our services; market acceptance of PGi's UC&C SaaS solutions, including our iMeet® and GlobalMeet® solutions; our ability to attract, retain and expand the products and services we provide to existing customers; our ability to establish and maintain strategic reseller and distribution relationships; risks associated with global economic or market conditions; price increases from our telecommunications service providers; service interruptions and network downtime, including undetected errors or defects in our software; technological obsolescence and our ability to upgrade our equipment or increase our network capacity; concerns regarding the security and privacy of our customers' confidential information; future write-downs of goodwill or other intangible assets; greater than anticipated tax and regulatory liabilities; restructuring and cost reduction initiatives and the market reaction thereto; our level of indebtedness; risks associated with acquisitions and divestitures; indemnification claims from the sale of our PGiSend business; our ability to protect our intellectual property rights, including possible adverse results of litigation or infringement claims; regulatory or legislative changes, including further government regulations applicable to traditional telecommunications service providers and data privacy; risks associated with international operations and market expansion, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; and other factors described from time to time in our press releases, reports and other filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to the "Risk Factors" section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014. All forward-looking statements attributable to us or a person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise these forward looking statements for any reason.

Media Contact:
Blakely Thomas-Aguilar
404-262-8429
blakely.thomas-aguilar@pgi.com

PGi has been a global leader in collaboration and virtual meetings for over 20 years. PGi's cloud-based solutions deliver multi-point, real-time virtual collaboration using video, voice, mobile, web streaming and file sharing technologies.

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