UK Government Department for Education and Skills Appoints Narrowstep to Its List of Framework Suppliers
December 06 2005 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
LONDON and NEW YORK, Dec. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Narrowstep(TM) Inc. (OTC:NRWS) (BULLETIN BOARD: NRWS) , the TV on
the Internet Company, has recently been successful in the European
tender round for video and multimedia production with duplication
for the Department for Education and Skills (DfES). This has
resulted in Narrowstep being awarded a framework contract along
with other suppliers to provide video with multimedia services to
the DfES and its partners for three years. Narrowstep will be
providing services such as webcasting, film production, live
editing and encoding, web chats, chat forums, and live interviews.
As part of the Department's continual improvement program embracing
new and exciting methods of delivery, the need for high quality
broadcast via a range of methods was built into the tender to
enable formal arrangements for this method of delivery to take
place. Narrowstep has been working with the DfES previously on a
range of different projects which have included: * Creating the
TeacherNet broadband channel
(http://player.narrowstep.tv/default.aspx?player=TeacherNet_new)
which provides a host of topical educational videos including a
range of hotseats (Q&A's) with Ministers and experts such as
Charles Clarke, Ruth Kelly and David Milliband, * A live web chat
with the well known psychiatrist Raj Persaud, * Live web chat from
10 Downing Street with Tony Blair on his Five Year Strategy
(http://player.narrowstep.tv/?player=teachernet), and a * Live
webcast of UK Poet Laureate Andrew Motion unveiling the Poetry
Archive, a new free online resource that will make available
recordings of English language poets reading their own work
(http://player.narrowstep.tv/default.aspx?player=TeacherNet_new).
Narrowstep's Government Business Development Manager Mike Worley
said, "Our existing body of work for the DfES and confirmation as a
preferred supplier proves that Narrowstep's IP-based broadcast
technology is extremely valid in whichever sector it is deployed."
Joanne Meaney, spokesperson for the DfES said, "Narrowstep
responded very positively to the tender and brief, representing
themselves well during live sampling of their services and in the
supporting tender documents. This enabled the Department to
evaluate all suppliers across a level playing field. The Department
and its partners look forward to building a successful relationship
with Narrowstep in this fast-moving and new delivery area to the
Department." At present, Narrowstep does approximately two events
per month, that are filmed live, which are interactive web chats
where the public has direct access via a moderated chat room. In
addition to working with the DfES, Narrowstep has been involved
with other European Governments and recently undertook the Internet
broadcast of the Prime Minister of Holland.
http://player.narrowstep.tv/?player=Innovatienet About
Narrowstep(TM) Inc. Narrowstep(TM) Inc. (OTC:NRWS) (BULLETIN BOARD:
NRWS) provides the most comprehensive technology for managing,
protecting, distributing and commercializing video over the
internet -- a market often called TV on IP. This technology can be
used to make content available on mobile devices, wireless devices,
broadband and broadcast services through the company's unique
platform, the Television Operating System -- TelVOS(TM). Content
can then be monetized using built in advertising, sponsorship,
pay-per-view, subscription and ecommerce tools. Narrowstep
currently powers over seventy TV on IP channels and provides
services to clients in the United Kingdom, the United States, and
various other countries throughout the world, including Germany,
Sweden and the Netherlands. To learn more, visit
http://www.narrowstep.com/. Forward-Looking Statement Certain
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