VANCOUVER, B.C., April 30, 2001 (PRIMEZONE) -- ViaVid Broadcasting, Inc. (OTCBB:VVDB), a leading provider of financial webcasts, today announced that it has created an advisory board to assist in the development of its corporate communications products and services. ViaVid Broadcasting is very pleased to welcome to this advisory board Mr. Alan Siegel who has been selected for his professional expertise in corporate communications.
Alan Siegel, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Siegelgale
Alan Siegel's broad experience in communications, language, design, and marketing reflects the creative range of the company he founded in 1969. Siegelgale has grown into the largest independent branding and new-media consulting firm in the world, and has developed integrated marketing communications programs for leading multinational corporations, not-for-profit organizations, and prestigious colleges and universities. Its wide-ranging areas of expertise and capabilities include corporate and brand identity; brand architecture; web development; e-business strategy; naming; advertising; market research; and training.
Siegelgale has helped clients such as the American Stock Exchange; Bank One; Carnegie Mellon University; Kodak; Bristol-Myers Squibb; Marriott International; Girl Scouts of the USA; Bayer Corporation; Medtronic; Scholastic; T. Rowe Price; Caterpillar; EuroTel; American Funds; CB Richard Ellis; Reciprocal; Dow, and Lycos achieve their business objectives by defining, differentiating, and dramatizing the unique value of their brands.
Alan pioneered the development of plain English for complex legal documents for business and government in the 1970s and is considered one of the country's leading authorities on business communications. He served for six years as president of the Advisory Council for the College of Architecture, Art and Planning at Cornell University. He was an adjunct associate professor of law at Fordham University Law School for seven years, where he developed an innovative legal drafting course, "Writing Contracts in Plain English." He also served as an adjunct associate professor at Carnegie Mellon University, where he taught, conducted research, and was a co-director of the Communications Design Center.
A graduate of Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Alan also attended New York University Law School, the School of Visual Arts, and Alexei Brodovich's Design Laboratory. Currently, Alan serves on the boards of the Center for Communication, the Nathaniel Wharton Foundation at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, the European Chamber of Commerce in the United States, the Museum of Modern Art Photography Committee, the International Center of Photography, The Authors Guild Foundation, Inc., the American Craft Museum, and DirectAdvice.com.
Alan speaks frequently at conferences around the world and is the author of an extensive series of personal guides for The Wall Street Journal, including the bestseller, The Wall Street Journal Guide to Money and Markets, as well as Writing Contracts in Plain English and Simplified Consumer Credit Forms. Alan is also the author of One Man's Eye: Photographs from the Alan Siegel Collection, which was published by Harry N. Abrams in October 2000, and highlights his impressive photography collection.
We welcome Mr. Alan Siegel to the Advisory Board and look forward to his input as a seasoned professional.
About ViaVid Broadcasting Inc.
ViaVid Broadcasting Inc. is a leading edge company specializing in streaming media technology over the Internet. The company has developed a state-of-the-art Digital Video Production/Broadcast Facility that is capable of being live to the Internet 24 hours per day. In addition, the Company has proven expertise in on-site production from numerous remote locations. As a pioneer in the streaming media industry, ViaVid has hands on expertise with all aspects of the technology from construction and maintenance of broadcast networks and servers, to encoding and compression, to post-production/live production services. ViaVid has established numerous strategic partnerships in the industry including; Bestcalls.com, a leading Internet conference call portal, PrimeZone Media Network, an Investor Relations website management and newswire service firm, Excite Canada, IBM, and Microsoft's WindowsMedia.com.
ViaVid's content development expertise and streaming audio/video technology will provide their clients, partners and sponsors enhanced coverage and technological capabilities at a fraction of the cost of implementing their own streaming media strategy.
For more information regarding ViaVid Broadcasting, Inc. please visit www.viavid.com or contact:
Paul Watkins ViaVid Broadcasting Inc. 3955 Graveley Street, Burnaby, BC V5C 3T4 Tel: 604-669-0047 Fax: 604-669-0205 Toll-Free: 1-888-562-0262
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