Vistacast And Triveni Digital Enable Delivery Of Video Training Keeping Distance Learning Standards

Las Vegas - Vistacast and Triveni Digital are collaborating to use data broadcasting technologies for a video training application. The application addresses the challenge faced by the distance learning industry of how to reach learners on-the-go with rich multimedia digital content. Vistacast's vLearning software product, in combination with Triveni Digital's SkyScraper content distribution system, and various software components including the SkyScraper Library Builder content publishing system, enables the deployment of video training and corporate communication systems to learners untethered to the Internet.

Triveni Digital will market Vistacast's vLearning application as part of the SkyScraper EDU turnkey solution.

"In response to the strong distance learning trend to extend the reach to students on-the-go with video content, Vistacast is committed to support the distance learning industry with products and services that will enable content providers to reach their learners anywhere, anytime and with any digital content." said Jose J. Carrasquillo, president & CEO of Vistacast. "This collaboration between Vistacast and Triveni Digital will facilitate enterprise and education content providers to easily deliver informative rich multimedia content and assessment materials to their learners, retain current learning management systems infrastructure and maintain investment in SCORM standard materials. Vistacast's vLearning software solution ensures security of content and provides the best end user management. vLearning gives great convenience to the learner since it will play the content in several platforms including iPods."

"As colleges and universities move toward a greater multimedia and blended media learning experience for their students, there is a greater need to transport and manage compelling content beyond traditional text-based systems." said Dr. Jacques Dubois from Brevard Community College. "Under the concept of a "Virtual Campus," students and faculty must utilize existing Learning Management Systems (LMS) and web-based services that range all the way from dial-up to high-speed broadband. While these systems will continue to serve the greater learning community, things are changing. Video based content is now a necessity, not a luxury; students want to consume content "anywhere, anytime"; and faculty and administrators look for greater reach meaning serving more students with more material. vLearning and Triveni Digital solutions meet these needs."

"Our collaboration with Vistacast squarely addresses the key flaw in most of today's distance learning systems either the content cannot be delivered conveniently and quickly, or the content is of poor quality due to bandwidth restrictions.," said Mark Simpson, president and CEO of Triveni Digital. "By combining our content distribution technologies with Vistacast's powerful vLearning software within the SkyScraper EDU product suite, we can significantly enhance the distance learning experience. This is an example of Triveni Digital's recently redoubled emphasis on collaboration with premiere application partners to extend our content distribution solutions in key market segments."

While the system works equally well over satellite or "terrestrial datacasting", also known as "data broadcasting", it is a transport technology utilizing available bandwidth from the digital TV (DTV) spectrum from the local broadcaster and can reach students with a digital over-the-air signal within a 50-75 mile radius of the TV tower. Triveni Digital's system is a proven means of content distribution that provides both high bandwidth file transfer as well as streaming media. A key advantage of datacasting is the concept of "one to many" enabling all receiver sites to obtain the data at the same time, and at the same cost. By combining Triveni Digital's SkyScraper datacasting platform with Vistacast's specialized vLearning software package for distributed learning, enterprises and colleges can meet students' learning needs for high quality video, "anywhere, anytime," and all within reach of their local administrator.

SOURCE: Vistacast