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To Help Australian Companies Sidestep Air Travel Problems and Tightening Budgets. SYDNEY, September 28, 2001 Yahoo! Australia & NZ today announced the availability of a business solution, The Virtual Conference, to help companies communicate with customers, employees and business partners. A new Internet broadcasting package delivered through Yahoo! Australia & NZ’s business communications division, Yahoo! Broadcast Services (http://broadcastinfo.yahoo.com.au), offers alternatives to traditional corporate conferences, sales meetings, and trade shows. With travel and meeting costs rising and the recent Ansett crisis, Yahoo! has developed a solution that can be rapidly deployed, is less costly, and has proven very effective as an alternative to conventional large-scale meetings. "We can provide a great communication solution for hundreds of attendees, that will end up costing significantly less than flights and hotel nights for just ten," said Stephanie Snyder, Broadcast Operations Manager, Yahoo! Australia & NZ. "Recently we’ve worked with Deutsche Bank on an investor roadshow and KPMG for a staff communication solution," she said. "And In light of recent events with flights being cancelled, this kind of sophisticated webcasting is really coming in to its own." The new immediately available package is called: The Virtual Conference. Virtual Conference The Virtual Conference product addresses a variety of meeting needs. Unlike a traditional conference, numerous subject tracks can be made available for live or on demand viewing and can be accessed by hundreds or thousands of individuals at numerous locations around Australia and around the world. The Virtual Conference combines:
* Audio, video, informational slides synched to presentations, and a browser to view other meetings associated with the same conference The basic package starts from about $AUD10,000 with an investment in a high-end conference with all the bells and whistles, up to about $70,000.
About Yahoo! Broadcast Services Yahoo! Broadcast Services is an industry leader in helping organisations more effectively and efficiently engage, communicate and transact with audiences via audio and video Internet broadcasting. The Australian division has been operating for two years. Globally, Yahoo! Broadcast Services conducts thousands of corporate events each year to assist business communications through internal/external product launches, company meetings, on-line training/distance learning and on-line marketing programs. Australian clients have included Austereo, KPMG, Deutsche Bank, MLC, 20th Century Fox (Moulin Rouge) and Rhythm FM.
About Yahoo! Australia & NZ Yahoo! Australia & NZ is one of the most recognised Internet brands in the region. www.yahoo.com.au and the online auction site SOLD.com.au are part of the global network of Yahoo! sites. By working with leading local companies, Yahoo! Australia & NZ provides comprehensive and localised media, commerce and communication services to over four million Australians and New Zealanders each month. For marketers and businesses, the company offers intelligent, innovative and integrated marketing, selling and Internet broadcast solutions for maximum impact. Yahoo! Australia & NZ has offices in Sydney and Melbourne and can be found on the Web at www.yahoo.com.au and www.yahoo.co.nz. About Yahoo! Inc Yahoo! Inc. is a leading global Internet communications, commerce and media company that offers a comprehensive branded network of services to more than 200 million individuals each month worldwide. As the first online navigational guide to the Web, www.yahoo.com is the leading guide in terms of traffic, advertising, household and business user reach. Yahoo! is the No. 1 Internet brand globally and reaches the largest audience worldwide. The company also provides online business and enterprise services designed to enhance the productivity and Web presence of Yahoo!'s clients. These services include Corporate Yahoo!, a popular customised enterprise portal solution; audio and video streaming; store hosting and management; and Web site tools and services. The company's global Web network includes 24 World properties. Yahoo! has offices in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Australia, Canada and the United States, and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif.
Anna Featherstone Yahoo! Australia & NZ For broadcast sales enquiries, please contact: Yahoo! Australia & NZ Broadcast Sales | |||