Webcasting.com Provides NYS EO3 Webcasting Compliance for:

NYS Department of Housing and Community Renewal
Full Service Video Production, Live and On-Demand Streaming, Closed Captioning, Agenda Indexing.

NYS Racing and Wagering Board
Live and On-Demand Streaming, Closed Captioning, Agenda Indexing.

NYS Board of Elections
Full Service Video Production, Live and On-Demand Streaming, Closed Captioning, Agenda Indexing.

NYS Council on the Arts
Full Service Video Production, Live and On-Demand Streaming, Closed Captioning, Agenda Indexing.

NYS Banking Department
Live and On-Demand Streaming, Closed Captioning, Agenda Indexing.

NYS Office of Children & Family Services
Full Service Video Production, Live and On-Demand Streaming, Closed Captioning, Agenda Indexing.

NYS Workers' Compensation Board
Full Service Video Production with multiple cameras, On-Demand Streaming, Closed Captioning, Agenda Indexing.

New York Power Authority
Live and On-Demand Streaming, Closed Captioning, Agenda Indexing.

NYS Soil and Water Conservation Committee
Full Service Video Production, Live and On-Demand Streaming, Closed Captioning, Agenda Indexing.

NYS Fairgrounds - Industrial Exhibit Authority
Full Service Video Production, Live and On-Demand Streaming, Closed Captioning, Agenda Indexing.

NYS Dormitory Authority
On-Demand Streaming, Closed Captioning.

NYS Horse Breeding Development Fund
Full Service Video Production, On-Demand Streaming, Closed Captioning, Agenda Indexing.

NYS Task Force for Retired Race Horses
Full Service Video Production, On-Demand Streaming, Closed Captioning, Agenda Indexing.

NYS Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities
Full Service Video Production, Live and On-Demand Streaming, Closed Captioning, Agenda Indexing.

Albany Convention Center Authority
Full Service Video Production, Live and On-Demand Streaming, Closed Captioning, Agenda Indexing.

New York State Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation
On-Demand Streaming, Closed Captioning, Agenda Indexing.

IOLA Fund of the State of New York
Full Service Video Production, Live and On-Demand Streaming, Closed Captioning, Agenda Indexing.

Port of Albany
Live and On-Demand Streaming, Closed Captioning, Agenda Indexing.

Development Authority of the North Country
Live and On-Demand Streaming, Closed Captioning, Agenda Indexing.

Empire State Development Corporation
Full Service Video Production with multiple cameras, On-Demand Streaming, Closed Captioning, Agenda Indexing.

Westchester Regional EMS Council
Full Service Video Production, Live and On-Demand Streaming, Closed Captioning, Agenda Indexing.

Hudson Valley Regional EMS Council
On-Demand Streaming, Closed Captioning.

New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
Closed Captioning, encoding.

New York State Office of Mental Health
Full Service Video Production with multiple cameras, On-Demand Streaming, Closed Captioning, Agenda Indexing.

"In Case I haven't said it enough - thanks...You've been exceptional."
Ray Barishansky, Executive Director
Hudson Valley Regional EMS Council

"Mike Pollock did a top notch job from beginning to end... I highly recommend him for anyone considering him to help them in complying with Executive Order #3, and for all of their webcasting needs."
Lenn Savoca Ditman
NYSCA

"We are extremely pleased with Mike Pollock's high-quality webcasting services. He & his staff have been very accommodating, & have provided quick responses to our requests for various tweaks..."
Tom Corrado
Chief Information Officer
New York State CQCAPD

Background

Webcasting.com (Formerly Mike Pollock International, Inc. and ExecutiveOrder3.com), has specialized in both live and on-demand video broadcasting over the Internet for Government clients since 2004. We were one of the first companies to provide webcasting services to State of New York Agencies and Authorities who needed compliance with Governor Spitzer's Executive Order 3 - Promotion of Public Access to Government Decision Making.

Benefits

By outsourcing this project, you are saving yourself a ton of money and time. Our firm has all the equipment necessary. You don't have to buy any hardware or software, including cameras, encoding machines, or servers. You also don't have to spend money or time researching which hardware to buy, training staff on new equipment, maintaining the equipment, or operating the equipment during the meetings. We handle the entire project for you! We are a one-stop-shop that can take care of camera operation, webcasting (live and on-demand), and captioning!

Camera Operation

We use only professional 3-chip digital video cameras to record and broadcast our meetings. Whether you need one-camera or multiple cameras, we can handle it for you!

Real-Time Live Webcasting

One of the reasons why our services are in such demand is because we are one of the only firms who can broadcast meetings LIVE on the Internet! Whether you have five or five hundred people watching, our media servers can handle the load of even the most demanding live broadcasts. Our current government clients prove this every week.

On-Demand Webcasting

While our machines are broadcasting the signal LIVE on the Internet, they are also encoding the video for archiving purposes. You are required to have your meetings available on-demand no later than two business days following the meeting - we meet this requirement and usually have your videos available same or next day.

On-Demand Webcasting - Storage Time Period

You are required to keep your videos for a minimum of four months. We typically store them for 12 months - and we can store them longer than that if you need! You can also keep the files locally or burn them to CD or DVD for archiving or distribution!

User Accommodation

You are required to provide streams that accommodate both dial-up and broadband users. We provide multiple streams that will accommodate your users whether they use dial-up or broadband.

You are also required to provide streams that support multiple software clients including Real Player and Windows Media Player. Our streaming and archive servers can be accessed by either of these two players AND can be accessed by Apple users running Quicktime. We also provide links to the different software clients' websites so users can make sure they have all of the latest software.

Accessibility - Captioning

You are required to provide captioning with your video. We take care of this entire piece as well. Our captioning works with both format (windows media, real) on both streams (broadband, dial-up) in BOTH our live and on-demand streams! To be in compliance with EO3, we post your captioning on the archives within 7 days - usually much sooner!

In addition (yes, there's more!), captioning is user-specified - meaning the user can choose to watch the video with or without the captioning. This keeps you in compliance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.

NYS Backdrop Contract

Our parent company, Mike Pollock International, Inc., received one of the first New York State Backdrop IT Services Contracts for Webcasting in July 2007. This contract assists our clients and helps make procurment very easy. Our contract number is CMT297A.

How it Works

As mentioned, we have all of the equipment and expertise needed. We bring in our own staff during your meetings to run the cameras, webcasting devices, and captioning. If you already have camera, we can get the video feed from you and webcast it out. All of our equipment plugs into one of our routers, so all we need from you is one Ethernet connection to your high-speed network and one IP address. We then "push" the video streams to our media server network which can handle any number of simultaneous viewers.

People will find the links to both the live and on-demand videos on YOUR website. We work completely in the background. Although the links are found on your site, the bandwidth and storage space required for the videos are coming from OUR servers ! There is no extra hardware or bandwidth you need to be worried about!

Webcasting.com EXCLUSIVE Agenda Indexing Service

One of the main reasons why so many NYS Agencies and Authorities use Webcasting.com is because of our Agenda Indexing service.

This is when we post your meeting video on a webpage next to a copy of your agenda. Then, we link each agenda item to the exact moment in the video where that item was talked about.

Most of our clients have 1-4 hour meetings. Agenda indexing is the critical compenent that allows users to jump right to the agenda item they are looking for.

Webcasting.com is the only provider currently offering this service in compliance with Executive Order 3. Here is an example of Webcasting.com's Agenda Indexing.

Webcasting.com's EXCLUSIVE PowerPoint Integration Service

Webcasting.com is also the only provider to offer a PowerPoint Integration service like the one we have. Let's say you have a PowerPoint presentation in your meeting. According to OFT's Best Practices, your video should be encoded at 282kbps. The problem is, your PowerPoint slides will be unreadable at this level if you try to mix them with your video.

What's the solution - don't mix the PowerPoint slides with the video - embed them in their own area NEXT to the video window - then, time each slide to the video. (it sounds like a lot of work - and it is - but we handle all of that!). Here's an example

Fees

We are a one-stop-shop that will handle the entire project for you and get you in compliance with EO3. In fact, we are probably the only one who can do the entire thing for you - and at these prices! I designed these prices so they would not break your budget!

Costs are determined based on the services required. We conveniently break our fees down to an affordable rate for camera operation, streaming, and captioning. Each client has different requirements so we encourage you to give us a call. We'd be happy to provide a free assessment for you.

Contact Us Today and We'll show you how to get into:

Full Compliance with Zero Hassle.

Call 1-914-432-8623