19 May 2008 14:36
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Immediate Release: Monday 19 May 2008
iPoint-media plc
('iPoint-media' or the 'Company')
iPoint-media enablesΒ newΒ video dating servicesΒ overΒ 3GΒ mobile
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Vitrage GOvideoDatingΒ promises mass calling opportunity for mobileΒ operators and content providersΒ
iPoint-media (LSE:IPNT), a provider of live, interactive video applications and delivery platformsΒ forΒ web,Β 3GΒ mobile and media, announces the release of VitrageΒ GOvideoDatingΒ ('GOvideoDating'),Β aΒ newΒ interactiveΒ videoΒ dating delivery platformΒ designed for use withΒ 3GΒ mobile phones.Β GOvideoDating enables existing dating services, mobile operators and service providers to quickly and easily deployΒ videoΒ dating servicesΒ on anyΒ 3G networkΒ and benefitΒ from new revenue opportunitiesΒ derivedΒ from 3G videoΒ calls.Β
GOvideoDating offersΒ usersΒ a newΒ interactive video dating experience, enabling anyone with a 3GΒ video enabled mobile phone (UMTS, HSPDA, HSUPDA)Β to search for and interact with otherΒ video daters. A wide range of functionality enriches the dating experience, including the ability to create personal profiles and recorded video greetings;Β basic and advanced search options;Β sending,Β receiving and viewingΒ recorded video messages;Β as well as the ability to engage in live video-chats with otherΒ logged in members, without revealing their mobile number.Β
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Joseph Daniel,Β Vice President ofΒ Sales and MarketingΒ atΒ iPoint-media commented:
'Dating sites are designed to help people find potential partners. The ability toΒ see, hear andΒ interact live with others, along withΒ the flexibilityΒ of doing this at any timeΒ usingΒ aΒ 3GΒ mobile phone,Β will improveΒ theΒ experienceΒ of finding the rightΒ partner.Β GOvideoDatingΒ empowers dating providersΒ to elevate virtualΒ datingΒ to this new levelΒ while offering newΒ sources of revenueΒ resultingΒ fromΒ the generatedΒ 3GΒ videoΒ calling traffic.Β We believe thatΒ premiumΒ voice andΒ webΒ datingΒ providers can easily deploy GOvideoDatingΒ toΒ generate newΒ revenues.'
iPoint-media is currently deploying the firstΒ GOvideoDatingΒ solutionΒ with a leadingΒ UKΒ voice-basedΒ social networkΒ service provider.Β The Company hopes to announceΒ additionalΒ EuropeanΒ 3G videoΒ datingΒ services later in the year.
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