Press Release
Viseon and FOX TV Station See New Use for the VisiFone Broadband Videophone
Viseon, Inc., a developer and provider of broadband personal video communications products, today announced that FOX TV station WJW-TV in Cleveland, Ohio has purchased the VisiFone broadband videophone for use in the station's news reporting.
"The use of the VisiFone could revolutionize how news is sourced and reported. Networks, television stations and programmers will use the VisiFone for remote news event broadcasting such as we witnessed live from the Iraq conflict. Now they can also report instantly from any location that has terrestrial broadband access or via the rapidly growing Wi-Fi wireless networks," said John Harris, Viseon's president and CEO. "Just as we now have viewers calling into television programs on telephones, soon they will be live on video and audio using the patented VisiFone."[an error occurred while processing this directive]About the VisiFone
The VisiFone is a low-cost broadband videophone. It is a self-contained system that does not require a PC or any external equipment. The VisiFone operates on any broadband connection and home or office network including high-speed Internet connections via DSL or cable modem. The VisiFone is H.323 compliant and delivers up to 30 frames per second video and crisp audio quality utilizing 128k to 512k of bandwidth. It is compatible with virtually all corporate video conferencing systems, yet at $599, the VisiFone can be used by the over 20 million broadband connected U.S. homes.
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