iPoint-media, which provides live user content delivery platforms for web, mobile and TV, has revealed that BBC Arabic Service has selected its goliveTV moderated user-generated content (UGC) and news solution. BBC Arabic will use goliveTV to implement new types of viewer participation TV shows based on live and recorded user content.
BBC Arabic will use goliveTV to offer its viewers the means to take part in shows using broadband video technology. BBC Arabic viewers will be able to call into a TV show from their 3G mobile phone or Internet webcam and either record a video blog that can be aired at a later time, or ask to participate in a live TV broadcast. Advanced moderation capabilities included with goliveTV will give BBC Arabic producers the ability to screen all recorded video as well as interview all live callers before allowing the content to be aired.
The coming BBC Arabic TV channel will be a true multi-media operation that will span content across television, radio and BBC interactive services says Jerry Timmins, Head of Africa and Middle East Region for BBC World Service. The UGC and news solutions of iPoint-media made them the right choice for BBC Arabic.
iPoint-medias says its goliveTV revolutionises the use of UGC in live TV broadcast, enabling broadcasters and media companies to implement new interactive formats that help increase revenues, ratings, and branding opportunities, beyond existing solutions. Comprehensive management facilities ensure broadcasters retain full control and moderation of all live and recorded content, a mandatory requirement for the airing of user content in live TV broadcasts. goliveTV supports live and recorded video content from both 3G mobile phones and Internet webcams.