Vignette Corporation (NASDAQ: VIGN), the company that the world’s
leading brands rely on for innovative and dynamic Web experiences,
announced today that its customer Broadcast
Interactive Media, the leading provider of locally-focused
advertising and content solutions for television, radio and newspaper
Web sites, will present on how to use video to increase revenue and Web
site traffic at Digital
Asset Management New York 2009. The session is scheduled for
Tuesday, June 2 at 10:30 a.m. ET.
Timur
Yarnall, co-founder and CEO of Broadcast Interactive Media, will
focus on the power of user generated video. The company, which hosts
more than 150 media Web sites in 120 markets, has created a truly
collaborative and profitable online experience with the launch of
YouNews™. YouNews™ allows citizen journalists to upload, share and tag
videos for display on local television Web sites. Yarnall will discuss
how media companies have successfully used this Web 2.0 element to build
revenue and traffic and how video and Web 2.0 content is being captured,
searched and used.
Broadcast Interactive Media’s online video experience is powered by Vignette
Video Services. Vignette Video provides customers like BIM with
comprehensive transcoding capabilities, a customizable player with
patented features like Vtags and a visual texture strip and advanced
video metrics.
DAM NY, which begins on June 1, offers the latest thinking and
developments in strategy, procurement, implementation best practices and
improving operations – all from the user’s perspective. Speakers for the
conference include thought leaders from companies with proven success in
digital asset management, including Fox News & Business, Frost &
Sullivan and Open Text.
About Broadcast Interactive Media
Based in Madison, WI, Broadcast Interactive Media (www.broadcast-interactive.com)
is the leading provider of locally-focused advertising and content
solutions for more than 160 television, radio, and newspaper websites.
Offerings include a comprehensive suite of revenue-generating programs
and national sales support, advertising and content network operations,
video streaming, and technology development. Exclusive products
encompass a user generated content (UGC) portal, YouNews™, a rapidly
expanding catalog of local sales verticals such as Healthy Living
and Home Experts, as well as a proprietary video services
product, BIMVID™. Customers include groups such as NBC LIM, Fisher
Communications, Journal Broadcast Group, Meredith Broadcasting, Schurz
Communications, and Granite Broadcasting.