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Municipal Webcasting

iSi Global Webcasting has been providing live webcasting and media hosting services to corporate and government clients. Municipalities such as Ottawa, the Region of Halton and Saskatoon are using our webcasting services to capture council meetings, media releases and other events and make them available to view on the web

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School Board Webcasting

Providing live webcasting and media hosting services to corporate and government clients.  School boards such as Upper Canada District, Lester B. Person and English Montreal are using ISI webcasting services to capture school board meetings, media releases, etc and make them available to view on the web

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Streaming Sports Network

iSi Global Webcasting is a proud supporter of Canadian Athletes. We provide streaming services to Universities, Colleges and High School throughout Canada to webcast their games live.

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LATEST NEWS

iSi Global Webcasting is pleased to announce that we recently have been selected to provide ongoing webcasting services for The Cities of Saskatoon, Thunder Bay and Milton as well as the Legislative Assemblies of Ontario and Prince Edward Island. To these organizations, we thank you for the trust you have put in us to deliver high quality and reliable webcasts.

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About iSi Global Webcasting

Image descriptionAt iSi Global it is our goal to be the premier provider of live webcasting services. We specialize in providing you with all of your requirements to professionally capture and broadcast in streaming video and audio your event over the Internet. Live webcasting is the new way for a small or large audience to view your event from the comfort of their computer.

iSi is one of the most experienced live webcasting companies in the world. From the Governor General of Canada, Nuclear Safety Commission hearings, a message from Canada's astronaut from the space shuttle, radio, university classes and sports, municipal council and school board meetings, and corporate announcements and AGM's, we have broadcast a wide spectrum of events, many on short timelines. We specialize in bringing all production equipment onsite and will work with your staging company. Interpretation, multiple formats, multiple bitrates, high definition, and videoconference feeds are all in our capabilities. iSi can integrate within your exisiting A/V infrastructure and/or provide you with needed equipment.

iSi is a privately held Canadian corporation and carries all E&O Insurances required by the Government of Canada.

our clients

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    NUCLEAR SAFETY COMMISSION
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    CITY OF OTTAWA
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    INDUSTRY CANADA
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    UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
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    ENGLISH MONTREAL SCHOOLBOARD
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    ASSEMBLY OF FIRST NATIONS
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    UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA
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    CMHC
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    City of Thunderbay
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    UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA
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    CITY OF SASKATOON
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    IDRC
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    Upper canada distric school board
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    PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CAnada
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    MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY
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    TOWN OF MILTON
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    legislative assembly of ontario
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    Bank of Canada
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SOLUTIONS

WHAT WE OFFER

MUNICIPAL WEBCASTING

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For the past 14 years, iSi Global Webcasting has been providing live webcasting and media hosting services to corporate and government clients. Municipalities such as Ottawa, the Region of Halton and Saskatoon are using our webcasting services to capture council meetings, media releases and other events and make them available to view on the web. Webcasting offers a transparency to constituents, further bridging the gap between residents and their municipal government. and iSi provides an inexpensive and easy to implement means of bringing your municipality closer via web-based interaction.

Important considerations: Why webcasting works for municipalities
This generation is web savvy, and has an expectation for online access to:

  • Council and Committee Meetings
  • Media Releases
  • Health and safety messages
  • Budget Meetings
  • Election Coverage
  • Instruction on using government programs
  • Instruction on using online or text based forms
  • Contextual messages, explaining policy in both official languages
    The public can review publicly available content live or at their convenience as all webcasts are archived
  • Council may not be currently broadcast and if so, not all the residents will have access to cable television
  • Attending Council sessions is not always convenient, especially in rural communities
  • Flash media is ubiquitous (same video type as YouTube)
  • The connection made by audio and video is unparalleled

MUNICIPAL PACKAGE OFFERINGS - $7500/year
*Incentives for multi-year contracts

Includes:

  • The ability (hardware/software) to easily capture and stream Live from council chambers
  • Archived material is hosted by ISI and available on your website
  • Unlimited number of viewers for live and archived material
  • Access to metrics of your live and archived viewership (#of viewers, etc.)

 

School board WEBCASTING

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For the past 14 years, iSi Global Webcasting has been providing live webcasting and media hosting services to corporate and government clients.  School boards such as Upper Canada District, Lester B. Person and English Montreal lare using ISI webcasting services to capture school board meetings, media releases, etc and make them available to view on the web. Webcasting offers a transparency to the community, further bridging the gap between residents and their educational system and ISI provides an inexpensive and easy to implement means of bringing your community closer via web-based interaction.

Important considerations: Why webcasting works for municipalities
This generation is web savvy, and has an expectation for online access to:

  • Council and Committee Meetings
  • Media Releases
  • Health and safety messages
  • Budget Meetings
  • Election Coverage
  • Instruction on using government programs
  • Instruction on using online or text based forms
  • Contextual messages, explaining policy in both official languages
    The public can review publicly available content live or at their convenience as all webcasts are archived
  • Council may not be currently broadcast and if so, not all the residents will have access to cable television
  • Attending Council sessions is not always convenient, especially in rural communities
  • Flash media is ubiquitous (same video type as YouTube)
  • The connection made by audio and video is unparalleled

SCHOOL BOARD PACKAGE OFFERINGS - $7500/year
*Incentives for multi-year contracts

Includes:

  • The ability (hardware/software) to easily capture and stream Live from council chambers
  • Archived material is hosted by ISI and available on your website
  • Unlimited number of viewers for live and archived material
  • Access to metrics of your live and archived viewership (#of viewers, etc.)

 

DIY Webcasting

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iSi Global is pleased to introduce DIY Webcasting at its best with the “Feedbox – a fully supported plug n’ play media encoder giving you the ability to easily webcast with very little lead time.  You simply run your audio and video sources into the “Feedbox” and use the online resources to initiate a webcast.  Internet upload of 1 Mb/s required, 1 language per Feedbox)

Includes:  “iSi Feedbox” with training and technical support


  • H.264 Flash media
  • Audio Inputs (RCA)
  • Video Inputs (S-Video, RCA)

After the initial hardware investment – you’ll have the tools and resources to become a webcaster of your own.  Ideal for Staging and A/V companies, iSi’s “Feedbox” will create an entirely new revenue stream – a value add to your existing suite of offerings. 

HOSTING AND ON DEMAND VIDEO

Your content is valuable, and we treat it as such. All of your content is backed up on completely redundant servers, in physically separate locations - meaning anything short of international disaster will not stop your media from being delivered. Physical security at these locations range from retinal scanners to armed security officers, and the IP security is just as stringent. Whether for internal or public review, your content will be available live or at the viewers convenience as all webcasts are archived (Video on Demand)

Our backbone consists of connections to:

Time WarnerMzima Peer1
CogentMCITORIX
AboveNetVerioGlobal Crossing
Global CrossingWilliamsAllstream
OttixSavvisTeleglobe
Level 3XOBell
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Staging

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iSi Global Webcasting is pleased to now offer a full technical turnkey solution for your event needs. From concept to watching an archive of your event online a month after it happens; iSi Global Webcasting has the solution.

The point of your event is to get your message across to your audience so that your message has the most impact. You want people to remember what you have to say. Getting your message to the masses through the Internet has always been iSi Global's focus - now we can help you get your message across through audio-visual support services and event staging - to the equally important attendees at the event itself. Look at it this way - one point of contact for all your event's technical needs.

With our latest expansion including the hiring of our Manager of Production, who brings over 25 years experience in the audio-visual and event staging industry; we now have the ability to find the best audio visual and event staging solutions to your event needs. From a simple Power Point slide presentation with a small sound system right up to multi-venued full-blown event technical services - iSi Global has the experience, integrity and focus to exceed your expectations from start to finish.

We can work with you to select your venue so you have the right environment for your attendees. We can work out logistics and 3D floor plans so that everyone from the venue team, your planning team and iSi Global are all working from the same page. Organization is key in event planning so hiring experienced personnel really matters to the success of your event. Quality equipment and technical services matters and iSi Global "right tools for the right jobs" from load-in to load out. With thousands of events under our belts you can be certain that putting your trust in iSi Global  - will be placing your trust wisely.

Also, with our established network of webcasting partners across Canada, you needn't limit your event audio-visual and staging to just Ottawa - iSi Global Webcasting has the contacts to service these AV and event staging needs from Vancouver to Halifax. We only partner with like-minded service providers so you are assured success in all your locations.

Video Conferencing

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iSi Global is pleased to offer on-site and mobile videoconferencing solutions to meet your needs.  Videoconferencing uses telecommunications of audio and video to bring people at different sites together for a meeting. This can be as simple as a conversation between two people in private offices (point-to-point) or involve several sites (multi-point) with more than one person in large rooms at different sites. Besides the audio and visual transmission of meeting activities, videoconferencing can be used to share documents, computer-displayed information, and whiteboards.

iSi Global's videoconferencing solutions are best suited for:

  • Meetings
  • Interviews
  • Presentations
  • Education
  • Training
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STUDIO RENTAL

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iSi Global Webcasting has a full production studio on-site and available for rent just minutes from downtown Ottawa. Ideal for smaller groups of 1-6, the studio's amenities include a washroom, free high speed internet access, coffee, and ample parking. Presentation and staging equipment as well as several backdrops, green screen, and lighting are available. 

The facility is also equipped with a full editing suite for all your post-production needs.

iSi Global's studio is best suited for:

  • Video Conferencing  
  • Webcasting   
  • Recording
  • Presentations
  • Meetings
  • Workshops
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LIVE WEBCASTING TEMPLATES

iSi Global Webcasting has a number of options to help make your live event experience social and interactive. Below are some of our templates that include iSi Live Slides, Cover it Live, Facebook and Twitter applets.

  • Template 1 - Countdown to Webcast
  • Template 2 - Live Slides Integration
  • Template 3 - Live Slides, Social Media and Email Submissions
  • Template 4 - Cover it Live, Social Media and Email Submissions


Webcasting 101


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What is Webcasting?

WIKI - webcast is a media file distributed over the Internet using streaming media technology. A webcast may either be distributed live or on demand. Essentially, webcasting is “broadcasting” over the Internet.

Think of it as TV on the Internet, the similarity being that one message is broadcast to many viewers. It is different however, in that each viewer has a connection back to the point of delivery, or the server. There are two scenarios: Live and Archive (sometimes referred to as Video on Demand, or VOD). Each requires the following:

Video origin -> Video Server -> Video Player

When live, the Video origin is an encoder that basically compresses the video as it receives it from a camera or VCR/DVD and sends this compressed stream to a Server. The Server is capable of duplicating that single stream into many streams, which is what the Player connects to. The Player is the software that is on the computer of the person who wishes to watch the video, and uses the computer monitor and speakers to present the video to the viewer.For Archive, or VOD, the video is previously captured and usually edited, then compressed to the streaming format and placed on the server. From here the Server delivers the stream to the Player, when the user clicks on a link. This is the essence of webcasting - taking video from a point of origin and delivering it to many viewers, using the Internet.

Reasons to Webcast

  • Dramatically widen access to information and events
  • The connection made by audio and video is unparalleled. Messaging is clear, and context is much more appreciated vs. written documentation of a meeting
  • Improve transparency and accountability - promote democracy
  • Demonstrate a leading edge image
  • Create rich multi-media on-demand content for your web site
  • Promote and market your organization, events, products and services
  • Detailed audience tracking
  • The public can review publicly available content live or at their convenience as all webcasts are archived (Video on Demand)
  • Accessibility: The audio provides a simple way for visually impaired users to have a message delivered to them
  • Be environmentally responsible
  • Increase training revenues - Distance education and training is cost-effective, freeing up budgets for other items
  • Internal workers have easy access either live or on-demand to content that is targetted and inexpensive to produce
  • Universal message across a departmental workforce 

Keys to a successful webcast

Properly promoting your webcast is the key to its success. You’ll want to ensure the intended audience is aware of your event and can plan for their virtual attendance.

The content of your webcast will generally determine its target audience. Identify if your event is something broad that should be made available to the world or more focussed for a key group of people. A simple email should suffice if your event is for a small number of attendees but if the goal of your webcast is to as many viewers as possible there are a number of ways to promote your webcast.

Once you have identified your target audience you can start advertising your webcast. Make sure you plan to have enough time prior to the event to make it known to your virtual viewers. This can range anywhere from a few days prior to the event, to weeks in advance depending on the size and scope of the event. Ensure you have enough time to reach the as many potential virtual attendees as possible.

You can use several mediums to help advertise your event. Below is a list of options you may want to consider.

  • Update your website with Event
  • TV and Radio Advertising
  • Email to Distribution List
  • Social Networking Sites – Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc
  • Word of Mouth
  • Email Newsletter
  • Message Boards
  • Advertise with Industry Magazines
  • Press Release

When advertising be sure to keep your message consistent and focus on the advertising mediums that best serve your target audience. Also be sure to clearly indicate the Agenda and Presentation Schedule and whether this will be exclusively a Live event or if virtual attendees will be able to access an Archive of the event.

 

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Contact info

150 Terence Matthews Crescent, Unit C
Ottawa, ON K2M 1X4
Canada

Phone: +1 613.737.3378
Fax: +1 877.474.3297
Toll Free: +1 888.683.5727

E-mail: info@isiglobal.ca
Website: www.isiglobal.ca

 


OUR TEAM

Brad Alford, Director of Business Development

Matt Copeland, V.P. Development and Production

Ross Currie, Chief Technical Officer

Richard Hache, Audio Technical Services

Robert McNab, Director/Producer

Bengt Neathery, President

Marie-France Neathery, Logistics

Stan Neathery, Chief Executive Officer

Stephen Strangways, Director GTA Operations