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ShareStream Announces Release of Basic Edition at the MAALT-SEALLT Joint Conference at Georgetown University

ShareStream Basic, a turnkey solution for a department's rich media needs, provides the means to digitize large media collections in an automated fashion; upload media to "watch folders" that automatically transcode files to a format compatible with an institution's streaming server; catalog media assets with the appropriate metadata; store and manage media in an asset-management system optimized for large rich media files; manage digital-media licenses and control access to content via higher education-specific digital rights management; deliver media within online learning environments via streaming, downloads, and podcasts; author web 2.0 learning objects comprised of video, audio, podcasts, images, and segments from e-books; edit media and create clips; audit all user and content accesses via a reporting and business intelligence tool; as well as other media-specific functionality.

"To date, ShareStream has focused on providing its customers with a rich media platform that can service universities and colleges at an institution-wide level and consolidate multiple 'silos' of rich media content into an enterprise-class platform, thereby allowing our customers to achieve significant economies of scale," stated David Weinstein, CEO of ShareStream.

"However, many institutions have inquired about implementing ShareStream on a departmental level, whether it is for a language laboratory, a communications office, or a distance-learning department without investing in an enterprise-level software license and additional internal hardware or system administration resources," continued Weinstein. "I am very pleased that ShareStream Basic now provides a model to service customers who would like to utilize ShareStream at a department level as an SaaS."

ShareStream is interoperable with learning management systems (LMSs), including Blackboard, Sakai, and eCollege, and is integrated with authentication services and single sign-on technologies. Additionally, ShareStream provides an open web service API for independent third-party integration, which allows institutions to build on top of, customize, and integrate ShareStream into other mission-critical systems, such as university portals and web sites.

About ShareStream Education Resources, LLC:

ShareStream provides secure, enterprise-wide rich media-management platforms and streaming, downloading, and podcasting services designed specifically for the unique needs of higher education. The ShareStream platform, developed in collaboration with higher education at Georgetown University, provides educational institutions with the technological tools specific to their workflow to allow them to operate as state-of-the-art educational media organizations to achieve the maximum benefit from their content. For more information, please visit www.sharestream.com.

ShareStream Education Resources, LLC
Gayraud Townsend, 917-658-3845
gayraud.townsend@sharestream.com