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November 1,
2008 -
Online Video Service,
Inc. (OVS) announced
today that the company
successfully webcast
live footage of the
launch of NASA’s
Interstellar Boundary
Explorer mission, or
IBEX, for Chicago’s
Adler Planetarium and
Astronomy Museum on
October 19, 2008. OVS
integrated live video of
the launch itself with
separate live pre-event
and post-event
commentary from the
Adler Planetarium, which
used the webcast as a
“live exhibit” on the
IBEX mission to educate
viewers at participating
museums around the
United States.
“OVS is proud of the
role we were able to
play in helping the
Adler Planetarium
broadcast on the
Internet this unique and
engaging ‘live exhibit’
on NASA’s IBEX mission,”
commented OVS CEO Tim
Treanor. “This webcast
represents one of the
first, most successful
‘live exhibits’ of its
kind.”
Adler Planetarium
reported that, in
addition to the network
of participating museums
around the country that
showed the “live
exhibit,” a significant
crowd also gathered to
watch the live webcast
on a large screen at the
Adler Planetarium booth
at the Association of
Science and Technology
Centers (ASTC)
conference the same day.
Additional coverage of
the webcast occurred on
Slashdot and the Wii
News Channel. More
information on the IBEX
mission is at
www.ibex.swri.edu/news/pr.shtml.
OVS’ video broadcast
services were used for
video signal
acquisition, encoding
and distribution of the
webcast in a format
optimized for
participating museums
and end users. The OVS
Broadcast Operations
Center™ managed live
ingest of the video
signal via satellite and
encoding of it for
streaming delivery.
Prior to the webcast,
the OVS technical team
conducted a conference
call with IT personnel
at participating
museums, to ensure their
familiarity with how the
webcast could be
accessed and how to
troubleshoot common
issues that might arise.
As a result, the museums
reported no subsequent
difficulties in playing
and sharing the webcast
at their facilities.
Use of OVS’ Internet
broadcasting solutions
for the NASA IBEX
mission launch builds on
the company's commitment
to promote open and
transparent government,
and the importance of
providing a range of
communication tools to
citizens and government
alike.
About NASA
NASA, the National
Aeronautics and Space
Administration, was
created by Congress in
1958 "to provide for
research into the
problems of flight
within and outside the
Earth's atmosphere, and
for other purposes." Led
by the Administrator,
the Agency is
headquartered in
Washington, D.C., with
ten field centers and
other facilities around
the nation. NASA's
mission is to pioneer
the future in space
exploration, scientific
discovery and
aeronautics research.
The Agency is
transforming itself to
meet the challenges of
the Vision for Space
Exploration -- which
calls for a return to
the Moon, followed by
journeys to Mars and
beyond. Visit
www.nasa.gov.
About Chicago’s Adler
Planetarium and
Astronomy Museum
The Adler Planetarium –
America’s First
Planetarium – was
founded in 1930 by
Chicago business leader
Max Adler. Following its
75th anniversary, the
Adler began a
transformation to become
the world’s leading
space science center and
inspire the next
generation of explorers
by sharing the personal
stories of human space
exploration and
America’s space heroes.
The Adler is a
recognized leader in
science education, with
a focus on inspiring
young people to pursue
careers in science.
Learn more at
www.adlerplanetarium.org.
About Online
Video Service
Online Video Service is
a recognized leader in
open governmennt solutions for
U.S. federal and state
government customers.
Since 1999, OVS has
built a proven track
record for reliably and
securely delivering live
and on-demand public
proceedings and events
to key audiences through
its Open Government
PlatformTM
and Event Webcasting
division. The company
understands its
government customers’
unique needs to
communicate effectively
with stakeholders such
as policy makers,
businesses, voters and
the news media. Find out
why customers from the
U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban
Development to the U.S.
Department of
Transportation rely on
Online Video Service –
visit
www.onlinevideoservice.com.
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