UK business ISP, Gravity Internet, Hosts Top 50,000 Website

Gravity Internet is selected to host one of the Internet's most successful websites.

Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex, UK (PRWEB) August 22, 2006 -- Gravity Internet is delighted to announce that it has been selected to host one of the planet’s most successful websites: www.thamesvalleypod.tv

Gravity Internet was selected by thamesvalleypod.tv after demonstrating their technical excellence and understanding of the new world of video podcasting.

“I was really impressed with Tema’s knowledge of the latest website design techniques,” explained thamesvalleypod.tv’s Neil Fairbrother “Sponsored video podcasts are a new way to extend corporate messages to the download generation and I needed a hosting company that could create a platform to handle the massive demand I expected.”

“When thamesvalleypod.tv was explained to me I could see that it was a revolutionary use of video podcasts,” said Tema Hassan of Gravity Internet. “It’s a real thrill to see the success one of my customers is having and I’m looking forward to working with thamesvalleypod.tv as the site develops.”

thamesvalleypod.tv went live on June 1st 2006 and was ranked in the top 50,000 websites on the planet on August 11th.

“This massive growth in traffic required a scalable hosting platform with good connections to the Internet backbone. Gravity Internet were able to demonstrate and fulfil these requirements as part of their standard services.”

Gravity Internet is an independent Internet Service provider for business users. Using their network, Gravity specialise in high-performance Internet connectivity up to 100Mbps; above and beyond a typical residential connection of 1Mbps.

Thamesvalleypod.tv is a video-podcast based entertainment and information service providing shows about, by and for the grass-roots community of the wider Thames Valley – from source to Estuary. The video-podcast shows are free to download and can be watched at any time in iTunes on Windows or Apple Mac computers, video iPods and even TV.

The shows on thamesvalleypod.tv currently include:

Arts – local artists

Music – local musicians

Culture – local content

Business – local businesses

Cooking – featuring Jenni Garnham Chef of the Year Henley College

Legal – legal advice from a Thames Valley based legal practice

Illustrated audio stories – a 21st Century “Jackanory” – local writers, illustrators, photographers and voice over artist collaborate

Documentaries

..and free to download music and movies

More is planned for the future.

Thamesvalleypod.tv provides a unique way for companies to reach “the download generation” as each video podcast show is sponsored, in the same way that TV shows are. The 30 second adverts feature full motion graphics, with voiceovers and backing tracks if needed.

About Gravity Internet

Gravity Internet was founded by Tema Hassan in September 2004 as an independent Internet Service Provider for business users. Their services focus on the performance and reliability that is demanded by today’s online world. Gravity Internet have built and operate their own MPLS-enabled carrier-class network, which went live on 1st April 2005.

www.gravityinternet.net

About thamesvalleypod.tv

Thamesvalleypod.tv is owned by Neil Fairbrother. Video-podcasts will download into iTunes on Mac or PC, the latest versions of Quicktime and iTunes are needed – these can be downloaded for free by clicking on the “Get iTunes” button on thamesvalleypod.tv or by visiting http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

Neil Fairbrother created the 6th fastest growing brand in the UK in 2002 (Langley-based Neos Networks) where he created Liquid Bandwidth business to business telecoms service. Neil left when Neos was sold in 2003 to Scottish & Southern Energy plc. Neil had the idea for thamesvalleypod.tv at the January 2006 planning meeting of Maidenhead Ecademy – a networking meeting of local businesses that meets monthly at Norden Farm.

About Podcasting

Voted “Word of the Year 2005” and invented in 2004, podcasts are audio or video files that can be downloaded via an “RSS” link into browsers or iTunes. If into iTunes they can then be downloaded into iPods, the most popular podcast player on the planet with > 85% market share. All the major broadcasters are moving into this space as a cost-effective and convenient way of distributing their content – BBC Radio 4’s “Listen Again” service uses audio-podcasts.

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