Paltalk, the World's Largest Online Video Chat Community To Host Super Sized Tailgate Party Sunday

Football fans to join four million active members communicating live with video and voice in chat rooms that hold thousands.

New York, NY (PRWeb) February 3, 2007 -- Paltalk, the largest online video chat community with more than four million active members, today announced the first annual "Big Game Tailgate Party" will take place Sunday February 4, 2007 at 5:30 pm est on their service. While watching the big game on their TV sets at home, Paltalk members will be able to chat about the game, second guessing players', coaches', and officials' decisions in voice- and video-enabled chat rooms that hold thousands of simultaneous users.

The Paltalk chat room will be labeled "Big Game Tailgate Party" and found under the Sports category. It will be hosted by Paltalk users, a combination of passionate Bear and Colt fans.

"We are looking forward to our first annual Big Game Tailgate Party and providing our community of more than 4 million active members the ability to share their game-time experiences with friends and family around the world," said Joel Smernoff, President and COO, Paltalk. "Our community craves a way to communicate beyond the text and one-to-one discussions offered on most online communication programs and our Big Game Tailgate Party answers their call."

The Paltalk program has become one of the most popular online services with more than 50 million downloads accounting for eight billion voice minutes per year. People use Paltalk to socialize, talk politics, pick stocks, learn languages and even sing karaoke.

Paltalk includes features such as Super IMTM, a patented function that allows users to pull in up to nine friends from around the world into one Instant Messenger window for a live video and voice chat session. Paltalk also features enhanced video streaming to near broadcast-level quality, full duplex audio, multi-player gaming and music provided through a special partnership with Real Rhapsody.

New York-based Paltalk was founded over 8 years ago and survived the first Internet bubble, becoming a profitable company by offering quality communication products for personal and professional use. Paltalk was the first company to launch an Instant Messenger with video and voice capability combined with an online buddy list.

For more information or to access the chat, users should visit www.paltalk.com.

About Paltalk

Paltalk (www.paltalk.com) is the largest video chat community on the Internet with over four million active members participating in live voice- and video-enabled chat rooms. Our patented technology allows thousands of simultaneous users to communicate via video and audio all in the same chat room. The Paltalk Messenger is compatible with leading instant messaging (IM) services, allowing users to transfer existing buddy lists, combine all their contacts, and talk to friends who use other IM programs. Founded in 1998, Paltalk is a privately held company based in New York. Paltalk also owns and operates HearMe (www.hearme.com), a B2B Web conferencing service. Paltalk was the first company to launch video and voice combined with an online buddy list in one package.

To Access the Big Game Tailgate Party

For media interested in participating in, or listening to, the "Big Game Tailgate Party," please contact Philip Ramirez at (212) 780-0200 x. 103 or follow the instructions below:

1. Download and register for a free Paltalk messenger account at www.paltalk.com.

2. Before the chat starts, open the Paltalk messenger.

3. Click on the Chat Rooms Tab.

4. The chat will be listed under the Sports Chat Rooms section.

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