Meridix Adds Audio Archiving, News Publishing, RSS Hosting, Ad Management, Announcements, And Remote Browser Administration To Its MBP Live Internet Broadcast Network

Meridix Creative, Inc. has announced the release of several new features for its popular Meridix Broadcast Producer (MBP) software and broadcast network. The MBP Series 2 now includes an archive function to record live broadcasts, a news publisher and RSS generator, an advertising management console, an announcements publisher, and more. The company says new features were developed to complement the MBP's existing live broadcast functionality, related event syndication, and scheduling. In addition, Meridix has created the MBP Online Manager to enable remote account administration from any browser worldwide.

(PRWEB) August 27, 2004 -- Following months of development, Meridix Creative, Inc. has announced the release of several new features to its popular Meridix Broadcast Producer (MBP) software and live internet event broadcast network. The features, classified by the company as the "most significant releases in the last year," were developed to complement the MBP's existing live broadcast tools. The MBP Series 2 now includes an archive function to save live broadcasts, a news publisher and RSS generator, an advertising management tool, an announcements publisher, and an online account management console.

As one of the most requested features by members, audio archiving now allows Meridix LiveID members to keep a full, automatic record of events for on-demand listening at any time. While events happen, the system will automatically keep a recording of the broadcast on Meridix's servers and have it available to listeners within seconds after the broadcast ends.

Another new feature allows users to publish the latest news, articles, and information to their account with the News and RSS publisher. Users simply fill in the appropriate fields such as title, author, and text, and news will be published to the customized live event center website immediately. In addition, each time a user publishes a story, an XML RSS feed is automatically updated so that anyone with a newsreader or news aggregator will have immediate notification. A press/reporter login (PressID) is available so that employees, team members, students, teachers, or members of the media can edit and publish stories without needing access to a main LiveID account.

Announcements and advertising functionality has also been added to the MBP network. The announcements function allows organizations to highlight the most important schedule changes, important events, or other announcements in varying degrees of priority from urgent to low, and provide additional details, times, and contact information. Advertising allows LiveID members to upload advertisements that will rotate within live event screens every 30 seconds. If MBP users do not want audiences to see banners all of the time, the system uniquely supports on-the-fly enabling and disabling of advertising. The company hopes more organizations can use ad-supported broadcasts to cover expenses and even profit from broadcast operations.

The new MBP Online Manager allows users to remotely administer every aspect of their MBP experience from any browser in the world, allowing members to update News Feeds, Schedules, Announcements, Related LiveIDs, Advertising, Event Details, view an account summary, and if enabled, view a graph displaying the amount of space you have remaining, the amount of space used, as well as a breakdown of the estimated amount of hours and minutes of archive time remaining. The MBP Online Manager also includes links to the lastest MBP software downloads, your home website, your live event center, and technical support. Users can link directly to the MBP Online Manager at http://www.meridix.com/mbp/login.

Meridix also detailed upgrades to its "related events" feature, which allows member organizations to track and syndicate live and recent events from other LiveIDs on their own live event center, such as tracking live scores and events from around a league, conference, or region. The company says the upgrades improved efficiency and response time for the syndication system.

Though many of the new features announced can be accessed through the broswer with the MBP Online Manager, the Meridix Broadcast Producer software remains the flagship of the MBP System. An advanced live streaming media and data application, the MBP enables schools, universities, sports teams, music labels, radio stations, and other organizations to broadcast live streaming audio as well as publish real-time score and event information with only a computer and internet connection. The system streams live audio and incorporates professional-level live streaming data (much like MLBs GameCast or NFLs Gamecenter), such as score, play, down, inning, yard line, time, match time, tennis set, player name, team names. On the listener (audience) end, the MBP delivers event information in a customized live viewing experience depending on the event type (basketball, football, 15 others) without refreshing the screen. For more features, screenshots, and details, visit http://www.meridix.com/golive

About Meridix Creative, Inc.

Meridix Creative, Inc. enables customers around the globe connect with new audiences through an innovative set of live broadcast and streaming media solutions. The Meridix Broadcast Producer delivers professional-level integrated streaming media audio and live data content to audiences at minimal cost to schools, sports teams, universities, and other organizations. Meridix Creative's scalable broadcasting and event products and services can maximize the exposure of any school, sports team, university, business, or other organization. To see how your organization can truly be everywhere, visit http://www.meridix.com

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