TalkPoint

TalkPoint Webcasting is a webcasting company based in New York City. The business operates in the Financial District located at 100 William Street in Lower Manhattan.

History

The company was founded in 1997 as a joint project of Dow Jones Interactive and Microsoft desktop video. The company was previously known as NextVenue and later iBEAM.[1] The company was taken private in 2004. iBeam originally launched TalkPoint as a product in 2001, the company later went private under the TalkPoint name.[2]

In September 2014, TalkPoint was acquired by Atlanta-based conferencing and collaboration provider PGi.[3]

Products

TalkPoint is a provider of webcasting services. The company offers both audio and video webcasting for small to large (20,000 plus) audiences. The company also produces webinars.

TalkPoint also hosts www.FDAAdvisoryCommittee.com which provides access to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Advisory Committee meetings.[4]

See also

References
  1. iBEAM Completes Acquisition of NextVenue, The New York Times, July 26, 2000
  2. iBEAM Releases TalkPoint, Streaming Media, May 23, 2001
  3. "PGi Claims Leadership Role in Webcasting Market with Acquisition of TalkPoint Holdings". Yahoo! Finance. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  4. TalkPoint Webcasting to Power FDAAdvisoryCommittee.com and Continue Providing Multimedia Access to FDA Advisory Committee Meetings, FDA Advisory Committee press release
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