Tandem Studios to provide live webcasting and a video archive of Auckland Council meetings from 5 February

Tandem Studios will provide live webcasting and a video archive of Auckland Council meetings from 5 February, adding the Auckland Council to a growing list of central and local government authorities for whom Tandem provides a similar webcasting service.

“We now provide such services for the House of Representatives (via www.inthehouse.co.nz), Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland Councils, the Taupo District Council and the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council,” says Tandem Studios’ Managing Director Dave Dunlay.

Tandem Studios uses its own LaBonTM (Living and Breathing Online Newsletter) websites to create online video archives that viewers can access on any screen. “The aim of LaBonTM is to make it easy for people to find, view and share content,” says Dunlay. “It is a fantastic content platform that solves the issue of how to search through a large amount of video content and easily locate just the clip you’re looking for.

Dunlay is delighted that Tandem’s proposal was successful after having gone through a rigorous selection process to deliver the webcasting and online archive service for Auckland Council. “Tandem has a real depth of experience in this area and we believe that Auckland ratepayers will get a lot of benefits from this new resource.

“Providing webcasting, live streaming and online video archives for local authorities, courts and businesses, including for events such as AGMs, is something that is becoming increasingly common around New Zealand,” says Dunlay.

“Communities want and expect open access to the democratic process via a medium and at a time that suits them. Webcasting and online video archives of recorded content are cost-effective ways of meeting those expectations.”

“This is all about open governance and we are sure Aucklanders will take the opportunity to watch the council, its committees and democracy in action from the comfort of their living rooms,” says Manager Democracy Services, Marguerite Delbet.

Tandem Studios is New Zealand’s leading producer of online video. It provided the live video streaming and an online video archive for the entire proceedings of the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission - the largest live online streaming project ever undertaken in New Zealand - and provided a similar service for the Coronial inquest into the deaths at the CTV building.

In addition, Tandem Studios has provided live video streaming and an online video archive for the House of Representatives via www.inthehouse.co.nz for the last four years. To date, more than 25,000 videos have been archived in the www.inthehouse.co.nz library, which have attracted more than three million views.

To view a video of Mayor Len Brown explaining the reasons behind the Auckland Council’s decision to begin webcasting go to http://councillive.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

Tandem Studios’ LaBonTM webcast and video archive website for Auckland Council is also at http://councillive.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

About Tandem Studios
Established in 1974, Tandem Studios are leading content creation experts in New Zealand and one of Christchurch’s longest-serving and most respected creative companies. Working in all areas of media, including radio, print, television and online, Tandem Studios has developed leading expertise in live online streaming and video archives. Tandem Studios uses this understanding and its creative approach to produce content for the wide variety of media channels available, and to work with a broad spectrum of clients ranging from local and national clients to multi-national corporations.

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