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Virtual Home For the Holidays

USO, SpotLife and Logitech Team To Stream Military "Home for the Holidays"

December 24, 2000
By John Townley: More stories by this author:

SpotLife has announced the launch of an exclusive partnership with the USO (United Service Organizations) and Logitech entitled Operation Deliver America.

The program was developed to help boost morale among America's sons and daughters in uniform, and involves the distribution of Logitech QuickCam Internet video cameras to USO facilities worldwide. This will provide members of the U.S. military the opportunity to broadcast live or recorded video, via SpotLife's free Personal Video Broadcasting service, to friends and family located in the U.S. or abroad.

Under the terms of this agreement, SpotLife will develop, host and provide technical support to a dedicated USO Personal Video Broadcasting channel (located at www.spotlife.com) specifically designed for military personnel and their families. With SpotLife's free service, a digital video camera, a computer and an Internet connection, military soldiers and their families can broadcast Internet videos through the SpotLife website. Logitech will donate its QuickCam Internet video cameras to more than 100 USO facilities around the world.

"We can think of no better use of our service than to help those that serve our country while being separated from their family and friends," said Amit Goswamy, president and CEO of SpotLife. "If a picture is worth a thousand words, what is a video worth? To be able to see and hear a loved one share personal news and thoughts is a wonderful gift indeed."

The USO is a nonprofit organization providing a "home away from home" and celebrity entertainment to U.S. service members and their families, including those serving in the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. This program, Operation Deliver America...Home for the Holidays, is being kicked off with the first installation in Taszar, Hungary, a former MIG base that now serves as the "jumping off" point for US military headed to Bosnia or Kosovo for extended peacekeeping operations. The goal is to enable U.S. service members stationed in Taszar to extend a touch of "home for the holidays" to their loved ones during the 2000 holiday season. Other installations will take place in USO offices around the world in rapid succession, and the program is to be completely implemented by spring of 2001.






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