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Watch City Meetings Live on the Web
3/04/2010
Citizens Can Watch Meetings Live and On-Demand through the City’s Website
Germantown, TN - Live streaming video of Germantown Board of Mayor and Aldermen, Planning Commission and Design Review Commission meetings will be available online beginning Monday, March 8. The City will officially launch webcasting technology that will allow residents to view live meetings beginning with the 6 p.m. Monday Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting.
“The live streaming of our meetings via the Internet brings a whole new dimension to the City’s commitment to make the board’s decision-making process more accessible to the citizens we serve,” said Mayor Sharon Goldsworthy. “Not only does it expand coverage of important board and commission meetings to residents who don’t have Comcast Channel 17 - - where meetings are now broadcast live - - the new system creates video archives of those meetings for future reference. We’ve not had that capacity before.”
Archived meetings will generally be available for viewing by 10 p.m. the same evening depending on the length of the meeting. Videos will be accompanied by corresponding agendas. Residents can view entire meetings, search keywords for topics of interest or follow agenda links directly to a particular item without having to view an entire meeting. Residents can view meetings on the City’s website at Germantown-tn.gov, from the “I Want To” drop down menu by choosing “Watch Videos”. Taping of the meetings will be conducted by GHS-TV students and live streaming on the web will be provided by Granicus, Inc.
About Granicus
Granicus, Inc. is the leading provider of government solutions for improving transparency, citizen participation and community awareness over the web. The Granicus platform helps public agencies create, manage and distribute live and on-demand streaming media content. Granicus hosts the world’s largest government exclusive webcasting network, streaming an average of 200,000 government webcasts on a daily basis. Granicus serves over 600 clients spanning all 50 states and into Canada.
