AKADEMY TEAM STREAMING LIVE ON THE INTERNET DATELINE August 21, 2004 Web URL: Web URL: http://conference2004.kde.org/announcements/streams_announcement.php The aKademy Team is excited to announce a set of live audio and video streams covering the KDE Community World Summit 2004, code-named "aKademy", taking place in Ludwigsburg, Germany from August 21st to 29th. Those who cannot attend in person can now watch or listen to what is going on over the Internet, thanks to Fluendo, a Gstreamer-based streaming media company. Tom Chance, KDE Press Officer commented that "these streams show that free software can now let people from around the world watch a large community event, bringing a conference for half a thousand people to millions over the Internet". Anyone with an Internet connection and a stream-capable video player can use the streams. The video stream, thanks to bandwidth from the hosts the Filmakademie, can handle 100 users, whilst the audio stream can handle 200 users. Archives of talks will be put online shortly after they finish, for those who miss the live streams. Details for the streams can be found on the aKademy web site at: http://streamingserver.akademy.kde.org/ NOTES TO EDITORS: For more information on aKademy, including the detailed schedule: http://conference2004.kde.org For more information about Fluendo, visit their web site: http://www.fluendo.com About the KDE Project and Kde E.V. The KDE Project is a non-profit group of volunteering professionals and enthusiasts contributing to free and open-source software, especially to the "KDE Desktop for the Enterprise". KDE e.V. is a German entity of KDE members for handling legal matters (http://www.kde.org/areas/kde-ev/). About Wirtschaftsförderung Region Stuttgart Gmbh (WRS) WRS is the "Stuttgart Region Economic Development Corporation", a subsidiary of the administrative body of the Greater Stuttgart Region. WRS provides services to industry and municipalities in the field of economic development and in 2004 is running an all-year campaign to help advance the deployment of Open Source Software in private and public entities in the Stuttgart region (http://opensource.region-stuttgart.de/). About Linux New Media AG Linux New Media, based in Munich, Germany, is the world's leading supplier of Linux content. Linux New Media currently publishes six monthly Linux magazines, produces eight Linux-oriented web sites, and organizes the LinuxPark exhibition at major European trade shows such as CeBIT (http://www.linuxnewmedia.com/). CONTACT INFORMATION KDE Project Kurt Pfeifle Phone +49-172-715-7017 Email: pfeifle@kde.org Wirtschaftsförderung Region Stuttgart Hans-Ulrich Schmid Phone +49-711-22835-27 Mobile +49-172-731-0463 Email: hschmid@region-stuttgart.de Linux New Media AG Ms. Rosemarie Schuster Phone: +49-89-9934-0 Email: pr@linuxnewmedia.com