David Cameron Shows his Support for the Troops at Christmas

By Shout Communications, PRNE
Tuesday, December 22, 2009

LONDON, December 23 - Tory leader David Cameron has become the latest figure to voice his
goodwill message to the troops abroad through video messaging website
WinkBall.com

Showing his support on the fast growing site, Cameron says 'I'm
particularly thinking of those of you out there over Christmas and wish you a
safe return to your families soon'

Winkball.com has recently launched their 'Faces for the Forces' Campaign
to collect a million video messages of support for the troops serving in
Afghanistan.

In total 13,000 members of the armed forces will be away from home this
Christmas*

David Cameron joins a host of celebrities who have already left a
goodwill message for the forces on WinkBall.com including Bruce Forsyth, Joan
Collins
and Steve Coogan.

More than 100,000 people including sports personalities, politicians,
celebrities and members of the public have already recorded a goodwill
message

www.winkball.com/walls/faces/Celebrities_Goodwill_Messages/

WinkBall founder, Dr James Ohene-Djan said, "We encourage as many people
as possible to get online, come to the site and record their goodwill
messages to show our continued support and respect for the important job our
brave and selfless young men and women do, no matter how far away they are.
WinkBall.com is giving the UK a video voice which is changing the way we view
news and share our opinions and feelings."

About WinkBall.com:

WinkBall.com is a free, web-based, personal video
communication service, which allows anyone to record, send and share videos
with friends and family - privately. Users can also create and post content
to video blogs and video walls for group viewing. Video messages delivered by
WinkBall can be accessed anywhere, anytime through a web browser.

WinkBall is also used by brands and organisations to share
video content, which users can actively choose to watch and share. All
messages sent through WinkBall are supported by targeted five-second
advertisements, which are played at the end of video messages.

WinkBall is safe, simple and fun and makes video the best way
to communicate online.

Established in London in 2005 by Dr James Ohene-Djan and
Duncan Barclay, the WinkBall Project team has evolved to become a leading
player in driving the future development of online communication.

FACES FOR THE FORCES

Faces for the Forces is an exciting new campaign which we're pleased to
be supporting to honor the immense dedication and sacrifice the men and women
of the armed forces give around the world every day. The British public have
always had a proud history of supporting our forces overseas and it is
tremendous that through WinkBall we are able to convey these feelings to our
troops in a way that makes them feel much closer to home.

WINKBALL

The WinkBall Project is the future of video communication. Through a
quintessentially British combination of academic and commercial
inventiveness, we have developed a series of exciting new tools for online
communication. WinkBall bridges the emotional gap found in current online
communication channels - by bringing people closer together through the
emotional power of video. The WinkBall Project has today established new
possibilities for corporate video messaging, personalised video advertising,
public campaigning and private video networks. WinkBall has a team of 50
reporters who are reporting nationwide on a variety of news issues, as well
as gathering messages to the forces. The focus of all reporting is centered
around giving the public a video voice through interactive video blogs and
video walls hosted at WinkBall.com Current services include: WinkBall.com, a
free online video messaging and sharing service for the public, WinkBall
Base, an internal video communications system, and WinkBall Broadcaster, for
video broadcasting, email campaigning and personalised video messaging
through WinkBall.com and WinkBall Base. Established in London in 2005 by Dr.
James Ohene-Djan and Duncan Barclay, the WinkBall Project team has evolved to
become a leading player in driving the future development of online
communication. For more information, visit www.winkball.com

Contact Catherine or Claire at Shout! Communications - +44(0)20-7240-7373

Or visit www.winkball.com or www.winkballproject.com

Contact Catherine or Claire at Shout! Communications - +44(0)20-7240-7373

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