ooVoo's Gift to Those Staying at Home This Holiday Season: Free 6-Way Video Chat
By Oovoo, PRNEWednesday, November 17, 2010
For those 71 percent of people who can't travel for the holidays, many will turn to video chat to stay in touch with loved ones
NEW YORK, November 18, 2010 - ooVoo, a leading web-based video communications service with 18 million
users worldwide, today announced that its 6-way video chat service will be
free for everyone during the holidays.
From November 19 to 29, 2010 and December 17, 2010 to January 2, 2011,
ooVoo is encouraging people to visit ooVoo.com to take advantage of this
holiday offer. ooVoo will allow up to six users to participate on the same
video call for as long as they want, at no cost. Current ooVoo users will get
the free upgrade to 6-way chat during the holiday promotion, a savings of up
to $19.95 a month.
ooVoo's free 6-way offer comes in response to a survey conducted by ooVoo
this fall.(1) The survey of 1,000 Americans aged 18 and over revealed that
seven out of ten people say something is likely to prevent them from seeing
their loved ones this holiday season. More than 60 percent of them say high
travel costs would impede their holiday travel plans, while 41 percent cite
work schedules.
For military families, video chat can bring loved ones together
face-to-face over the web, to carve a turkey together on Thanksgiving or
count down to the New Year.
"I'm deployed with the US Army in Kuwait and ooVoo is my primary means of
communication with my family," said Reginald Hall, an Information Technology
engineer supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn. "Video
chat is keeping military families connected around the world, and this
holiday season I'm excited about seeing my family in multiple locations from
my laptop."
Survey respondents listed top activities they'd participate in while
using video chat services like ooVoo:
-- Swapping stories (70 percent) -- Opening presents together (59 percent) -- Counting down to the New Year together (48 percent)
"With free 6-way video chat, families can spend quality time together
even when they can't connect in person," said Philippe Schwartz, CEO of
ooVoo. "ooVoo allows loved ones to share special holiday moments with video
technology that's fun and easy to use on their desktop or laptop."
In addition to live video conversations, ooVoo allows users to record and
send holiday greetings to anyone with an email account.
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About ooVoo
Based in New York, ooVoo provides a high quality communication service to
anyone with a computer, broadband connection and a web camera. ooVoo's
technology enables consumers and businesses to experience real-time video
calls with up to six users simultaneously and face-to-face communication with
people across the street or around the world. Product features include
high-resolution video, video conversation recording, phone calling from PC or
Mac to landlines and cell phones, desktop sharing, video messaging, instant
message chat and file sharing. Download ooVoo at www.ooVoo.com.
(1) This survey was conducted by Kelton Research in October 2010 among a
sample of 1,000 nationally representative Americans age 18 and over.
Bryan Brown of ooVoo, +1-513-410-4188, bryan.brown at oovoo.com; or Erin Lumley of Dig Communications, +1-415-233-4075, elumley at digcommunications.com, for ooVoo
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