Paltalk Launches Latest Version of Socialcasting Service With Enhanced Voice and...

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Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:30am EDT

Paltalk Launches Latest Version of Socialcasting Service With Enhanced Voice
and Video Capabilities for All Users
PaltalkScene Version 9.4 offers new features including PC-to-phone calling

NEW YORK, April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Paltalk, the leading real-time,
video-based community with over 4 million active members, today announced the
launch of the newest version of its video chat platform, PaltalkScene.
PaltalkScene v9.4 expands the many ways in which Paltalk users are able to
connect with each other through voice and video chat including new PC-to-phone
calling options, allowing users to make calls directly from their Pal list to
any of their Paltalk buddies or offline friends. PaltalkScene v9.4 is now
available for download at http://www.paltalk.com.
    In addition to PC-to-phone calling, PaltalkScene 9.4 will also offer many
other features designed to enhance user-experience and engage community
members more intimately as they chat and view video content produced for the
Paltalk platform. Features include FindMe, which enables users to display what
rooms they are currently participating in, and pet emoticons to enhance their
one-to-one and community chat experiences. These features, along with the
company's Super IM capability, which allows free videoconferencing calls for
up to 10 people at a time, as well as its recent partnership with Vumber to
offer virtual phone numbers, separate Paltalk from other voice and video chat
providers by providing the most robust offering to users who want flexibility
in how they communicate with friends around the world.
    "We are always looking for new ways to bring our users closer together
through video chat, and part of that is offering features that enhance the
overall Paltalk experience," said Joel Smernoff, president and COO of Paltalk.
"By offering a combination of voice and video services we offer a unique
community that allows our users to communicate using a variety of tools which
really separate us from other chat and PC-to-phone providers. Our latest
version of PaltalkScene not only allows our members to extend their community
relationships offline through PC-to-phone calling, but it also offers new
capabilities that keep Paltalkers engaged in much of the original content we
broadcast on a daily basis."
    Today's launch of the new version of PaltalkScene is the first in what
will be a series of enhanced upgrades in the future.  The company plans on
implementing additional service functionalities that aim to improve the
experience for Paltalk users. "We will be expanding the functionality of
PaltalkScene even further in the coming months," continued Smernoff. "With
these upgrades, we look forward to once again taking our brand of
socialcasting to the next level."
    For more information or to download the latest version of PaltalkScene
visit http://www.paltalk.com.
    About Paltalk
    Paltalk is the premier real-time, video-based community bringing together
traditional broadcasting media, social networking, user-generated content and
video chat. With more than 4 million active users, Paltalk hosts the world's
largest interactive video community, PaltalkScene, offering thousands of users
the ability to watch and interact with online video programming, including
serialized shows, live events, and user-generated content, as well as interact
with each other through real-time voice, text and video chat.
    Paltalk's diverse programming includes Paltalk original shows featuring
celebrities, radio personalities and newsmakers such as the radio jocks Opie
and Anthony and Diana Falzone. The company also broadcasts live interactive
video chat events, such as musical performances and comedy variety shows.
Paltalkers can interact with the featured hosts and performers in real-time as
well as other members in the room. Recently, Paltalk hosted live broadcasts
with famed musician Slash and world-renowned author Stephen King. Paltalk also
offers its users the ability to create and share their own user-generated
video content with each other and to the broader community.
SOURCE  Paltalk

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