Paltalk Allows Broadcasters to Offer More Interactive and Engaging Experiences to Radio Listeners and Hosts

Paltalk Allows Broadcasters to Offer More Interactive and Engaging Experiences to Radio Listeners and Hosts

Company to Participate in Talkers Magazine 2007 New Media Seminar

NEW YORK, June 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Paltalk, the leading real-time, video- based community pioneering the socialcasting movement, today announced that the company will be participating in Talkers Magazine 2007 New Media Seminar in New York City, June 8-9. Paltalk's Director of News and Programming, Gary Baumgarten, will participate in a panel discussion, "Welcome to the New Media: The Future of the Stick and the Shtick," on Saturday, June 9th from 4:20-5:00 p.m. Baumgarten will discuss ways in which traditional radio broadcasters can increase audience loyalty and participation through new technology.

Paltalk's community offers a medium for radio programs to be streamed, while also providing a platform for an online audience to interact with the show's content, personalities and one another through audio, video and text chat. Hosting both traditional broadcast and user-generated content, Paltalk has reinvented the style, format and presentation of talk radio.

"The ability for radio hosts to interact with listeners and for listeners to interact with each other is completely new in traditional radio broadcasting. Our platform opens broadcasters up to an entirely new and different online audience and offers a way for all types of shows, personalities and networks to engage listeners like never before, creating more engaged, connected and loyal fans," said Baumgarten. "Currently, Paltalk offers a varied and distinctive line-up of both professional and user- generated radio shows that exemplifies the scope of radio content that is thriving on Paltalk."

Popular Paltalk shows featuring well-known personalities include the "Opie & Anthony Show," "News Talk Online with Gary Baumgarten," and "LOVE: Samantha Daniels Style." Paltalk also hosts a number of popular user-generated shows, such as "The Singer's Cove," which is dedicated to showcasing amateur musicians and "And the Answer is Trivia," where Paltalkers engage in live trivia contests.

For more information please visit http://www.paltalk.com/.

About Paltalk

Paltalk is the premier real-time, video-based community pioneering the new socialcasting movement. Socialcasting is defined as the convergence of traditional broadcasting media, social networking, user-generated content and video chat. With more than 4 million active users, Paltalk hosts the world's largest online video chat community, offering thousands of users the ability to interact in a chat room together via voice, text and video in real-time.

Privately held, the company's patented technology allows for large scale video rooms where members can join in with thousands of other Paltalkers and engage in voice/audio, video and text conversations. Members can create their own chat groups around any topic as well as individual profiles on themselves in a social network. Paltalk also hosts "Scheduled Shows," including regular programs with celebrities, radio personalities and newsmakers such as the shock jocks Opie and Anthony and Samantha Daniels. The company also broadcasts live interactive video chat events such as musical performances and comedy variety shows. In both cases, Paltalkers can interact with the featured hosts and performers in real-time as well as other members in the room.

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http://www.paltalk.com/

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