Africa Data Holdings provides Highveld Stereo with 120 000 hits

Africa Data Holdings, South Africa`s leading supplier of ISDN technologies and solutions, together with World Stream, a subsidiary of Econet Wireless International, provided the technology necessary for Highveld Stereo to broadcast the Rude Awakening show from within the penthouse suite at the Sandton Intercontinental hotel on Friday, 22 June.

"In just three hours, Highveld Stereo`s website received an impressive 120 000 hits from curious listeners and viewers who wanted to view Jeremy Mansfield and his team of presenters in bed," says Graham Perry, chief executive officer, Africa Data Holdings.

"Africa Data Holdings supplied Highveld Stereo and World Stream with the TelkomTurboAccess product which enabled World Stream to live-stream the morning broadcast show onto the radio station`s website. The number of hits received is an indication of the public`s interest in being able to watch a live broadcast over the Internet from the comfort of one`s home or office. Perhaps this is something other radio stations could consider when broadcasting newsworthy and interesting events!"

"By utilising Telkom`s ISDN service and the channel bundling capabilities of TurboAccess, we were able to provide a 128K bit link for the duration of the show. The success of the live-stream not only demonstrated the speed in which we were able to uplink the video stream to the server, but also gave an indication of the connection`s stability - something that would not have been possible with traditional modem infrastructure," concludes Perry.