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EarthCam to Expand Worldwide New Year's Webcast from Times Square to Red Square

Posted on: Tuesday, 30 December 2008, 10:49 CST

Live International Celebrations Set From More Than 30 Cities Online and On Mobile Devices

NEW YORK, Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- EarthCam (www.earthcam.com), the world's favorite webcam network and industry leader in webcam technology, will webcast the annual New Year's Eve Times Square celebration live from New York City.

The New Year's 2009 (http://newyears.earthcam.com/) event, now in its 13th year and presented by Panasonic, will feature more than 25 live camera views live from Times Square on December 31st. Cameras in additional locations throughout the world include London, Moscow and Prague, along with Las Vegas, Seattle and Chicago, among cities in the United States. Additional live and archived views of national and international celebrations are also scheduled.

EarthCam, the Official Webcam of Times Square, brings the world's largest party directly to visitors via its interactive New Year's website live in real time and without interruption. Visitors to http://newyears.earthcam.com will enjoy streaming video with audio and may choose from multiple webcams strategically located all around Times Square. Additional cameras in New York include views from Midtown and Columbus Circle.

EarthCam will also be present in the heart of Times Square at the information center located at 47th Street and 7th Avenue with 4 streaming video Internet postcard kiosks presented by Panasonic and a photo Internet postcard kiosk presented by Yahoo!. These kiosks allow users to digitally capture their video and pictures to email New Year's greetings to friends around the world instantly from Times Square.

EarthCam.com is the leading network of live webcams and offers the most comprehensive search engine of webcams from around the world with more than 200,000 unique visitors daily. EarthCam provides complete infrastructure services to manage, host and maintain live streaming video camera systems for its corporate clients. Clients include Panasonic, NASA, Pfizer, PBS, Sprint, Chevrolet, Yahoo!, Disney, Coca-Cola, This Old House, Toshiba, Hawaiian Tropic, Toyota, Anheuser-Busch, the Seattle Space Needle, and Prudential, among others. As the foremost provider of live images on the Internet, EarthCam webcasts premier events such as international concerts, the Emmy and Grammy Awards, Miss Hawaiian Tropic pageants, Mardi Gras, NFL Super Bowls, and New Year's Eve in Times Square.

Visit EarthCam at www.earthcam.com.

SOURCE EarthCam, Inc.

Source: PR Newswire

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