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Raindance Introduces Internet Audio Broadcasting for Cost-Effective, Hassle-Free Delivery of Live Web Events

Posted on: Monday, 23 January 2006, 09:00 CST

Raindance Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:RNDC), the leader in integrated multimedia conferencing services and support, today introduced internet audio broadcasting, or webcasting, to its suite of multimedia conferencing services. The new webcasting feature allows participants to sit back and experience web, audio and video of a live event without picking up the phone, while retaining rich interactivity through the suite of online tools available to them. Webcasting also enables event hosts to deliver their message at a fraction of the cost of a traditional, operator-assisted teleconference with its list price of only $.05 per minute.

With this release, Raindance also introduced new features to increase the flexibility and customization of event registration and ease site administration through detailed reporting. These new features are available to all existing Raindance users the next time they login to the service.

"These enhancements to event management and execution will help our users customize the registration process and more efficiently handle in-event activities," said Don Detampel, chief executive officer of Raindance. "Specifically, our new webcasting feature will enable customers to broaden the reach of their online seminars and significantly reduce their costs by distributing large events solely over the web."

Key Feature Enhancements

With these enhancements, Raindance users now have increased in-meeting functionality and post-meeting management and reporting:

Pre- and Post-Meeting

-- Pre-registration and role pre-assignment: Moderators now have the ability to pre-register participants for all registration-required events and assign roles in advance of the event.

-- List filtering and filtered list URLs: Moderators can filter a list of scheduled events by keyword, date and file type and produce a customized URL to direct invitees to a specific event or list of events.

-- Registration field chooser: Moderators can completely customize registration fields, making it easy to pre-qualify attendees or streamline registration by only collecting basic information.

In Meeting

-- Webcasting: Participants can listen to live multimedia events through their computer speakers with a host of interactive tools available at their fingertips and at a fraction of the cost of operator-assisted teleconferencing.

-- Waiting room: Before and during the meeting, moderators are provided a real-time view of all participants in queue who have been denied access to an event with the ability to enter them into the meeting in real-time.

-- Chat improvements: Enhancements to the chat interface offer expanded options for communicating to moderators and co-moderators as well as clear visible confirmation of chat messages sent and received.

Site Administration and Security

-- Improved reporting: Site administrators are provided greater insight into their service usage through enhanced reports that present detailed information in a consolidated, user-friendly format.

-- Stronger password and security: Both administrators and moderators can conduct web events with greater piece of mind knowing that meeting content is safer than ever due to improved password protection and increased security functions.

About Raindance Communications

Raindance Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:RNDC), the leader in integrated multimedia conferencing services and support, brings an entirely new level of simplicity and interaction to remote meetings and events. Its suite of best-in-class services, Raindance Seminar Edition and Raindance Meeting Edition, redefine the everyday meeting experience. Thousands of corporate customers currently use Raindance's technology to more effectively communicate with colleagues, vendors, customers and partners around the world. For more information, please visit www.raindance.com or call 800-878-7326.

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

This release contains forward-looking statements, including expectations regarding future company and service performance, market acceptance and customer adoption of this newly announced feature and increased use of our services. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause future events to differ materially. These risks and uncertainties include the failure or interruptions in the software, systems or network underlying Raindance's services, competition from presently existing and new competitors, price pressure, and difficulties adopting new customers and increasing customer usage of our services. Additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements can be found in Raindance Communications' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies of filings made with the SEC are available through the SEC's electronic data gather analysis and retrieval system (EDGAR) at www.sec.gov. Raindance Communications assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements included in this document.

Raindance, Raindance Communications, SwitchTower and OpenGo and our logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Raindance Communications, Inc. All other company names and products may be trademarks of their respective companies.

Source: Business Wire

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