Stream Video to Mobile

Devices in Flash & HTML5

Agenda
1. Granicus History

2. Who is in the audience today?

3. The mobile device market today

4. How is government supporting mobile devices?

5. Video delivery on mobile devices

6. Best practices for video on mobile devices

7. Q/A

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Granicus History
• Founded in 1999, recently celebrated 11 years
• Our Mission: Changing the way citizens interact with government
• Award-winning technology designed exclusively for government
• 4,700 users, 750 government clients nationwide
• Delivered 28 million government webcasts
• 98.3% client referability rating!

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Who is in the Audience?

565 Attendees 46 States + 3 Canadian Provinces

369 Granicus Customers 395 Government Agencies – all levels of government

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Submitting Questions

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Presenters

Sherry Willhoite Tom Spengler

VP of Product Management CEO and Co-Founder
Granicus Granicus

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Poll Question #1

Do you own a smartphone?

13%

11%
No, but I'm considering
one
No, I'm not sure I have a
need for one
Yes
76%

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Global smartphone market trends

Worldwide smartphone sales up 72% from

2009 in 2010

Total Units Sold:

2009 = roughly 170 million sold
2010 = roughly 300 million sold

US consumers more likely to buy a

smartphone than any other device in 2011

Apple promotions of $49 iPhone

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Poll Question #2

• Does your organization use tablet PCs during the decision-making process?

2%

19%

I'm not sure

No
No but we're looking into it
23% 57% Yes

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Tablet PCs
More than 7 million iPads sold within the first 6 months on sale

Media tablet sales to surpass 208 million by 2014

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What does this mean for government?
Citizens are on the go - demand
for quick, convenient access to
information

Gov needs to change with the

way people consume information
to stay relevant

Reach audience through

preferred channels

Reaching mobile devices is

critical component of open
government

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How is gov supporting mobile devices?

Feb 2011 – President’s initiative for expanded

wireless access

“The number of smartphones will soon

pass both conventional mobile phones
and computers around the world,
promising…greater demand for
bandwidth”

Apps.USA.gov – free Fed government apps to

help citizens stay connected to government

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Poll Question #3

• Does your organization have a smartphone app to help residents quickly

connect to you?

5%
21%

I'm not
sure
No

Yes

73%

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Government apps on mobile devices
Leverage open data and citizen talent to improve civic engagement
Municipal/State apps – Huntsville, TX

Upload images and report a local issues -

- City of Phoenix

Nextbus – GPS tracking to provide

accurate arrival/departure times

“Smart” parking meters – alert drivers

through smartphone app of available
parking - SF

Government web application competitions

- Portland, Edmonton, Ottowa, DC, NYC

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3rd party applications for government
NYC Big Apps Competition
“…the public continues to demonstrate its
technical expertise and ingenuity in designing
applications for New Yorkers,” said Department of
Information Technology and Telecommunications
Commissioner Carole Post

DC’s Apps for Democracy

Ottowa’s Open Data App Contest

Leverage APIs to access data

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Virginia General Assembly
Video available through their website and
over mobile devices

Received over 15,000 viewers in less than

two months

Engaging citizens with more just video

“We’re really proud to be able to reach a

broader audience with our legislative
sessions. Mobile devices are the next
generation of public access.”
- Dick Kirkland, Web Developer, Virginia
House of Delegates

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Video on mobile devices best practices
What platforms?
- iPhone
- Android
- BlackBerry
- iPad
- Android tablets

Play video in multiple formats:

- Flash
- HTML5
- Silverlight

Cross-browser compatibility

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How can you make media more available?
Leverage cloud-computing technology

Rely on H.624 encoding standards

- Play video in Flash & HTML5
- No plug-in required
- Video available on leading
mobile devices

Deliver information regardless of a

citizen’s preferred mobile device

Granicus’ new streaming architecture

keeps governments up-to-speed with
emerging technologies

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Granicus Open Platform
The leading content delivery platform for government

Live and archived streaming

Replicate web experience over

mobile devices

Unlimited meetings and events

Leverage an open architecture

No software to install, no
hardware to maintain

Foundation – expand as
your needs grow

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Rich features on mobile devices
Deliver more than just video to your audience

Government Transparency Suite +

Enable closed captioning

Select indexed agenda items

- Jump-to points
- From agenda

View supporting documents

Search video & document archives

Share & embed from player

Pause, fast-forward and rewind

What is Granicus’ mobile plan?
Why is mobile a top CEO
initiative of 2011?

How can Granicus be your

mobile partner?

What’s the Granicus mobile

vision for 2011 and beyond?

Accessible data formats

Importance of cloud-computing
technology for government

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 Poll Question #4

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