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STUDIO TWO SHOT OF ANCHORS.

SUPER IN CG WITH ANCHOR NAMES

ANCHOR OPENING - ANCHOR 1:

Hello, and welcome to “Business World News.”

 

If you happen to recall the two-way videophones that George Jetson used at home and work in the 1960s animated cartoon series “The Jetsons,” you just might be interested in our next story.

PUSH IN CLOSER ON ANCHOR 2.

ANCHOR 2:

Even if you don’t remember “The Jetsons,” you have surely seen George Bush using videoconferencing technology on TV and you’ll want to learn more about how the next leap in telephone technology is taking us into the future. NAME SURNAME is in Dallas, Texas with a report on a multi-patented videophone, called the VISIFONE, that lets you make FREE long distance telephone calls ANYWHERE in the world with TV-quality video.

ESTABLISHING SHOT OF REPORTER WITH VISEON CORPORATE LOGO SIGNAGE VISIBLE IN THE BACKGROUND (or) ENLARGED POSTER-SIZED PHOTOS OF THE VISIFONE. THE CORPORATE LOGO CAN BE ENLARGED ON A POSTER, TOO.

REPORTER STANDUP:

For years, the phone and cable companies have been investing Billions of dollars to bring you the “information superhighway,” also known as broadband, or the high-speed Internet.

CLOSER ANGLE ON REPORTER.

REPORTER STANDUP:

Today, over twenty percent of American households have a high-speed connection to the Internet via DSL or cable modem, and that figure is growing by one-hundred-and-twenty-five-thousand new users EVERY WEEK.

WOMAN USING VISIFONE TO COMMUNICATE WITH A FRIEND.

REPORTER VO:

With this amazing growth of broadband access, cable and DSL companies are anxious to begin rolling out all the new services that high-speed internet technology makes possible—-services like videophone calling.

REVERSE SHOT OF FRIEND SEEING AND TALKING TO WOMAN ON HER VISIFONE.

REPORTER VO:

And that’s what makes the VISIFONE the most significant personal communication tool to come along in the modern age. All you need is a high-speed internet connection in your home or office, and you can make a FREE videocall with TV-quality to anyone, anywhere in the world—-local or long distance. NAME SURNAME of VISEON, the maker of the VISIFONE, explains why.

VISEON SPOKESPERSON IN FRONT OF LARGE PROMO IMAGES OF THE VISIFONE.

FADE IN CG: “Name, Surname, Title, Viseon”

VISEON SPOKESPERSON:

Explains:

  1. You’re already paying on average about $40 per month for broadband or high-speed Internet access. If not, you’re seriously thinking about upgrading from the painfully slow dial-up Internet to a high-speed connection.

PUSH INTO MED CLOSE UP OF VISEON SPOKESPERSON AFTER CG FADES OUT.

VISEON SPOKESPERSON:

  1. The big secret is that you can use your broadband Internet access any way YOU choose. This means that you can start making FREE TV-quality videophone calls right now with the VISIFONE.

A MALE TEEN AT HOME TOUCH-PADS (DIALS) A NUMBER ON HIS VISIFONE.

REPORTER VO:

The VISIFONE is easy to use—-you just plug it into any cable or DSL modem, or through your home or office network, and dial your calls just like on a regular telephone call.

SAME SHOT, THE CONNECTION IS MADE AND IMAGE OF FEMALE TEEN RECEIVING CALL APPEARS ON HIS VISIFONE SCREEN.

REPORTER VO:

There are several other advantages the VISIFONE provides that make this one of the most exciting advancements in personal communications.

MAINTAIN SAME SHOT FOR A BEAT, AS WE TRANSITION TO MED SHOT OF VISIFONE SPOKESPERSON.

INSERT SHOT OF FAMILY CONVERSING WITH GRANDMA, WITH HER IMAGE FULL-SCREEN ON LARGE TV.

VISEON SPOKESPERSON:

Describes some of the unique features the VISIFONE provides, besides the TV quality, full motion video:

  1. Easily plug into any TV for a life-size big-screen image—-perfect for the whole family-style or business conference calls.

SHOW VISIFONE SCREEN TRANSITION INTO “AUNT MARTHA” JOINING THE CALL WITH GRANDMA ON-SCREEN.

VISEON SPOKESPERSON:

  1. You can set up three-way calling and bring “Aunt Martha” or your other business partner in on the call, all from anywhere in the world.

CLOSE-UP PLUGGING IN CAMCORDER TO VISIFONE

CUT TO SHOT OF PARENT WITH CAMCORDER FOCUSED ON KIDS IN SWIMMING POOL--

VISEON SPOKESPERSON VO:

  1. Plug in your hand-held camcorder and take your camera outside or anywhere in the home--as far as your connecting cable allows.

SCREEN SHOT OF VISIFONE WITH SAME POOL SCENES ON THE TELEPHONE SCREEN.

CUT BACK TO VISIFONE SPOKESPERSON

VISEON SPOKESPERSON VO:

  1. You can even attach your VCR or DVD to share video with Grandpa and Grandma, or you can use this feature for highlighting business conversations. In fact, the VISIFONE is the perfect tool for America’s thirty-three MILLION telecommuters to get “face time” with their offices.

WOMAN ON VISIFONE AT HER WORK OFFICE.

VISIFONE SCREEN SHOT OF BABYSITTER WITH CHILD AT HOME.

REPORTER VO:

Thanks to the plug-in features that allow you to utilize other video sources, the VISIFONE can also be set up with a remote camera so you can call in and check on your home or office.

WOMAN ADJUSTS HER VISIFONE (TO ILLUSTRATE THIS POINT). HER IMAGE APPEARS IN THE SCREENSHOT AND SHE POSITIONS IT IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE FRAME.

REPORTER VO:

You can also adjust a “picture in picture” setting so you can see what the image you are sending looks like to the other party during your phone connection.

SAME WOMAN, HELPING ILLUSTRATE THIS FEATURE, HITS “VIDEO MUTE” AND THE SCREEN SHOT GOES BLACK, WHILE STILL TALKING TO HER FRIEND.

REPORTER VO:

And, what if you just jumped out of the shower and you’re not ready to be seen on the videophone? It’s simple. Just hit the “video mute” button and you can continue talking, although your image will not be transported to the other party, just your voice, like a regular telephone.

CONFERENCE ROOM SETTING. TECH PERSON SETS UP VISIFONE FOR MEETING IN BACKGROUND...

REPORTER STANDUP:

The applications of the VISIFONE in the business world are equally impressive. The VISIFONE can talk to any corporate video conferencing system in use today—-and it will deliver the same quality as the corporate systems that cost ten or twenty thousand dollars.

HOOKS UP LARGE SCREEN TV TO VISIFONE AND--

REPORTER VO:

You can plug in wide angle cameras to put several individuals on a video conference call--

SHOW PROJECTION ON TV SCREEN AS ZOOM IN FEATURE BRINGS THE CATALOG PAGE CLOSER AND CLOSER, UP TO THE 20X MAGNIFICATION LEVEL.

REPORTER VO:

Or, you can add a peripheral camera and zoom in up to twenty times magnification on documents, proofs of marketing artwork or catalogs-—you name it--to share with another office, or even to make slide presentations to a prospective client.

FULL SHOT OF VISIFONE FAVORING SCREENSHOT WITH IDENTICAL MAGNIFIED IMAGE OF CATALOG PAGE.

REPORTER VO:

Businesses of any size can save considerable amounts of travel time and costs by linking each of their locations through VISIFONE installations.

The great thing about the VISIFONE is that it can plug right into your existing network to connect all your offices, EVEN on a global basis.

ESTABLISH INDUSTRY ANALYST AT WORK IN THEIR OFFICE

CUT TO ANALYST-

REPORTER VO:

ELLIOT GOLD is a respected teleconferencing industry analyst for his own company, Telespan. Mr. Gold has been covering the industry for more than twenty years, and his analyses have been published in more than half a dozen languages.

MAINTAIN SHOT ON INDUSTRY ANALYST.

SUPERIMPOSE CG, READING:

“Analyst Name, Firm”

INDUSTRY ANALYST:

PROMPT QUESTIONS:

What type of impact do you believe the VisiFone will have being the first to the consumer with a TV quality videophone?

Briefly explains:

  1. His perception of VisiFone’s impact by being first to market in the consumer sector.

ANOTHER ANGLE.

POSSIBLE INSERT SHOTS OF VISIFONE IN USE IN OFFICE SETTING.

INDUSTRY ANALYST CONT:

When you consider the cost advantage and quality the VisiFone provides over existing videoconferencing systems, can you describe examples of companies with multiple location offices will benefit from this technology?

In his own words, describes:

  1. How with VISIFONE connecting offices, companies will be able to communicate visually across multiple offices and solve client, customer, or internal problems in minutes, rather than hours.

CUT BACK TO INDUSTRY ANALYST

INDUSTRY ANALYST CONT:

PROMPT QUESTION:

How does VISIFONE help businesses save on costs and improve their productivity?

In his own words, explains that:

  1. Use of VISIFONE can provide huge annual cost savings to any company’s operation. More and more companies are cutting back costs on travel and communications between remote global offices because of this technology. Employees have less down time on the job when you eliminate travel considerations.

SHOT OF WOMAN ANSWERING VISIFONE FROM HER HOME.

REPORTER VO:

There are several reasons for consumers to have confidence in the quality of the VISIFONE, and the technical innovation backing it up.

REVERSE SHOT OF MAN SHE IS TALKING TO AT HIS OFFICE.

REPORTER VO:

VISEON, the ten-year-old makers of the VISIFONE, have several patents that protect the VISIFONE technology as the first and only broadband videophone in the world.

CONTINUE SHOT. THE MAN ENDS CALL WITH WOMAN.

HE DIALS ANOTHER NUMBER AND VIDEO IMAGE OF ANOTHER MAN APPEARS ON THE VISIFONE.

REPORTER VO:

Since 1994, VISEON has been developing and manufacturing video communications systems with installations in over thirty countries. Viseon’s client list includes Marriott Corporation, Boeing, the U.S. Army, and Hartford Insurance, to name a few.

MED SHOT TELECOM INDUSTRY ANALYST IN OFFICE SETTING.

FADE IN CG, READING:

“Analyst Name, Firm”

TELECOM INDUSTRY ANALYST:

What do you think were the main factors that convinced Viseon to expand their patented technologies into the consumer sector?

Explains:

  1. VISEON’s expertise and success in the corporate and government sectors—-AND, the fact that the average consumer now has easy access to high-speed Internet connections-- convinced them to expand the reach of their patented technology to the consumer and small business owner as well.

MAINTAIN SHOT, THEN PUSH IN TO CLOSE-UP SHOT TO PUNCTUATE FINAL STATEMENT ABOUT “BEST TECHNOLOGY...”

VISEON SPOKESPERSON:

Explains that:

We think it’s just another great example of how the consumer often benefits from technology that is first developed for government or business programs. Once successful there, the best technology always finds a way of trickling down to the consumer.

ESTABLISH REPORTER OUTSIDE VISEON HEADQUARTERS IN FULL SHOT.

REPORTER STANDUP:

Thirty years ago, rotary dial telephones were replaced by the touch-tone telephone. Today, those rotary dial phones seem like they came from another century. One can only imagine how phones without the VISIFONE’s video capabilities might seem to us in just a few years from now…

SLOWLY PUSH IN TO MED SHOT ON REPORTER.

REPORTER STANDUP:

The information superhighway is going to alter the way we communicate with each other from now on, and the VISIFONE is poised to become a permanent fixture in our future of telecommunications. From Dallas, Texas, I’m NAME SURNAME reporting for Business World News.

TWO SHOT OF ANCHORS.

ANCHOR 1:

Thanks, REPORTER NAME. So, I guess “The Jetsons” had it right after all. Before you know it, we’ll all be using the VISIFONE.

FAVOR ANCHOR 2.

ANCHOR 2:

Yes, I think so. This is going to be one hot item for anyone who likes to talk on the phone. I hope my teenager’s not watching our program right now!

CUT TO ANCHOR 2.

FADE IN CG:

"www.Viseon.com"

ANCHOR 1:

If you would like more information about the VISIFONE personal videophone, you can visit the VISEON website at W-W-W-dot-V-I-S-E-O-N-dot-com.

TWO SHOT OF ANCHORS.

ANCHOR 2:

For all of us here at Business World News, thanks for watching.

FADE TO BLACK.

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