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Multimedia Solutions, Inc., of Calgary, Alberta, Canada purchases the assets of MicroVideo Learning Systems of NYC, New York.

Multimedia Solutions, Inc., wishes to announce that it will continue to support all MicroVideo Learning Systems products, and will also be creating Office 2000 training.

Clients can contact Jeff Popovich, Executive VP, Marketing, for further details. Phone 1-800-231-4021 or 1-403-215-5746

Former Resellers can contact Walter Schoustal, President, for further details. Phone 1-800-231-4021 or 1-403-215-5745

Microsoft releases the NetShow Services JumpStart CD ROM! Multimedia Solutions, Inc., of Calgary Alberta, is one of only two Canadian companies featured on the CD ROM with fully functioning demonstration applications. To learn about Microsoft NetShow, and streaming media, get your own copy by clicking on the logo to the right.

Reprinted from the London Finacial Times By GEOF WHEELWRIGHT

Calgary-based Multimedia Solutions showed off technology to allow video for use in on-line training sessions - to be distributed over the corporate network without using vast amounts of bandwidth. The Alberta company and U.S. partner, MicroVideo Learning Systems, claim they've achieved clear video transmission over the network at rates as low as 65 kbps, which is little more than the speed of an average high-speed consumer modem. This is about one-twentieth the data rate commonly required to send data over a network.
With this data rate, Multimedia Learning Systems has been able to develop network-based training applications that can provide an average of 300 "video help topics" per software application, which it says has "dramatically reduced" the number of help-desk calls.

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By GEOF WHEELWRIGHT For The Financial Post

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Reprinted from Computer Reseller News, December 22, 1997

Help Desk On-line And On Demand

Calgary based Multimedia Solutions, Inc. has teamed up with MicroVideo Learning Systems, of New York, to create video training on demand over the intranet or internet, with clear video at data rates of 200 kbps and as low as 65 kbps.