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Show WAR ON TERRORISM TheSalt Lake Tribune Wednesday, November21 2001 A7 Utah CompanyHelpsPeople Send Thanks to Soldiers Abroad BY VINCE HORIUCHI THESALTLAKE TRIBUNE For the soldiers fighting terrorism half a world away, apicturetrulyis worth a thousand words especially if it comes fromlovedonesat home. Thatis whythree high-tech compa: nies, including Salt Lake County. based Sorenson Media, are launching a national project where anyone can sendvideo e-mail messagesto soldiers fighting in Afghanistan. Theinitiative, called “Give Thanks America,”will be heldthefirst week of December and involve computer centers in 11 cifies, includingonein Utah, where anyone can broadcast a video clip to any soldier with a computer nearby. The project will launch officially with announcements that week in New York City and Washington D.C. Thecenter in Utahwill be set up at the bandwidthfor the program Utah National Guard spokesman Lt. Col. € Morgan said messages from home can be the most important part of a soldier’s day. “You know how muchyou miss your loved ones. You miss key things like holidays and ba bies’ birthdays,” he said. “To be able to interact with yourfamily, even if it’s once every couple of weeks, is impor Thanksgiving Point in Lehi on Dec. 8 30 a.m.to4 p.m. “Especially during. Christmas, when. cant are away, to havea video link with family members will be a tremendousreassurancefor our fight re doing has meaning,” said Jim Sore: executive officer of Sorenson Media. It’s a worthwhilethingto be involved in and to beapartofthesolution.” tant. And to beablet P a video of is hearteningto the Compagis providing the computers in thecenters and alsowill be supply- in mind, Cémpagq's first idea wasto havemilitary families save ssages on recordable DVDs and then mail thosediscs to the soldiers ing a mobile homethat will travel to morecities in the South and southwestern parts of the UnitedStates, said abroad. But the logistics of doing that, coupled with the problems with the ee‘company spokesman David Albritton. Digital Island Inc., which manages a global Internet network, is providing “To send the computer equipment to all of those venues as well as the DVD mediato send around would have been a large logistics problem,” Al britton said. That is when Sorenson Media stepped. in. The company has devel oped video compression software that takes digital video and squeezes it into smaller file sizes so it is ed quickerto transmit over the Inte second clip. computer ¢ Any soldier near a Sorenson's serverthrot h a “Give Thanks Amer: ica” Web and see any of those video message: This Il done using a service by Sorenson called Vcast, which allows people to create and broadcast video clips affordably on the Internet. Com: panies and schooldistricts have used the service to show educational films and commercialsonline. It’s a service that acquires, stores, manages and delivers video content on the Internet to makeit easy andaf- Without losing video quality company is most famous fr creatii the digital versions of mévie trailers fordable,” said Ed McG: vice president ofsales and marketing. For soldiers abroad, these videos for the new “Star Wars” movies that will be a welcomeconnectionto home. have been popularon the Web. “Combat is a verylonely place. So any contact with home helps to bring People who want to send a message to a soldier can record up toja two- us back to re: system due to the anthrax inci minute video. Those with no ties. to soldiers who just want to say “thanks” ofthe forced Compag to adapt. to any military personnel can record a cal "Morgan. said two good times mealtimes andalways mail WEDNESDAY Seat ee enh ed THANKSGIVING PREVIEW SALE 50% OFF ALL BED. 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