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Public-i provide Aylesbury Vale with a hardware and software video production solution (including cameras, editing software, training and support) to enable the Council to produce and host their own video content on their Intranet site to improve communication with staff.

Site:
www.aylesburyvaledc.public-i.tv

Ayuntamiento de Getafe
Ayuntamiento de Getafe started webcasting in October 2005 and were the first Council outside the UK to webcast using the Public-i system as part of the e-Participate project. They use a hybrid system with fixed cameras in their Chamber with a D600 mobile unit. They have captured a very broad range of content since their launch encompassing formal meetings, interviews, youth events, talking heads and book reviews. Site: www.getafe.public-i.tv/

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council have been webcasting since June 2009. In April 2009 they had a Chamber refurbishment which included new audio and a fixed webcasting system. They webcast Full Council and Planning with a view to increasing this to include Cabinet.

Site:
www.barnsley.public-i.tv/site/

Birmingham City Council
Birmingham are using the Public-i e-Petitions system and are also taking part in the EuroPetitions project. Site: http://epetition.birmingham.public-i.tv/

Braintree District Council

Braintree District Council implemented a full webcasting project following the trial and evaluation of a series of event webcasts. The Council uses a portable R600 webcasting system with fixed cameras in the Chamber to broadcast Cabinet, Full Council and Planning meetings. The R600 is also used to capture other committee meetings and events from remote locations.

Site:
http://www.braintree.public-i.tv/site/

Brand New Productions
In operation almost 10 years, Brand New Productions is a niche producer of broadcast and narrowcast productions. On the broadcast side, it has produced “Its Your Money”, “Living With The Euro” and “The Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards” for RTE, while its corporate clients include indigenous and overseas organisations, public and private bodies, including: Accenture; Astra Zeneca; Bank Of Ireland; Bord Bia; Bord Failte; Ernst & Young; Hill & Knowlton; IAWS; Murray Consultants; Newbridge SiLverware; Pfizer; Samsung; Sony; SFA; And Trintech. Now under the banner of Irish Conference TV, it is delighted to offer a whole range of webcasting services, tailored to each client and devised in line with audience requirements.

Brentwood Borough Council
Brentwood Borough Council have been webcasting since 2004. They have a D600 system with fixed cameras and a feed from the PA system in their Council Chamber. Being mobile, the D600 system offers the flexibility of webcasting meetings from other rooms. The service is under the aegis of Corporate Services and a wide range of content such as Development Control, Licensing Committee, Full Council and Community Panel meetings is produced. Site: http://www.brentwood.ukcouncil.net/

Brighton & Hove City Council

Brighton & Hove have been webcasting since June 2008, and have generated an instant return in viewing figures that are far beyond all expectations. They needed to accommodate formal meetings in two Town Halls, and therefore have fixed cameras in both locations, using an R600 mobile unit which manages the webcasting demands of both locations.

Site:
http://www.brighton-hove.public-i.tv

Bristol City Council

Bristol City Council has a proven track record of using new technology to broaden democratic engagement. They provide a space with www.askbristol.com where citizens can find information, access resources and of course, be part of the debate, whatever is on their mind. The site incorporates Public-i e-Petitions, Webcasting, Citizenscape and Viewfinder.

Site:
www.askbristol.com

British Medical Association

The BMA have been webcasting a wide variety of content from various sites around the country since 2006 using their portable R600 unit. Webcasts include Junior Doctors Conferences, Annual Representative Meetings, Knowledge Sharing Sessions, Talking Heads, and NHS Press Releases.

Site:
http://www.bma.public-i.tv

Buckinghamshire County Council
In order to improve communication Buckinghamshire County Council contracted Public-i to provide a branded microsite and player page for a) their residents b) their staff and c) their partners to host and stream on demand video content (produced by the Council) specific to each of the three groups. Site: http://www.buckscc.public-i.tv/site/

Cardiff City & County

Cardiff Council have been webcasting Council meetings from City Hall, which has fixed cameras, and County Hall using a portable R600 system.

Site:
http://www.cardiff.ukcouncil.net

Castle Point District Council
Castle Point Borough Council have fully integrated a fixed F600 webcasting system with the Chamber audio, and webcast Development & Control, Full Council, Cabinet and public consultation meetings. Site: http://www.castlepoint.public-i.tv/site/

Cherwell District Council

Cherwell District Council has been webcasting since July 2004. All webcasting takes place in the Council Chamber where a fixed public-i F600 system is installed. Budget Briefing sessions, Executive, Full Council, Planning and PCT meetings are webcast. Cherwell DC is also using the Modern.gov Committee Management System which has been fully integrated with the Public-i CMS.

Site:
www.cherwell.ukcouncil.net

City of Vrutky
The City of Vrutky launched their webcasting service in September 2005 with a musical extravaganza to celebrate the 750th anniversary of the city’s inception. As part of the e-Participate programme they have subsequently focused on formal meetings captured using their D600 unit as a service run by their IT department. Site: http://www.vrutky.public-i.tv/

Council of the Isles of Scilly

The Council of the Isles of Scilly began webcasting at the end of 2004 with a system consisting of fixed cameras in their Council Chamber and a M600 mobile webcasting unit, they also have a Canon camera which can be used to film out in the community. They provide one to four webcasts a month with content including Health and Scrutiny, Planning, Policy and Full Council meetings. In addition, they entered into a partnership with their local press in 2008 to make their webcasts even more widely available.

Site:
http://www.islesofscilly.ukcouncil.net/

Devon & Cornwall Police Authority
One of the first Police Authorities to begin webcasting their formal meetings in the UK, DCPA operate in a similar vein to Brighton & Hove City Council, and have fixed cameras in two locations, deploying their mobile R600 unit where necessary. They regularly webcast their Full Police Authority meeting, and have begun creating more content such as coverage of Human Resources, Corporate Governance, Performance Management and Community Engagement Committee meetings. Site: http://www.dcpa.public-i.tv/site/

Devon County Council

Devon County Council has been broadcasting a range of content online since November 2003. At present the authority has a fixed F600 system in its Council Chamber and an additional R600 portable unit which is used in Committee Rooms and at off-site locations. The service is provided under the auspices of the Communications Department, initially in response to a high level of local activism over Council Tax. Since then, Devon has been extremely active in providing a broad range of content to inform and entertain residents, including Consultation Panels, Scrutiny, Executive, Development Control, Environment, Full Council, Schools Organisation Committee and Budget meetings as well as filming internal content such as the Council Worker of the Year. In addition to webcasting, Devon CC also launched their web tv site My Devon in 2008, which carries topical and educational video articles for Devon residents.

Site:
http://www.devoncc.ukcouncil.net

Donegal County Council
Donegal County Council, in the west coast of Ireland have been webcasting for 2 years as well as being part of the CitizenScape project. The team is focusing on environmental issues as raised by young people in the community and are using the image mapping features of viewfinder to provide a vibrant interface to these issues and discussions. Sites: www.donegalcoco.public-i.tv www.donegal.citizenscape.net www.viewfinder.donegal.public-i.tv

Dublin City Council
Dublin City Council have been webcasting monthly Council meetings since March 07 using a D600 mobile system to operate fixed cameras in the Chamber. The service has subsequently been extended to include Area Committee meetings. Site: http://www.dublincity.public-i.tv

Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Council
In August 2006 Dun Laoghaire and Rathdown County Council commenced webcasting of their monthly County Council meetings using fixed cameras and the portable Public-i D600 webcasting system in order to a) improve procedural accessibility, transparency and public engagement and b) to have a record of meetings to refer back to. Site: http://www.dlrcoco.public-i.tv/site/

East Herts District Council

East Herts DC have just completed a major technological revamp of their Chamber, and part of this upgrade was the introduction of a fixed F600 webcasting system, which is fully integrated with their audio solution to provide automatic camera control. They have successfully completed a number of test webcasts, and will begin to webcast live in Spring/Summer 2010.

Site:
http://www.eastherts.public-i.tv

East Sussex County Council

East Sussex CC have been webcasting from the fixed installation in their Council Chamber since December 2003. Since the inception of the project the equipment has been used to transmit Full Council, Cabinet and more recently Planning Committees and all meetings of the Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee (HOSC). The facility is also used by the Sussex Police Authority who webcast their monthly formal meeting. ESCC also produced and streamed a short film to publicise the work carried out by volunteers in the region early in 2007.

Sites:
www.eastsussex.ukcouncil.net
www.sussexpolice.ukcouncil.net

Elancourt
Elancourt launched webcasts of their monthly town council meetings on 24th September 2008. Prior to webcasting, only 6 senior citizens would attend council meetings - now they have an average of 1,903 viewers (374 live, 1529 archive). Initial high-profile PR generated a lot of this and they plan to increase viewership and attendance by webcasting further events that attract young people. The Elancourt website is being updated to reflect a more dynamic approach to e-Participation with more content and interactivity for regular municipal meetings. And, to consult citizens before decisions are made by the Municipal Council, as well as providing training for councillors to give shorter, more focused and interesting presentations. To get more young people interested in the Council, the mayor will start webcasts targeted specifically at them and likewise for the Senior Citizens' Council. Other content produced has included the Mayor’s New Year Speech and online conferences (with topics such as the economic crisis), debates, Open University use, district meetings and broadcasting local cultural events using their mobile equipment. Site: http://www.ville-elancourt.public-i.tv/site/

Epping Forest District Council
Following a tender process initiated through the Essex Procurement Hub, Epping Forest DC has considerably increased the range of content being webcast. Using an F600 fixed webcasting system, the Council broadcasts meeting from the Chamber such as Civic Awards, various Scrutiny meetings, Youth Council, Full Council, Code of Conduct Training for Councillors and training on the LDF, Leader / Chair briefing's / message's, Planning, Olympic Flag Raising, School Arts Projects and a various short film's. Epping Forest DC is using the Modern.Gov Committee Management Sytem which has been fully integrated with the Public-i Content Management System. Site: www.eppingforestdc.public-i.tv

Essex County Council

Essex County Council has webcast Planning meetings on an event basis in the past and took the decision to fix cameras in the Council Chamber and Committee Room in March 2009 and webcast meetings using an R600 portable webcasting system. The Council is also using a Comunications Enhancement and Video Editing package to allow the Communications team to make short films, internal briefings and voxpops.

Site:
http://www.essexcc.ukcouncil.net

Fingal County Council
In March 2005 Fingal County Council joined an EU funded project and in January 2006 began webcasting a variety of meetings from their Council Chamber in Swords including, Full Council, Budget, Planning and Development and Area Committees. Interest in the Area Committee meetings was such that the Council decided to provide the three Area Committees at Balbriggan, Baldoyle and Blanchardstown with their own portable R600 webcasting systems to operate fixed cameras at each location. Site: http://www.fingalcoco.public-i.tv/

Hertsmere Borough Council

Hertsmere Borough Council have webcast since the end of 2005. Using an M600 unit with fixed cameras they film from two rooms within the Council building. Webcasting is managed and operated by both the Communications and Democratic Services departments who regularly webcast both Executive and Full Council meetings with specific meetings of public interest such as some Planning Committee’s. In early 2009 they increased their e-Participation toolset by introducing a Public-i e-Petitioning system.

Sites:
http://www.hertsmere.public-i.tv/
http://epetition.hertsmere.public-i.tv/

Kent County Council

Kent has been webcasting meetings, since December 2005, from both the Chamber and Committee Room using an D600 with fixed cameras in both rooms. Content includes a wide range of meetings: Cabinet, Full Council, School Organisation Advisory Board, Budget, Overview and Scrutiny and various conference's.

Site:
http://www.kent.ukcouncil.net

Kingston Upon Hull City Council

Kingston-Upon-Hull City Council has been webcasting since March 2003, and use a fixed Public-i F600 webcasting sytem in the Council Chamber. The F600 has been fully automated with the audio system which allows the cameras to be driven by the microphones. Content is predominantly Full Council Meetings and events including local election results and Mayor making sessions.

Site:
http://www.hullcc.ukcouncil.net/

Kingston upon Thames

Kingston were one of the first Local Authorities to trial e-Petitions so we are delighted that they have now moved over to use our e-Petitions product. They are also participating in the EuroPetitions project.

Site:
http://epetition.kingston.public-i.tv/

Kirklees Council
Kirklees Council have a fixed system in their refurbished Council Chamber, this was installed in August 2009, they also have a R600 Portable system with portable cameras. The F600 is used for Full Council Meetings, Cabinet, Scrutiny and Planning. The R600 is taken out to various locations to webcast area committees, and ward forums. They are also planning on using the equipment to film short clips of members and officers. Site: http://www.kirklees.public-i.tv

Lancashire County Council

Lancashire County Council started webcasting their Cabinet meetings in August 2002. They had a F600 installed in Committee Room 1. Such was the success of webcasting a few years later they installed a F600, fixed system in the Council Chamber. All committee rooms now have fixed cameras and they use an R600 portable system to webcast all of their meetings.

Site:
http://www.lancashire.ukcouncil.net/

Leicester City Council

Leicester City Council started webcasting in March 2008, they have a D600, mobile system and currently webcast Full Council meetings and have webcast messages from the Lord Mayor.

Site:
http://www.leicester.public-i.tv

Lincolnshire County Council
Lincolnshire are in their second year of webcasting meetings such as Full Council, County Council Conference Speechs, School Debates, and various Training sessions, using an F600, their audio system is integrated with the webcasting system to allow automated camera control. They also use the equipment for internal use, the Chief Executive and Senior Management Team run internal webcasts so only employees can view them to communicate in a more effective way. Site: http://www.lincolnshire.public-i.tv

Local Government Association

Working through Liberata, the LGA currently produces a varied selection of webcast content including policy review groups, leader briefings, a variety of conferences and events including Local Democracy Week and the LGA Annual Conference. They also webcast evening seminars and internal staff briefings. All webcasting is done using a Public-i portable R600 system with fixed cameras in a meeting room and in the main conference room. The service has been run by the Information Services Department since March 2003.

Site:
http://www.lga.ukcouncil.net/

London Borough of Camden

One of Public-i’s very first and most prolific clients, LBC Camden have been webcasting since February 2002 under the auspices of the Committee Services team. The authority use the fixed F600 installation in their Council Chamber to capture Full Council, Executive, Licensing and Development Control meetings together with a wide range of one off events.

Site:
http://www.camden.ukcouncil.net/

London Borough of Haringey

The London Borough of Haringey began webcasting with a D500 system in 2005, and their content ranges from the webcasting of meetings such as Full Council, Overview and Scrutiny Committee and Planning. They have also made short films, webcast junior debates and made Councillor interviews. Integration with the Public-i Content Management System and their own Committee Management System Modern.gov occurred early in 2009, and they recently upgraded their hardware to a F600 fixed system.

Site:
http://www.haringey.ukcouncil.net/

London Borough of Havering

LB Havering are another new client for Public-i and have an F600 fixed system installed in the chamber, which is intregrated with their audio solution. Currently in the soft launch phase, they will begin live webcasting Summer 2010.

Site:
http://www.havering.public-i.tv

London Borough of Hounslow

The London Borough of Hounslow was the first local authority in the UK to provide a webcasting service. Since April 2001 the Authority has webcast a range of content including Borough Council, Executive, Overview and Scrutiny Committee’s, and various Children and Young People Scrutiny Panel meetings. Hounslow has a fixed installation in its Council Chamber with cameras remotely controlled by the delegate microphone system together with a portable R600 webcasting system. The service is run by the Democratic Services department. Hounslow is using the Modern.Gov Committee Management Sytem which has been fully integrated with the Public-i Content Management System.

Site:
http://www.hounslow.ukcouncil.net/

Mole Valley District Council

Mole Valley District Council has been webcasting since October 2002. The webcasting service is managed by the IT department which oversees the production of a large number of webcasts including Council Meetings, Development Control Committee, Housing Stock Transfer, Licensing Committee, internal staff briefings and youth events. Content is captured via a Public-i F600 fixed system in the Council Chamber and an additional D600 mobile unit, including an audio solution. In addition to webcasting, MVDC also have a Viewfinder multimedia discussion board.

Sites:
http://www.molevalley.ukcouncil.net
http://www.mvviewfinder.public-i.tv

Moray Council
The first Scottish Council to actively webcast meetings, Moray has been using an F600 since 2005 covering a wide range of content including Environmental Services Committee, Education and Social Services Committee, and Full Council meetings. Moray is a good example of an integrated camera system whereby a camera will automatically focus on a Member when the delegate microphone is activated. Sites: http://www.moray.ukcouncil.net/

New Forest District Council

Forest Thoughts, New Forest DC's 'Viewfinder' multimedia discussion board, was successfully launched in February 2009 and has been an instant hit with residents. Designed as an online community forum where members of the community can 'have their say' on local issues, the site also allows users to upload images, text and audio clips to add extra impact and information to their posts.

Site:
http://www.forestthoughts.public-i.tv

Newcastle City Council

In May 2009, Newcastle City Council implemented a multimedia discussion board to support its Udecide Participatory Budgeting programme. The site is designed for members of the public to discuss PB projects in their ward and allows citizens to upload user generated content in the form of video captured on a mobile phone or video camera.

Site:
http://viewfinder.newcastle.public-i.tv

North East Derbyshire District Council

You’ve heard of ‘My Space’ - North East Derbyshire have used this concept to launch ‘YOUR space’, an interactive social networking portal for local communities that encourages citizens to share experiences and celebrate what’s great about North East Derbyshire. The Video Magazine was launched in November 2007 and has proved to be very successful. Ongoing evaluation is taking place, but initial feedback is very positive, on average over 1,000 people view YOURspace per month. National interest in the site is building and it was showcased to all Council's at a conference in July 2008.

Site:
http://www.neddc-yourspace.org.uk

RMT

The RMT first started using an R600 in 2006, as part of a managed service run by Public-i, and have used it to webcast a number of meetings from around the country ranging from the AGM, Signaling Grades Conference, Health and Safety Conference and the RMT Women’s Conference.

Site:
Private access

Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea

A client since 2008, RBKC use their mobile R600 not just as webcasting platform, but use elements to capture and produce internal content for the benefit of staff. They recently upgraded their system to include the preview function, giving operators the added functionality of being able to line up shots with non-active cameras, ensuring a professional and clean webcast.

Site:
http://www.rbkc.public-i.tv/site/

Royal College of Physicians Ireland
Since April 2008 The Royal College of Physicians in Ireland have been webcasting seminars and masterclasses for Doctors throughout Ireland as part of ongoing professional development. Content is streamed live to members and later edited and uploaded to a private members area. The RCPI use a Public-i R600 portable webcasting system. Site: Private access

SOLACE
Public-i have been business partners of The Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers (SOLACE) since 2003, benefiting from direct business from CEO's on the Local Authority market and its requirements. The relationship enables us to develop our innovative tools and services to meet our markets expectations. In addition Public-i have assisted SOLACE by webcasting a number of events including their Annual conference since 2002. Site: www.solace.public-i.tv

South Holland District Council

South Holland District Council started webcasting in October 2007. They ran a pilot for 12 months and webcast a number of meetings, the core being Development & Control, Council and some Special meetings. The pilot was deemed a huge success and they recently went out to tender and awarded Public-i the contract. They have a Fixed System in their chamber.

Site:
http://www.sholland.public-i.tv

South Oxfordshire District Council

South Oxon has been using a D600 since 2005, webcasting meetings from the Council chamber. Content has included Planning meetings, Annual Council meetings, and live coverage of the local election results.

Site:
http://www.southoxon.public-i.tv/

South Yorkshire Joint Authority

South Yorkshire Joint Secretariat launched webcasting in September 2007, and have webcast all Police, Fire Authority, Pensions and Transport Authority meetings. They have a F600, fixed webcasting system. They are very active in promoting webcasting, and have had high numbers of viewers.

Site:
www.southyorks.public-i.tv

St Albans City & District Council
Wecasting since 2007, St Albans' webcasting project is centred in the planning dept., which regularly attracts more viewers than could be accommodated in the public gallery. They have a fixed F600 system in the chamber, and are looking at the possibility of expanding into other departments in the future. Site: http://www.stalbans.ukcouncil.net

Staffordshire County Council
Staffordshire County Council introduced webcasting as part of an audio/video tender in April 2009, and installation of the fixed F600 webcasting system was subject to an English Heritage survey. Meetings are broadcast from the Chamber and a Committee Room and include Cabinet and Scrutiny webcasts. Site: www.staffordshire.public-i.tv

Staffordshire Moorlands District Council
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council started webcasting in November 2006, they initially focussed on webcasting community events, training sessions and Council and community based indicatives. In July 2007 they began webcasting all council meetings. They have a Fixed system in their chamber, and a R600 portable system to take out into the community. Site: www.staffsmoorlands.public-i.tv

Stroud District Council

Headed by the Democratic Services department, Stroud District Council have been webcasting since 2006. Using a D600 system the team regularly webcast Development Control, Overview, Scrutiny, Full Council and Cabinet meetings. Stroud use automated camera control with the cameras being controlled by the audio system.

Site:
www.strouddc.ukcouncil.net

Surrey County Council

Surrey CC are a new webcasting client that have embraced the technology and ethos behind the technology wholeheartedly. As well as having an extensive installation in the Chamber, they have also taken a mobile R600 unit for webcasting from other locations, including off-site. They have introduced a full webcasting programme including all democratic meetings in the chamber, and have begun their webcasts with Full Council.

Site:
http://www.surreycc.public-i.tv

The Hemming Group

Publisher of The MJ and localgov.co.uk, Hemming entered into a partnership with Public-i to webcast their monthly 'roundtable' discussions in late 2008. The discussions can encompass any topic related to local government and are captured in a raw style that brings across the spontaneous and engaging nature of the debates.

Site:
www.localgov.public-i.tv

The Highland Council

The Highland Council took the decision to webcast in May 2009, they are committed to making their decision process as open and transparent as possible. The fixed system was installed in August 2009, since then they have webcast a number of meetings and have committed to webcast all Planning Environment and Development Committees, Inverness Nairn
Badenoch and Strathspey Planning Applications Committee and the Inverness Nairn Badenoch and Strathspey Licensing Committee. They are also going to webcast their Police Board meetings.

Site:
www.highland.public-i.tv

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Tunbridge Wells launched LocalVocal, in October 2009, as the Council's hub of information, interactivity and images. The site is aimed to help residents, service users and partners have the information they need about services and issues affecting their lives. So they are able to take part in and influence the way in which the Council decide and deliver their priorities, budgets, strategies and services. At Local Vocal you can: Take part in their discussion forum by joining in with existing topics or creating your own Pose questions directly to the Leader of the Council, Cllr Roy Bullock, to which he will respond Start you own e-petition or support an existing one Watch film clips on a variety of topics from across the borough Submit your own film clip of initiatives you have taken part in or led on View and take part in current consultations. Site: www.localvocal.public-i.tv

West Lindsey District Council
West Lindsey District Council have been webcasting since March 2008, they webcast full council, annual meetings and elections using a F600, fixed system in their chamber, and have automated cameras. They are currently looking to extend the service by using the equipment for members video blogs, training and internal communications. Site: www.west-lindsey.public-i.tv

West Sussex County Council
West Sussex County Council has been webcasting Full Council and Joint Health O&S meetings using a fixed F600 webcasting system since February 2008. The webcasting encoder has been fully integrated with the Chamber audio. In May 2009, WSCC introduced a Public-i epetitioning system to support their community programme. Site: www.westsussex.public-i.tv

Worcestershire County Council

Worcestershire County Council implemeted their webcasting project, in January 2009, as part of their Chamber refurb which also included a brand new audio / visual system. The Chamber has 3 fixed cameras and uses a F600 fixed webcasting system that has been fully integrated with the audio. Webcasts include Full Council and some internal training meetings.

Site:
www.worcestershire.public-i.tv

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