For Rent Media Solutions™ offers streaming video to ForRent.com clients

Nov 16
06:32

2006

Erica Campbell

Erica Campbell

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For Rent Media Solutions™ Partners with ESPRE Solutions and MDS, LLC., becoming the first apartment listing service to offer streaming video to clients

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Norfolk,For Rent Media Solutions™ offers streaming video to ForRent.com clients Articles VA—(November 16, 2006) – For Rent Media Solutions™, a leading apartment resource for searching apartments for rent nationwide and a division of Dominion Enterprises, is excited to announce the launch of Community Theater™ on their ForRent.com website.

ForRent.com, which lists over 50,000 apartments nationwide,  has been working closely with ESPRE solutions, a Dallas-based media solutions and technology company with a revolutionary and patented video compression technology, as well as MDS, a Dallas area video distribution company, to offer this new service to ForRent.com customers.

“At For Rent Media Solutions, we believe in marketing apartment communities through the combination of print and internet with cutting edge technology,” says Amanda Hiller, general manager of ForRent.com. “The ForRent.com website was recently chosen as a leading Internet Listing Service by readers of Multi-Housing News magazine. By offering Community Theater, a streaming video product, to ForRent.com customers, the site is creating the opportunity for property managers to generate more LEADS™ for their apartment community, keeping them ahead of their competition.”

The initial launch of Community Theater was in the Seattle market with a national roll-out starting today. Community Theater is a streaming video package that offers ForRent.com clients: streaming custom video for their community; which can be shown on the For Rentwebsite as well as the management company’s site, professional voice over, production and editing, and a video e-mail brochure to send to prospects for follow up. This package is delivered through the ESPRE playerless player, which requires no video downloading.

“We are extremely excited to be a part of this launch with our partner MDS,” states Pete Ianace, president and CEO of ESPRE. “ForRent.com is one of the premier Internet Listing Services (ILS) for apartment communities and we are delighted to provide the core technology behind MDS’ unique, turnkey video virtual tour solutions.”

About For Rent Media Solutions™

Headquartered in Norfolk, VA, For Rent Media Solutions™ is a division of Dominion Enterprises. As the multi-family housing solution for apartment seekers, property/apartment managers and owners, For Rent Media Solutions provides superior products, outstanding customer service, and tangible results.  For Rent Media Solutions is a leading resource for choosing your next apartment for rent, townhouse, condo, duplex, efficiency, studio or loft and provides a free customizable search from over 50,000 apartment listings nationwide.  For Rent Media Solutions operates For Rent Magazine®, as well as ForRent.com™- The Magazine, and publishes 85 magazines covering more than 190 markets nationwide, as well as Senior Outlook®, Apartamentos Para Rentar®, Florida Condominium Sales and Rental Guide and Atlanta Town home and Condominium Sales and Rental Guide.  For Rent Media Solutions operates five additional websites: ForRent.com®, SeniorOutlook.com™, CorporateHousing.com™, ParaRentar.com™ and FLCondoGuide.com.  For Rent Media Solutions is a company dedicated to the needs of the apartment industry, bringing prospective residents and apartment communities together.

About Dominion Enterprises

Dominion Enterprises, headquartered in Norfolk, VA, is a leading media and information services company serving employment, real estate, recreation, and industrial markets in the United States.  The company has 503 paid and free magazine titles such as For Rent, Harmon Homes, The Employment Guide, Boat Trader, Cycle Trader and RV Trader with a combined weekly circulation of nearly 6 million; over 40 market-leading websites such as ForRent.com, Homes.com, and Traderonline.com reaching over 8 million monthly visitors; data capture and distribution businesses such as Dealer Specialties; and web services businesses across all the company’s industry categories.  The company has 6,600 employees nationwide and estimated 2006 annual revenue of $850 million.  For more information on Dominion Enterprises, visit www.dominionenterprises.com.

About MDS

MDS's primary focus is to provide the first practical approach to allow any web application to take full advantage of video -- both live and on- demand. Using our one-click video publishing technologies, any website can provide their users the power of live and streaming video for applications like classified advertising, online yellowpages, online dating services, on- demand feature length movies, video blogging, corporate sales and training. The MDS solution lets any website provide their end-users with simple methods to produce digital video presentations to show and sell products. MDS uses a wavelet-based compression system that is compatible with PC's, Macs and Linux computers, requires no software installation, and provides superior quality and bandwidth management. The MDS system has integrated Digital Rights Management to ensure that content can't be copied or distributed without the owner's permission. And MDS videos are significantly smaller then Quicktime, WMV, MPEG or Flash at the same quality levels. For more information visit http://www.bettervideo.com .