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STREAM has been in the national news again, this time in the Daily Mail which has run a feature on STREAM Safe and Sound. STREAM Safe and Sound is the next major enhancement of STREAM Personal TV which integrates a set of lifestyle sensors around the home. The service allows relatives, carers and service providers to [...] Steve Fleming Steve Fleming, Chair of the Digital 20/20 Public Sector Special Interest Group, looks at technology’s role within public service transformation, and the significant economic opportunity it presents for the Yorkshire and Humber region. ‘Technology shouldn’t just automate existing processes, it should change them.’ There are two sets of things to consider when looking at [...] The STREAM Personal TV has received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the service is one of three UK flagship projects for Inclusive eGovernment. STREAM will now represent the UK at the European Ministerial eInclusion Conference, 30 November – 2 December 2008 in Vienna. STREAM’s mobile service for NHS Choices received its second award of the year tonight when the NHS Choices Humber team picked a BT eHealth Insider Award for best use of ICT in patient and citizen engagement. The NHS Choices Sexual Health Initiative gave young people in Hull, the East Riding of Yorkshire, and North and North [...] As mobile phone technology moves on, so have the capabilities of the devices we use on a daily basis. Most handsets on the market can now get emails, access the internet and run & store media rich content, such as video, music and images. At Broadband Capital, we recognized at an early stage the significant impact [...] ‘Stream will provide an assistant who doesn’t get overloaded, always says the right thing, and is on duty 24/7.’ One of the major issues I have to deal with in my job is that I spend a lot of time giving patients basic, generic information, rather than actually treating them. Therefore, a service that can provide [...] In April this year, Secretary of State for Health, Alan Johnson, visited our offices in Hull to take a look at the Stream IPTV service. He was very impressed, and promised to talk to Ivan Lewis, Minister for Social Care, about the project, with a recommendation that he also pay us a visit. And so [...] Today, Business Week 2008 reached a climax with the Yorkshire International Business Convention at the Gemtec arena in Hull. The convention is often the highlight of Business Week, and this year was no exception with guest speakers that included George Foreman and Sir Bob Geldof. It’s the start of Hull Business Week and for the next give days we’re at the KC Stadium covering all the goings-on. This will be our third business week, and promises to be the biggest yet, with up to give new programmes each day planned. The Independent Living pilot IPTV project (ILC) has been in operation for almost a month now, and in that time a lot has happened. We seem to be building a rapidly expanding network of content providers from a widening range of public sector agencies, as well our project partners and interested parties at local, regional [...] |
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