We help over 100 clients stay accessible, transparent and accountable with local authority streaming.
Why webcasting?
Livestreaming allows local authorities to demonstrate a commitment to transparency and accountability for all residents. It encourages engagement and debate. Thanks to features such as subtitling, councils can reach high accessibility standards.
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Benefits of webcasting for local authorities
Reaches your digital audience
Encourages engagement and debate
Creates accessible meetings with subtitles and transcription
Demonstrates a commitment to accountability and transparency
Saves time and resources
Assists minute taking with automated meeting transcription
Keeps content in context (Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014)
Assists in FOI requests
Why Public-i?
Public-i pioneered local government streaming, helping our first council webcast in 2000. We have a deep understanding of the needs of the local government sector and we work closely with local authorities to develop solutions that make meetings better.
Accessibility
Our automatic meeting transcription feature means that each meeting has a full, searchable transcript available on archive. This saves time when minute taking and responding to FOI requests. The transcript can be displayed as subtitles: helping to create accessible meetings.
We offer a dual-language facility for Welsh clients who need to simultaneously provide facilities for Welsh and English speakers, too.
Save on resources
Connect Webcasting works with Modern.Gov and CMIS, the leading providers in paperless governance, to simplify all aspects of meeting management. Webcast booking syncs automatically from the committee management system, and all documents, agenda points and metadata is automatically synced too.
Our camera tracking solution automates with all up-to-date microphone systems, meaning that the camera focuses on the live-speaker automatically. There’s no need for an operator.
Bespoke features
Every local authority is different. That’s why we offer truly bespoke features to suit each client. For example:
- Connect webcasting is adaptable and scalable: it can suit any size room or meeting. It can even be portable; so can serve multiple spaces.
- Our dual-language webcasting is bespoke for Welsh speakers.
- We supply new, and integrate with existing, conference microphone systems from all leading manufacturers.
- We’re experts in working in heritage spaces.
Our customers say it best
“In the many years we’ve been using Public-i’s webcasting system, I am pleased to say the service received has been excellent. I do not believe that there is another webcasting company that could offer us more.”
Committee Services ManagerCamden Council
“I can’t speak highly enough of this solution. Dead easy, dead straightforward. You’re able to webcast anything, anywhere: it is what is says on the box.”
Stockport Representative
“RMT has enjoyed an extremely positive relationship with Public-i who have consistently delivered a reliable live streaming service that fully meets all RMT requirements.”
Andrew BrattleRMT Web Editor