Polycom announced an enhancement of the Polycom Video Media Center™ (VMC™) 1000 that allows organizations to leverage Polycom's industry-leading telepresence and video conferencing solutions to reach large, targeted audiences with live video broadcasts and on-demand video and multimedia content.

"Use of live video broadcasts and on-demand video content is growing rapidly in the enterprise, government agencies, healthcare organizations, and educational institutions," said Joe Sigrist, senior vice president and general manager of video solutions at Polycom.

The Polycom Video Media Center™ (VMC™) 1000 is an appliance-based solution for centrally managing. It supports for a wider range of media formats beyond H.264, MPEG4 and Windows Media, Quicktime and Flash. It supports 1080p high-definition (HD) and side-by-side layouts for video and content, AES media encryption and Network Address Translation (NAT).

"Polycom visual communication is an essential component in our ability to deliver care, independent of time and location," said Dr. Glenn Hammack, CEO of NuPhysicia, the nation's leading provider of telemedicine health services. "We recently extended its use to support the launch of Medicine At Work, a new, cost-effective health benefit option for employers. Using the Polycom recording, streaming and video content management solution, NuPhysicia was able to reach a broad, geographically dispersed audience quickly and cost-effectively with a very professional and dynamic unveiling of the new Medicine At Work program. We were then able to package and repurpose the live presentation in an on-demand format that has continued to generate awareness and interest in the new program."