Congressman Curt Weldon, CEO Of Jenkins Hill International, Joins Giga Entertainment Media As Strategic Advisor
Worldwide Consultant Provides Critical Expertise As GEM Moves into High Gear of Growth Strategy
NEW YORK, Feb. 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Giga Entertainment Media (GEM), an Over-The-Top Technology (OTT) technology platform company that provides, through its B2B GIGANETTV brand, simultaneous multi-screen, multi-stream, multi-tasking and multi-user collaboration features and capabilities such as user-defined access to virtually any Internet site, curated real-time streaming video content, social media, and web conferencing, enabling the user to control the viewing and communications interfaces by adjusting the size and location of viewing windows, today announced that Pennsylvania Congressman Curt Weldon has joined the company as Strategic Advisor.
Weldon served 20 years in the US Congress (1987– 2007) and retired as Vice Chairman of the Armed Services Committee and Vice Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee. Prior to serving in Congress, Congressman Weldon served as an Executive with the INA/CIGNA Corporation at the Corporate Headquarters in Philadelphia. He formed Jenkins Hill International in 2007 and provides national and international consulting services to a wide variety of organizations.
Weldon said: "I am very pleased to be part of this innovative organization. GIGANETTV, with its breakthrough digital multi-tasking B2B platform, and the revolutionary SIMUL SEZ B2C mobile app are game changers with significant growth potential. Based on my years of experience as a public official and leadership of 60 Bi-Partisan Congressional Delegations to over 125 countries, I anticipate multiple opportunities for the GEM technology in areas such as Department of Defense, Homeland Security, surveillance and intelligence operations, even for first responders in disaster situations. We look forward to applying our strategic skills and resources to advance this trailblazing technology in an effort to increase and streamline communications and information flow to first responders and others, and to save lives."
Bryan Maizlish, CEO of Giga Entertainment Media, a former top IT technology and services executive at Fortune 500 companies with significant tenure in the media industry, said, "We are thrilled to announce our partnership with Congressman Weldon as Strategic Advisor. He brings world-class skills and a level of critical government and private sector experience that will help GEM aggressively expand its technical applications to an ever-widening universe of end users who will benefit greatly from the capabilities of our platform."
GEM's award winning technology is the foundation for both GIGANETTV and SIMUL SEZ. Both GIGANETTV and SIMUL SEZ can provide up to 30 simultaneous real-time content/data streams, social media, live individual/group chat, conference call sharing of any content/data streams and a myriad of other features that makes GIGANETTV and SIMUL SEZ a leading edge technology.
About Giga Entertainment Media
Giga Entertainment Media (GEM) is a multi-media technology company that provides unique interactive viewing and communications enhancement features, such as existing live programming, VOD and movie lineups, to consumers on the Internet as well as private labeling to brands, content providers and content aggregators and their subscribers.
GEM's most recent technological breakthrough on its dynamic game-changing platform allows real-time access to the entire web and associated video library, which includes substantial cable programming through voice recognition and user-friendly swiping viewed in an optimal personalized digital experience. GEM's advanced technology allows multitasking, simultasking and the entire range of interactive social network applications all at the same time on one device. Users are also offered buy-now options with an advanced programming guide, scrolling, newsfeeds and alerts.
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Giga Entertainment Media, Inc.
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Giga Entertainment Media, Inc.
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