BabyPressConference.com, the new maternity service that enables parents to introduce their newborn -- in full-motion video -- to family and friends via the Internet, has captured the attention of hospitals, parents, and the media across the country. Twenty-four hospitals are currently participating in the service -- from Laguna Hills, California, to Everett, Washington, to Beverly, Massachusetts, to Norfolk, Virginia -- with another 50 contracts signed for participation. To date, more than 1,000 parents have registered to participate in BabyPressConference.com.

First Maternity Service of Its Kind: Using the latest streaming audio and video technology, BabyPressConference.com is the first service of its kind to let parents participate in a live, interactive netcast directly from the hospital after their baby is born. Invited viewers, who must have a confidential password, can interact with the new family by typing questions to the parents and then hearing and watching the responses on their computer monitors. The service, which is free to parents and viewers, is provided directly in the hospital at an Internet Broadcast Center (IBC) containing the computer and the camera. The IBC, which BabyPressConference.com installs, requires only a 100-square-foot area and high-speed Internet connectivity.

Growing Interest Among Hospitals and in the Press: BabyPressConference.com is up and running in several GNYHA member hospitals, and about 40 New York hospitals will have the service installed by this summer.

Over the last several weeks, BabyPressConference.com has been featured in numerous print and broadcast outlets around the country. As BabyPressConference.com is introduced in a new city, a press conference is held to announce the new service offered by the local hospital. With the help of the hospital public relations departments, these press conferences have been extremely successful and generated dozens of stories and feature articles about BabyPressConference.com. Coverage to date has included front-page articles in the Orange County Register and The Salem Evening News, articles in USA Today, Time, and dozens of daily and weekly newspapers, and compelling broadcast segments on more than 100 television stations, including the Fox News Channel, which ran the story nationally.

BabyPressConference.com was created by GNYHA Ventures, Inc., a wholly owned, for-profit subsidiary of GNYHA. Interested hospitals and individuals can learn more about BabyPressConference.com at the Web site, www.BabyPressConference.com, or by calling 1-877-VIEW-BPC (1-877-843-9272).