Press Release

ThoughtWorks Develops Mobile Platform For Democracy Now!

State-of-the-art mobile site connects independent news organization with global audience through unprecedented user experience and seamless mobile video streaming

29 July 2011 - Chicago


ThoughtWorks, Inc. ( http://www.thoughtworks.com ), the global leader in enterprise Agile development services, today announced it has led the development of a new mobile content delivery site for Democracy Now ( http://www.democracynow.org ), an independent and award-winning international news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. With video delivery services provided by DVLABS, the mobile site offers a state-of-the-art “app like” multi-media experience to viewers and listeners. Through a community development process, interested technologists now have the opportunity to contribute to future improvements.

“We are thrilled with the mobile site that ThoughtWorks designed and implemented for Democracy Now! It will improve our ability to connect with our growing audience base via mobile devices,” said Democracy Now! General Manager, Julie Crosby.

Democracy Now! is pioneering the largest public media collaboration in the U.S. and is now broadcast on more than 950 stations, including Pacifica, NPR, community, and college radio; public access, PBS and satellite television; and the internet. The new mobile site delivers Democracy Now! daily news using HTML5 and Ruby on Rails 3 and incorporates innovative video streaming technology from DVLABS. For WebKit supported devices, iPhone, Android and Blackberry, Democracy Now! is available for reading, listening and watching in a mobile-friendly format and news content can even be downloaded for offline reading.

“The role of independent news organizations is vital to our society and we are pleased to work with Democracy Now! to ensure their content is accessible via mobile devices with the highest quality,” said Craig Gorsline, ThoughtWorks’ managing director for the Americas. “With the mobile site live, we have now opened up the source code to select software practitioners that would like to contribute to the continued development of the site.”

To experience the new Democracy Now! mobile web site please visit m.democracynow.org via iPhone, Blackberry or Android devices. Any software developers interested in contributing to development of the site please contact Charlotte Chang at charlotte@thoughtworks.com or Dave Cameron at dave.cameron@thoughtworks.com


About ThoughtWorks

ThoughtWorks, Inc. is a global IT consultancy providing Agile-based systems development, consulting and transformation services to Global 1000 companies. It has pioneered many of the most advanced and successful methods of software development and best practices used in the industry today. At its core, ThoughtWorks helps its clients maximize investment and performance across a portfolio of complex, business-critical applications, while reducing time and risk. Its products division, ThoughtWorks Studios, offers tools to manage the entire development lifecycle through its Adaptive ALM™ suite, comprised of Mingle®, Go™ and Twist®. ThoughtWorks employs 1,700 professionals to serve clients from offices in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, India, the United Kingdom and the United States. For more information please visit: http://www.thoughtworks.com .

About DVLABS

DVLABS was established in 1998 to facilitate the deployment of high quality digital video on the internet as computing power and network capacity increased. It continues to set the industry standard for excellence. Everyday DVLABS delivers the highest quality online video experience for a growing roster of global customers via a broad spectrum of digital media devices and a delivery platform that can scale to millions of viewers. For more information please visit: http://www.DVLABS.com .

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ThoughtWorks
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