Church Services Go Live Online Due to Swine Flu

Texas-Based Company Donates Live HD/SD Flash Video Streaming Services During Pandemic

SAN MARCOS, Texas -- Kulabyte Corporation of San Marcos, TX, provided free HD internet video streaming to South Texas churches that were asked by local officials not to gather for services this last Sunday due to concerns about the H1N1 virus. Kulabyte, a leading provider of Live HD Internet TV to major networks, the military and others, was founded in 2004 by 4 members of a local church. The company already provides live HD Internet streaming to a number of faith-based organizations, including Dr. James Dobson and Focus on the Family.

Kulabyte stepped in to assist affected churches in its local community, and offered to donate the necessary equipment and support to stream live Adobe Flash webcasts of their services until regular services resume. The churches embraced this opportunity to deliver their Sunday worship to their members' homes during this crisis.

"This is the first time our church has ever had to cancel services," said Richard Carse, pastor of Grace Memorial Church, "it was such a blessing to our congregation that there was a local company that could come to our rescue and still enable us to deliver our message." http://www.myfoxaustin.com/dpp/news/local/050309_online_church_service

"We wanted to reach out and help the community in this difficult time, and thought that making it possible for church members to attend their services without interruption, despite the church closings would be a great way to do this," said Chris Gottschalk, Co-Founder & CTO. http://kulabyte.com/press

Affected or interested churches, as well as companies or individuals interested in helping this effort should contact Kulabyte for more information.