‘The Balancing Act’ Healthy Hearing Awareness Series Features Hamilton CapTel® on Lifetime

May 17, 2011 - PRLog -- Contact:
Denise Kraft
dkraft@o2mediainc.com
954-691-1102

Branded Entertainment Pioneers O2 Media welcome Hamilton CapTel®, a nationwide Captioned Telephone (CapTel) service provider, as the official “Closed Captioning” sponsor of “The Balancing Act” which airs on Lifetime Television.  Hamilton CapTel will make its appearance in May & June 2011, with featured segments in the ‘Healthy Hearing Awareness’ series, and will continue to be the daily closed captioning sponsor for the premiere women’s morning show through the year.  

In the upcoming series that airs on May 31 & June 28, Dixie Ziegler, Vice President of Hamilton CapTel will be the featured guest.  She will educate viewers on the latest technological innovations provided by Hamilton CapTel which benefit those with hearing loss.

Hamilton CapTel is a free service designed exclusively for individuals who have difficulty hearing on the phone.  Utilizing the latest technology, Hamilton CapTel delivers real-time, word-for-word captions of what is said to a user on the phone-- similar to captions on television.  The result allows a user to listen to and read what is said on the phone.  Their nationwide captioned telephone service operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The Hamilton CapTel family of solutions continues to expand by offering access in more ways than ever before.  Viewers will learn about the CapTel 800i, an innovative phone that functions like a traditional phone, with the essential difference of displaying every word the other party says on a bright, easy-to-read display screen of the phone.  In addition, mobile solutions will be discussed.

“We look forward to Hamilton CapTel joining the upcoming ‘Healthy Hearing Awareness’ series and being the closed caption sponsor of ‘The Balancing Act’.  They offer technological solutions to assist those with hearing loss to comfortably, and successfully communicate with others over the phone,” says Doug Campbell, Founder and Executive VP of Programming for The Balancing Act.  

Hamilton CapTel has developed dedicated apps for the iPhone® and BlackBerry®, with an Android™ app coming soon.  Hamilton Mobile CapTel® is also accessible on select smartphones using built-in mobile browsers.  For more information, visit http://www.hamiltoncaptel.com/mobile_captel/.

About The Balancing Act: The TV show produced by O2 Media airs on Lifetime Television at 7:00am (ET/PT) - and is America’s premier morning show that’s about women, for women, and trusted by women. For information or to view a show, visit http://www.TheBalancingAct.com.  

About O2 Media:  Based in Pompano Beach, Fla., O2 Media is a national television production company and pioneer of the branded entertainment industry. Since its inception O2 Media has engaged, entertained and educated viewers with such reputable shows as The Balancing Act, www.thebalancingact.com and Designing Spaces, www.designingspaces.tv on Lifetime Television. The company has earned hundreds of industry awards for revolutionizing the way brands engage with consumers on television. O2 Media provides unmatched marketing value to its clients while producing quality content for its growing national viewership through Brandutainment™. Household brands and blue chip companies alike, continue to depend on O2 Media for effectively communicating their message to consumers. For more information on O2 Media, visit http://www.o2mediainc.com.

For more information on The Balancing Act, or becoming a content partner, contact O2 Media Brandutainment™ at brandutainment@o2media.com.

About Hamilton CapTel:  Hamilton CapTel is a service of Hamilton Relay, a division of Hamilton Telecommunications, a diversified communications and technology services provider based in Aurora, Neb.  Founded in 1901, Hamilton Telecommunications has grown to encompass eight primary company divisions allowing Hamilton to operate on a local, regional and national basis.  For more information about Hamilton CapTel, please visit www.hamiltoncaptel.com.

*CapTel is a registered trademark of Ultratec, Inc.  The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited. iPhone is a trademark of Apple, Inc. Android is a trademark of Google, Inc.

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