Paltalk Partners with Metro Residential on WPIX to add Video Chat to Program

NEW YORK, August 13, 2009 – Paltalk, the leading real-time, video-based chat community with over four million active members, today announced they have partnered with Metro Residential, a real estate and design television series which airs weekly on WPIX to provide video chat services for the show.

Metro Residential airs every Sunday from 9 – 9:30 AM EST on WPIX, the flagship station of the CW Television Network and the Paltalk powered video chat takes place on WPIX’s website immediately following the broadcast. During the video chat, participants are able to see and hear the Metro Residential hosts, Cathy Hobbs and Jeff Appel, as well as text and voice chat with one another about the show’s topic.

“We are thrilled to partner with Metro Residential and to provide their online community with cutting edge video chat tools,” said Judy Shapiro, Paltalk’s Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “Participants will now be able to truly engage with the hosts and with one another for a rich, interactive experience.”

To experience WPIX’s Metro Residential video chat please visit: http://www.wpix.com/marketplace/realestate/metroresidential/.

For more information or to download the latest version of Paltalk visit: http://register.paltalk.com/reg/landing_pagc118.jsp?refc=109631.

About Paltalk

Paltalk is the premier provider of software and technology for real-time, rich media, interactive social networking. The Paltalk platform powers the largest collection of video based communities and continues to grow since it was launched in 1998. Paltalk now boasts millions of active members with nearly 100,000 people simultaneously chatting in rooms engaged in lively dialogues, meeting new friends, trading stock tips, singing karaoke, and attending family reunions. The Paltalk community is vibrant due to the high quality of the room environments supported by a range of free moderation tools.

In addition, Paltalk delivers original programming geared to the interests of the community. Paltalk Interactive events have hosted such entertainment celebrities as William Shatner and radio personalities Opie and Anthony, among others. Paltalk supports IM pals on AOL, Yahoo, and ICQ and is available as a free download.

For more information, please visit paltalk.com.