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2 Weather content around the globe. Dan Ryan New Media Sales
© 2009 AccuWeather, Inc. Proprietary3 The World’s Weather Authority Founded over 46 years ago AccuWeather.com is a global weather company –2.7 million forecast locations –Can deliver weather by longitude/latitude coordinates –33 languages for the mobile web Other languages in development and available by request –Successful partnerships with carriers and OEMs/ODMs all over the world
© 2009 AccuWeather, Inc. Proprietary4 Forecasting for the World AccuWeather receives all official government weather observations that are available from all of the world’s national meteorological and aviation services. These are received through several distribution paths, including a direct high-speed connection with the U.S. National Weather Service Data Gateway, which is also directly connected to the Federal Aviation Administration and the World Meteorological Organization. AccuWeather also receives weather observations from a number of private networks, primarily in the United States and Canada, but including some observations from all parts of the world.
© 2009 AccuWeather, Inc. Proprietary5 AccuWeather Difference For those locations that do not have “official” observations, we can provide either the observation at the nearest official site, or a computed “virtual” reading of the local current conditions, a capability available only from AccuWeather, based on algorithms we have developed that have proven to be highly accurate, taking into account the microclimate, terrain, nearness to water bodies, elevation, exposure and other factors that play a role in each location’s weather.
© 2009 AccuWeather, Inc. Proprietary6 All observational and other data received by AccuWeather are received via multiple redundant transmission methods to ensure maximum reliability. AccuWeather maintains a highly redundant and fault-tolerant primary computer cluster, with multiple servers, multiple telecommunications paths, and substantial excess capacity, to ensure receipt, processing and availability of information. In addition, AccuWeather’s facility is fully protected from adverse circumstance, with multiple halon fire suppression systems, facility UPS systems and on-site redundant power generators.
© 2009 AccuWeather, Inc. Proprietary7 AccuWeather Forecast Engine
© 2009 AccuWeather, Inc. Proprietary8 Global Footprint Already a strong player in traditional media, the introduction of new media such as the traditional internet, mobile web, and interactive television has built on the reach and breadth of the AccuWeather vision. We now serve over 700 newspapers, 200 TV stations, 200 radio stations, major wireless operators worldwide, and over 20,000 websites that carry our weather content. Our brand is seen by approximately 150 million people worldwide every day.
© 2009 AccuWeather, Inc. Proprietary9 Global Partners
© 2009 AccuWeather, Inc. Proprietary10 Forecast Languages 33 languages/dialects currently available Arabic French Polish CatalanFrench Canadian Portuguese Chinese - Hong Kong German Portuguese - Brazilian Chinese - Simplified Greek Romanian Chinese - Taiwan Hebrew Russian Czech Hindi Slovak Danish Hungarian Spanish Dutch Italian Spanish - Argentinean English Japanese Spanish - Latin American English UK Korean Swedish Finnish Norwegian Turkish
© 2009 AccuWeather, Inc. Proprietary11 Weather You Know and Trust AccuWeather serves the most prestigious media organizations in the world –Over 250,000 web sites –Over 700 newspapers –200 TV stations –200 radio stations
© 2009 AccuWeather, Inc. Proprietary12 The widest range of global weather content available anywhere –Global radar and satellite images –15-day forecasts –Storm center with access to severe weather warnings and hurricane tracking –Current conditions –Hour-by-hour forecasts –Weather maps Mobile Weather Content
© 2009 AccuWeather, Inc. Proprietary13 AccuWeather.com has developed applications for all leading mobile platforms –Android –Windows Mobile Java –BREW –Flash Lite –Opera Mobile –Symbian –iPhone We are capable of developing custom applications to meet the needs of your customers Mobile Platforms
© 2009 AccuWeather, Inc. Proprietary14 Thank You! Dan Ryan New Media Sales David Mitchell Director, Wireless Services We look forward to partnering with you.