Leading professional services company, Ernst & Young is extending its multimedia communications channel into all UK offices, improving internal communications and creating a single corporate identity for the business in England, Scotland and Wales. The 'On Screen' news service utilises Connectvision software from Saturn Communications Group, which delivers multimedia messaging to plasma screens in each office.
Available at offices in 2 offices in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Reading, Leeds, and shortly Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Inverness, 'On Screen' carries national corporate news, as well as local news for each office and the business teams spread across multiple offices. When the network roll out is complete, the 'On Screen' news channel will reach over 10,000 Ernst & Young employees.
Ernst & Young began using Connectvision in 2004 at its UK headquarters in London, where it lead to a marked improvement in internal communications. Based on a mix of text, video and flash multimedia, 'On Screen' has evolved to become the primary communications tool for keeping employees up-to-date with corporate developments and Ernst & Young's professional services ethos.
Connectvision allows 'On Screen' schedules to be developed delivering everything from simple text messages such as timesheet reminders on Thursdays, interspersed with reports of Ernst & Young in the news, training videos and sponsorship activities. Schedules and content is created by communications professionals within each business unit for delivering messages to specific audiences both locally and nationally. Information can be zoned enabling the content to be customised to a single screen, cluster of screens and all screens across the business if required.
“On Screen cuts through the 'noise' of everyday office communications where e-mails can be over-looked in a busy in-box, this is not the case with multimedia messaging which is eye-catching and highly relevant. Moreover the content changes frequently so there is always something new and relevant to be aware of,” says the head of internal communications at Ernst & Young.