Espresso launches home version of its award-winning Espresso Primary service with NTL Home
3rd December 2003
Espresso Education today becomes part of
the first broadband internet service that provides an 'access all areas' pass
to the best paid-for premium content on the web. As part of this broadband
package, NTL Home selected Espresso
to be the exclusive provider of curriculum-based
resources for primary school children.
Access via NTL Home now enables Espresso to deliver its award-winning educational resources into homes in the UK. Facts prove there is marked improvement of student achievement in areas where the learning experience is extended into the home. As a result, LAs, schools, and parents have been very keen to share the Espresso experience outside the school grounds. This commercial relationship allows Espresso to offer a special "home version" of Espresso accessible from homes via NTL Home's Broadband Plus "family" area.
Espresso Primary for homes features over a thousand educational video clips, hundreds of interactive multimedia activities, and a special "Parents' Guide" to help parents understand the curriculum and focus a child's learning. This service was previously available only in schools, trusted in over 1,700 subscribing schools all over the U.K.
Richard McGrath, Managing Director of Espresso, says "We are very pleased to be working with NTL Home to launch a "home version" of our award-winning Espresso Education service on their new Broadband Plus service. Since 1997, we have been working with schools all across the UK to motivate pupils to learn using our highly engaging, video-rich resources. Together as partners, we are positively impacting learning by extending the Espresso experience into homes for use by both parents and children."
Chris Bunyan, Head of Core Internet Services at NTL Home says, "Espresso Education are providing a valuable service for our Broadband Plus subscribers. They have a proven model which works extremely well in schools and it is great that we are able to provide this service in homes for the first time."
About Espresso
Education
With over 1,700 subscribing schools using its resources, Espresso Education
(www.espresso.co.uk) is the
leading provider of educational broadband content in the UK. Espresso
is a comprehensive digital library of high quality,
video-rich teaching resources and interactive student activities that
supports teachers, motivates pupils and raises standards in primary and secondary
classrooms. Espresso combines television features,
online news articles, instructional video and audio clips, interactive games
and websites, all categorised into modules that directly support QCA
and National Curriculum requirements. The service automatically updates on
a weekly basis, giving teachers and pupils access to fresh,
relevant resources that draw on topical events to bring learning to life.
Fully COL-compliant, all Espresso services can be purchased using e-learning
credits. Teachers across the country are waking up their class with a sip
of Espresso!
About NTL Home
Broadband Plus
NTL Home launched Broadband Plus (www.ntlworld.com/broadbandplus/),
a unique premium broadband internet content bundle
to provide easy access to the best family, music, gaming and education content.
This new added value service features extensive
video and interactive content to appeal to the higher speed broadband users.
Broadband Plus has been designed with NTL Home's highly specified 600K and
1MB Broadband products in mind. Launched 3 December, NTL
is offering customers the first three months for free. For £3.99
a month, users can get access to 15 of the best content brands on the internet
including MTV Live, Espresso Education, and GAME.NET, the UK's leading games
retailer.
For further press information or paper versions of this release please contact:
Espresso Marketing, Riverside Studios, Crisp Road, Hammersmith, W6 9RL
Tel: +44(0)20 8237 1200
Fax: +44(0)20 8237 1201
Email: info@espresso.co.uk
