Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
Score 9.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
The Lightning Conductor is a content aggregation tool for Microsoft SharePoint Online and Microsoft Teams. Users can build rich, modern content reports based upon SharePoint lists, SharePoint Search, Microsoft Graph or Microsoft 365 Groups. Content can be aggregated from lists and libraries, and other applications such as Planner, To Do, OneDrive, and Teams.
$2,200
per year per installation
Livestorm
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
French company Livestorm offers their webinar platform which integrates with many other enterprise applications via Zapier and features polling, session recording and sharing, and webinar data collection and tracking.
$0
A free plan to discover Livestorm. All features included, such as unlimited webinars and instant meetings. Up to 20 minutes per webinar and up to 10 registrants per webinar.
Zoom Workplace
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Zoom Workplace, Zoom’s open collaboration platform with an AI Companion, empowers teams to be more productive, and strengthen customer relationships throughout the customer lifecycle with Zoom’s Business Services for sales, marketing, and customer experience teams, including Zoom Contact Center.
$16.99
per month per user
Pricing
Lightning Tools Lightning ConductorLivestormZoom Workplace
Editions & Modules
Lightning Conductor WSP
From 1950
per year One WFE
Lightning Conductor Enterprise Edition
POA
per year Four or more WFE
Lightning Conductor Online
From 2200
per year per installation
Lightning Conductor Plus (Includes Data Viewer)
From 2500
per year per installation
Lightning Conductor Online Enterprise Edition (>10,000 users)
POA
per year per installation
Webinar Basic
$0.00
A free plan to discover Livestorm. All features included, such as unlimited webinars and instant meetings. Up to 20 minutes per webinar and up to 10 registrants per webinar.
Meet Basic
$0.00
Limited Instant and Scheduled Meetings for up to four participants
Meet Premium
$31.00
Full features for Instant and Scheduled Meetings.
Webinar Premium
$99.00
A premium experience with removed limitations to get the full benefits of Livestorm for up to 100 seats. + $99 to add 250 seats, + $209 to add 1,000 seats.
Enterprise
Contact sales
An enterprise-grade experience with premium service.
Add-On Zoom Translated Captions
$5
per month per license
Pro
$16.99
per month per user
Business
$21.99
per month per user
Add-On - Conference Room Connector
$499
per year
Basic
Free
Enterprise
Custom
Add-On - Zoom Whiteboard
starting at $2.49
per month per user
Add-On - Large Meetings
starting at $600
per year
Add-On - Cloud Storage
starting at $120
per year
Add-On Audio Conferencing
starting at $1200
per year
Add-On Zoom Phone Power Pack
Starting at $300
per year per user
Add-On - Quality of Service Subscription
Contact Sales
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Lightning Tools Lightning ConductorLivestormZoom Workplace
Free Trial
YesYesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPrices stated are minimum per installation for "stock" products. $2.20 per user/year on top of base price. Enterprise editions can be amended to suit business needs if deemed necessary, additional costs incurred and TBD. All packages include free technical support. Free upgrades available to latest versions of tool as they are released. (online version)Discount available for annual billing.
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Community Pulse
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Considered Multiple Products
Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor

No answer on this topic

Livestorm

No answer on this topic

Zoom Workplace
Chose Zoom Workplace
Our concern was easy to use platform and simple User Interface. We found Zoom standing top of the three we evaluated.
Features
Lightning Tools Lightning ConductorLivestormZoom Workplace
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
8.6
2 Ratings
10% above category average
Livestorm
-
Ratings
Zoom Workplace
-
Ratings
Task Management8.82 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Search8.42 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
-
Ratings
Livestorm
10.0
3 Ratings
26% above category average
Zoom Workplace
-
Ratings
Dashboards00 Ratings10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Data exportability00 Ratings10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Product A and Product B
Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
-
Ratings
Livestorm
9.5
3 Ratings
15% above category average
Zoom Workplace
8.4
1002 Ratings
1% above category average
High quality audio00 Ratings9.03 Ratings8.7994 Ratings
Mobile support00 Ratings10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
High quality video00 Ratings00 Ratings8.8994 Ratings
Online Meetings / Events
Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
-
Ratings
Livestorm
9.4
3 Ratings
14% above category average
Zoom Workplace
8.6
1008 Ratings
2% above category average
Calendar integration00 Ratings10.02 Ratings8.8920 Ratings
Record meetings / events00 Ratings7.53 Ratings9.1957 Ratings
Slideshows00 Ratings10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Event registration00 Ratings10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Meeting initiation00 Ratings00 Ratings9.0982 Ratings
Online Events Collaboration
Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
-
Ratings
Livestorm
10.0
3 Ratings
17% above category average
Zoom Workplace
8.3
871 Ratings
2% above category average
Audience polling00 Ratings10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Q&A00 Ratings10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Live chat00 Ratings00 Ratings9.0853 Ratings
Online Events Security
Comparison of Online Events Security features of Product A and Product B
Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
-
Ratings
Livestorm
10.0
3 Ratings
18% above category average
Zoom Workplace
8.8
860 Ratings
12% above category average
Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings10.03 Ratings8.6825 Ratings
Confidential attendee list00 Ratings10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
User authentication00 Ratings00 Ratings8.7754 Ratings
Online Events Marketing
Comparison of Online Events Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
-
Ratings
Livestorm
10.0
3 Ratings
23% above category average
Zoom Workplace
-
Ratings
Branding options00 Ratings10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration to Marketing Automation00 Ratings10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Screen Sharing
Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Product A and Product B
Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
-
Ratings
Livestorm
-
Ratings
Zoom Workplace
8.6
1002 Ratings
3% above category average
Desktop sharing00 Ratings00 Ratings9.31001 Ratings
Cloud PBX
Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Product A and Product B
Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
-
Ratings
Livestorm
-
Ratings
Zoom Workplace
7.9
234 Ratings
5% below category average
Hosted PBX00 Ratings00 Ratings7.9111 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)00 Ratings00 Ratings7.6136 Ratings
Directory of employee names00 Ratings00 Ratings8.2217 Ratings
Call Management
Comparison of Call Management features of Product A and Product B
Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
-
Ratings
Livestorm
-
Ratings
Zoom Workplace
8.0
263 Ratings
6% below category average
Answering rules00 Ratings00 Ratings8.3191 Ratings
Call recording00 Ratings00 Ratings8.7240 Ratings
Call park00 Ratings00 Ratings7.6147 Ratings
Call screening00 Ratings00 Ratings7.7164 Ratings
Message alerts00 Ratings00 Ratings8.0208 Ratings
Business SMS/External Messaging00 Ratings00 Ratings7.9130 Ratings
Voicemail Transcription00 Ratings00 Ratings7.5183 Ratings
Mobile apps
Comparison of Mobile apps features of Product A and Product B
Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
-
Ratings
Livestorm
-
Ratings
Zoom Workplace
8.7
290 Ratings
1% above category average
Mobile app for iOS00 Ratings00 Ratings8.6256 Ratings
Mobile app for Android00 Ratings00 Ratings8.8175 Ratings
Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration
Comparison of Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor
-
Ratings
Livestorm
-
Ratings
Zoom Workplace
8.4
247 Ratings
2% above category average
Centralized communications management00 Ratings00 Ratings8.6198 Ratings
Team messaging00 Ratings00 Ratings8.5214 Ratings
Team document sharing00 Ratings00 Ratings8.2191 Ratings
Call and meeting analytics00 Ratings00 Ratings8.3200 Ratings
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User Ratings
Lightning Tools Lightning ConductorLivestormZoom Workplace
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(4 ratings)
9.5
(3 ratings)
8.8
(1019 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
7.6
(25 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
8.7
(45 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(1 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
6.1
(46 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
6.3
(11 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(13 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
9.7
(3 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
9.2
(8 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Lightning Tools Lightning ConductorLivestormZoom Workplace
Likelihood to Recommend
Lightning Tools
Having experience of SharePoint On Premise and also SharePoint Online, there isn't an out of the box app/webpart that enables you to 'roll up content' from a variety of source's (in my case SP Lists, but there are many other data sources it works with) across site collections with an easy to use and intuitive interface which is what Lightning tools excels at.
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Livestorm
Livestorm is well suited to use when you need to reach a group of more than ten people. It wouldn't be a good solution if you wanted interaction from the audience in more than the form of chat.
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Zoom
The features of Zoom workplace is great but one thing they can work on if their costing I feel that's where people opt for other available tool in the market because those are cost effective where as zoom workplace fall on little higher range but even the features they have is really good like after a meeting is done their AI generates an automatic summary of what happened on call which becomes very handy to send MOM to the client.
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Pros
Lightning Tools
  • Aggregate documents across SharePoint site & libraries
  • Filtering for owner/person responsible & due dates
  • Ease of end-user filtering on columns
  • Color-coding & other formatting
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Livestorm
  • Very intuitive to use and easy to customize.
  • Excellent customer service.
  • Lots of good data for analytics.
  • Participants do not need to download anything.
  • Feedback and recommendations are acted on.
  • Easy to logistical information on registrants and attendees.
  • Supports integrations.
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Zoom
  • Audio quality of phone calls is spot on. Calls are clear and crisp.
  • Video quality of video meetings are clear and there aren't any pixelization artifacts that some systems can have.
  • Having AI summaries have been life changing for us. We no longer have to concentrate on note taking, like we did in the past. The summaries are accurate and enable us to put our efforts in the meeting or conversation. Plus, we can save them into our practice management system as required.
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Cons
Lightning Tools
  • Mobile Friendly
  • Calendar/Gantt views
  • Complex/Custom Logic
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Livestorm
  • It would be helpful to have higher quality replays
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Zoom
  • The new toolbars are not really an improvement over the old ones. Takes time getting used to ..should be in alphabetical order.
  • The chat from breakout rooms should be available separately.
  • it would be nice to be able to record the breakout room.
  • And have separate summaries.
  • Automatic sound from video.
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Likelihood to Renew
Lightning Tools
No answers on this topic
Livestorm
No answers on this topic
Zoom
We're sticking with Zoom for the foreseeable future--given its compelling feature set, ease of use, and advanced technology, there's just no other competition to be excited about. Plus it's a Gartner-recognized industry leader, so it's a rather easy choice.
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Usability
Lightning Tools
No answers on this topic
Livestorm
Making sure the permission settings for your camera, microphone or browser can sometimes be tricky. If we have a guest, we always have to double-check these. It's also not super intuitive that you need to "Get on Stage" from the webinar page.
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Zoom
Zoom is made for the non tech office. It has features that can be made to do what you need to run things on a day to day basis. Immediately we we able to get meetings going with remote employees. The ability to be able to add smartphone connected people was a big plus. Zoom met our needs at the time.
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Reliability and Availability
Lightning Tools
No answers on this topic
Livestorm
No answers on this topic
Zoom
There have been less than a handful of outages during our two years with Zoom, and whenever there was one, an email informing us of the outage went out immediately, and they had the issue resolved shortly thereafter.
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Performance
Lightning Tools
No answers on this topic
Livestorm
No answers on this topic
Zoom
Zoom has among the best performance of any video conference platform, as I've mentioned several times. Besides that, their Chat platform works great, and their back end always runs smooth. It's unfortunate that reporting can now only be done by one month at a time, but nonetheless, it only takes a second to run any kind of Zoom report, whether it's an attendee report, Poll results, a user report, a list of meetings from the past month, etc.
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Support Rating
Lightning Tools
The Lightning Tools support team responds quickly, and team members are very friendly and helpful.
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Livestorm
The customer service representatives are extremely attentive. They do an excellent job of trying to understand the scope of the issue and follow it through until it has been resolved. When I have provided them with recommendations for improvement they have taken them to heart and many times implemented them. I trust that if I ever have a problem they will be there to help
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Zoom
Because I got a response right away, and was assigned one specific individual to work with me from the beginning to the resolution. I had an actual email address and direct contact with this person without having to start over and over every time I contacted Zoom - this singular individual remained attentive and was well informed on the subject matter and quite able to resolve my needs.
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Implementation Rating
Lightning Tools
No answers on this topic
Livestorm
No answers on this topic
Zoom
If you receive any pushback from higher ups, point to any of the various positive reviews like this one. Or show Zoom's excellent Gartner report, or articles describing Zoom's partnership with Sequoia capital. It's not difficult to show how Zoom is a trustworthy industry leader with best-in-class technology.
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Alternatives Considered
Lightning Tools
I haven't found another product to compare this one to. Only in SharePoint Online which has a similar App 'Highlight Webpart' ... it's far too complicated to set up and requires learning yet another language and exporting and importing via PowerShell to get any real results that would be useful.
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Livestorm
No answers on this topic
Zoom
Zoom Workplace is typically on the more expensive end against other options, but it's the industry leader for a reason. It has the most brand credibility by far, but that doesn't mean it's perfect. There are limitations when it comes to technical performance, customization and video/audio quality. I prefer Slack myself for communication apps, but Zoom Workplace is a good alternative.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Lightning Tools
No answers on this topic
Livestorm
No answers on this topic
Zoom
The billing and price model is really fair for so many functions that they offer, our remote work requires each of the features that Zoom offers, so accepting payment for a tool like this is the least we can do. I like that billing arrives on time and that they offer opportunities and payment times.
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Scalability
Lightning Tools
No answers on this topic
Livestorm
No answers on this topic
Zoom
Because the Basic licenses are completely free, and because it's very easy to configure and install Zoom, and because anyone can join Zoom from a link without needing an account, scaling is a Breeze. There are absolutely no roadblocks. My company keeps adding more Zoom Pro license every week since it's so in demand. We were able to convert users from several different platforms onto Zoom with no trouble at all.
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Professional Services
Lightning Tools
No answers on this topic
Livestorm
No answers on this topic
Zoom
Zoom is perfect for our business. We use it to video chat with prospective clients. The name recognition alone gives us credibility and it is very easy to screen share and send content out.
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Return on Investment
Lightning Tools
  • Policies easier to portray
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Livestorm
  • It's been great! It's the very bottom of the funnel for us so it helps accelerate leads and create opportunities.
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Zoom
  • Cost savings and improvement of call routing switching from land line to Zoom soft phone technology (moved from Verizon)
  • The Business license platform is always evolving and including new technology and tools - without raising our prices - a great business model
  • We were able to drop our separate service for after hours / on-call services and created IVR/queues for handling after hours calls
  • Integration with Outlook and Salesforce and proven to be a time saver for scheduling events and meetings
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ScreenShots

Lightning Tools Lightning Conductor Screenshots

Screenshot of MODERN SHAREPOINT LIST ROLLUP
The Lightning Conductor is a SharePoint Content Aggregator that can be configured quickly by business users. The Lightning Conductor can be used to aggregate content from SharePoint Lists such as Tasks, Document Libraries, Contact Lists, and Custom Lists making it easy to view content in one place even if it is distributed across many sites and site collections. Key data can be highlighted using conditional formatting and data-bars as shown. Content from Search and Microsoft Graph can also be aggregated with the Lightning Conductor.Screenshot of CONTENT AGGREGATION WITHIN MICROSOFT TEAMS
The Lightning Conductor Web Part can be used within Microsoft SharePoint or Microsoft Teams. Even if content is stored within SharePoint sites, it is useful to have aggregated Documents, Tasks, Announcements, Calendars or Custom Lists from multiple sites displayed in a single handy view in Microsoft Teams. The Lightning Conductor can be added as a Teams Tab in any Microsoft Teams Channel.Screenshot of BUILDING REPORTS ON MICROSOFT GRAPH
The Lightning Conductor can be used (without code) to aggregate content from Microsoft Graph as well as Search and SharePoint Lists. This example displays Microsoft Planner Plans and Microsoft Planner Tasks where users can Add new Tasks, Assign Users to Planner Tasks, Delete Tasks, and Complete Tasks. The same can be performed on Microsoft To Do items and displayed within Modern SharePoint pages or Microsoft Teams Tabs. The Lighting Conductor can also contain multiple views of content, making it ideal to display all of your tasks from SharePoint Task lists, Microsoft To Do and Microsoft Planner in a single web part or Teams Tab.

*Microsoft Graph Reports are only available for SharePoint Online and not SharePoint 2019.Screenshot of BUILDING REPORTS ON MICROSOFT 365 GROUPS
Powered by Microsoft Graph, the Microsoft 365 Group Rollup Provider enables users to aggregate content by browsing and selecting Microsoft 365 Groups. Within Microsoft 365 Groups, you’ll be able to select entities such as Drive Items, Owners, Members, Planner Plans, Planner Tasks, Events, Posts,  Sites, Lists, and Calendars.

*Microsoft Graph Reports are only available for SharePoint Online and not SharePoint 2019.Screenshot of AGGREGATING USING SEARCH
When performance is critical, search can be used for rollups. The Lightning Conductor offers three data source configurations to get to content. Object Model (Real Time Aggregation from SharePoint Lists), Microsoft Graph (Aggregation from Graph Entities such as Planner, OneDrive, Outlook), and Search. The Search Data Source enables the aggregation of content from large SharePoint lists and libraries when performance is critical. Thousands of documents can be displayed in under a second using Search.Screenshot of HIGHLIGHTING KEY BUSINESS DATA WITHIN VIEWS
End users and Site Owners can highlight the data that is important to them, the data that they need to prioritize. Using conditional formatting, data bars, and icons, conditions can be configured to highlight the data that is most important. Icons and Data Bars can be any color or size desired. Examples include highlighting High Priority tasks, Showing data bars for the completion progress of Tasks, or indicating which tasks are assigned to any particular user.

Livestorm Screenshots

Screenshot of Access complete analytics in a built-in dashboard.Screenshot of Learn more about attendees with detailed participation reports.Screenshot of Engage with your audience in real-time with questions, chats, and polls.

Zoom Workplace Screenshots

Screenshot of an example collaboration feature. These are used to:
Transcribe, summarize, and capture action items with AI Companion from your in-person meetings.
Improve visibility and alignment by sharing emails to chats
Elevate a chat to a meeting or phone call to get to resolution faster. 
Continue meeting conversations and easily access shared information in Team Chat.Screenshot of an example of Zoom's productivity features. These features are used to:
Improve productivity across teams, locations, and time zones.
Organize project deliverables and assets in a centralized, collaborative doc.
Collaborate and map out projects visually on a whiteboard.
Jumpstart brainstorming sessions using AI and templates.
Gather valuable team input for well-informed decision-making with surveys and polls.
Stay on top of action items surfaced from across Zoom Workplace.Screenshot of some additional collaboration features. These are used to:
Optimize office experiences and in-person time.
Make sure remote participants feel connected with what is going on in the room.
Collaborate across remote and in-person teams on a virtual whiteboard.
Easily know and identify who is in the room and who is speaking in a Zoom Room with smart name tags and smart speaker tags.Screenshot of an example of Zoom's AI companion. This feature is used to streamline communications, improve productivity, increase employee engagement, and optimize flexible work.Screenshot of additional AI Companion features. The tools is also used to:
Launch internal campaigns.
Deliver visually rich updates with live streams, billboards, and videos.
Ensure critical comms are never missed with read receipts.
Send updates to deskless workers with Workvivo TV and Chat.