Valencia to provide live streaming funeral services online
Sunday, November 2, 2014 @ 7:45 PM
VALENCIA cemetery has set up a live streaming system so that those who cannot attend their loved ones' funerals can watch them online.
Given that funerals in Spain tend to take place between 24 and 48 hours after death, relatives who are further afield may not be able to make it in time – but with the new Despedida OnLine service, the family is given a URL free of charge so they can forward it on to anyone who cannot be there.
The system will be up and running from November 17 and will enable relatives to follow the service in the crematorium or funeral parlour chapel at a distance.
Two fixed cameras in the city crematorium and the city funeral parlour will be set up to record the services, whether they are religious – including faiths other than Catholicism – or secular.
The city cemetery will soon also cater for Jewish and Muslim funerals and burials.
Confidentiality and data protection is guaranteed to ensure the live film of the funeral does not go viral.
The cemetery website will also include a virtual 'visitors' book' where people who cannot go to the funeral can leave messages of condolences.
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