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BroadRelay Holdings
Announces Agreement with Akamai Technologies
Other Topics: IPTV
Future-Proof Content Delivery,
IPTV MPEG Solutions,
IPTV Middleware Integration
BroadRelay Holdings
November 8, 2006
Industry Leading Global Service Provider to Power Content
Distribution for SIVOO Internet TV Network
Philadelphia, PA -- BroadRelay Holdings (OTC: BDRH.PK) ced an
agreement with Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the leading
global service provider for accelerating content and business
processes online, involving BroadRelay’s SIVOO property, the first
Internet TV network of multicultural on-demand entertainment
programming (www.sivoo.com). |
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“SIVOO has always
been about letting people watch what they want, when they want,”
said Burhan Fatah, PhD, SIVOO’s founder, president and chief
executive officer. “Our agreement with Akamai will open up
opportunities for even more people to enjoy and experience their
favorite programs from around the world. We are excited by the
potential this relationship holds for the further growth of
multicultural Internet TV and SIVOO.”
SIVOO has selected Akamai to provide traffic management and content
distribution services over its highly scalable and secure
distributed computing network. The relationship with Akamai means
consumers will have their programming choices served with greater
speed, reliability and, for fee-based options, with more security.
“The Internet has become the platform of choice for consumers in
search of anytime/anywhere entertainment, and SIVOO is a prime
example of that preference,” said Brad Rinklin, vice president of
marketing at Akamai. “Akamai is excited to be supporting SIVOO’s
delivery of multicultural on-demand programming with our digital
media distribution platform. SIVOO is at the leading edge of the
convergence between television and the Internet, and is helping to
drive the future of entertainment.”
Internet TV Market Poised for Substantial Growth According to
ComScore Networks, an Internet research service, the audience for
multicultural Internet TV programming is expected to double in size
over the next year, to more than 26 million. SIVOO’s sole focus is
on providing ad-supported or for-fee content to this consumer group,
one of the fastest growing segments in America.
About SIVOO
SIVOO is the Internet TV brand of BroadRelay Inc. Founded in 2000,
SIVOO is the first Internet TV network of multicultural on-demand
entertainment. It serves the fastest growing segments of the U.S.
population with more than 20,000 hours of quality on-demand content
under contract that is delivered through an Internet browser to PCs,
televisions, portable devices and mobile phones.
Only SIVOO gives consumers the choice of watching ad-supported
on-demand multicultural entertainment for free or without ads for a
nominal fee. SIVOO’s proprietary system currently serves video
through Microsoft Windows Media Player via any Web browser.
BroadRelay Holdings is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, and has a
small studio in Universal City, CA.
SIVOO is a trademark of SIVOO Inc. All other trademarks are the
property of their respective owners.
SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT
The statements contained in this press release that are not
historical facts are forward-looking statements based on current
expectations of future events that involve risks and uncertainties
including, without limitation, risks associated with the inherent
uncertainty of the timing and success of high technology hardware
and software research; new product development; the market pricing
of media content and related products and services; changes in
consumer demand for Internet access to media content,
commercialization of new products and services; Internet or network
outages or failures; breaches of Internet, network, or system
security; changes in network infrastructure, transmission methods
and broadband technologies; adoption of new broadband Internet
access technologies; economic conditions including interest and
currency exchange rate fluctuations; changes in generally accepted
accounting principles; the impact of competitive products or
services; trade buying patterns; wars or terrorist acts; product
liability and other types of lawsuits; the impact of legislation and
regulatory compliance; and patent, licensing, and other intellectual
property risks and uncertainties. Actual results may vary materially
from the forward-looking statements. The Company assumes no
obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
When used in this release and documents referenced, the words
"believes," "expects," "may," "should," "seeks," or "anticipates,"
and similar expressions as they relate to BroadRelay or its
management are intended to identify such forward-looking statements.
Contact:
Arash Khurana
Account Executive
Euro RSCG Magnet
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