( BW)(CA-MEDE)(MEDE) Media and
Entertainment.com and ICCC Execute Joint
Technology Contract to Boost Content Delivery
Over IP-Based Metropolitan and Wide Area
Networks
Business Editors
BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July
30, 2002--
Companies to launch global network presence
to facilitate high-end audio and video
streaming solutions.
Media and Entertainment.com Inc (OTCBB:MEDE),
a provider of customized solutions for
digital Webcasting, announced today that
it had executed a multi-phased technology
deployment agreement with Integrated Communications
Consulting Corporation (ICCC), that will
enable customers to access streaming content
over Internet protocol (IP)-based metropolitan
and wide area network infrastructures.
"This joint venture supports our
commitment to develop one of the world's
largest distributed delivery networks,
and gives our customers an enhanced end-to-end
broadband experience with maximum agility
to quickly deploy emerging network business
solutions," said Roger Paglia, Chief
Executive Officer, Media and Entertainment.
"Our relationship with ICCC will
enable our mutual customers to optimize
their existing IP-based networking infrastructure
to interconnect into a high performance
network."
ICCC's high-speed backbone is an asset
that makes content distribution services
a natural next step in the company's corporate
strategy to deploy broadband services
for residential and commercial use worldwide.
"The result of this joint venture
will be superior quality streaming media
for end-users and for content providers,"
said Ivan Zweig Chief Executive Officer,
ICCI. "The dial-up and broadband
services that Media and Entertainment
provides, combined with ICCC's robust
backbone will result in a first-rate Internet
broadcast experience."
"ICCC is building out one of the
world's largest video streaming networks
which will achieve its full potential
by reaching Internet users throughout
the nation," added Caesar Collazo,
Chief Technology Officer, Media and Entertainment.
"Because of their impressive Network
capabilities, partnering with ICCC will
help us provide content owners with the
foremost streaming services available
while also reaching the greatest number
of consumers."
About Media and Entertainment.Com Inc
Media & Entertainment.com, Inc.
is a technology/media company whose proprietary
software, NetDVD Streamshare, enables
users to view all types of video online
in full screen format, at very high speed,
superb quality, and greatly reduced cost,
eliminating the need for expensive high-speed
connections. The technology makes it possible
to produce highly scalable, fault tolerant,
fully integrated streaming of scheduled
and live video.
This release contains forward-looking
statements within the meaning of Section
27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including
the Company's ability to enable customers
to access streaming content over Internet
protocol (IP)-based metropolitan and wide
area networks; give its customers an enhanced
end-to-end broadband experience with maximum
agility to quickly deploy emerging network
business solutions and to optimize their
existing IP-based networking infrastructure
to interconnect into a high performance
network; ICCC's ability to achieve its
full potential and allow the Company to
provide content owners with the foremost
streaming services available while also
reaching the greatest number of consumers;
the Company's ability to develop live
and video on demand solutions, generate
increasing revenues from its NetDvD technology,
provide opportunities for ancillary income
from additional services, have a very
positive effect on overall revenues, helping
to lay the foundation for significant
earnings and future profitability of the
Company; to provide their customers with
a diversified array of interactive services
on a flexible platform that will be widely
deployed in the field. Forward-looking
statements may be identified through the
use of words such as "expects,"
"will," "anticipates,"
"estimates," "believes,"
or statements indicating certain actions
"may," "could," or
"might" occur. Such forward-looking
statements involve risks and uncertainties.
The actual results may differ materially
from such forward-looking statements.
The Company does not undertake to publicly
update or revise its forward-looking statements
even if experience or future changes make
it clear that any projected results (expressed
or implied) will not be realized.