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LOS ANGELES, CA – May 11, 2010 – This week at The Cable Show (NCTA), satellite service provider Agiosat Global Communications and multipoint content broadcaster World Multicast Inc., dba Worldcast, announced they have inked a groundbreaking strategic convergence alliance, under which both companies have combined their skills and resources to provide a turnkey solution addressing the problematic “last mile” issues that plague the telco industry, slowing wider adoption of IPTV delivery. Agiosat’s established satellite-based delivery network, coupled with Worldcast’s secure and reliable multipoint technology, SMART (Secure Multipoint for Advanced Repeating of Telecommunications), provide a fresh, innovative delivery system in the IPTV marketplace. Agiosat and Worldcast will each contribute a full complement of multi-language, specialty, and ethnic content to the delivery platform. This will create an “a la carte” menu of channels, providing a system operator the ability to choose programming that appeals to their unique subscriber demographics.
Tom D. Soumas Jr., Founder of Agiosat, stated, “This alliance marries Agiosat’s proven satellite-based networks with the Worldcast SMART multipoint delivery technology. It is an exciting innovation, and a winning proposition for operators striving to meet subscribers' increased demands for additional niche, ethnic, and personalized programming in their markets. This system eliminates the operational challenge of receiving premium, and other specialized content, through bandwidth constrained, sometimes unstable, upstream delivery networks.”
Ian A. Stewart, Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Worldcast, says, “Our alliance is unique in the industry and it opens up the door to secure, reliable and bidirectional transmission of IPTV content on a nationwide vs. local basis in a highly cost-effective way using the features built within our SMART technology. We will be able to provide IPTV content nationwide, reaching diverse ethnic and cultural communities wherever they may be located. In addition, SMART enables advertisers to target their ads to a specific consumer, receiving the applicable content very cost effectively, without the fear of unproductive “shotgun” advertising missing their intended consumers.”
ABOUT AGIOSAT GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS
Agiosat provides cutting-edge, satellite-based, communication and network solutions in the global marketplace, for industry, government and broadcast communities. With services ranging from VSAT networks for Public Safety to digital signage, direct-to-business and home video delivery, Agiosat provides solutions that drive process management and business operations through an integrated network of satellites, media portals, telecom and teleport facilities in North America, Europe and Asia. Agiosat Global provides clients with “Connectivity Everywhere,” whether integrating with established wired communications infrastructure, or operating as an independent broadcast network. For more information, please visit: www.agiosat.com.
ABOUT WORLDCAST
Worldcast has developed an Internet software solution for worldwide interactive television to mass audiences. This will change the way the world watches television, bringing tremendous economic opportunities and consumer benefits. Current cable television systems are geographically bound and offer only limited interactive capabilities. Significant economic benefits are not being realized. Current Internet solutions, which all use unicast technology, do not scale, i.e., only a very limited number of customers can receive service simultaneously; therefore, there is no business model. Worldcast’s SMART (Secure Multipoint for Advanced Repeating of Telecommunications) technology overcomes these barriers. Our patented scalable technology enables broadcasters to send a single high-definition video signal to millions of viewers simultaneously, reaching an unlimited worldwide audience. For more information, please visit: www.worldcast.tv.
| Media contacts: Alan Bailey, CEO & CFO Worldcast +1 310.722.6624 abailey@worldcast.tv |
William Shepherd, SVP Business Development Agiosat Global Communications +1 972.567.9550 wshepherd@agiosat.com |
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Ventura, California – August 5, 2009 – - Worldcast has released an Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) replacement called SMARTGMP (Secure Multipoint for Advanced Repeating of Telecommunications Group Management Protocol). SMARTGMP replaces IGMP for multipoint flow control, and is now included in Worldcast's entire product line. This new protocol has also been included in the LiveViewer product.
According to Ian A. Stewart, CTO of Worldcast, "IGMP is not reliable. The creators of the protocol tried to make it more reliable by sending the IGMP messages twice. This is unacceptable in radio LANS or high packet loss situations. For these environments you need a reliable multipoint signaling mechanism and SMARTGMP, the first reliable group management protocol, fits the bill to a tee." SMARTGMP is now included in the entire SMART library and all SMART enabled and embedded products.
Ventura, California – July 21, 2009 – In February of this year World Multicast, Inc. (WMI) dba Worldcast formed a strategic partnership with Dynamic Media International (DMI), a company led by Alan Bailey, former Treasurer of Paramount Pictures. WMI’s relationship with DMI is ongoing.
Recent statements made by a firm not aligned with WMI strongly inferred that they had secured access to a new proprietary delivery platform that would allow networks, telcos and ISPs to broadcast HDTV content across the Internet. This patented technology, which far exceeds those capabilities of current cable, satellite and Internet technologies, does in fact exist, but is exclusively owned and controlled by World Multicast, Inc, which has not yet licensed its unique IPTV technology solution to any individual or entity, public or private.
Greg Miles, CEO for Worldcast, stated, “WMI has not licensed or released its proprietary patented technology to any public entity. Any claims to the contrary, have no basis in fact. When WMI deems it appropriate to issue further guidance, it will do so.”
World Multicast, Inc. will release further details regarding the licensing of their unique suite of IPTV technology solutions in the near future.
About Worldcast
Worldcast has developed a new Internet-based technology that delivers high-definition television at a fraction of the cost and bandwidth utilization of current cable and Internet technologies. Founded to create new and better ways to broadcast television to the living room and beyond, Worldcast's technology combines computers and television with the power of the Internet in a way that will change the way the world views television.
Ventura, California – July 1, 2009 – Worldcast announced today the addition of a new team member. Joe Breen joins the Worldcast team as a consultant to assist with worldwide multipoint connectivity. Mr. Breen is the Assistant Director of Networking at the Center for High Performance Computing at the University of Utah and heads the group that provides day-to-day and advanced networking for several research groups. Joe’s group collaborates with research groups around the University of Utah to support their networking needs as well, especially in the areas of upcoming protocols, integration with computer grids, etc. Outside of these activities, Joe chairs the University of Utah Network Forum, is an active member of the University of Utah Information Technology Advisory Council, and participates in other technical groups such as the wireless committee and IP address management committee. Joe works with universities and colleges outside the University of Utah, working very closely with the Utah Education Network to support various areas of research needs and also participates in working groups coordinated by Internet2, i.e. Multicast and IPv6.
About Worldcast
Worldcast has developed a new Internet-based technology that delivers high-definition television at a fraction of the cost and bandwidth utilization of current cable and Internet technologies. Founded to create new and better ways to broadcast television to the living room and beyond, Worldcast's technology combines computers and television with the power of the Internet in a way that will change the way the world views television.
Ventura, California – June 18, 2009 – Worldcast announced today that it has successfully completed its connection to the Internet2. This begins the real world demonstration of the capabilities of SMART technology. Worldcast has initially launched seven 24/7 television networks with verification received throughout the system regarding connectivity and multipoint communications "source active" announcements. This puts Worldcast's SMART technology operational in the largest multipoint environment and on the doorstep of Universities throughout the United States and the world. The Worldcast team has found "source active" messages on other multipoint systems connected to the Internet2 throughout the world.
About Worldcast
Worldcast has developed a new Internet-based technology that delivers high-definition television at a fraction of the cost and bandwidth utilization of current cable and Internet technologies. Founded to create new and better ways to broadcast television to the living room and beyond, Worldcast's technology combines computers and television with the power of the Internet in a way that will change the way the world views television.
Ventura, California – April 22, 2009 – Worldcast announced today that it has successfully completed a plug-in that enables SMART multipoint services. SMART multipoint services are layered on top of a combination of point-to-multipoint protocols for example; IP Anycast , IP Multicast - and point-to-point services for example; UDP Unicast, IP, TCP. Because Silverlight does not support point-to-multipoint the Worldcast plug-in is necessary to decode the SMART protocol and support multipoint distribution. This enables all the elements of SMART; security, reliability, bi-directionality and SMART accelerated buffering technology (ABT) to function with the Silverlight player.
About Worldcast
Worldcast has developed a new Internet-based technology that delivers high-definition television at a fraction of the cost and bandwidth utilization of current cable and Internet technologies. Founded to create new and better ways to broadcast television to the living room and beyond, Worldcast's technology combines computers and television with the power of the Internet in a way that will change the way the world views television.
Ventura, California – February 18, 2009 – Worldcast announced today its strategic partnership with Dynamic Media International (DMI), a developer of video content for IPTV. This partnership will be the catalyst for the launch of “Worldcast.TV,” a television network capable of delivering quality, high-definition video throughout the world utilizing its innovative Internet-based technology. Worldcast's radically new technology is capable of delivering high-definition television at a fraction of the cost and bandwidth utilization of current cable and Internet technologies.
About DMI
DMI is a forward-thinking video content developer, which focuses on the vastly growing IPTV market. Its portfolio is comprised of compelling programming, which includes extreme sports, movies, documentaries, music videos, comedy and more. DMI is lead by Alan Bailey, who is also the current Treasurer and Senior Vice President with Paramount Pictures and is an Advisor to Worldcast’s Board.
About Worldcast
Worldcast has developed a new Internet-based technology that delivers high-definition television at a fraction of the cost and bandwidth utilization of current cable and Internet technologies. Founded to create new and better ways to broadcast television to the living room and beyond, Worldcast's technology combines computers and television with the power of the Internet in a way that will change the way the world views television.
Ventura, California – September 8, 2008 – Worldcast announced plans this week, at a meeting of shareholders, to begin real-world testing of its patented SMART IP Television Protocol. Following successful lab tests by NOVEL Superlabs, and at the University of Utah over the Abilene High Performance Network, Worldcast is building strategic partnerships with the cable television industry, wireless network providers, other broadband distributors, content providers and advertising industry executives.
Unlike current point-to-point streaming technologies that require large allocations of expensive bandwidth as well as compression that reduces video quality, SMART is a point-to-multipoint protocol that supports all current IP television delivery methods, including Unicast, AnyCast, Multicast and others. SMART technology is scalable to deliver HD quality video content to mass audiences.
According to Greg Miles, CEO of Worldcast, SMART technology has many uses, including increasing channel capacity on broadband networks without expensive infrastructure rebuilds. SMART technology is a dynamic 2-way technology that offers the interactive capabilities of Television 2.0 as well as many revenue-generating opportunities, such as targeted, low-cost, internet-driven ad insertion.
Field tests of SMART are designed to prove the technology in real-world settings and to identify and quantify many of the revenue opportunities.
Worldcast is also pursuing licensing agreements with programmers and content providers for a limited network of targeted channels that will be delivered to college campuses. "Worldcast SMART technology can allow advertisers to reach specific targeted demographic groups at low cost, with complete tracking of ads, even when content is recorded and shared," said Dave Clark who is one of the founders of the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC) and serves as Sr. VP of Programming for Worldcast. "Worldcast’s proprietary software offers DVR and program guide capabilities, without the need for expensive hardware." Initially, the network will be available on personal computers using Worldcast’s proprietary media player.
"Because SMART is a software solution, it has the potential of drastically lowering the cost of future generations of set-top terminals and other media devices," said Ian Stewart, President/Chief Technology Officer and Founder of Worldcast. “Our patented error correction protocol, dubbed the 'Manzanita Project,' can drastically improve the quality and reliability of video delivery to a variety or portable media devices." The SMART 'Manzanita' packet replacement technology has many other applications to improve communication technologies such as VoIP.
About Worldcast
Worldcast has developed an Internet software solution for worldwide interactive television to mass audiences. This will change the way the world watches television, bringing tremendous economic opportunities and consumer benefits. For more information about Worldcast and its innovative SMART technology, please visit www.worldcast.tv