C I Host Offers Free Web Hosting to Rising Film Stars; Entrants at Sundance, Top Festivals Eligible for Free Hosting, Streaming

C I Host Offers Free Web Hosting to Rising Film Stars; Entrants at Sundance, Top Festivals Eligible for Free Hosting, Streaming DALLAS, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- C I Host, a global leader in Web hosting and data center operations, today extended to budding film makers an offer for free Web hosting and streaming video of film clips to promote their independent films. Christopher Faulkner, CEO of C I Host, said, "To get distribution for a film, there has to be buzz and Internet presence is a major component. Because C I Host has mega-capacity, this makes sense as we explore more ways to support the arts and help tomorrow's stars." To be eligible for C I Host's free hosting offer, the first-time filmmaker's work must have been accepted for competition in one of the top U.S. independent film festivals. C I Host will award one year of free hosting to qualifying applicants from each film festival on the list. The films must have been accepted for competition during 2005. Traditional film and digital "films" are eligible for the C I Host promotion, if allowed by the respective festivals. In the West, eligible festivals include: Sundance Film Festival, Park City, Utah; Cinequest, San Jose, Calf.; Film Noir, Los Angeles; San Francisco Film Festival, San Francisco; Mountainfilm, Telluride, Colo.; Seattle International Film Festival; Seattle; Maui Film Festival, Wailea, Hawaii; South By Southwest, Austin, Texas; and Northwest Film and Video Festival, Portland, Ore. In the East, eligible festivals include: New York International Film and Video Festival, New York City; Northhampton Film Festival, Northhampton, Mass.; Asheville Film Festival, Asheville, N.C.: Philadelphia Film Festival, Philadelphia, Pa.; Florida International Film Festival and the Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago, Ill. About C I Host: C I Host (http://www.cihost.com/ ), based in the Dallas/Fort Worth market, is a global Web hosting and Internet solutions provider serving 210,000 individual consumers and businesses in 190 countries worldwide. C I Host's headquarters and Network Operations Center are in Bedford, Texas, and the company operates additional diverse data centers in Los Angeles and Chicago. Source: C I Host CONTACT: D. Kent Pingel, VP, Corporate Communications & PR of C I Host, +1-888-868-9931, ext. 7006, or kentp@cihost.com Web site: http://www.cihost.com/ ------- Profile: International Entertainment