Anystream Names Steve Becker EVP Sales & Marketing

Anystream Names Steve Becker EVP Sales & Marketing

Cable TV Industry Veteran to Drive Market Adoption for Company's Digital Media Software

STERLING, Va., May 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Anystream, a leading supplier of digital media production and distribution software to the media, communications and education industries, today announced the appointment of Stephen N. Becker as executive vice president of sales and marketing. Becker brings nearly 20 years experience driving new business initiatives for cable television service and digital media solutions providers, including N2 Broadband, Cox Communications and Qwest Digital Media.

Becker most recently served as executive vice president of marketing and business development for N2 Broadband, a provider of video-on-demand solutions. There, Becker directed strategic product, partner and distribution relationships, and marketing and media relations strategies leading up to the company's recent acquisition by Tandberg Television. Becker also served as executive vice president of sales and business development managing substantial revenue growth and diversification of the company's customer base.

Previously, Becker spent twelve years in a variety of business development and operational roles at Cox Enterprises, the sixth largest media company in the United States. During his tenure, Becker founded Cox Communications' commercial services unit, Cox Business Services; was responsible for Cox's investment in @Home Corp; and ran field operations for Cox Interactive Media while it was the largest provider of local content on the Internet.

"Anystream's technology lets content owners and distributors cost- effectively deliver on-demand, non linear programming across a wide variety of digital platforms, from the Web to cable VOD, mobile, IPTV and more," said Janet Van Pelt, Anystream president and CEO. "Steve's knowledge of the content creation and delivery value chain, and proven sales and marketing leadership, will enable us to rapidly capitalize on the opportunities presented by broadband convergence," she said.

"Content producers and service providers are now choosing technologies that will serve as the infrastructure for their digital media businesses," said Steve Becker, Anystream EVP of sales and marketing. "With its proven enterprise technology, outstanding technical staff and strong financial backing, Anystream is uniquely able to meet the needs of these organizations now and in the expansion years to come," he said.

Becker's appointment joins a series of Anystream growth initiatives, including an $8 million funding round supporting the company's planned market expansion within the media, communications and education industries. In April, Anystream unveiled Agility VOD -- a video-on-demand content production product jointly marketed with SeaChange International -- and in June will showcase new sales and marketing investments in its Apreso Classroom product for higher education.

Anystream's software brings some of the world's most popular content to the Web, including news, sports and entertainment for AOL for Broadband, CNN, NFL Films, weather.com and many more. The technology is also used to provide carrier streaming services for BT Broadcast Services, Savvis and T-Online, and 3G mobile streaming services for Hutchison companies in Austria, Australia, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom. In education, universities like Temple, Medical College of Georgia and MIT use Anystream software to automatically capture lecture content and create online rich media presentations for students to review at any time.

About Anystream (http://www.anystream.com/)

Anystream software products enable broadband applications -- such as premium online content, video-on-demand, mobile video, and online learning -- by automating the complex processes, from metadata tagging to compression and distribution, required to share high-quality video over broadband networks. The world's leading content providers use its Agility products to automatically transform media for production, syndication and content distribution. Institutions of higher education use its Apreso products to automatically capture and publish lectures for online student review. Anystream, Inc. is funded by SCP Private Equity Partners, SOFTBANK Capital Technology Fund III LP, Falcon Private Equity L.P. and Citigroup Investments, Inc.

Source: Anystream

CONTACT: Darian Germain of Anystream Inc., +1-703-948-3063, or dgermain@anystream.com

Web site: http://www.anystream.com/

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