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Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Comcast SportsNet Selects Platformic for Enterprise Web Solution

Comcast SportsNet Selects Platformic for Enterprise Web Solution

Follows Platformic deployments at 16-station cluster for BiCoastal and at BCA

SAN DIEGO, April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast SportsNet has deployed Platformic as the web solution for its Comcast SportsNet Mid Atlantic unit, leveraging a wide array of Platformic features and functionality at http://www.comcastsportsnet.tv/. The Comcast deal follows other recent Platformic deployments at BiCoastal Media and at Broadcast Company of the Americas. Platformic is exhibiting at Booth N1030 at the NABShow, April 11-17 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Oregon-based BiCoastal Media deployed Platformic to provide hosted web services for 16 radio stations recently divested from Clear Channel, choosing Platformic for its superior toolset and experience managing radio station websites. With a mandated accelerated schedule, Platformic rolled out 16 live websites in 20 days.

"The team at Platformic gave us a solution that was perfect for our needs. We can do podcasting, video blogging, contests -- everything we need for our stations. The product is awesome, the support is great and you won't find a better value than Platformic, either," said Bethany Toalson, Marketing Director, Broadcast Company of the Americas. "Platformic understands what we do and its solutions help our programming/content, promotions, marketing and sales departments do it better to keep our audience interested, involved and interacting with our brand."

Platformic is the most powerful, dynamic web development and Content Management Solution (CMS) available in the marketplace. Built by the architect of the Clear Channel web application suite, Platformic allows organizations to maximize the value of their online assets. Platformic combines robust web design software with the power of a CMS via the web browser: a complete web platform that lets users design, build and maintain websites graphically while Platformic writes the code. "Our powerful web-driven interface allows users to create layouts from the simplest to the most complex without having to write a line of code," said Platformic co-founder Claudio Canive. "We offer the most powerful web design and management software in the marketplace, guaranteed. We focus on the technology so our customers can focus on their business."

ABOUT COMCAST SPORTSNET

Comcast SportsNet (CSN, http://www.comcastsportsnet.tv/) is a group of regional sports networks owned by Comcast carrying professional team programming in baseball, basketball, hockey and soccer as well as nightly sports-news and talk shows, post-game and shoulder programming related to local National Football League teams, and college sports. Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK; http://www.comcast.com/) is the nation's leading provider of entertainment, information and communications products and services.

ABOUT PLATFORMIC

Platformic empowers broadcast media companies with the most powerful and intuitive web application suite in the marketplace. Platformic leverages years of web and media experience and its proprietary platform to help media companies extend their brands online through dynamic, content-rich websites. Platformic Enterprise solutions include content management, website development, hosting, consultation, training and best practices. http://www.platformic.com/, +1 866 309 9414, info@platformic.com.

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Source: Platformic

CONTACT: Claudio Canive of Platformic, 1-866-309-9414, mobile,
+1-619-726-8856, info@platformic.com

Web site: http://www.platformic.com/
http://www.comcastsportsnet.tv/


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