iStreamPlanet Enables Fans to View Live Events in Brand New Way as Company Continues Impressive Growth

iStreamPlanet Enables Fans to View Live Events in Brand New Way as Company Continues Impressive Growth

Digital Media Pioneer Showcases Dramatic Success; Streams Live Webcasts of Major Music Festivals and Corporate Events; Moves to New Corporate Headquarters

LAS VEGAS, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- iStreamPlanet, a provider of digital media strategy, services and software applications, today announced several achievements underscoring the company's impressive momentum. iStreamPlanet is providing the technology behind live streaming video webcasts of some of the nation's most popular music festivals seen on AT&T blue room (http://www.attblueroom.com/). In addition to adding a new executive to an already impressive roster of top digital media experts, iStreamPlanet has just moved into a state-of-the-art facility that enables HD and SD acquisition and web delivery.

"I am thrilled by iStreamPlanet's continued growth in the digital media industry," said Mio Babic, founder and CEO of iStreamPlanet. "When companies choose to work with us, they not only get a trusted partner, but one that will continue to innovate as the industry grows. Live events are a complicated animal to webcast; they require knowledge across the entire digital media landscape -- of multiple transport and video platforms, of CDN, of multiple encoding systems, and of the managed customer and end-user experience. They require the type of expertise at which iStreamPlanet excels."

Earlier this summer, iStreamPlanet provided the technology behind AT&T blue room's live webcasts of the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival (http://www.bonnaroo.com/), the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival (http://www.coachella.com/), the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell (http://www.nojazzfest.com/), the inaugural Mile High Music Festival Powered by SanDisk (http://www.milehighmusicfestival.com/) in Denver, and San Francisco's first Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival (http://www.sfoutsidelands.com/). Later this month, iStreamPlanet will provide onsite and offsite webcast management at the Austin City Limits Music Festival (http://www.aclfestival.com/) and enable remote audiences to view select live performances from the festival's eight stages on the blue room.

iStreamPlanet is also enjoying impressive success with the Fortune 1000. For example, iStreamPlanet delivers managed webcasting services for corporate events such as Microsoft's World Partners Conference (WPC) and Microsoft TechEd. Mio Babic was also a featured speaker at WPC and Microsoft Global Experience (MGX) conferences earlier this summer, discussing new content strategies and iStreamPlanet's use of Microsoft(R) Silverlight(TM), a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next-generation of rich interactive applications for the Web.

To better support its customers' needs, iStreamPlanet has moved to a new corporate headquarters in Las Vegas, Nevada, featuring a state-of-the-art, 100 percent digital webcast operations center. Thanks to the new facility, the iStreamPlanet team is not only capable of acquiring live event content via multiple C/KU-band satellites or Vyvx video fiber sources in both HD and SD, but also supports encoding content in HD and SD for web delivery.

iStreamPlanet is also expanding its team of digital media experts for managed webcasting services. In his role as director of solutions engineering, David Morel will work alongside Mat Rosa, director of research and development, to deliver on the technical vision of the company. Mr. Morel has an extensive history in web-enabled applications, having worked most recently at Limelight Networks, where he ran the solutions engineering division for the North American region. Mr. Morel brings over 14 years of experience in both the enterprise and public sectors, including IBM, Xerox, and the State University of New York. Mr. Morel will manage the daily solutions operations for iStreamPlanet's customers and partners.

About iStreamPlanet

iStreamPlanet(R) develops and provides digital media strategy, managed webcasting services, and Rich Internet Applications. The company successfully integrates managed services and SaaS-based digital media applications that cover all aspects of a media delivery, enabling enterprises and other content owners to distribute and monetize their digital media across multiple platforms. iStreamPlanet's team of digital media and broadcast experts has managed and enabled the deployment of more than 1,000 large live events viewed online by millions. The world's top business leaders (American Express, AT&T, Caterpillar, Microsoft), trendiest music festivals (Coachella, Bonnaroo, SXSW), most popular sporting events (Masters Golf Tournament, Phoenix Suns, World Series of Poker), and major broadcasters (CBS Television, Cablevision, Fox International) rely on iStreamPlanet's digital media solutions. Through its partnership with Smart City, iStreamPlanet also supports over 60 of the largest U.S. convention centers and event facilities. Founded in 2000, the privately held company is headquartered in Las Vegas with offices in Orlando, Florida; Scottsdale, Arizona; and Washington, D.C. More information is available by calling 702-492-5900 or visiting http://www.istreamplanet.com/.

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