Stellar One's IBS Summit Keynotes to be Delivered Via Broadband Links From Washington DC's Capitol Hill and Paris

Business Wire, May 24, 1999

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 1999--

End-to-End Broadband Solutions On Hand to Demonstrate

New Broadband Services to the Home

"Stellar One to Unveil ConnectTV at This Year's Summit"

Stellar One Corporation today announced that the venue is set, speakers are slated, and demonstrations are ready for the 1999 Interactive Broadband Services Technology Summit.

This event, in its third year, is scheduled for June 28 and 29 at the Bell Harbor International Convention Center in Seattle, Washington. Stellar One Corp., Packet Engines, Compaq Computer, and Minerva Systems, sponsor the event.

"The IBS Technology Summit attracts network owners, ISPs, Telcos, ILECs, DHTML programmers, and highly respected industry experts from around the world," said Dennis Sullivan, the Summit's director. "This year we will have significant representation in the form of delegations from Japan, Germany, China and Venezuela, and major infrastructure and end-to-end solutions companies."

Scheduled speaker highlights include:

-- A live broadband link from Paris with Jesse Berst, Editorial

Director for the ZDNet Anchor Desk. -- A broadband link with U.S. Representative Edward J. Markey

(D-MA), Ranking Democrat on the House Telecommunications, Trade,

and Consumer Protection Subcommittee from Capitol Hill. -- Konrad Veit, Vice President of Business PC for Siemens will

deliver a Market and Product Perspective on Information Meets

Communication. -- David Crippens, Senior Vice President Educational Services for

KCET-TV (PBS) in Los Angeles, will be presenting on broadband

services and educational content. KCET-TV will also be at the

Summit to capture some early video for a planned TV special on

these broadband services and what it will mean to consumers.

The list goes on with speakers from Microsoft, Minerva Systems, Stellar One, Oracle, Packet Engines, Compaq, Digital Harmony, IMAKE, nCUBE, Cahners In-Stat Group, Sony and GTE Interactive.

A large German delegation hoping to attract new business to Germany will sponsor their event under the IBS Summit umbrella on the afternoon of the 28th. Scheduled speakers include:

-- Arne Bornsen, Executive Vice President for the RegTP (German

Regulatory Authority for Telecommunications and Posts) -- Klaus Werkhausen, Head of Section 124, Frequency Regulation

Issues, Frequency Assignment Procedures, RegTP -- Gregor Angerhausen, Assistant Head of Section Office of the

President and Vice Presidents (RegTP) -- Gerhard Jeutter, Assistant Head of Section, Licensing Principles

Telecommunications, RegTP

More Summit Highlights

The IBS Technology Summit is known for demonstrating working broadband systems while everyone else talks about what might be possible. This year is no different, as the Summit will highlight the following demonstrations:

GTE Interactive's "Intrigue" System -- A turnkey interactive video information and entertainment system providing movies on demand, high-speed Internet access, electronic commerce, games, and a wide variety of customer information.

Alcatel's Litespan(R) System -- A comprehensive, integrated access solution for telephone companies to provide high-speed data services and video-on-demand over a single copper pair.

SourceNet's On Demand Network -- A turnkey video-on-demand system integration solution for residential services.

Unfiltered Universe International -- A next-generation ubiquitous television network designed specifically for an active young adult culture that combines features such as, video-on-demand, cable television, VCR's, pay-per-view, e-commerce and the interactivity of the Internet and allows consumers to create personalized or private broadcasts.

Digital Harmony's Home Entertainment System -- Designed to allow consumers to enjoy a rich, home entertainment experience with this bandwidth management partner for the home over 1394 "Firewire".

IP Multicasting -- Stellar One will be demonstrating IP Multicasting capability using their new ConnectTV Interactive Broadband Set-Top System.

Broadband Training Application -- Asymetrix Learning Systems and Stellar One will be demonstrating the benefits of distance learning over a broadband system using legacy video for training purposes in large enterprises.

The Unveiling of ConnectTV

Stellar One Corporation is eager to unveil ConnectTV, a new broadband set-top system that creates a platform for deploying interactive services like video-on-demand, high-speed Internet access, broadcast entertainment programming, and online learning on broadband networks of all types. By using Windows NT and Internet Explorer, ConnectTV enables any DHTML programmer using the myriad of available web development tools to create and deliver new interactive broadband content and services to the TV with a GUI (graphical user interface) customized for branding and services.

The ConnectTV system consists of a hardware platform, client software, a network development kit, and support and consulting services. ConnectTV is fully interoperable with public and private switched networks, for corporate and campus applications, and networks to the home. This interoperability extends to popular video-on-demand MPEG video server software offered by Microsoft, Oracle and SGI, and real time streaming MPEG video encoders offered by Minerva, Harmonic Lightwave, OptiBase, and FVC.com over IP multicast. ConnectTV also works with advanced Web-based multimedia servers, and full-featured broadband Internet access.