International Datacasting and Cyberstar Demonstrate Live Broadband Streaming Media Over Akamai's Global Network

Business Wire, May 10, 2000

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OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 2000

IDC's SuperFlex SR2001A Plays Key Role in

Demonstration of Hybrid Satellite and Terrestrial Internet

Delivery Network At NAB Show

International Datacasting Corporation (TSE:IDC.) (IDC) announced that its new SuperFlex SR2001A satellite receiver was used by CyberStar, a Loral company and a leading provider of satellite and broadband data services, and Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the foremost provider of global, high performance services for the delivery of Internet content, streaming media and applications, to successfully demonstrate live broadcast-quality Internet streaming over a hybrid satellite and terrestrial network. The demonstration took place at the National Association of Broadcasters show in Las Vegas last month.

This live streaming demonstration showed for the first time that video streams can be delivered seamlessly from terrestrial-to-satellite networks with performance monitoring. Using Akamai's FreeFlowSM Streaming service, the 1 Megabit/second streams were delivered with unmatched quality and reliability across Akamai's globally distributed network and displayed in Akamai's booth at the show.

CyberStar played a crucial role in the demonstration by providing the satellite-based IP multicast service that transported the streams. CyberStar's global IP multicast network uses the latest Frame Relay, Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) technologies to provide traditional network and Internet applications and support IP multicast communications services. The network spans the earth, with strategically positioned gateway teleports on both coasts of the United States and in Europe, and access through them to Loral Global Alliance and other satellites reaching the Americas, Europe and Asia. CyberStar's services and technologies facilitate the distribution of streaming media content to its global ISP customer base located on four continents and in 34 countries, enables TV-quality video streaming to be sent directly to desktops, and enhances performance by bypassing congested points on the Internet. CyberStar has implemented IDC's SuperFlex data transmission system as an integral part of their DVB infrastructure.

SuperFlex is a highly flexible digital satellite networking system designed to distribute Internet services, multimedia data, streaming media, audio and video by satellite in point-to-multipoint applications. The system incorporates advanced technology using Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB), Internet Protocol (IP), SNMP, IGMP and MPEG international standards. SuperFlex was voted the "Most Innovative Data Solution" of 1999 in the annual readers' poll conducted by Satellite Communications magazine. SuperFlex has already enabled such notable clients as CyberStar, Kingston TLI, Telefonica, GTE, the Virtual University of ITESM and General Dynamics to establish high-speed, highly flexible satellite IP networks.

The SuperFlex SR2001A DVB satellite receiver provides data rate agility from 2 Ms/s to 45 Ms/s allowing for full transponder bandwidths, is DVB transport format compatible up to 78.75 Mb/s, provides Async, Sync, Ethernet (10/100base-T) outputs, has two Conditional Access (CA) Common Interface (CI) slots and two additional option slots.

About CyberStar

CyberStar, a Loral company, is based in Rockville, Maryland. CyberStar is a leading global Internet and infomedia business providing Internet Protocol (IP) broadband data, Internet and multimedia services, business television and private managed networks to businesses and Internet Service Providers throughout the world. Applications include virtual multicast networks, data networking, high-speed file transfer, distance learning, and audio and video streaming services. CyberStar delivers service to Internet Service Providers serving over 10 million people in 120 countries and recently announced its plan to introduce broadband-by-satellite Internet and streaming media services direct to the desktop starting in late 2000. For more information, visit CyberStar's web site at http://www.cyberstar.com

About Akamai

Akamai is the foremost provider of distributed content, streaming media, and applications delivery services. Following the April 20 acquisition of INTERVU, the company serves over 1,000 customers. Akamai has deployed the broadest global network for content, streaming media, and applications delivery with more than 3,000 servers in over 45 countries directly connected to more than 160 different telecommunications networks. Akamai (pronounced AH kuh my) is Hawaiian for intelligent, clever and cool.

About International Datacasting Corporation

IDC (TSE:IDC) provides advanced systems and services for the broadband satellite distribution of digital data in a variety of point-to-multipoint applications. With an existing base in 35 countries worldwide, IDC is at the forefront of delivering IP-based satellite datacasting solutions. Applications for IDC's products include high-speed Internet-via-satellite networks, corporate Intranets, distance education networks, radio networks, business radio networks, weather networks, financial information and paging networks. IDC was recently called an "emerging satellite networking superstar" by Via Satellite magazine. IDC is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, has a US sales office in Atlanta, Georgia and markets internationally through an established network of partners and distributors. Visit IDC on the web at http://www.intldata.ca.