Velocix and SambaTech Partner in South America

Cinema em Cena , Duty Free Brasil and Atletico Mineiro benefit from the combined services from Velocix & SambaTech

Cambridge, UK - May 6, 2008

Velocix™, provider of the world's leading Digital Asset Delivery Network for on-line distribution of large digital assets such as video, software and games, and SambaTech, a leading digital entertainment distributor in South America, today announced a partnership to offer a comprehensive video delivery and content management solution to customers throughout South America.

The service combines the Velocix state-of-the art, globally deployed, Digital Asset Delivery Network with SambaTech's flexible Liquid Platform Content Management System, to provide a fully hosted solution for managing on-line content including HD video, audio and games.

Brazilian based companies including Cinema em Cena , Dutyfree Brasil and Atletico Mineiro are already benefiting from this partnership.

"South America is a booming market for online video," said Phill Robinson, CEO of Velocix. "With many companies in the region looking to emulate a broadcast quality experience on-line, the need for scalable and cost effective delivery services has become increasingly important. Velocix is working closely with SambaTech to provide a complete suite of web content delivery and management services to these companies, fueling the momentum and growth of innovative new on-line video services throughout South America."

"We are excited by our partnership with Velocix and our combined capability allows South American companies to rapidly create and deliver rich media content services online," said Gustavo Caetano, CEO of SambaTech. "We are seeing huge demand from both large and small companies turning to the web to build a global presence. Brazil in particular, has been a key growth area and we are ready to embrace this trend by offering solutions and services that are second to none."

Designed to meet the rich media needs demanded by content owners, Velocix provides a new generation Content Delivery Network and related services. Velocix delivers unprecedented performance, breakthrough economics and an asset delivery lifecycle management system that provides content owners with the control, analytics and reporting they need to manage their asset libraries through the digital distribution chain.

About SambaTech

SambaTech is a leading company in the Latin American Digital Distribution Market, syndicating to more than 40 custumers and with offices in Brazil, Argentina and Chile. SambaTech is committed to providing a complete solution by combining different technologies to provide carriers with high quality and efficient offering. The SambaTech Liquid Platform is the ideal digital distribution product for businesses looking for a high scale, low costs solution that can open up new revenue models. In addition to the very latest streaming and media delivery technology, SambaTech also offers solutions in the mobile digital content arena.

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  • Velocix is the world's leading Digital Asset Delivery Network, a new generation CDN (Content Delivery Network) designed to meet the rich media needs of the 21st century Internet. The Velocix delivery network is relied upon globally by owners of large digital assets - including video, software and games - to provide unparalleled quality of service and delivery performance, with affordable economics. Velocix does all this whilst providing new levels of control over the global digital asset distribution chain.