Star Search and Deal or No Deal Game Shows use Velocix to Broadcast Live over the Internet

MediaCorp, national broadcaster in Singapore, selects Velocix Digital Asset Delivery Network to provide live broadcast streaming services

Cambridge, UK - March 31, 2008

Velocix™, provider of the worlds leading Digital Asset Delivery Network, announced today that it is working with MediaCorp, the National Broadcaster of Singapore, to provide viewers with live, on-line, bi-weekly episodes of the prime-time talent search program, Star Search and the top international game show, Deal or No Deal.

Koh Peck Kheng, AVP, MediaCorp says: "We are seeing exponential growth and increased demand from viewers watching live on-line episodes of our hit TV programs, as well as our subscription VOD service MOBTV (MediaCorp On-line Broadband TV). Velocix provides us with proven experience and delivery capabilities, allowing us to provide a premium service to our on-line viewers with multiple live video feeds from both stage and backstage areas."

Phill Robinson, CEO, Velocix added: "We are enabling Singapore's leading and most established broadcaster to air live, streaming TV of its top programs. Our work with MediaCorp with both its live streaming and VOD download service is further evidence of our success in helping deliver some of the most popular TV shows over the Internet to large global audiences."

The Velocix Network is designed to enable content owners, studios, and broadcasters to deliver video and other large digital assets, such as software, games and audio over the web, with unprecedented performance, breakthrough economics and an asset delivery lifecycle management system that provides content owners the control, analytics and reporting they need to manage their asset libraries through the digital distribution chain.

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