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ICTV Debuts WebCaster Broadcast Platform for Efficient Delivery of Web-Enabled Content

NEW ORLEANS, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 2004--ICTV(TM), creator of HeadendWare(R), the network operator's most versatile platform for the delivery of compelling interactive content, today announced the introduction of a new platform designed to enable the broadcast delivery of bandwidth efficient Web-enabled content by network operators.
The new "WebCaster(TM)" platform utilizes ICTV's network-centric technology and an MPEG-2 transport stream to broadcast Web-based multimedia content - including electronic program guides, cable promotions, national advertising and enhanced TV applications - to any digital set-top box or home appliance that decodes MPEG-2. WebCaster can deliver up to 40 channels of text, images, animation and sound-and-motion video in as little as 6/8MHz of bandwidth.

Private Equity Fund Of Funds ICTV will demonstrate WebCaster in conjunction with major trade events in the United States and in Europe. WebCaster will be shown at Booth 2755 at the NCTA National Show May 3-5 in New Orleans; in addition, ICTV has been invited to show WebCaster as part of a special presentation before Germany's largest cable operators in Cologne, immediately prior to the opening of the ANGA Cable 2004 show May 11-13.

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Curve Equity Exposed Fund "We developed WebCaster to address two specific needs in the global network operator industry," said Mitch Askenas, Vice President Advanced Product Development for ICTV. "Network operators who understandably are reluctant to devote an entire channel to specific applications that really only require a fraction of the total bandwidth, have been interested in more efficient delivery of Web-based content to the television. In addition, systems throughout the world that have not yet been upgraded to full, two-way interactivity can use WebCaster to deliver an active Web experience to their subscribers."

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Equity Income Funds "Network operators are always seeking the most efficient way to deliver local information services and branded channels of focused, local content that satellite cannot provide," said Mike McGrail, President and CEO for ICTV. "With WebCaster, they have the opportunity to offer services that are uniformly popular, such as local news, sports, traffic and weather, on a continuous basis. In addition, WebCaster can assist in increasing revenues by acting as a vehicle for national advertising sales and for the promotion of Video on Demand and other programming."

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Capital Casebook Equity With WebCaster, content automatically is collected and assigned to individual channels, each of which are converted to MPEG-2 streams, multiplexed on a partial 6/8MHz channel and available via a TV remote control.

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Private Investment In Public Furthermore, When WebCaster is installed in a two-way plant in conjunction with ICTV's HeadendWare(R) interactive platform, subscribers can activate a particular channel to interact with content, and then return to the WebCaster broadcast.

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Equity Mutual Funds About ICTV(TM)

Birmingham Contact Equity ICTV(TM) provides enabling infrastructure for the delivery of new television services to digital cable subscribers. The company offers a solutions-oriented approach to new television services that combines standards-based technology with a portfolio of branded iTV applications that can be deployed today. The solution-based approach offers operators one of the highest returns on bandwidth and incremental capital of the iTV services available today. Strategic investors include Adelphia, Liberty Media, Motorola, OpenTV, Shaw Communications, TV Guide, Cox Communications and Lauder Partners.

Private Equity Investment Firm Based in the heart of California's Silicon Valley, with additional offices in Baltimore and the United Kingdom, the company has been issued 23 patents and has numerous patents pending, ensuring protection of its unique and innovative television services solution. ICTV is a member of the Motorola Horizon and Scientific-Atlanta CreativEdge Developer's Programs. For more information, visit www.ictv.com.

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