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Abacast Inc. Announces the Acquisition of Tukati, Inc., Becoming the First Content Distribution Network to Offer Hybrid Peer-Assisted Distribution for Both Live and On-Demand Streaming Media

Abacast Hybrid CDN is the first to offer Live and On-Demand media distribution that seamlessly utilizes unicast and peer-assisted delivery

Camas, WA (September 23, 2008) – Abacast, Inc., a leader in real-time streaming solutions has today announced the purchase of Tukati, Inc., a producer of peer-assisted on-demand delivery solutions. The acquisition brings a combined peer-assisted Live and On-Demand Service under a single entity, which was previously offered via a partnership between the two companies. 

“The combination of these two companies’ technologies enables the first hybrid peer-to-peer solution covering the complete spectrum of real-time and on-demand distribution.” said Michael King, President of Abacast. “Bringing Tukati into the Abacast family enables content publishers to make a single vendor choice for reliable content distribution, while getting a huge leap in distribution efficiencies.”

The combined product gives content publishers a rich suite of delivery options including real-time streaming; on demand video, game, and software distribution; progressive video delivery; and push delivery. In addition, content demand and end-user performance metrics are offered in real-time, allowing marketing campaigns to be adjusted based on consumer usage patterns. 

“The acquisition of Tukati by Abacast is great news for customers wanting secure, reliable, high volume rich media and file delivery services,” said Jim Kott, current CEO of Tukati who will transition to be the VP of Business Development at Abacast. “Sales, support, and product integration are now done by a unified team at a single location, leveraging our cumulative 13 years experience running large-scale, secure distribution networks. 

For more information go to www.abacast.com or email sales@abacast.com. 

About Abacast, Inc: 
Abacast solutions make it possible to stream the highest quality media to huge audiences with unparalleled scalability and bandwidth efficiencies. Unlike traditional “unicast” servers that send streams directly to each listener/viewer – each Abacast listener/viewer redirects the stream to one or more downstream listener/viewers using idle upstream bandwidth based on direction from the Abacast server. This creates a closely-monitored Distributed Streaming Network that delivers a higher quality, more stable, more adaptable connection while at the same time significantly reducing bandwidth requirements by up to 98%. Abacast, Inc. is headquartered in Camas, WA and is a privately held company. For more information call (360) 834-5229 or email sales@abacast.com.

About Tukati, Inc:
Tukati is a supplier of managed services and software providing large-scale, secure, and legal distribution of digital media. Their flagship service, Tukati Media Delivery System, is based on Tukati’s patent-pending secure peer to peer network, a centrally controlled yet highly distributed network that securely stores and distributes content over the Internet. The secure peer to peer network dramatically improves the efficiency of content distribution, resulting in high performance for end users and significant cost-savings for content publishers. Founded in October 2001, Tukati launched the Media Delivery System in September 2002. Tukati was headquartered in Kirkland, WA and was a privately held company.

Using live video streaming to enhance radio fan loyalty

Abacast, a leader in online video streaming, has announced that it is streaming live video of the Rod Ryan Show for Clear Channel’s 94.5 the Buzz.

The Rod Ryan Show, Houston’s highly rated morning show, will be utilizing a Budweiser sponsored video player to bring Rod’s radio show to his online listeners. The Bud Light Peep Show Player will allow viewers to see right into the studio, with multiple camera angles, bringing a unique and exciting perspective to the audience. Fans will now be able to see all of the crazy stunts and antics that the Rod Ryan show is known for.

“By utilizing Abacast’s technology for the Peep Show on thebuzz.com we have been able to cost effectively deliver the live video element we needed for the Rod Ryan Show,” said Nick Peterson, Director of Internet & Integrated Marketing for Clear Channel, “Video has proven to really add value to our morning show and to our website in general.”

“Abacast is proud to be part of the relationship between Clear Channel and Budweiser,” said Michael King, President of Abacast, “It’s great to be part of the new way that radio is evolving online.”

Abacast Powers Online Live Olympic Broadcasts for SBS Olympic Web Site

Abacast Live, the leading live peer-assisted delivery solution, serves 1.5Mb/s Windows Media streams to over 12,000 simultaneous viewers of the SBS Olympic web site’s live Olympic broadcasts. 

(September 3^rd, 2008, Camas, WA)  Abacast, the industry leader in Hybrid CDN Services, has announced that its Abacast Live peer-to-peer based (P2P) distribution solution has successfully powered the SBS Internet Olympic web site’s (http://Olympic.sbs.co.kr) live 2008 Olympic broadcasts. 

SBS (http://global.sbs.co.kr), an international media company, operates terrestrial broadcast TV and radio stations, as well as cable and satellite stations encompassing entertainment, sports, and drama.  After carefully evaluating a number of competitors, SBSi, which provides Internet service through the SBS portal, chose Abacast’s solution because of its superior reliability, stability, and cost effectiveness.  The use of Abacast Live resulted in over 13 gigabits per second of bandwidth savings. 

 “The Abacast Live service performed flawlessly” said SBSi IT Manager Chang Joo, Lee.  “We carefully evaluated several solutions, and the Abacast Live solution was clearly the superior solution, easily handling the required load with absolutely no QOS or scalability issues.  We’re already using Abacast for our live Internet radio broadcasts (http://gorealra.sbs.co.kr), and after this live video broadcast we feel even more confident in Abacast’s solutions.”

FutureStream Networks, Abacast’s exclusive South Korean value-added reseller, provided SBSi with the Abacast Live service, as well as hands-on installation and technical support.  Included in the overall solution was Abacast’s full suite of services including peer-assisted delivery based on Abacast’s Distributed Streaming Technology, real-time and historical usage analytics, and an SBS-customized player. 

“We have been representing Abacast in Korea for over a year now with tremendous success,” said Jeong Won Lee, VP of Technology at FutureStream Networks.  “When SBSi turned to us to help them with their live online Olympic broadcasts, we were confident in the Abacast solution due to its scalability and proven reliability.”

“The 2008 Olympics has been an extremely important milestone in online streaming.  I’m pleased that Abacast Live enabled FutureStream Networks and SBSi to provide their users with high resolution streams of the largest online sporting event ever,” added Michael King, President of Abacast. 

About Abacast:

Abacast, Inc. is a commercial quality, Hybrid Content Distribution Network (CDN), offering the most options in the industry to distribute and monetize Internet distribution of rich media including live video and online radio, Video-on-Demand, and games and software.