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Reston, Virginia, August 26, 2008 - Avail Media, the only customer service-focused aggregator and provider of both linear and video on demand (VOD) MPEG-4 IPTV content, today set a new industry milestone with the announcement of 20 linear IPTV affiliates commercially launched in 14 states. Today’s announcement solidifies Avail Media’s leadership position in the U.S. market for linear IPTV deployments with the greatest number of affiliates live and commercially deployed in market with paying subscribers on their systems.

“Our dedication to providing subscribers with the content and high-quality experience they expect made Avail Media the only choice for our linear IPTV deployment,” said Mitch Drake, Vice President of Plant Operations at Sebastian. “While IPTV has created huge opportunities, it also poses significant challenges. Avail Media has provided us with the content and services we need to keep our subscribers happy.”

The launch of these 20 linear affiliates marks significant forward momentum for both Avail Media and the industry, and creates new revenue-generating opportunities for both the affiliates and programming networks alike. Avail Media worked closely with all of its affiliates across the United States on their deployments to successfully launch live video services. However, these affiliates add to Avail Media’s 35 video on demand affiliates that are already live in market and represent just a fraction of the 94 customers with whom Avail Media has secured deals to provide linear and/or video on demand services.

“Avail Media’s experience on the ground, working with real-life affiliates is undoubtedly the most extensive in the industry, bar none,” said Ramu Potarazu, CEO of Avail Media. “Rolling out an IPTV deployment is a complicated undertaking for even the most capable and experienced carriers. Today’s announcement brings our total number of affiliates that are commercially launched and live in market to 55 and underscores our success at working closely with content providers, ecosystem partners, and resellers to provide affiliates with the content, tools, and support they need to go to market quickly and affordably.”

Avail Media is the only provider today delivering a combined MPEG-4 linear IPTV and Video On Demand (VOD) solution, providing video service providers with all of the content, technology, hardware, and integration needed for a fully-encrypted, market-ready IPTV service. A number of forward-thinking service providers are already leveraging Avail Media’s end-to-end solutions to deliver IPTV services to subscribers in a variety of markets across the United States.

Avail Media delivers an extensive content library, including transport rights from the top national programmers, including ABC-Disney, Turner, NBC Universal, MTV Networks, and Fox Cable Networks. Its linear programming is complemented by its VOD rights from the major Hollywood movie studios, such as Buena Vista/Disney, DreamWorks, Lionsgate Films, MGM, NBC Universal, New Line Cinema, Paramount, 20th Century Fox, and Warner Bros. Avail Media also offers a proprietary software suite, ViewTrak, which provides both carriers and content providers the ability to track programming activations in real-time.

Based in Reston, Virginia, Avail Media is the emerging leader in providing managed content aggregation services through a fully-integrated, head-end infrastructure for the profitable deployment of IP video. Avail Media is the only company today to deliver to its affiliates a combined MPEG-4 linear IPTV, HD Overlay (MPEG-2/4) programming solution, and Video On Demand (VOD) solution. The Avail Media solution includes a full content lineup of live television programming with hundreds of channels, all quality-encoded in MPEG-4, IP-encapsulated, encrypted, combined with VOD, and designed for future value-added services. Avail Media's system has been designed for use by video providers of multiple types - whether triple-play, quad-play, or pure video play. For more information, please visit www.availmedia.com.