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End-to-end solution creates new revenue opportunities for on demand services over IPTV networks

Reston, Virginia, December 9, 2008 - Avail Media, the only customer service-focused aggregator and provider of both linear and on demand MPEG-4 IPTV content, today announced that the company’s Avail On Demand solution has now passed 1 million subscribers. Today’s announcement marks continued growth for the company, which offers the most studio on demand programming available today for both telco and cable deployments.

“Working with Avail Media has given us access to superior content, the rights to which we would have been hard pressed to obtain on our own,” said Christy Batts, Vice President of Telecommunications, CDE Lightband. “On demand content is a significant differentiator that has boosted our ability to acquire and keep IPTV subscribers. The quality of the Avail Media solution coupled with Avail’s customer-centric approach is unmatched in the industry, and we are excited about the future opportunities for personalization and interactivity that Avail Media provides.”

A 2008 Media Forecast by telecom research firm Pyramid Research predicts that IPTV's share of the overall pay TV subscriber base will grow from 3 percent in 2008 to 14 percent in 2013. Avail Media helps service providers capitalize on this market opportunity by making available all of the content, technology, hardware, and integration needed for a fully-encrypted, market-ready IPTV service. In addition, Avail Media’s proprietary software suite, ViewTrak, provides both carriers and content providers with the ability to track programming activations in real-time. Avail Media’s customer portal, Avail Advisor, provides the company’s global affiliates with all of the tools necessary to successfully plan, deploy, and market profitable video services.

“Avail Media’s continued growth is proof that true IPTV is living up to its potential,” said Ramu Potarazu, CEO of Avail Media. “By offering the industry’s most extensive content library and unique value-added solutions, Avail Media not only leverages these features and applications to create new revenue opportunities for services over IPTV networks, but also provides the richest on demand experience available today. As a result, more than 1 million subscribers now have access to the highest-quality, content-rich on demand viewing experience available today.”

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.