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(BSNS WIRE) PICK Communications Corp. Showcases Live Satellite IP Multic
PICK Communications Corp. Showcases Live Satellite IP Multicast Video Streaming
and Other Satellite Platform Services At National Association of Broadcasters
Convention
Business/High Tech Writers
NAB99
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 20, 1999--
PICKSat Technology Ready to Serve Broadcasters
PICKSat Inc., a subsidiary of PICK Communications Corp.
(OTCBB:PICK), today showcased its new satellite Internet
Protocol-based (IP) platform services in the Philips Digital
Television Booth at the 1999 National Association of Broadcasters
(NAB99) convention.
"PICKSat's platform is fully operational and ready to serve the
broadcast and Internet content community," said Mario Pino, president
of PICKSat. "Broadcasters can now be enabled to deliver high quality,
continuously streamed content to Internet service providers and
broadband networks without the risk of congestion common to today's
terrestrial networks, and at a fraction of current costs."
PICKSat's system also enables Internet service providers and
telcos to offer High Speed Internet access via satellite.
At the Philips NAB exhibit booth, PICKSat is demonstrating low
and high bandwidth video streaming. Radio streaming in stereo is also
demonstrated. Satellite-delivered high-speed Internet and all
streaming services are viewed using Microsoft's Internet Explorer 5
browser and Microsoft's Windows Media Technology.
The PICKSat platform offers quick implementation and affordable
access for broadcasters wishing to deploy their own branded IP
Satellite delivered service to the geographic markets of their choice.
NAB99, produced by the National Association of Broadcasters, is
the world's largest trade event covering the convergence of
broadcasting, multimedia and the Internet, audio and video
communications, and telecommunications. Held April 17-22 in Las Vegas,
NAB99 features 1,400 exhibitors and 150 sessions in 11 conferences.
PICK Communications Corp., headquartered in Wayne, N.J., has five
subsidiaries. PICK Sat Inc. provides satellite-based Internet access
and interactive multimedia services to end-user service providers.
PICK Online.Com Inc. is a media content aggregator and satellite
multicast delivery service targeting internet service providers (ISPs)
and broadband networks, including cable modem and asynchronous digital
service line (ADSL) service providers. PICK Net Inc. and PICK Net UK
PLC provide international long distance services to other carriers.
PICK US Inc. markets and distributes prepaid telephone calling cards.
For additional information, please see the company's Web sites:
www.pickcom.com; www.picksat.com; and www.pickradio.com.
Other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their
respective owners.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is
subject to the safe harbors created thereby. The Company's actual
future results could differ materially from the forward-looking
statements discussed herein based on certain risks and uncertainties,
including the Company's immediate need for additional funding, the
repayment of substantial short-term indebtedness, significant and
continuing losses, dependence on a limited number of clients,
dependence on third party carriers, dependence on the Internet, timely
development and acceptance of new products in a constantly evolving
telecommunications industry, the impact of competitive products and
pricing, government regulations and the other risk factors detailed
from time to time in the Company's SEC reports.
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CONTACT: The Dilenschneider Group, New York
Dick Kosmicki, 212/922-0900
KEYWORD: NEW JERSEY NEVADA
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: TELECOMMUNICATIONS
INTERACTIVE/MULTIMEDIA/INTERNET COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS COMED TRADESHOW
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