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To: pennywise who started this subject	7/23/2001 1:28:13 AM
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CNN Streams To Asian Desktops On Subscription HONG KONG, CHINA, 2001 JUL 16 (NB) -- By Adam Creed, Newsbytes. Asian satellite Internet service provider SpeedCast Ltd said today it has arranged a deal with CNN that will allow it to stream the network's news and content to desktop PCs in Asia. Corporations will have to subscribe to SpeedCast's satellite-based broadband service, BizTV, to receive the service. For a fee their executives will receive CNN and CNNfn news and financial programming on their computers 24 hours a day. BizTV will be available in Hong Kong, Singapore and Korea, SpeedCast said today. Tom Choi, CEO of SpeedCast, said the CNN deal marked a key stage in the rollout of its Internet protocol (IP)-based BizTV service. The company revealed plans for expansion across Asia in the "near future." The service comes direct via the AsiaSat 3S satellite, linking into a corporate local area network (LAN) and then on to individual desktop PCs. SpeedCast is part-owned by AsiaSat (Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd), and also counts search giant Yahoo Inc. [NASDAQ:YHOO] among its shareholders. SpeedCast is on the Web at speedcast.com .

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