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August 23, 1999 13:02
-OPTIBASE: Optibase streaming media solution selected by Intline.com for Internet broadcast services
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M2 PRESSWIRE-23 August 1999-OPTIBASE: Optibase streaming media solution selected by Intline.com for Internet broadcast services (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
* Optibase's MPEG MovieMaker Encoders and MPEG ComMotion Software Enables Intline.com to Deliver Customised Internet Broadcast Content to Niche Markets
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Optibase, Inc. (NASDAQ: OBAS), a leader in broadband digital video networking solutions, today announced that Intline.com, an integrated Web development company, has selected Optibase's MPEG MovieMaker encoders and MPEG ComMotion streaming media software to be part of its integrated Web solution. Intline's integrated Web solution combines the functionality of a search engine, integrated proprietary e-mail and broadcast content under a single umbrella.
Addressing vertical market needs
"The time has come for the Web to deliver on its promise of a truly integrated experience," said Ran Eisenberg, CEO of Optibase. "We are delighted to join Intline.com in this pioneering effort to bring digital video to the Web for applications such as e-commerce, distance learning, and innovative 'made-for-the-Internet' programming."
Intline.com's vision is to unite the most useful functions on the Web - search engine, information, news, entertainment and e-commerce - to meet the needs of commercially active vertical markets. The company plans to deliver custom programming specifically produced for Internet broadcast. Some of Intline.com's programs that are currently in development are: FutureTech, a venue for the ever changing technology of tomorrow; e-Commerce Today, a practical guide for merchants and consumers for shopping and selling online; and the Digital Kitchen, an entertainment-based culinary event recorded at finer restaurants around the world.
Getting maximum performance
"Our applications demand the best MPEG compressed video available in the streaming market. Based on my experience over the past five years, Optibase has shown that its hardware and software solutions provide exceptional compression, high reliability and seamless integration with today's leading streaming equipment manufacturers," said Thomas Doty, president of Intline.com. "Optibase has proven to be a leader in digital video networking technology, and we're elated to have such a forward- thinking company as a technology partner."
The Intline.com video solution uses Optibase MPEG MovieMaker encoders to support multi-channel video streaming from bit rates ranging from 300Kbs to 1.5 Mbps. The video streaming and transmission process is managed by Optibase's MPEG ComMotion software. Streams are transmitted to specialised smart video servers where they are both unicast and multicast across terrestrial, satellite, wireless or any other native IP network.
About Intline.com
Located in the MindSpring building in Atlanta, Georgia, Intline.com, Inc. is a global Internet broadcasting company focused on driving e-commerce throughout a global network of affiliate domains. By combining the power of its patent-pending broadcast network with its own patent-pending video email service, the company offers the first viable method by which advertisers and content providers can broadcast to clearly-defined and surgically targeted vertical markets around the world. Intline.com is the first Internet broadcast company to enable any web site to take advantage of its patent-pending technology by offering 'private label' versions of its original broadcast content, broadcast channels and Web-based video email service. The company also offers premier real-time multi-format encoding and webcasting services. LightSpeedNetworks.com is the global Internet broadcast network owned and operated by Intline.com, Inc.
About Optibase
Optibase provides high-quality, cost-effective solutions that enable the preparation and delivery of MPEG-based digital video over ATM and IP-based networks. Based on the company's expertise in both MPEG and network technologies, Optibase has created a suite of products used in applications such as digital video archiving, distance learning, business television and content creation
Certain matters discussed in this news release are forward-looking statements regarding the future of Optibase's relationship with Intline.com. These forward looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, risks related to dependency on third-party distribution and marketing channels, rapid technological change, customer acceptance of new products, the impact of competitive products and pricing, market acceptance, the lengthy sales cycle, proprietary rights of Optibase and its competitors, dependence on third parties to manufacture products, general economic conditions and other risk factors. For a more detailed discussion of risks facing Optibase, please refer to Optibase's Registration Statement on Form F-1 filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
MPEG MovieMaker and MPEG ComMotion are trademarks of Optibase. All other products are trademarks of their respective owners
CONTACT: Yael Paz, Marketing Communications Manager, Optibase Tel: +972 9 970 92 55 Fax: +972 9 958 60 99 e-mail: yaelp@optibase.com WWW: optibase.com Sean McMann, Intline.com Tel: +1 404 881-9331 e-mail: mcmann@intline.com Charlotte Gutman, Communications for Genial Products SA - Brussels Tel: +32 2 375 21 00 Fax: +32 2 375 91 62 e-mail: cgp@cgp.be WWW: cgp.be
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