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To: Ken W who wrote (23561)	1/23/2001 11:27:06 AM
From: JoeinIowa	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29382

Ken, Call me a sucker for a company with a Super Bowl connection but I just bought some NAVI. Joe Tuesday January 23, 8:34 am Eastern Time Press Release NFL Films Chooses NaviSite's streamOS to Tackle Webcasts for Super Bowl Pre-Game Events Leading streaming technology provider to offer first-ever live SuperBowl.com TV Webcasts ANDOVER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 23, 2001-- NaviSite, Inc. (Nasdaq: NAVI - news), a leading managed application hosting provider, today announced it has signed an agreement with NFL Films to provide the first-ever live event Webcasts for Superbowl.com TV. NFL Films will use NaviSite's streamOS(TM) performance management and content distribution capabilities to Webcast Super Bowl XXXV pre-game events, including playoff highlights, pre-game analysis and interviews with players, coaches and special guests. The events will be Webcast live starting January 24 and can be found at superbowl.com. Archives of the Webcasts will be available for a limited time following the Super Bowl on January 28. NaviSite is working with Play Streaming Media Group (PSMG) to provide NFL Films with an end-to-end Internet broadcast solution. ``NFL Films is thrilled to be able to convey the excitement and pageantry of the week leading up to the Super Bowl to NFL fans around the globe, via the Internet,'' said Dave Franza, chief information officer for NFL Films. ``By utilizing the streaming technology and services of NaviSite, and its partner PSMG, we are confident we'll be able to provide live Internet programming that meets the standard of quality that has been a trademark of NFL Films for over 40 years.'' ``We are extremely pleased to be working with NFL Films to provide pro football fans worldwide with high-quality, live and archived Webcasts of events for this year's Super Bowl,'' said Joel Rosen, president and CEO at NaviSite. ``Our streamOS(TM) technology is designed to give customers ease of use and more control over their streaming capabilities, enabling them to focus on providing their viewers with quality content.'' NaviSite's streamOS(TM) is a scalable, cost-effective platform for high-performance streaming content delivery and management, enabling customers to use drag-and-drop functionality to deploy, organize and manage streaming content on their Web sites via a browser-based interface. With streamOS(TM) customers receive superior streaming services that guarantee performance, reliability, scalability and ease of management and reporting. streamOS(TM) supports the most popular streaming media technologies.