WEBCASTS.COM AND ENRON BROADBAND SERVICES SIGN
TWO-YEAR AGREEMENT TO DELIVER CONTENT ON ENRON NETWORK
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, March 9, 2000
HOUSTON - Enron Broadband Services, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Enron Corp. and a leader in the delivery of high-bandwidth application services, announced today it has signed a two-year contract with webcasts.com, a pioneer in the production and delivery of interactive Internet broadcasting, to deliver webcasts.com’s next-generation rich media content on Enron’s broadband optimized optical network.
Under terms of the agreement, webcasts.com can utilize Enron Broadband Services’ network and ePowered™ Media Cast to deliver multifaceted rich media offerings, including synchronized video, audio, text, animation, graphics, e-commerce and two-way chat with guaranteed quality of service and speeds up to 50 times faster than the public Internet.
“Readily available, high-quality bandwidth capacity is an essential ingredient to the new age of broadband content that is being made available over the Internet,” said Joe Hirko, CEO of Enron Broadband Services. “Our broadband solutions provide webcasts.com and others with the necessary quality of service to ensure that their content is delivered in a way that maximizes end-users’ enjoyment and consumption of the content.”
“Enron’s ePowered Media Cast was designed with streaming media delivery in mind and is a strong complement to our own delivery network,” said Scott Klososky, CEO of webcasts.com. “As webcasts.com continues to grow, we are running more and more traffic over our own network. Our access to Enron’s network and bandwidth will ensure that we meet our clients’ highest levels of demand and highest quality expectations.”
ePowered Media Cast is optimized for streaming rich media and achieves its enhanced performance by directing content across Enron’s optical Enron Intelligent Network™. The content is accessible from server points that are closer to desktop users, and Enron’s advanced control system monitors and manages the data flowing across the network. The end result is an enhanced desktop viewing experience with virtually error-free bit rates and uninterrupted traffic flow.
About Enron Broadband Services
Enron Broadband Services is a leading provider of high quality, broadband Internet content and applications. The company’s business model combines the power of the Enron Intelligent Network, Enron’s Broadband Operating System (BOS), bandwidth trading and intermediation services, and high-bandwidth applications, to fundamentally improve the experience and functionality of the Internet. Enron introduces its Broadband Operating System to allow application developers to dynamically provision bandwidth on demand for the end-to-end quality of service necessary to deliver broadband content. Enron has also created a market for bandwidth that will allow network providers to scale to meet the demands that increasingly complex applications require. A wholly owned subsidiary of Enron Corp. (NYSE: ENE), Enron Broadband Services can be found on the Web at www.enron.net.
Enron is one of the world’s leading electricity, natural gas and communications companies. The company, which owns approximately $34 billion in energy and communications assets, produces electricity and natural gas, develops, constructs and operates energy facilities worldwide, delivers physical commodities and financial and risk management services to customers around the world, and is developing an intelligent network platform to facilitate online business. The stock is traded under the ticker symbol, ENE.
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For additional information please contact:
Claudia Johnson
Enron Broadband Services
503-886-0666
Claudia_Johnson@enron.net
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