Activate Unveils ActiveConference Center 3.0 For Live Web-Based Presentations.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 2001

Comprehensive Service Features Presenter Controlled Slides, Multiple

Presenter Functionality and Registration Options

Activate, a digital media infrastructure services company, today launched ActiveConference Center 3.0, a service that enables businesses to take full advantage of the Web by adding streaming capabilities to their traditional audio and video conferencing.

This latest release encompasses major enhancements to the ActiveConference platform, which has been deployed by both Activate and its conferencing and carrier partners to manage thousands of calls and meetings over the past two years.

ActiveConference Center 3.0 features enhanced registration options and Presenter Controlled Slides (PCS), an application that allows a presenter to upload slides minutes before a scheduled Webcast and control the slide presentation flow. PCS enables Webcasts to be easily archived and indexed in synchronization with the slide presentation. In addition, ActiveConference Center 3.0 offers scalability and enhanced presentation features to reach global audiences, including interactive functions, password protected presentations, multiple presenter functionality and private label Webcasts.

"Activate's ActiveConference Center 3.0 gives presenters more control of their online presentations, and gives enterprises more tools to manage their use of live Webcasting," said Jeff Schrock, CEO of Activate. "It reflects our experience with customers across a broad range of enterprises, large and small, and expands our services to help those companies communicate their message directly to their audience."

"With ActiveConference Center, I made last minute changes and uploaded my slides right before the Webcast. It's simple, cost-effective and saves time," said Michel Alvarez, CEO of ExpoAccess.

The updated ActiveConference Center 3.0, a Web-based tool for managing, presenting and viewing presentations, supports events using both Microsoft Windows Media Player and Real Networks Media Player. It includes the following features:

-- Audio, Video and Slides -- Conferences can include a mix of audio, video and
slide presentations

- ActiveConference Center 3.0 works with live feeds from audio or video
conferences

- Customer can change and upload slides prior to event

- Multiple presenter functionality allows several individuals to take control
of the Webcast at any time

- Includes thumbnails and full screen slide view feature

- Text interactivity enables Q&A with the audience

- Customer has access to a library of uploaded slides

-- Registration -- ActiveConference Webcasts can be password protected for
security

- Participants register by identifying their conference ID (code or number)

- Conferences can be password protected for security

- Conference hosts can collect names, email addresses, and other information
from participants

- Customers have a no-registration option

-- Archived, Indexed and Synchronized Playback -- After the live broadcast,
users continue to access the content in a synchronized and indexed form

- Audio or video conferences can be recorded, indexed and synchronized with the
slide presentation for on-demand playback, allowing busy professionals to watch
the event on their own schedule

- Customers can develop a library of on-line training and marketing materials

- Extends revenue stream beyond initial event

-- Participant Lists -- The participant list feature allows hosts to identify
who participated in the event

- After the conference, the host receives a participant list via email enabling
the host to follow up with conference participants who may be key analysts,
press contacts or sales leads

- Adds value to a variety of applications including Distance Learning, Sales
Prospecting and Press Conferences

-- Private Labeling -- Private labeling extends brand further

- Extends brand identity and provides a seamless look and feel for customers

- Brand identity can be applied throughout the entire event

Activate brings over three years of experience streaming content for enterprise, traditional media, news and entertainment businesses. Activate recently won the Blue Ribbon award from Network World for its combination of network performance and unparalleled customer service and was named one of the top 100 emerging companies to watch in 2001 by Computerworld.

About Activate

Activate is a leading digital media infrastructure services company. Activate's services include event Webcasting for business communications and consumer live events, live 24x7 Webcasting for radio, TV and Internet-only programming, and on-demand Webcasting of audio and video content to enhance any Web site. Major clients include Microsoft, Dell, Unocal, AIMR, Rivals.com, National Public Radio and CTV Sportsnet.com. Activate received the Blue Ribbon award from Network World's Streaming Media Review and has been named by Computerworld as one of the top 100 emerging companies to watch in 2001. A majority owned operating company of CMGI, Inc., Activate is based in Seattle with offices in New York, San Francisco and Toronto. For more information about the company or its services, please visit www.activate.net or call 206/830-5300.