Boeing Educational Network Selects DigitalXpress For Satellite Video Services.

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 11, 1997-- DigitalXpress, a pioneering satellite broadcast communications company, today announced the signing of the Boeing Education Network (BEN) as a customer. A training component for The Boeing Company, BEN will use DigitalXpress technologies to increase the company's employee training and corporate communications capabilities.

"The ability to couple our curriculum with this type of leading edge technology moves us closer toward our near-term goal of creating a continuous learning and communications environment for all Boeing employees," said David Dunnington, manager of the Boeing Educational Network for Boeing Information & Support Services. "Boeing now can provide employees access to the expertise and information needed to maximize their job performance -- that's a tremendous strategic advantage for the company."

BEN initially will use DigitalXpress' XpressVideo service to extend its televised educational programming beyond the Puget Sound region, where Boeing has its headquarters, to locales throughout the continental U.S. Employee training courses using the XpressVideo service vary in length and cover a variety of management and technical subjects.

Dunnington says the XpressData service also will be added in the near future to broadcast course data files directly to personal computers, and augment the employee learning experience by providing electronic copies of information for use during and after each class. The XpressVideo and XpressData services allow a company to establish and customize its own private satellite network for transmitting high-quality, full-motion video, multimedia and information products such as business or design data, corporate television broadcasts, service manuals and instructional or training materials, for viewing with a television or personal computer.

Each remote customer location is fitted with a small, low-cost antenna and integrated receiver/decoder (IRD) that assures the quality and security of the transmission signal. From its operations center in St. Paul, Minn., DigitalXpress uplinks customer information, in a digital format, to a commercial satellite transponder. From there, the information can be received at numerous customer sites using low-cost, state-of-the-art compression technology.

Originally developed for the direct-to-home entertainment market, the affordability and high capacity of these receivers provides DigitalXpress customers with an attractive communications option for today's information-on-demand business environment. Customers pay only for the satellite time they use, making it a cost-effective service for distance learning, corporate news and information channels, sales training and a host of additional applications.

"The DigitalXpress solution is attractive to us because it provides an extremely budget-friendly means for implementing training to a growing, geographically dispersed employee base, while providing a forum that encourages the open exchange of ideas and information," Dunnington added. "That's very important for a growing company such as Boeing."

The Boeing Company is the world's leading manufacturer of commercial jet aircraft. The company is a major U.S. government contractor, with capabilities in space systems, helicopters, military aircraft, missile systems, electronic systems and information systems management.

"The signing of a distinguished company such as Boeing reflects confidence, by our principal investor, that the DigitalXpress solution meets their growing need for distribution of video and data content -- a solution we are working aggressively to bring to all of corporate America," said Bill Bearry, president and CEO of DigitalXpress.

DigitalXpress specializes in low-cost satellite-to-desktop digital video and data information distribution systems and was established through the joint efforts of Boeing Commercial Space Co., Conus Communications and Computing Devices International. Initial service offerings are focused on U.S. corporate requirements. Offices are located at 2550 University Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota 55114, telephone [phone]. -0- DigitalXpress Your Business Satellite Network(TM) www.digxpr.com

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