CenterSpan Announces Availability of C-StarOne, the First Unified Delivery Platform for Enterprise and Media and Entertainment Content Providers.

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HILLSBORO, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 15, 2002

CenterSpan Communications Corp. (Nasdaq:CSCC) today announced C-StarOne(TM), a powerful, unified content delivery platform that allows companies and content providers to publish and securely deliver any type of rich media. For the first time, one solution meets the delivery needs of both content providers and the enterprise for cost savings, security and efficiency.

CenterSpan's C-StarOne provides both high quality streams and on-demand and scheduled downloads at less than one half the cost of traditional content delivery models. A simple Web interface enables companies that distribute rich media content to maintain complete control over how their content is published, secured and delivered -- all without installing any extra hardware, license management or digital rights solutions. Users simply install a less than 1 MB plug-in to access content in the network.

"C-StarOne elevates rich media delivery to performance and security levels unequalled by other content delivery networks and services providers," said Frank G. Hausmann, chairman and chief executive officer of CenterSpan. "Furthermore, the fact that we have been operating our network for well over a year gives CenterSpan a significant advantage in the enterprise and media and entertainment marketplace."

As use of rich media has become more popular within the enterprise, IT managers have been challenged by the cost of delivery and congestion in the networks. The widespread solution has been to install additional layers of hardware and software -- an approach that addresses these concerns, but comes with high costs for upgrades, maintenance and overhead.

Similar problems exist in the media and entertainment industry where the Internet is used to deliver files and streams to consumers. Here, content providers have turned to content delivery service providers to mitigate delivery costs and boost speed -- with the goal of enhancing the consumer experience. Yet the challenges around high costs and content security still prevail.

Then there are large companies that need to move rich media both internally and externally. With C-StarOne, CenterSpan now provides one solution and one platform to solve all of these problems for the enterprise and media and entertainment content providers.

One Solution. One Platform.

C-StarOne offers the most comprehensive, high-value solution for secure and reliable digital content distribution. C-StarOne is comprised of:

-- C-Star Multi-Source Delivery(TM) maximizes content delivery speed by pulling
content from the closest, best network locations. Richer content is delivered
at half the cost of alternative solutions. Every type of digital content is
supported including audio, video, executables and documents.

-- C-Star Tiered Security(TM) provides the deepest security of any delivery
solution. As files move through the network, they are protected from being used
illegally, altered or infected with viruses. Security layers include file
encryption, Digital Rights Management (DRM), file segmentation, digital
signatures, network protocol security, and on the desktop, content is secured
in a patent-pending encrypted cache.

-- C-Star Content Publishing: Authorized users have an easy Web-based means of
publishing and controlling content in the network. They may set and adjust
parameters of content usage by defining the business rules including: security
and copyrights, the number of times the content can be used, and dates for its
availability and removal.

-- C-Star Analytics: The solution offers two levels of analytics. First,
customers receive reports on network activity. This data includes number of
users, licenses issued, files transferred and amount of data transferred. At
the second level, CenterSpan can provide a Cognos(TM) data cube of the
customer's content network activity for in-depth trend analysis.

Availability

C-StarOne is available now through direct sales and partnerships in specific vertical markets.

About CenterSpan

CenterSpan Communications develops and markets next-generation, secure Internet and intranet content delivery solutions for media and entertainment, communications service providers and the enterprise. The company's C-StarOne solution enables low cost, efficient and secure distribution of all digital media. More information is available at www.centerspan.com.

This news release includes forward-looking statements. CenterSpan is a venture stage company. C-Star, the company's distributed network, is a new business in an emerging and rapidly evolving market. Statements regarding the timely launch of content distribution services such as C-Star and Scour, new customers, new products, content acquisition, number of registered users, new business opportunities, new revenue model industry prospects, future results of operations or financial position and potential earnings leverage are forward-looking statements. We cannot guarantee any of the forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Investors are encouraged to review the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the company's 2001 Form 10-K, for a more refined description of the risks and uncertainties relating to forward-looking statements made by the company, as well as to other aspects of the company's business. The company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.