CenterSpan Integrates Support for Microsoft Windows Media in New Digital Distribution Platform.Business/High-Tech Editors HILLSBORO, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 2000 Technology provides CenterSpan with access to the largest possible digital media audience CenterSpan Communications (Nasdaq:CSCC CSCC Calgary Sports Car Club (Alberta, Canada) CSCC Clemson Sports Car Club CSCC Columbus State Community College (Ohio) CSCC Classic Sports Car Club (UK) ) announced today that the company is integrating support for Microsoft(R) Windows Media Microsoft's audio and video framework for Windows, which embraces playback, encoding and streaming. Windows Media Player is the digital jukebox and media player that comes with every version of Windows. (TM) Format and Windows Media Digital Rights Management in its new digital distribution platform currently in development and scheduled for launch in the first quarter of 2001. Windows Media audio See Windows Media formats. and digital rights management technologies have been widely adopted by popular software players and portable devices. CenterSpan is developing a next generation peer-to-peer network (1) A network of computers configured to allow certain files and folders to be shared with everyone or with selected users. Peer-to-peer networks are quite common in small offices that do not use a dedicated file server. incorporating digital rights management, which provides a secure and legal digital distribution channel enabling members to publish, search and purchase all forms of digital content. CenterSpan's technology platform will provide publishers with the ability to track and account for their content within the channel. "We have created a robust and scalable peer-to-peer architecture that naturally incorporates a range of digital rights management solutions. We selected Microsoft's technology for our initial release because of its effectiveness and prevalence on the desktop," stated Steve Frison, CenterSpan's Senior Vice President of Product Development and Chief Technology Officer. About CenterSpan CenterSpan Communications Corp. is a developer and marketer of Internet software applications for communication and collaborative information sharing See data conferencing. . The company is developing a next generation peer-to-peer network incorporating digital rights management. This provides a secure and legal digital distribution channel enabling members to publish, search and purchase all forms of digital content. Visit www.centerspan.com to learn more. This press release includes forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. . 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. The Company's Internet community and communications initiative is a new business in a rapidly evolving market. Specific statements regarding the timely release of new products, number of registered users, new business opportunities, new revenue model and potential earnings leverage are forward-looking statements. Investors are encouraged to review the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's 1999 Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. , for a further description of the risks and uncertainties relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc forward-looking statements made by the Company, as well as to other aspects of the Company's business. |
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