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Comcast Selects ChannelSEEK as Webcast Programming Guide.


INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 23, 1999--

Comcast's OnBroadband.com, the Internet's 1st High-Speed Portal,

Has Selected ChannelSEEK to Provide Viewers With

Convenient Method of Tracking Streaming Media See streaming audio, streaming video and digital media hub.  Events

Using ChannelSeek's Patent-Pending Event Notification Event notification is a term used in conjunction with communications software for linking applications that generate small messages (the "events") to applications that monitor the associated conditions and may take actions triggered by events.  System

Comcast Corporation (http://www.comcast.com) is engaged in the development, management and operation of broadband cable networks and in providing content through principal ownership of QVC QVC Quality Value Convenience
QVC Question Valid Command
, Comcast-Spectacor and Comcast SportsNet, a controlling interest controlling interest

The ownership of a quantity of outstanding corporate stock sufficient to control the actions of the firm. Controlling interest often involves ownership of significantly less than 51% of a firm's outstanding stock because many owners fail
 in E! Entertainment Television and through other programming investments.

"We are proud to add ChannelSEEK as our newest content partner. The OnBroadband.com (http://www.onbroadband.com) portal continues to provide our users with an ever-growing amount of various online events and unique broadband content," said Gaurav Suri, General Manager, Content and Director of Business Development, Comcast Online.

ChannelSEEK, the leading listing site for streaming audio A one-way audio transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play audio clips and Internet radio. Computers in home networks stream audio (mostly music) to digital media hubs connected to home theaters.  and video events, offers a unique service to remind visitors of upcoming webcasts called the "ChannelSEEK Event Notification System" (CENS CENS Censor
CENS Center for Embedded Networked Sensing (UCLA NSF)
CENS Censorship
CENS Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Seclay
).

This service, which is being implemented with all of ChannelSEEK's Webcasting partners, permits visitors, who are interested in a particular streaming media event, to click on a "Remind Me" button and select how far in advance they want to be reminded of the event, anywhere from several days to 10 minutes prior to the event.

Visitors are then sent an email notification complete with an event graphic, description, time-corrected start time, event link, Webcaster logo, and other pertinent information via the ChannelSEEK Event Notification System.

"ChannelSEEK helps Comcast provide its customers with access to the latest real-time streaming media broadcasts while supporting independent webcasting content providers by promoting their programming through the ChannelSEEK and OnBroadband sites. The new event reminder service also boosts webcasting audiences," said ChannelSEEK Vice President Charles Arruda.

ChannelSEEK's listing service features automatic time correction, live event information, a program listing of current and upcoming events, and verifies webcast information for accuracy. A Webcasters' Toolbox See toolkit and toolbar.  page is available with downloads and general information about streaming media.

"Our streaming media guide is a perfect fit for the broadband portal sites being provided by Comcast Online. Our goal is to promote webcasting to the public by providing the most comprehensive, up-to-date database of streaming media events anywhere on the Web. As speedy broadband connections become the norm, more content, in every conceivable category, will be delivered via the Internet and we plan to be the viewer's first stop," says ChannelSEEK's President Tom Britt britt  
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