Digital Fountain Expands European IPTV Presence with Neptuny Partnership.

Neptuny Will Provide a New Sales Channel for Digital Fountain's IPTV Solutions in Europe, as Well as Maintenance, Support, and Training Services in the Region

FREMONT, Calif. -- Digital Fountain, Inc., a leading provider of advanced standardized software solutions for optimizing digital media delivery, today announced a strategic partnership with Neptuny, a leading provider of IPTV services and solutions based in Milano, Italy. Under the terms of this partnership, Neptuny will provide additional sales channel support and services in the European region. This will include customer support, maintenance, and training for users of Digital Fountain's ToughStream(TM) a software solution for IPTV providers that eliminates common service problems associated with packet loss.

"This partnership enables us to offer a truly end-to-end solution for IPTV providers that want to deliver an unprecedented level of service and viewing quality to their customers," said Charlie Oppenheimer, President and CEO of Digital Fountain. "With Neptuny's service and support infrastructure standing behind our ToughStream solution, we can provide our customers with a more complete, full-service offering."

In addition to offering service and support for Digital Fountain's ToughStream Solution, Neptuny has become an approved channel partner, enabling Neptuny to offer Digital Fountain's ToughStream solution to their IPTV customers in Europe.

"This partnership enables a unique solution for European IPTV providers currently struggling to find ways to improve quality of service," said Fabio Violante, President and CEO of Neptuny. "Our solutions and services are a perfect fit with Digital Fountain's industry-leading technology; we look forward to working with them to better serve the European IPTV market."

Digital Fountain will be exhibiting at the upcoming IBC Conference, September 7-11, RAI Amsterdam and will demonstrate its ToughStream IPTV solution in the IPTV Zone - booth #IP322. For more information, please contact Alex Hayward via email: [e-mail].

About Digital Fountain

Digital Fountain software optimizes the delivery of digital media over any network, even in the most challenging environments. The company's proprietary DF Raptor technology redefines the science of forward error correction (FEC) and sets the standard for efficient and reliable transmission of digital media. Digital Fountain solutions are currently deployed in advanced IPTV, CDN, and mobile delivery applications throughout the world, and have been adopted by leading global standards bodies, including DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting - Handheld Devices), DVB-IPTV (Digital Video Broadcasting - IPTV) and 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) MBMS (Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service). Many other standards bodies are currently evaluating DF Raptor as a best practices standard for digital media delivery. Partners and customers include leading global companies such as Cisco Systems, Sumitomo Electric Networks, Scientific Atlanta, Northrop Grumman, Pioneer, KDDI, Sirius Satellite Radio, XM Radio, Sony, Nokia, and many more. For more information, please visit www.digitalfountain.com.

About Neptuny

Neptuny's aim is to help enterprises successfully face information systems performance management issues and complex IT systems optimization, allowing organizations to maximize their business objectives. Neptuny's team is composed of engineers, highly skilled on IT performance issues coupled with a strong problem solving attitude. The team is able to face new customers' challenges every day, moving toward better results. Neptuny has a variety of long standing customers that operate in a variety of industries: Vodafone, Fastweb, Unicredit, Banca, Mediolanum, ENI, Fiat, and Sun Microsystems, to name a few. Neptuny provides customer organizations with a whole and personalized service, according to very specific business needs. For more information, please visit http://www.neptuny.it.