Digital Fountain Unveils ToughStream(TM) IPTV Demo and Partnership Program at TelcoTV Conference.

Winner of Frost & Sullivan's 2006 Best Practices Award, Digital Fountain Will Showcase Latest Technology for Reliable Delivery of High-Quality Streaming Media 

FREMONT, Calif. -- Digital Fountain[TM] today announced that it will demonstrate its ToughStream[TM] streaming video solution at the TelcoTV conference, November 6-8 in Dallas, Texas. As the winner of Frost & Sullivan's 2006 Excellence in Research Award for digital media delivery, Digital Fountain is widely recognized as a leader in quality digital media delivery for mobile file broadcast and streaming video technologies, including IPTV, and currently has several IPTV deployments and numerous evaluations in process with partners around the world.

Digital Fountain's ToughStream application "strengthens video streams" and enables entertainment quality streaming video over existing IP networks, despite the universal inherent problems associated with IP media delivery, including packet loss. ToughStream revolutionizes the transmission of data over networks by consuming low levels of bandwidth, while still offering reliable, picture perfect quality for the end user, even under the most challenging network conditions.

"Our patented ToughStream technology for IPTV allows telecommunications companies to deploy streaming applications over existing IP networks while enabling a quality of service that is equal to or better than cable TV," said Jim Bennette, vice president of business development at Digital Fountain. "We look forward to demonstrating our innovative streaming video technology to the IPTV community in person at TelcoTV."

IPTV Developer Partner Program Announced

Digital Fountain also announced the launch of a new IPTV Developer Partner Program that provides IPTV solution providers with access to Digital Fountain's core technologies and other resources. The program brings IPTV developers and service providers together to create a complete, integrated IPTV solution to meet the needs of current IPTV deployments across the globe.

By leveraging Digital Fountain's patented technology, research and development, and existing network of IPTV providers, a partnership with Digital Fountain enables best-of-breed quality, faster time to market, and real-world opportunities. For more information, or to join Digital Fountain's growing network of leading IPTV solution providers, send e-mail inquiries to [e-mail].

See the ToughStream IPTV demo at TelcoTV, Booth #924

See the Digital Fountain difference for yourself, by viewing the ToughStream demo at Booth #924 every day of the conference. For more information, or to schedule an appointment, please contact Jim Campbell, marketing director, at [e-mail].

About Digital Fountain ( www.digitalfountain.com )

Digital Fountain(TM) develops and licenses advanced technologies that enable reliable, high-quality transmission of digital media. Digital Fountain's patented DF Raptor(TM) technology improves multimedia streaming quality, ensures timely delivery of data, and enables the creation and development of new communications services. DF Raptor is used today in a variety of enterprise, military and consumer devices and applications, supporting both wired and wireless telecommunications networks. Digital Fountain technologies have been adopted by several international standards bodies, including the 3rd Generation Partnership Project's (3GPP) Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS) specification, and Digital Video Broadcasting's DVB-H specification for wireless networks. For more information, please visit our website at www.digitalfountain.com.