Eagle Broadband Appoints Albert McCabe as Vice President of Set-Top Box Sales.

HOUSTON -- Proven Senior Sales Executive to Lead Worldwide Sales of Company's Industry-Leading Media Pro Set-Top Box Product Line

Eagle Broadband (AMEX:EAG), a leading provider of broadband, Internet protocol (IP) and communications technology and services, announced today the appointment of technology industry sales veteran Albert McCabe, formerly with Softier, Texas Instruments and IBM, to the position of Vice President of Sales, Set-Top Boxes, effective May 23, 2005.

In this newly created position, McCabe will assume worldwide sales responsibility for Eagle's complete line of standard and high definition Media Pro IP set-top boxes for the hospitality, residential and enterprise markets. McCabe brings more than 20 years of senior sales and marketing management experience and a proven track record with direct and channel sales of systems, communications and multimedia technology and services to a wide range of markets including hospitality, telecommunications, OEM/ODM and enterprise.

Dave Micek, President and CEO of Eagle Broadband, commented, "We are excited that Al is joining our team to lead our set-top box sales efforts. I am confident that his unique combination of sales management and set-top box experience is just what Eagle needs to accelerate our Media Pro set-top box revenues. Al is a strong addition to our team and brings a wealth of industry contacts and experience that will enable him to accelerate our set-top box revenues and quickly capitalize on our unique product functionality and first to market advantage in the high definition IP set-top box market."

McCabe joins Eagle from multimedia and set-top box provider Softier, Inc., where he led domestic and international sales as Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Prior to joining Softier, he served as Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Accelent Systems Inc., a leading provider of system software and tools for the PDA and Smartphone market. Prior to Accelent, McCabe was Vice President Worldwide Sales for Linux software and development tools provider LynuxWorks, Inc. He also served as Director of International Indirect Channel Sales for the application development software division of Texas Instruments Software. Before Texas Instruments, McCabe was a Channel Marketing Executive and Channel Sales Manager at IBM Corporation. He also held senior sales and marketing roles with Visisoft, Digital Communications Associates and NCR Corporation. McCabe holds a B.S. in Business Data Processing from Ferris State College in Michigan.

"I have been very impressed with the unique capabilities and benefits of Eagle's Media Pro set-top boxes," stated Al McCabe. "I welcome the opportunity to help Eagle profit from the high-growth opportunities in the set-top box market and capitalize on the momentum Eagle has generated. I look forward to leveraging my industry contacts and experience to deliver superior set-top box solutions for customers and partners to drive revenues for Eagle Broadband," McCabe added.

About Eagle Broadband

Eagle Broadband is a leading provider of broadband, Internet Protocol (IP) and communications technology and services that create new revenue opportunities for broadband providers and enhance communications for government, military and enterprise customers. Eagle leverages years of proven experience delivering advanced, IP-based broadband bundled services to provide service provider partners with a way to deliver next generation entertainment, communications and security services to their subscribers. The company's product offerings include IPTVComplete(TM), the fastest, lowest cost way for broadband providers to deliver the most competitive IP video services, the Media Pro line of HDTV-ready IP set-top boxes that enable broadband providers and hotel operators to maximize revenues by delivering state-of-the-art, interactive entertainment services and the SatMAX(TM) satellite communications system that provides government, military, homeland security and enterprise customers with reliable, non-line-of-sight, voice and data communications from any location on Earth. The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas. For more information, please visit www.eaglebroadband.com or call 281-538-6000. (EAGG)

Forward-looking statements in this release regarding Eagle Broadband, Inc., are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, continued acceptance of the company's products, increased levels of competition, new products and technological changes, the company's dependence upon third-party suppliers, intellectual property rights, and other risks detailed from time to time in the company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.