QLC and iBEAM Team Up to Deliver High-Fidelity Streaming Media Content in Canada.Business Editors CALGARY, Alberta, and SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 2000 Quick Link Communications Ltd. (QLC QLC Quarter Life Crisis (band) QLC Quarterlife Crisis (book by Alexandra Robbins & Abby Wilner) QLC Quinte Labour Council (Ontario, Canada) QLC Quaternary Linear Code ), a leading satellite access service provider, and iBEAM Broadcasting(R) Corporation (Nasdaq:IBEM), a leading Internet broadcast network provider, have partnered to transmit streaming media See streaming audio, streaming video and digital media hub. content to Internet service providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. (ISPs) in Canada. The finalized agreement between iBEAM and QLC entitles QLC to distribute, sell, install and maintain the satellite components of iBEAM's streaming MaxCaster(TM) media serving systems to ISPs and access providers. iBEAM delivers streaming video A one-way video transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play video clips and video broadcasts. Computers in home networks stream video to digital media hubs connected to a home theater. and audio content using their hybrid fiber and satellite network, bypassing the traditional congested con·gest·ed adj. Affected with or characterized by congestion. congested ENT adjective Referring to a boggy blood-filled tissue. See Nasal congestion. Internet lines and significantly improving streaming media quality for Internet end-users. By combining forces with iBEAM, QLC will expand its explosive global penetration in content delivery and heighten its continuing success in establishing itself as a key player in the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. satellite service market. Canada currently holds the second highest global percentage of Internet users at 48.6 percent of its population base (15.2 million Internet users (ETForecasts)). "Working with QLC enables iBEAM to continue to expand its deployment of its streaming media services within the Canadian market," said Bob Davis
"We are proud to market this valuable service which will ultimately benefit the Canadian Internet audience," said Evan Howe, director of Internet services at QLC. "QLC's breadth of experience and knowledge in the satellite arena and iBEAM's innovative distribution solution combine to make a powerful and effective team." About QLC Quick Link Communications Ltd. (QLC), headquartered in Calgary, Alberta is a satellite access service provider, that designs, operates and implements robust satellite-based Internet, voice, fax, video, and data networks. Satellite technology instantly moves high-bandwidth content directly to any customer in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , resulting in increased performance and reduced costs. QLC provides a variety of bi-directional services that integrate satellite technology with an existing network. Detailed information on QLC can be found on the Web at www.qlccom.com. About iBEAM Broadcasting Corporation iBEAM Broadcasting, headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., has created a distributed network infrastructure to deliver CD-quality audio and broadcast quality video on the Internet. The iBEAM architecture has the scalability required to support mass audiences, as well as the economic advantages of point-to-multipoint broadcasting. Founded in 1998, iBEAM's mission is to provide a key infrastructure component in a new era of rich multimedia Internet applications for the mass market. Detailed information on iBEAM Broadcasting Corporation can be found on the Web at www.ibeam.com. iBEAM' Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. Statement under the Private Securities Litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. Reform Act of 1995 The statements contained in this release relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc iBEAM's ability to significantly improve streaming media quality for Internet end-users and the deployment of iBEAM's streaming media services to the Canadian market are forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in any forward-looking statement as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the early stage of iBEAM's operating history and the industry for Internet broadcast services, iBEAM's ability to build its network to the edge of the Internet, iBEAM's ability to manage its expansion and raise additional capital and the complexity of iBEAM's broadcast network. For other risks and uncertainties applicable to iBEAM's business, investors are encouraged to refer to iBEAM's S-1 Registration Statement, as amended filed in connection with iBEAM's recent initial public offering. |
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