WorldGate Names Larry Irving to Its Board of Directors.

Business Editors and Technology Writers

TREVOSE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 22, 2000

WorldGate Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:WGAT) today announced the appointment of Larry Irving to the company's Board of Directors.

Mr. Irving served from 1993 to 1999 as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, and Director of the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Agency, where he was a principal advisor to the President, Vice President and Secretary of Commerce on domestic and international communications and information policy issues, including the development of policies related to the Internet and Electronic Commerce. Mr. Irving is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Covad Communications and the Advisory Council for the Law, Science and Technology Program at Stanford Law School and is a cofounder of UrbanMagic.com.

As Assistant Secretary, Mr. Irving initiated and was the principal author of the landmark federal study, Falling Through the Net, which tracked access to telecommunications and information technologies across racial, economic, and geographic lines. He coined the term "Digital Divide" to describe unequal access to the new technologies, and was the Clinton Administration's top spokesman for policies intended to remedy the problem.

"We believe the cable industry can provide market based solutions that will help close the existing Digital Divide," commented Hal Krisbergh, CEO of WorldGate. "We share a common desire with Larry to create solutions that result in everyone having full access to the Internet and all the opportunities it can bring. We are very happy to have Larry join our board."

Mr. Irving was named one of the fifty most influential persons in the "Year of the Internet" by Newsweek Magazine 1999, which described him as the "Conscience of the Internet." He was proclaimed a "Technology Champion" by the Congressional Black Caucus and has been recognized for his efforts to bridge the Digital Divide by, among others, the Alliance for Public Technology, the Harlem Chamber of Commerce and the Indigenous Broadcast Center of Anchorage, Alaska.

Prior to joining the Clinton Administration, Mr.Irving served as Senior Counsel to the Telecommunications Subcommittee of the Committee on Commerce of the U.S. House of Representatives. Mr. Irving was previously associated with the Washington, D.C. law firm of Hogan and Hartson where he specialized in communications law, antitrust law and commercial litigation and also served as Legislative Director, Counsel and Chief of Staff (acting) for the late congressman Mickey Leland (D-Texas). He is a graduate of Northwestern University and the Stanford University School of Law.

Mr. Irving joins current WorldGate board members Hal Krisbergh, Chairman and CEO WorldGate Communications, Thomas Baxter, President and CEO of Audible, Inc., Alan Gerry, Chairman and CEO of Granite Associates, L.P., Marcia Hooper Partner -- Advent International Corporation, David Wachob, Vice President and General Manager WorldGate, and Ronald Walter, Vice President Citicorp and Citibank N.A.

About WorldGate Communications, Inc.

Headquartered near Philadelphia, WorldGate, a leader in the development of interactive television, was the first commercially deployed service that enabled cable subscribers to access a full array of high-performance, low-cost Internet services and e-mail on their cable television sets and the cable television infrastructure rather than a personal computer and telephone line. WorldGate is currently deployed domestically in cable systems owned by Buckeye CableSystems, Charter Communications, Click! Network, Comcast Cable Communications, Massillon Cable and Prestige Cable. WorldGate and Charter Communications, in partnership with the City of LaGrange, GA, are currently providing Internet access free of charge to all cable television households in LaGrange as part of a City project intended to close "the digital divide." WorldGate has international deployment and trial agreements with 21 multiple system operators in 13 countries worldwide. The WorldGate(SM) Service marries WorldGate's proprietary technology with the cable television platform to use either the existing advanced analog or digital cable converter along with a remote control or wireless keyboard to bring the Internet to cable subscribers. Using advanced analog converters, the Service operates at more than 2 times the speed of a standard 56 Kbps telephone modem. With digital converters, the Service operates at speeds up to 38 Mbps, over 3.5 times faster than a typical cable modem. In addition, the Company's patented Channel HyperLinking technology allows viewers instant access from the program they are watching to a related Web site or locally available information sources. For more information, interested parties may go to www.wgate.com. WorldGate's stock is traded on the Nasdaq under the symbol WGAT. WorldGate is service marks of WorldGate Service, Inc.

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