MEDIASITE SELECTS STARGATE TO DELIVER SEARCHABLE VIDEO OVER THE INTERNET ON MEDIASITE.NET

MediaSite.net Searchable Video Site Hosted on Stargate’s High-Capacity Redundant Backbone

PITTSBURGH, PA-- June 23, 1999-- Internet video search company MediaSite, Inc., the leading developer and supplier of software, systems and services to create searchable, web-based video and audio Media Sites, has chosen Stargate, a leading Internet Service Provider (ISP) for commercial and residential customers, as the host of MediaSite.net. Award-winning MediaSite.net is the only website offering online search, preview and purchase of stock footage, TV news and educational video.

MediaSite.net is the first site to let users search, play and buy video clips over the Internet using the speech, language and images within the content itself, and V-commerce(TM) (video e-commerce) purchasing. Stock footage, TV news and education content providers are placing their searchable video on MediaSite.net or on their own custom, Branded Media Sites using MediaSite Systems(TM) and Software, gaining increased revenues and branding opportunities.

"Stargate is proud to have been chosen among leading Internet companies to provide MediaSite with their connectivity and website hosting solutions," commented Marcus Ruscitto, Stargate President and CEO. "Video over the Internet is becoming increasingly pervasive and the next step is making that video searchable. Partnering with MediaSite enables users to find the video clips they want, when they want, and puts us at the forefront of the next wave of Internet technology."

With over 10,000 searchable video clips, MediaSite.net requires a hosting solution that is technically advanced, robust and scalable," said Mark Juliano, President and CEO of MediaSite, Inc. "A service of this magnitude also requires a partner with a strong commitment to customer service."

Stargate’s technical capabilities include a high-capacity backbone with redundant links to national providers UUNET and CerfNet. Stargate also offers customers high-speed DSL connectivity.

The Growth of Searchable Video on the Internet
As the Internet increasingly becomes a multimedia-based medium, video search engines are becoming as necessary as text search engines. With over 50 million existing streaming media players (and more added daily) and the convergence of video and the Web, technology to find specific video content without having to sort through and play multiple video clips is becoming increasingly important.

MediaSite Core Technology
The MediaSite solution offers customers a range of options to put searchable video online. Branded MediaSites allow content providers to seamlessly link from their existing websites to an MediaSite-developed custom Media Site. The MediaSite System provides tools, software, servers and services to enable Web portal customers, end users and integrators to build their own customized searchable video solution. MediaSite.net (www.mediasite.net) is the MediaSite turnkey, online ‘portal’ offering which allows search, preview and purchase of customers’ content (i.e. stock footage, TV news and educational).

The MediaSite System includes the MediaSite AutoLogge(TM), MediaSite Logge(TM) MediaSite Builder(TM) and MediaSite WebFinde(TM) for cataloging, indexing, search and retrieval of video and audio content. Together, the Logger and Builder offer the most advanced creation tools available, integrating speech recognition, image recognition and language understanding technologies. The MediaSite WebFinder is MediaSite’s leading search and retrieval system. The MediaSite System also includes the database, video and web server components necessary to manage, retrieve and play video and audio technologies over the Internet.

About MediaSite
MediaSite, Inc. is the leading developer of software, systems and services to create searchable video and audio Media Sites. MediaSite operates a Web site (www.mediasite.net) and builds custom, branded Media Sites, which offer searchable video with V-commerce purchasing. MediaSite also offers the MediaSite System, a core set of software, systems and servers required to develop a superior Media Site. With the MediaSite System, video becomes as searchable as text. The unique feature of the MediaSite technical approach is the integrated application of speech recognition, language understanding and image understanding technologies.

About Stargate
Stargate, originally incorporated in November 1994, offers its customers a unique combination of high quality, value-added Internet services and local hands-on customer service. Stargate employs two T3 level redundant connections to distinct Internet Backbone providers with high-end production equipment to ensure the most reliable Internet connection offered by a Pittsburgh area provider. In addition, customer service is available to both residential and commercial customers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The company offers a full range of Internet services from residential dial-up access to web hosting and high-speed xDSL, ISDN and dedicated T1/T3 business connections. In recognition of the varying degrees of client-Internet experience, Stargate also offers LAN consulting, web development and e-commerce solutions, firewall/security systems, RealAudi(TM) and RealVideo(TM) streaming and network design. For more information, call Stargate at 412-316-STAR (7827) or visit them at www.stargate.net.

MediaSite, the MediaSite System, MediaSite Logger, MediaSite LoggerPlus, MediaSite Builder, MediaSite BuilderPlus, MediaSite WebFinder, Full-Media Indexing, and "Unlocking the value of video" are trademarks of MediaSite. All other brands or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.