AppNet Enters Agreement with MediaSite to Allow Customers to Create and Publish Searchable Video on the Web

NEW ORLEANS, January 24, 2000 -- AppNet, Inc. (Nasdaq: APNT), a premier provider of end-to-end e-business solutions, has entered into an agreement with MediaSite, Inc., a leading developer of interactive video software, to offer its clients video management

e-business solutions. By incorporating MediaSite’s video indexing and management software into its end-to-end e-business solutions, AppNet is uniquely positioned to deliver the full spectrum of solutions to meet the demands of the entertainment industry in the 21^st century.

"AppNet is expanding our interactive marketing solutions to offer time saving, flexible video management tools to the industry," said Chris Paine, division president of AppNet’s Los Angeles office. "AppNet customers will now have the power to automatically create, index, edit, manage and post searchable video on the Web."

The MediaSite Publisher Suite™ enables customers to publish and navigate searchable video over the Web. The suite is composed of MediaSite Publisher, MediaSite Publisher Modules, and WebFinder. Publisher Modules provide additional functionality for clients with specific needs and requirements. The modules include speech index, image index, highlights index, and auto index. WebFinder is the leading video search and navigational software, utilizing advanced search functionality such as image match and natural language query to locate video clips. WebFinder allows users to search images, text and audio from within any standard Web browser.

"Our agreement with AppNet takes our video search and retrieval technology to the next level," said Krishna Pendyala, co-founder and executive vice president of MediaSite. "Now, not only can specific video footage be retrieved at the click of a mouse, but it can also be bought and sold with an AppNet solution, saving valuable time and money."

To gain a deeper understanding of this new AppNet offering and the technology available from MediaSite, please visit AppNet at booth #3062 and MediaSite at booth #2920.

AppNet (Nasdaq: APNT) is a premier provider of end-to-end e-business solutions, from interactive marketing to back-office integration.  For companies transforming themselves for the new Internet economy, the firm offers a unique mix of Internet strategy, marketing, and technology services.  AppNet is the fourth largest interactive marketing agency according to Ad Age and one of the 50 largest pure Internet companies, according to Internet World.  AppNet works with Fortune 1000 and dot.com companies. Customers include UCCnet, Baxter Healthcare, Dial, Ford, Ralston Purina, Hyundai, multex.com, primeoutlets.com, UNICEF, KB Toys, NEC, and Unilever.  For more information about how AppNet can bring the power of e-business to your business, visit http://www.appnet.com.

MediaSite Inc. is the technology leader in enabling the interactive video economy™. Video content providers increase their revenues and extend their brands by creating searchable and interactive video websites using MediaSite products and professional services. MediaSite offers a total solution through its Publisher Suite™ software to deliver a flexible, automated approach for publishing searchable and interactive video on the Web. Users can easily browse, search and navigate specific video segments and view video summaries faster than real time. MediaSite's V-commerce™ (Video e-commerce) capabilities offer content providers the ability to convert their content to currency through targeted advertising, syndication, direct sales, and subscription. Mediasite customers include: Time Warner Cable (NY1), Warner Brothers, CBS Affiliates (WCBS, KDKA), Internet Broadcast Systems, US Air Force, US Holocaust Museum, and HealthInfo. MediaSite solutions are based on patented ISLIP technologies – Integrated Speech, Language and Image Processing – developed in conjunction with Carnegie Mellon University, one of the world's top universities in computer and information sciences.

This press release may include "forward-looking statements" for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements herein, other than those of historical fact, including statements regarding future contractual arrangements or performance, competitive strengths, and business strategy, are forward-looking. Actual results or events may differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements. Information regarding the factors that could cause such differences are contained in AppNet’s Prospectus dated November 10, 1999 contained in the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed in connection with AppNet’s November 1999 offering and on the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1999.

For more information, visit www.mediasite.com.

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.