LAS VEGAS, April 11 /PRNewswire/ — Optibase, (Nasdaq: OBAS), a leader in broadband digital video networking solutions, today announced that it will show the latest enhancements to its video streaming platforms at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) 2000, Sand Convention center, Las Vegas. Furthermore, Optibase will host companies, which integrate its platforms for streaming media applications: Cisco Systems' IP/TV streaming video solution,

MediaSite's Internet video navigation tool, and Digital Media Solutions' mGen, a solution for web-based multimedia training.

At the show, Optibase will be distributing, free of charge, its Streaming Media handbook, an introductory guide to streaming media technology and services at the Optibase booth number I7118.

At NAB Optibase will be demonstrating:

• The MPEG ComMotion video streaming server, providing rich media distribution over IP and ATM networks, for applications such as E-learning, Business TV and Corporate Communications. The MPEG ComMotion offers web-based remote management of transmission servers, Recasting capabilities as well as unicast and multicast of content over Intranets and the broadband Intranet.

• Optibase will be showing its rack-mounted plug & play video streaming appliance running over ComMotion Pro, designed to encode, multiplex, transcode and transmit high-quality live (real-time) and pre-recorded (from file) video streams in real-time over advanced digital networks. ComMotion Pro allows unlimited scalability as your needs increase.

• Optibase will be using its streaming appliance to stream live content over an ATM network based on Marconi's (formerly Fore Systems) ATM switch and interface cards as well as over IP Router based networks. Using Adtec's (a provider of ad-insertion and hospitality video networks) Soloist-2/Mirage appliance as a ComMotion Receiver, Optibase is demonstrating live multicasting capabilities over an IP network.

• Launching its Linux based end point platform, Optibase will be demonstrating digital video streaming playback using the Linux based VideoPlex XPress end point solution.

Optibase provides high-quality, cost-effective solutions that enable the preparation and delivery of MPEG-based digital video over ATM and IP-based networks. Based on the company's expertise in both MPEG and network technologies, Optibase has created a suite of products used in applications such as digital video archiving, e-learning, business television and content creation.

NOTE: VideoPlex, MPEG ComMotion are trademarks of Optibase. IP/TV is a trademark of Cisco Systems. MGen is a trademark of Digital Media Solutions.

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