Astream Wins "Best Streaming" Award at the ISPAs

Astream, founded in 1999, today announced the receipt of the prestigious ISPA (Internet Service Providers Association) Award for "Best Streaming", beating the distinguished competition in a process that started in October 2006. The ISPA monitored the organisation and server delivery 24/7 in order to judge the best companies and the Winner:

As broadband connections become more powerful and widespread, streaming looks set to become one of the primary methods for consumers to view content online. The judges were impressed with the variety of input formats Astream is able to offer its customers and its professional capabilities.

Entrants server delivery was tested on:
• Availability
• Start-up time
• Non-playing time
• Rebuffering time
• Bandwidth
• Packet loss
• Packet out of order
• Non cached download speed

The judging panel was:
Andrew Craig - Web User, Jaap Favier - Forrester, Dinah Greek - Computeractive, Richard Mahony - Ovum, Tony Marson - Yankee Group, Andrew Ferguson - ADSLguide, Stephen Carrick-Davies - Childnet International, John Fisher - Citizens Online, Professor Michael Rotert - EuroISPA.

An ISPA spokesperson said, "As broadband connections become more powerful and widespread, streaming looks set to become one of the primary methods for consumers to view content online. The judges were impressed with the variety of input formats Astream is able to offer its customers and its professional capabilities."

"We are very proud to win this award as a testament to the team's hard work for our customers. The last couple of years has seen the company growing from strength to strength particularly in Video On Demand, Live Webcasting and IPTV. We have broadcast a number of high profile events from all over the world to the Internet and also to mobile phones." said Alex Wolfe Managing Director at Astream.

Alex Wolfe is a well known industry expert and consultant who has pioneered streaming media since 1996. He is a regular speaker at conferences and events globally. Colleagues at the awards included Commercial Director Mark Wilson and Head of Global Sales Jason Boney.

About Astream
For several years Astream has provided the live webcasting for The Who and extensive Video On Demand for Elton John for as well as conducting webcasts for New Order and Warner music artists. Astream has worked for such leading companies as CNBC Europe (NBC Universal, GE), Discovery Channel, History Channel, News International, Invincible TV, Ofcom, Pearson, Procter & Gamble, Lonely Planet, NDS, Blackwell Publishing, Reebok, Toyota, Citroen, and Mercedes Benz.

For more information and to contact Astream visit: http://www.Astream.com