Streaming21 Establishes Japan Subsidiary for its Growing IPTV Business

Tokyo, Japan - May 2007 ¡V Streaming21, the world¡¦s leader in broadcast-quality streaming solutions, launches its new wholly-owned subsidiary today in Tokyo, Japan. The new subsidiary, Streaming21 K.K. will better serve its Japan customers with high-quality local engineering, project management and sales supports. The Company will also aggressively look for new channels and local strategic partners to expand business in the fast-growing IPTV market in Japan. As IPTV service providers in Japan upgrade their service portfolios to HDTV and IPv6 standards, Streaming21 Japan will continue innovations to help deliver high-impact services that drive subscriptions and ARPU.

Currently, Streaming21 has already set up offices in the U.S., Taiwan, Japan and China. The Company¡¦s end-to-end IPTV solution is adopted by many Tier 1 Telcos and IPTV service providers around the world, such as NTT Communications, NEO Index, VIC TOKAI, Enterwave and TEPCO in Japan, as well as Korea Telecom (KT), and Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) in Taiwan.

Dr. Joe Lin, President and CEO of Streaming21 said, ¡§Japan represents a key growth region for Streaming21. We hope to establish trusted, long-term strategic relationships with local telcos and broadband service providers to grow business together.¡¨

Streaming 21 has appointed Mike Chiang as General Manager of Streaming21, Japan. In his new role, Chiang will be in charge of Japan¡¦s local engineering, sales support and project management. His primary focus is to further strengthen Streaming21's leadership position in IPTV/VOD market, and to explore new business opportunities for emerging HDTV & fixed mobile convergence in Japan. He is a proven executive with substantial expertise in streaming services for Telco and broadband service providers, and led Streaming21 team to win and deploy IP video projects at KT and NTT. He has over 18 years of marketing and technical experience in high-tech environments in the U.S. and Asia Pacific.

Streaming21 K.K. office contact:
Address: Oak Plaza, 3FL., 2-10-6 Kandaawajicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0063, Japan
Tel: +81-3-3526-6152
Fax: +81-3-3526-6153

Public Relations Contacts:
To arrange interviews, receive company information or request press kits, please contact:
Jennifer Cheng
Streaming21 Taipei
+866-2-2500-0680 x.350
jennifer@streaming21.com

About Streaming21
Streaming21 is the world leader in providing interactive IPTV solutions over Fixed-Mobile-Convergence (FMC) and open networks. The solutions successfully enable fixed, mobile, or xSP operators to generate revenues from services delivered across heterogeneous networks. Streaming21¡¦s groundbreaking technologies enable digital video entertainment anytime, anywhere and on any device. Built upon a revolutionary and patented architecture, Streaming21¡¦s solutions enable the deployment of rich-media services with carrier-class scalability, 24/7 operations, and broadcast-quality delivery. The solutions use standard hardware to lower the total cost of ownership and can deliver content to more users concurrently with patented technologies. The platform is open and flexible to readily integrate value-added services. To learn more about Streaming21's solutions and industry leading partners, please call +886-2-2500-0680 or visit www.streaming21.com.