PlayStream Partners with Fisher Pathways to Offer Satellite and Fiber Connection Services for Live Web Casting

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 12, 2003--PlayStream, a leading streaming media service provider, announced today that it has partnered with Fisher Pathways, the largest video switching hub in the Pacific Northwest, to offer satellite and fiber connection services to enhance its live Web cast service offering. Customers with content originating from satellite or through one of the popular fiber connection services, Vyvx or Sonic Telecom, are now able to deliver this content over the Internet in all major popular streaming media formats. Previously, PlayStream had only offered connection services via teleconferencing or the Web. The alliance with Fisher Pathways expands PlayStream's connection service offering for live Web casts, which will empower many industries with an easier way to implement streaming media technologies into their communication strategies.

"The alliance with Fisher Pathways paves the way for PlayStream to roll out its live Web services to new industries and simplify the Web casting process for these customers," says PlayStream's CEO, George Grubb. Stu Hitchner, Operations Manager for Fisher Pathways, further comments; "We're excited to partner with PlayStream. The integration with PlayStream expands the potential target outreach for customers of both companies."

PlayStream's location in Fisher Plaza, one of the Northwest's most advanced communications and connectivity hub, enables PlayStream to directly tie-in via fiber with other telecommunication carriers to expand its streaming media service offerings. The alliance with Fisher Pathways is one more benefit of PlayStream's relocation into this modern high tech facility.

Live Web cast events delivered using one of these connection services will benefit from PlayStream's distributed network which enhances performance and reliability. For more information on the benefits of this new alliance, please visit our Web site at www.playstream.com. You may also learn more about Fisher Pathways at www.fisherpathways.com.

PlayStream provides content delivery services for over 2,000 businesses and consumers worldwide. PlayStream's proprietary media linking technology empowers customers with rich capabilities to play, manage and monitor audio, video, and multimedia content over the Internet. What is unique about PlayStream's services is that they integrate the Industry's most popular media formats with PlayStream's proprietary technology and robust online management tools, to provide customers with a powerful level of simplicity and rich features for delivering media over the Web. Privately held, PlayStream maintains its main office in Seattle, WA. For more information, visit www.playstream.com.

Fisher Pathways is the largest video switching hub in the Pacific Northwest with a fully redundant, owned and operated teleport providing unmatched global connectivity. Fisher Pathways' distribution capabilities include domestic and international fiber, and satellite. Fisher Pathways is a broad-based service provider to broadcast, telecommunications and enterprise customers alike. Fisher Pathways is located at Fisher Plaza. This state-of-the-art facility was engineered from the ground up to specialize in carrier neutral data center hosting and service provider colocation. For more information, visit www.fisherpathways.com.