MIAMI -- Dec. 20, 2004 -- EZ2 Companies, Inc. (OTCBB:EZTO), announced today that it acquired UplinkUSA Inc. and Shockwave Technologies LLC. UplinkUSA is a leading provider of Flash driven media delivery systems, well suited to online movie viewing. Shockwave Technologies provides website administration software and web development tools under the brand name of Supercharged Software. The company used restricted shares for the purchase.
EZ2 Companies CEO Otto Bethlen stated, "UplinkUSA has developed several Media Players with an endless list of customizable options. With typical Media Players there is no control over the programming or logo, colors or layout. Companies can now use this kind of player to grow their own brand instead of Windows or Real. Further advances include no waiting when viewing movies online. Full length 2 or 4 hour movies can be delivered securely to a PC in a matter of seconds instead of the traditional 'buffering' wait. We will integrate this technology to our DVD rental business and looking to lead a segment of 'EZ DVD on Demand' for as low as $0.99/movie."
FlashVideoStream (http://www.flashvideostream.com) is a venue for large companies to serve video on demand in countless ways, from advertisements to movie theaters. "We have been delighted at the response, both by the viewer reaction and the company owners," said Paul Vizard of UplinkUSA. "While this technology is still in its infancy, media delivery is one of the fastest growing segments of the internet, due to broadband availability."
Websites with video can consolidate all their content into one place. The Media Player can rotate clips to full length movies, serve advertisements and embedded links in a pre set order, all managed from a simple administration area. Since the video can play directly in 98% of all internet browsers, there is no need to install third party media players.
Shockwave Technologies has produced several high end website management administrators, along with establishing valuable internet real estate. Supercharged Software enables full blown website construction in minutes by users who do not need to know any programming skills. "If you can type an email, you can build your site," said Vizard. "Website owners get frustrated when their webmaster doesn't update in a timely manner. Now updates can be handled by the site owner or staff in minutes." Furthermore, website hosting companies can now provide an easy website builder for clients.
EZ2 Companies, Inc.
EZ2 Companies, Inc. is a provider of Internet based services to its clients, ranging from dating and relationship services, rental services, internet search and national mortgage services. The Company operates several Internet portals: EZ2Rent.com, EZ2Ask.com, EZ2Date.com, EZ2Mortgage.com, EZ2Movies.com and EZ2Vacation.com. The offerings are focused on building traffic and allowing targeted permission based, opt-in email solicitation to users to co-brand products.
