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Orb Networks Announces Worldwide Free Streaming Media Access To Digital Content



EMERYVILLE, Calif., April 5, 2005 - Orb Networks, Inc., a developer of streaming media software and services, today announced the worldwide availability of the company's breakthrough streaming media product. Additionally, Orb announced its first international edition with a beta release of a French language version. The Company will deliver additional language releases of its streaming media service over the next few months.

The global availability of Orb comes a week after Orb Networks eliminated subscription fees for its service. This provides consumers around the world with FREE, spontaneous mobile access to their music, photos, videos, webcams and other digital content located on their home PC from virtually any Internet-enabled device.

Orb Networks is currently establishing business relationships with providers of television guide data in many countries, including France, Japan and Great Britain, that will allow users to stream live TV - for free. Until then, the Orb TV feature is only available in the United States.

For the first time ever, users everywhere will have spontaneous access to their digital world, said Jim Behrens, CEO, Orb Networks. This is the first phase of our international expansion as we look to connect the entire world to the personal digital home media locked in their PC. Our U.S.-based customers experience the mobile freedom to access all of their digital photos, MP3 music files, Webcams and saved videos. It's time to bring that service and innovation to the rest of the world.

The beta of the French language edition is available to download now from anywhere in the world at http://www.orb.com/francais for customers with Windows XP operating system or Windows XP Media Center Edition. After a quick installation, customers are ready to use any Internet-connected device to view digital photos, videos, Webcams or listen to MP3 music files stored on their home PC.

Orb Media Overview
Orb's intuitive solution simply streams a consumer's own content from their home PC to the Web browser and player on a cell phone, PDA, or notebook, creating their own personal media portal. Consumers can remotely record TV programs using Orb's Digital Video Recorder (DVR) function and view those recorded programs at any time on any of their mobile devices. Orb Networks leverages the best features of today's popular standards while abiding by current digital rights management (DRM) platforms.

Orb Networks technology is based upon its elegant, robust and scalable Orb Architecture that determines the best format, codec, bit rate, display capabilities, and network bandwidth available to view or hear the content. The media is streamed securely and directly from the user's home PC to the user's device to provide fast mobile media access.

About Orb Networks, Inc.
Orb Networks is the first developer of streaming media software and services giving people free spontaneous access to digital home media -- any kind, at any time, from any location in the world. The groundbreaking Orb Architecture allows users to access music, live television, videos, photos and other digital content from any device that can connect to the Internet, such as a cell phone, PDA, or notebook. Orb Networks develops, licenses and markets its services in partnership with leading content providers/creators, wireless carriers, electronic distributors and consumer electronic companies. As an active participant in the issues affecting digital media, Orb Networks is a member of the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA). Orb Networks is a privately held company located in Emeryville, Calif. For more information about Orb Networks, please visit http://www.orb.com.

 

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