China Mobile selects Streamezzo to develop and deploy interactive mobile TV offering in time for 2008 Olympics

Over Half a Million Viewers Experienced Four Thousand Hours of Broadcast TV and Millions of Video-on-Demand Sessions via Streamezzo’s Rich Media Platform
Paris, France ─ October 21, 2008 ─ Streamezzo (www.streamezzo.com), creators of the Universal Software Platform™, today announced that China Mobile (www.chinamobile.com) Communications Corporation (China Mobile) selected Streamezzo’s rich media software platform and professional services to design, develop and deploy its new interactive Mobile TV offering. The service was released to all China Mobile subscribers in conjunction with the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

China Mobile’s requirements to Streamezzo were to develop and deploy a Mobile TV service offering the best user experience for the subscribers, design an intuitive interface for seamless browsing among 15 new live Olympic TV channels broadcast for the Games, and do it quickly. In partnership with China Mobile, Streamezzo successfully completed and launched the new service in time for the Olympics making China Mobile the world’s first operator to broadcast Olympic Mobile TV services during the Olympic Games. Over the course of the event some 3,800 hours of live programs were broadcast to Olympic fans and millions of Video-on-Demand sessions were experienced via Streamezzo’s rich media software platform.

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M1 selects Streamezzo to develop and deliver mobile music and video services in Singapore

Over One Million Mobile Subscribers Can Now Enjoy the Ultimate Mobile Entertainment Experience on Streamezzo’s Universal Software Platform

CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & ENTERTAINMENT 2008─San Francisco, Calif.─September 10, 2008 ─ Streamezzo, creator of the Universal Software Platform™ that overcomes mobile industry fragmentation and powers the Mobile Internet, today announced that MobileOne Ltd (M1), a leading provider of wireless communications services in Singapore, has selected Streamezzo’s technology platform and professional services team to develop, deploy and run MiWorld Go, M1’s new mobile music and video service. M1 becomes the latest in an expansive roster of top-tier mobile operators to choose Streamezzo’s rich media software framework to power their mobile entertainment offerings.

With more than one million mobile subscribers, M1 is one of Asia’s leading mobile communications providers, offering a full range of mobile voice and data communications services over its 2G/3G/3.5G network. MiWorld Go is a free application that lets subscribers preview the latest music and video content before deciding on their purchase. The service is updated constantly to deliver the hottest tunes to music lovers with intuitive browsing and instant access to hundreds of available artists. Streamezzo’s software drives M1’s new offering, consisting of a downloadable thin client for rendering multimedia content on the handset, along with Streamezzo Rich Media Server, a high-performance J2EE platform for mobile service deployment and management. MiWorld Go is available on more than 20 handsets including Symbian and Java phones.

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