Released on = March 3, 2006, 2:31 am

Press Release Author = Jennifer Cheng / Streaming21, Inc.

Industry = Telecommunications

Press Release Summary = Streaming21 Propels Japan's First VoD Services over IP
Network through CATV

Joint Solution with NEO Index to Deploy Residential VoD Services for VIC TOKAI


Press Release Body = Tokyo, Japan - March 3, 2006 -Streaming21, Inc., a leader in
broadcast-quality media streaming solutions, today announced the success of a joint
residential VoD service with NEO Index, Japan's largest VoD content provider for VIC
TOKAI CORPORATION. VIC TOKAI CORPORATION will be the first cable operator in Japan
to commercially launch residential VoD services utilizing IP network through CATV,
with assured bandwidth to guarantee high quality pictures. Various interactive TV
applications such as on-line games, karaoke on demand and learning on demand will be
the next focus for future service expansions.

With combined solution offering of Streaming21's carrier-class streaming solutions
and NEO Index's attractive contents, this service has been successfully deployed to
the whole areas of VIC TOKAI CORPORATION's CATV service to millions of households in
Japan. This service characterizes that user can enjoy high quality images provided
by assured bandwidth telecommunication service with bit rate of 5 Mbps in the
downstream direction and 0.5 Mbps in the upstream direction on TV set at home. From
the NEO Index's collection of more than 3,000 titles such as foreign, Japanese
movies, animation, culture and education programs including those of Hollywood major
studios, 1,000 selected latest and library movies will be available on pay-per-view
from 100 yen to 400 yen (without tax) per title. With flat basic monthly user fees
of 4,980 yen, all titles from selected 100 contents will be also available for an
unlimited time.

"As the overall market for broadband TV services continues to accelerate in Asia,
Streaming21 is well positioned to meet its customer demands," said Atsushi Nirei,
President of NEO Index Corporation. "Streaming21 has deep industry know-how, rapid
execution capabilities and many successful VoD project experiences with proven track
records. We are pleased to co-work with Streaming21 to deploy this important
residential VoD services."

Dr. Joe Lin, President and CEO of Streaming21 said, "This successful project further
strengthens Streaming21's continued commitment to working with NEO Index, Japan's
leading VoD service provider, to create appealing home entertainment that will
attract customers and add tremendous values to operators." He added, "VIC TOKAI
CORPORATION represents one of the most exciting successful stories in Japan\'s VoD
market and serves as a great role model for other operators that are considering iTV
services."

Streaming21 is bringing on a new wave of IPTV ecosystem. Its award-winning solution
and industry-leading partners ensure a successful and immediate adoption of IPTV
services. The company has delivered its solutions to leading broadband carriers and
service providers, such as KT in South Korea, Chunghwa Telecom in Taiwan, as well as
NTT in Japan, Tokyo Electrical Power Company, NEO Index Corporation, VIC TOKAI
CORPORATION and GEO-BB in Japan. With an impressive customer list of worldwide
carriers and broadband service providers, Streaming21 continues to experience strong
growth by delivering innovative entertainment-on-demand services for worldwide
operators.

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\'s broadcast and media-on-demand software solutions deliver
broadcast-quality video and audio over IP networks. Streaming21 is recognized as the
'winner of 2005 Red Herring Asia Top 100 companies' recently. Built upon a
revolutionary architecture, for which nine patents have been filed. Streaming21\'s
solution enables the deployment of rich-media services with carrier-class
scalability, 24/7 operations, and broadcast-quality delivery. The solution uses open
standard hardware to lower the total cost of the solution and its software is
optimized to support more users and media files with fewer servers as well as less
storage, and personnel. 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.

About NEO Index
NEO Index is a pioneer and the Japan's largest contents provider in the VOD industry
and, in the unique VOD broadband digital rental video service solution of
"Nextensive VOD", not only provides attractive contents but also propose, implement
and operate hardware, server and middleware of multimedia telecommunication system.
NEO Index has concluded license agreement with Hollywood major studios including
Sony Pictures Entertainment, Warner Bros., Walt Disney, and many other domestic
contents suppliers. The number of titles counts over 3,000 at the end of December,
2005. NEO Index provides service to a variety of places such as ISPs,
condominiums/hotels, hospitals, karaoke rooms, and Internet café, amusement parks,
etc. To learn more about this service, please visit www.neoinc.jp.

About VIC TOKAI CORPORATION
VIC TOKAI CORPORATION is one of the largest Internet service providers in Japan. Its
patent company, TOKAI CO. Ltd is the dominant supplier of LP gas in Japan and at the
same time the 4th largest MSO (Multiple Service Operator) in CATV operations. TOKAI
is comprised of approximately 20 group companies all involved in diversified
activities from energy, real estate, home security, insurance, EC, ASP, to Internet
CATV services. In the field of communications, VIC TOKAI is currently installing an
all optical fiber backbone network around the Greater Tokyo area, Shizuoka
prefecture and Nagoya area, which will be used to facilitate CATV backbone and
Internet services. To learn more about VIC TOKAI CORPORATION, please visit
www.victokai.co.jp.


Web Site = http://www.streaming21.com

Contact Details = Jennifer Cheng
Streaming21 Taipei
+866-2-2500-0680 x.350
jennifer@streaming21.com