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SERVECAST LIMITED AND ENTRIQ, INC. PARTNER TO ENABLE AND SECURE PAY MEDIA OVER THE INTERNET

Entriq Media Authorization Network to be integrated with Servecast to add robust Access Control and Digital Rights Management features to European content distribution network.

Carlsbad, CA, and Dublin, Ireland, January 03, 2003 - Entriq, Inc., an independent subsidiary of MIH Limited, and the leading authority in pay media over the Internet, and Servecast Limited, Europe's leading provider for multimedia communication solutions, are pleased to announce that they have partnered to offer the most reliable solution for secure streaming media transactions to the enterprise, sports, media and entertainment industries.

Entriq's Media Authorization services augment Servecast's existing content delivery & protection services by expanding the access control and protection mechanisms for content owners and service operators to leverage their existing content and services to generate additional revenues. Through Servecast's proprietary content management platform, Media Studio, customers will enjoy advanced access control services, supporting multiple business models, such as Pay Per View (PPV), Subscription, Syndication and Prepaid Time (PPT), supporting the most efficient business model for the type of content.

"At Servecast we provide our clients with complete communication solutions. Media Studio provides content owners with the tools to automatically manage, protect and deliver their content online. Now with the integration of Entriq's Media Authorization services, Media Studio's content protection features have been further expanded to allow our clients to maximize the value of their media assets," says Darach Deehan CEO of Servecast.

Using the seamlessly combined Entriq and Servecast solution, streaming media content owners and service operators, especially sports, media and entertainment distribution rights owners will be able to quickly and easily implement and deploy pay media operations, adding additional revenue streams with a variety of business models. In addition, they will enjoy increased and accelerated time to market with a completely secure, yet simplified service available to them without the need for any software or hardware installation.

"Leveraging more than a decade of experience in the conditional access broadcasting market, Entriq is the most experienced and proven platform for high-value content owners and service operators to deploy an Internet pay media operation," says Jan Steenkamp, CEO of Entriq.

About Entriq

Entriq Inc., an independent subsidiary of MIH with over 15 years experience in pay television, enables and secures pay media over the Internet. Based in San Diego, California, Entriq provides customers with a unique and revolutionary Media Authorization Network to enable secure streaming media transactions, involving multiple content providers, network providers, and service providers, supporting all established business models for online media.

MIH Limited (NASDAQ: MIHL) is an international subscriber platforms and software solutions group, with activities focused on subscriber platforms providing subscription, television and Internet services to over two million paying subscribers in Europe, Africa and Asia. Over 55% of its subscriber base consists of digital subscribers. MIH, and its subsidiaries, have developed a comprehensive understanding of pay media and other subscriber-based businesses, particularly in the areas of content protection, subscriber management and platform development. To learn more, please visit www.entriq.com.

Entriq operates a global media authorization network enabling content and broadband service providers to cooperatively syndicate, track and sell online media in an efficient and secure manner.

To learn more, please visit www.entriq.com.

For further information contact:

Darach Deehan, CEO, Servecast
Tel: +353 1 474 8002

About Servecast;

Servecast is the leading provider of webcasting solutions for the Enterprise, Sports and media sectors. Its enterprise software solutions enable corporations to harness the power of webcasting as part of their communications and training programmes. Its solutions for the sports and media sectors enable content owners to monetize their content by securely delivering it to a global broadband audience.

Contact Servecast here.

 
 
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