Cable Programming Pioneer Roger Werner Joins Narrowstep

Cable Programming Pioneer Roger Werner Joins Narrowstep

LONDON and NEW YORK, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Narrowstep(TM) Inc (BULLETIN BOARD: NRWS) , the tv on the internet company, announced Roger Werner has joined Narrowstep as a Special Advisor.

Mr Werner is one of a small group of cable industry pioneers who has designed, built and managed some of cable television's most successful networks. Most recently, he founded the Speedvision (now Fox's "Speed Channel") and Outdoor Life networks and served as their President and CEO from 1995-2001. Mr Werner developed these networks in partnership with investors, Cox, Comcast and ATT (MediaOne). Launched in December 1995, Speedvision and Outdoor Life achieved profitability as planned in 2001 on combined revenue of over $100 million.

In July of 2001, Mr Werner and his partners, Cox and ATT, concluded the sale of their network shareholdings to Fox and Comcast. This deal valued the two networks at $1.4 billion, making Speedvision and Outdoor Life two of the largest, most successful programming start-ups in cable television history.

Mr Werner's career in the television programming industry began in 1979 when he joined the international management firm McKinsey & Company. From 1980-1982 he served client ESPN in the formation and implementation of the start-up network's original strategic and operational plans. He left McKinsey to become ESPN's Chief Operating Officer in March of 1982.

During his six years as Chief Operating Officer, ESPN became the world's largest and most profitable cable television network. Also during this period ESPN grew from $1 million to over $600 million in annual sales, and from an annual loss of $30 million to profits of approximately $150 million. Between 1982 and 1988, Mr Werner's team pioneered award-winning SportsCenter news programming, cable's first NFL coverage, exclusive NASCAR and IndyCar coverage, and international events such as the America's Cup. ESPN also developed sports networks in over twenty international markets during this period.

In 1988 Mr Werner briefly served as Executive VP of the ABC Television Network Group at the request of Thomas Murphy, then Chairman of Capital Cities ABC Inc. At the end of 1988, Murphy asked Mr Werner to return to ESPN as CEO, where he stayed until October 1990. At that time, Mr Werner joined cable pioneer Bill Daniels, to help him develop his emerging regional sports network interests. In his five years with Daniels, Mr Werner helped build the Los Angeles-based Prime Ticket (now Fox Sports West) into America's largest and most valuable regional cable network. He simultaneously launched America's first Spanish language sports network, La Cadena Deportiva (now Fox Sports Americas) and managed Daniels' partnership interests with TCI in an additional five regional networks. In August of 1994, he successfully concluded the sale of the last of these businesses to a Fox/Liberty JV, and began work on what would become the Speedvision and Outdoor Life networks.

Mr Werner is a former board member of the NCTA and a past recipient of the CAB's President's Award. He is a graduate of Trinity College in Hartford, CT (BA 1972), and holds a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Virginia (1977) where he was class president and served as a member of the alumni board. Mr Werner, a father of three, is an instrument rated private pilot, and remains actively involved in aviation and family related activities when he's not at work on new television programming and technology initiatives.

"We're delighted to welcome Roger on board," comments Narrowstep CEO, Iolo Jones. "His experience as a pioneer in the cable industry will be invaluable as Narrowstep continues to establish the world's largest network of internet tv channels."

Mr Werner will participate in developing and presenting business propositions based on internet television to leading media organizations in North America, working closely with the President of Narrowstep's American operations, Carolyn Wall.

About Narrowstep(TM) Inc.

Narrowstep(TM) Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: NRWS) provides the most comprehensive technology for managing, protecting, distributing and commercializing video over the internet -- a market often called TV on IP. This technology can be used to make content available on mobile devices, wireless devices, broadband and broadcast services through the company's unique platform, the Television Operating System -- TelVOS(TM). Content can then be monetized using built in advertising, sponsorship, pay-per-view, subscription and ecommerce tools. Narrowstep currently powers over seventy TV on IP channels and provides services to clients in the United Kingdom, the United States, and various other countries throughout the world, including Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands. To learn more, visit www.narrowstep.com.

Forward-Looking Statement

Certain statements in this news release constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known or unknown risks, including those detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof.

For further information on Narrowstep, please contact Iolo Jones, CEO, on +44 (0) 207 731 4242. E-mail: ijones@narrowstep.com

Source: Narrowstep(TM) Inc.

CONTACT: Iolo Jones, CEO of Narrowstep(TM) Inc, on +44 (0) 207 731 4242,
ijones@narrowstep.com

Web site: http://www.narrowstep.com/

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