Bluestreak's MachBlue Platform for Mobile Now Available for Helix

Bluestreak's MachBlue Platform for Mobile Now Available for Helix

Integrated Solution Features Advanced Soccer Application for Wireless Carriers

DALLAS, Feb. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Bluestreak Network, developer of the MachBlue(TM) platform for television and mobile, today announced the availability of its MachBlue for Mobile platform on the Helix(TM) digital media platform. The first application for this integrated solution features an advanced Mobile TV soccer portal for mobile carriers.

The integration of Bluestreak's MachBlue mobile player with Helix DNA(TM) enables mobile carriers to deliver a simpler navigation interface and clearer graphical display. The soccer application features anti-aliasing transparency on videos, pop up videos and Flash-based advertisements between videos.

Bluestreak is now a part of the Helix Community, a collaborative effort among both leading technology companies and open-source developers to extend Helix DNA, the open multi-format digital media platform. The Helix platform is the foundation of the RealPlayer(R). Makers of the world's best mobile phones such as Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, Sony-Ericsson, etc. have also built media players based on Helix DNA. All components of the Helix DNA platform are available under either commercial or open source licenses.

"The addition of Bluestreak's MachBlue software into the Helix platform will help enable our device partners to offer a richer and simpler navigational user interface," said Kevin Foreman, general manager, Mobile, RealNetworks, Inc. "The soccer application born from our respective integrated technologies is an exciting showcase of the high quality and rich video experience, where consumers can enjoy the matches on their handset."

Bluestreak's MachBlue for Mobile offers robust features while minimizing memory footprint, maximizing execution speed, conserving battery life, and retaining code portability on a large variety of devices. The MachBlue platform delivers a consistent, attractive mobile TV user experience, resulting in faster deployment and lower development costs.

"The combination of Bluestreak's mobile software platform with the content creation and management capabilities of Helix presents a powerful tool in the development and deployment of innovative rich mobile media applications," said Paul Forostowksy, executive vice president, head of the mobile division for Bluestreak Network. "Helix is a proven and widely used platform and we're very excited to be part of the Helix Community."

About Bluestreak Network, Inc.

Bluestreak Network, Inc. is the provider of MachBlue, a software platform designed for operators, device manufacturers and content providers to deliver a richer, more engaging video experience on televisions and mobile handsets. Bluestreak's flagship product, MachBlue, is an open standards software platform that allows enhanced TV applications to be quickly developed and launched. MachBlue is designed to enhance navigation, graphical display and device functionality on all devices, including thin-resourced mobile devices and digital set-top boxes. www.bluestreaknetwork.com

Source: Bluestreak Network, Inc.

CONTACT: Helen Chung of JLM Partners, +1-206-381-3600, or
helen@jlmpartners.com, for Bluestreak Network, Inc.

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

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