Internet Protocol Television: New Report On Prospects for IPTV Asks: '(Real) Deal or No Deal?'

Internet Protocol Television: New Report On Prospects for IPTV Asks: '(Real) Deal or No Deal?'

Analysis Weighs Programming, Consumer Acceptance, Regulatory Hurdles in Path

of IPTV; Two Cutting-Edge Firms - Including DC Area's Communication
Technologies, Inc. (COMTek) - Examined as Microcosms of IPTV Prospects

Is the much ballyhooed push for Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) hype or is it likely to actually change the way that consumers get video-based information, entertainment and other content in the future? That is the question posed in a major new report by the New Millennium Research Council (NMRC) that will be released during a phone-based national news conference at 1:30 p.m. ET on June 7, 2006.

In addition to surveying the general outlook for IPTV, the NMRC report focuses on two vanguard companies -- Interactive Television Networks Inc., (ITVN) of Irvine, CA and Communication Technologies, Inc. (COMTek) of Chantilly, VA.

News event speakers will be:

* Michael Zink, research scientist, Computer Science Department,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst;

* Milt Ellis, vice president and senior consultant, Harris Interactive,
Rochester, NY;

* Dr. Joseph E. Fergus, CEO and founder, Communication Technologies, Inc.
(COMTek), Chantilly, VA.; and

* Allen Hepner, executive director, New Millennium Research Council,
Washington, D.C.

Internet Protocol Television is an all-encompassing term that covers many different forms of video programming and services. IPTV can be transmitted over broadband networks and accessed by consumers through a number of different devices. In general, IPTV allows consumers to customize their video programming experience and empowers content providers to directly and more inexpensively access new and/or more targeted audiences often otherwise unavailable to them on traditional television.

TO PARTICIPATE: To join the live, two-way phone-based news conference (including full Q&A), dial 1 (800) 860-2442 by 1:30 p.m. ET on June 7, 2006. Ask for the "IPTV 2006 outlook report" news event.

CAN'T PARTICIPATE?: A streaming audio replay of the phone-based news conference and related documents will be available on the Web as of 6 p.m. ET on June 7, 2006 at http://www.thenmrc.org/.

Created in 1999, the New Millennium Research Council is a Washington, D.C. think tank. Contributors develop workable, real-world solutions to the issues and challenges confronting policymakers. Its work has focused primarily in the fields of telecommunications and technology. For more information, please visit: http://www.thenmrc.org/.

CONTACT: Ailis Aaron Wolf, +1-703-276-3265, aaaron@hastingsgroup.com, for the New Millennium Research Council.

PRNewswire -- June 5

Source: New Millennium Research Council, Washington, D.C.

Web site: http://www.thenmrc.org/

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