Narrowstep Brings Award-Winning Films Online

Narrowstep Brings Award-Winning Films Online

NEW YORK and LONDON and CANNES, France, May 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BreakThru Films, a leader in animation and short-films, will shortly be launching a new channel online using Narrowstep(TM) Inc., (BULLETIN BOARD: NRWS) , the TV on the Internet Company. The new channel is scheduled to launch June 11 and will coincide with the opening of Annecy Animation Festival, where BreakThru Films' recently Rose D'or decorated film Peter and the Wolf is in competition at www.breakthrufilms.co.uk

Since its creation in 2002, BreakThru Films has distributed many films including, The Most Beautiful Man in the World, and has also been a recipient of honors such as a BAFTA nomination, the Turner Classic Movie Prize, and winning a place in the Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival.

"BreakThru Films provides stellar content," said David McCourt, CEO of Narrowstep. "Coupled with Narrowstep's technology and expertise, this channel will blow away audiences around the world. This is also a huge victory for independent filmmakers-now filmmakers don't have to rely on the big production houses to reach audiences."

Carlota Zapata, Vice President of BreakThru Films, added, "Our extremely loyal customers often have to go to great lengths to buy our films through the plethora of middlemen, so we are sure that taking this step and setting up the channel with Narrowstep will breakthrough the middlemen log jam and allow us to connect directly to our customers. This way we can distribute our films directly across the globe without compromising the independence and quality we are dedicated to providing to our viewers."

Narrowstep is able to offer the highest-quality video on the Internet by using its visionary telvOS(TM) system, which can encode faster than any other platform, providing channels with the highest quality video possible.

BreakThru Films currently has three of its films on worldwide release: Peter and the Wolf, which premiered at London's Royal Albert accompanied live by Philharmonic Orchestra and was screened on Christmas Day by Channel 4; La Vie En Rose, with video effects produced by BreakThru, has sold over 5 million tickets in France alone; and Free Jimmy, starring Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton and Jim Broadbent.

About Narrowstep

Narrowstep(TM) Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: NRWS) the TV on the Internet Company, is a leading global provider of broadband television services. Narrowstep's proprietary technologies and customer-focused services enable TV channels to be delivered over the Internet. 100+ companies worldwide have chosen Narrowstep because it offers the most television-like and true community building broadband experience. The company's telvOS(TM) (Television Operating System(TM)) and nBed(TM) technologies enable the most comprehensive delivery of video to mobile, wireless, Internet, broadband, VOIP and entirely new IP-delivered broadcast services. For more information, call +1-212-404-1400 in New York or +44-207-498-3377 in London, or visit www.narrowstep.com

For more information about BreakThru Films, please contact: Hugh Welchman in London at +44-207-580-3688. For more information, visit www.breakthrufilms.co.uk

First Call Analyst:
FCMN Contact: mmarich@narrowstep.com

Source: Narrowstep(TM) Inc.

CONTACT: Belinda Thomas of Franklin Rae, Belinda@franklinrae.com, or
+44-207-317-5400

Web site:

http://www.narrowstep.com/
http://www.breakthrufilms.co.uk/

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