Narrowstep-Powered SCI FI Channel Website Finds Massive Success with Broadband Television.

Narrowstep-Powered SCI FI Channel Website Finds Massive Success with Broadband Television.

Long-form broadcasting finds its place on TV-over-IP.

LONDON, May 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Narrowstep(TM) Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: NRWS) , the TV on the Internet Company, revealed today that it has contributed to the recent spectacular success of the SCI FI Channel's website, www.scifiuk.com.

In the last quarter, Narrowstep has helped the website deliver its first big viewer figures for its new broadband player.

SCI FI has chosen Narrowstep's proprietary technology system, telvOS(TM), for its new broadband offering. The new player launched on February 12 with an exclusive two week screening of the first episode of the critically- acclaimed series Heroes which has since become SCI FI's highest rating show of all time.

During the month of February, scifi.co.uk saw a 502 percent (year on year) increase in unique users, mainly due to the exclusive online premiere of the first episode. SCI FI uses Narrowstep's state-of-the-art geo-filtering technology to guarantee that only UK web users can access SCI FI UK's video content.

David C. McCourt, Chairman and interim CEO, Narrowstep Inc., says, "People are accustomed to short videos on the internet but this is the first time that popular long-format programming is making a really big splash on the broadband platform and we're very proud to be making that happen."

Ken Jones, Branded Content Manager at SCI FI added, "The streaming of the first episode of Heroes was an important first step in the development of the SCI FI brand in the digital arena, Narrowstep provides us with a bespoke platform, from which we can broadcast over a variety of formats, both long and short form."

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 enables the most comprehensive delivery of video to mobile, wireless, Internet, broadband, VOIP and entirely new IP-delivered broadcast services. For more information, visit www.narrowstep.com or call 212-404-1400.

About SCI FI UK

Reaching over 3 million people each week, SCI FI UK features a continuous stream of cinematic hits, British TV premiere series and special events, bringing viewers the best content from the worlds of fantasy, paranormal and horror programming. SCI FI is a channel service of NBC Universal Global Networks, the international television division of NBC Universal.

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FCMN Contact: mmarich@narrowstep.com

Source: Narrowstep(TM) Inc.

CONTACT: Belinda Thomas of Franklin Rae, +44 (0) 2073 17 5400

Web site:

http://www.narrowstep.com/
http://www.scifiuk.com/

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