A Degree in Internet TV - Ravensbourne College Adds Narrowstep's IPTV Platform to Curriculum

A Degree in Internet TV - Ravensbourne College Adds Narrowstep's IPTV Platform to Curriculum

LONDON, June 27/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication has selected
Narrowstep(TM) Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: NRWS), the TV on the Internet
Company, to provide the Internet TV component of its curriculum. The college
will integrate training on telvOS(TM) (Narrowstep's Television Operating
System) as a key component of several undergraduate and postgraduate degree
courses.

Meanwhile, two new Internet TV channels will be run by Ravensbourne
broadcast students. The new channels will allow Ravensbourne students to make
video content produced at the college available for public viewing through
their Ravensbourne TV channel, while content only available to students would
be accessed through the student channel, RaveOnAir.

Narrowstep will play an integral role in helping to support these
channels. Although the channels will eventually be maintained almost entirely
by Ravensbourne students, Narrowstep will be teaming up with the college's
faculty and students, to train them on telvOS and help to integrate the
system into the broadcasting curriculum. This will allow the students to gain
an in-depth understanding of the telvOS system through classroom study, and
then apply what they've learned in a real world setting by running their own
channels.

"Now broadcast students at Ravensbourne will have a unique opportunity to
gain hands on experience with Internet TV channel development and
management," said Iolo Jones, Founder of Narrowstep. "It's significant that
such a leading academic institution has adopted the telvOS platform alongside
technologies from companies such as Sony and Avid, and we expect other media
schools to follow."

This is among the first time anywhere in the world that Internet TV
management and production has been added to formal academic courses. Course
graduates are already being offered employment opportunities with Narrowstep
and the company's clients, demonstrating the dynamic growth in the IPTV
industry.

"The world of broadcasting is changing and the traditional model of
delivery through transmission is rapidly expanding out into the Internet,"
said Dr. Freddie Gaffney, Broadcast Technology Course Leader of Ravensbourne
College. "As a forward thinking establishment, we must prepare our students
for the future, whatever shape it may take. This alliance with Narrowstep is
the first step in bringing Ravensbourne to the next generation of content
delivery."

IPTV channels are a growing proposition in many countries, including the
UK and Europe, and are finding markets hungry for the new platform.
Narrowstep's telvOS system provides the backbone for TV over the Internet for
180+ channels, representing unique video content ranging from entertainment,
tourism, sports and now, education.

About Narrowstep

Narrowstep(TM) Inc. (OTC 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, visit
http://www.narrowstep.com or call +44-(0)-20-7498-3377.

Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication

Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication is a University Sector
College, validated by the University of Sussex. It is currently based in
Chislehurst, Kent. Ravensbourne specialises in the creative exploitation of
digital technologies in design and communication within a lively
interdisciplinary learning community. It believes that students need to be
fluent in the use of digital technologies, not just as a tool but as a
medium, in order to stand head and shoulders above their peers when entering
professional practice. Ravensbourne programmes span broadcasting; fashion;
product, interior, graphic, moving image, interaction, media and sound
design; animation and performance video. For more information visit:
http://www.rave.ac.uk or call +44-(0)-208-289-4900.

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

http://www.rave.ac.uk

Source: Narrowstep Inc.

Daniel Montuschi of Narrowstep Inc., +44(0)20-7498-5251, dmontuschi@narrowstep.com

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