PlayStream and SafShop Launch Pay-per-View Services Over the Web

SEATTLE - August 18, 2004 - PlayStream, LLC, a leading provider of streaming media hosting services , and SafShop, LLC, a leader in secure, real-time online credit card processing technologies, today announced the collaboration service that enables PlayStream customers to monetize their media by integrating digital rights management services for pay-per-view functionality. Designed to work with Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Media 9 Series technologies, PlayStream gives customers the choice to integrate Safshop's robust, Web-based credit card ordering platform while ensuring proper licensing for processing pay-per-view transactions seamlessly over the Web.

"Historically, online credit card transactions required extensive programming and development without compromising the integrity of delivering secure media content," said Blake Lindsay, chief software architect, PlayStream. "By collaborating with SafShop, we are now able to offer our customers a secure way to deliver media content with the use of leading digital rights management technology and build a new revenue stream utilizing SafShop's integrated order processing services."

"PlayStream is a wonderful example of a company utilizing leading-edge technologies to make it easier for streaming media providers to offer their products online, said George Ouzts, CEO and founder, SafShop. "We are thrilled to be a part of the next step for those customers in enabling them to start charging for their content."

Offering a complete end-to-end solution for storing, managing, securing, monitoring and delivering a company's digital media content, Playstream continually seeks to enhance its offerings for customers. Today's announcement is a significant milestone that takes the next step in automating customer billing options. By allowing media content providers to deploy SafShop's integrated pay-per-view payment processing solution and utilizing Playstream's licensing and digital rights management tools, the overall digital media delivery will be enhanced at a value-added proposition. This new service is specifically targeted at small-to-medium companies, giving them the option to customize delivery solutions easily and seamlessly. Playstream will offer this new service to its customers immediately.

About SafShop
SafShop™ provides businesses worldwide with a comprehensive technology platform for securely processing real-time Internet credit card transactions. Integrating payment gateway and merchant account services with an intuitive, web-based administration solution, SafShop offers proven, secure shopping and payment technology which merchants can quickly integrate into their web site. SafShop's complete, turnkey solution can be implemented within minutes and includes payment processing, shopping cart, fraud protection, affiliate program management, automated password management and recurring billing for pay-per-access web. Privately held, SafShop maintains its offices in Bellevue, WA. For more information, visit www.safshop.net.

About PlayStream

PlayStream empowers thousands of businesses and consumers worldwide with rich capabilities to track, manage, and deliver audio, video, and multimedia content over the Internet. What is unique about PlayStream is that it integrates the streaming industry's most popular formats with PlayStream's own proprietary technologies to provide PlayStream's customers with a simple, yet powerful service that streamlines the delivery of media over the Web. Privately held, PlayStream maintains its main office in Seattle, WA. For more information, visit www.playstream.com.

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