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UK Government Department for Education and Skills Appoints Narrowstep to Its List of Framework Suppliers

Posted on: Tuesday, 6 December 2005, 09:00 CST

LONDON and NEW YORK, Dec. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Narrowstep(TM) Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: NRWS) , the TV on the Internet Company, has recently been successful in the European tender round for video and multimedia production with duplication for the Department for Education and Skills (DfES). This has resulted in Narrowstep being awarded a framework contract along with other suppliers to provide video with multimedia services to the DfES and its partners for three years.

Narrowstep will be providing services such as webcasting, film production, live editing and encoding, web chats, chat forums, and live interviews.

As part of the Department's continual improvement program embracing new and exciting methods of delivery, the need for high quality broadcast via a range of methods was built into the tender to enable formal arrangements for this method of delivery to take place. Narrowstep has been working with the DfES previously on a range of different projects which have included:

* Creating the TeacherNet broadband channel (http://player.narrowstep.tv/default.aspx?player=TeacherNet_new) which provides a host of topical educational videos including a range of hotseats (Q&A's) with Ministers and experts such as Charles Clarke, Ruth Kelly and David Milliband, * A live web chat with the well known psychiatrist Raj Persaud, * Live web chat from 10 Downing Street with Tony Blair on his Five Year Strategy (http://player.narrowstep.tv/?player=teachernet), and a * Live webcast of UK Poet Laureate Andrew Motion unveiling the Poetry Archive, a new free online resource that will make available recordings of English language poets reading their own work (http://player.narrowstep.tv/default.aspx?player=TeacherNet_new).

Narrowstep's Government Business Development Manager Mike Worley said, "Our existing body of work for the DfES and confirmation as a preferred supplier proves that Narrowstep's IP-based broadcast technology is extremely valid in whichever sector it is deployed."

Joanne Meaney, spokesperson for the DfES said, "Narrowstep responded very positively to the tender and brief, representing themselves well during live sampling of their services and in the supporting tender documents. This enabled the Department to evaluate all suppliers across a level playing field. The Department and its partners look forward to building a successful relationship with Narrowstep in this fast-moving and new delivery area to the Department."

At present, Narrowstep does approximately two events per month, that are filmed live, which are interactive web chats where the public has direct access via a moderated chat room.

In addition to working with the DfES, Narrowstep has been involved with other European Governments and recently undertook the Internet broadcast of the Prime Minister of Holland. http://player.narrowstep.tv/?player=Innovatienet

About Narrowstep(TM) Inc.

Narrowstep(TM) Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: NRWS) provides the most comprehensive technology for managing, protecting, distributing and commercializing video over the internet -- a market often called TV on IP. This technology can be used to make content available on mobile devices, wireless devices, broadband and broadcast services through the company's unique platform, the Television Operating System -- TelVOS(TM). Content can then be monetized using built in advertising, sponsorship, pay-per-view, subscription and ecommerce tools. Narrowstep currently powers over seventy TV on IP channels and provides services to clients in the United Kingdom, the United States, and various other countries throughout the world, including Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands. To learn more, visit http://www.narrowstep.com/.

Forward-Looking Statement

Certain statements in this news release constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known or unknown risks, including those detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof.

For further information please contact Andria Allan on (0)207 731 4242, Email: aallan@narrowstep.com

Narrowstep Inc.

CONTACT: Andria Allan of Narrowstep Inc., (0)207 731 4242,aallan@narrowstep.com

Web site: http://www.narrowstep.com/http://player.narrowstep.tv/default.aspx?player=TeacherNet_newhttp://player.narrowstep.tv/?player=teachernethttp:/// http://player.narrowstep.tv/?player=Innovatienet

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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