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["Joann Rasmussen, APR, MBA (CampusEAI Consortium)" <>]

FLORIDA LAMBDARAIL AND OSTN UNITE TO PROVIDE IPTV TO FLORIDA UNIVERSITIES

Educational, Foreign Language and Student-Produced Programming
Available to FLR-linked Universities, Research Institutions

TALLAHASSEE, FL - January 25, 2007 - Florida LambdaRail, LLC (FLR) today
partnered with Open Student Television Network (OSTN) to deliver IPTV to
FLR's 10 member universities and more than 260,000 students, staff, and
faculty. OSTN is the leading provider of educational and foreign language
IPTV content and student-produced programming.  Florida's universities
and research institutions created FLR to facilitate advanced research,
education and economic development throughout the state.

OSTN launched in 2005 with the only 24-hour, seven-day global channel
exclusively devoted to student-produced programming. In 2006, OSTN added
CableTV, which delivers educational and foreign language TV channels
to colleges and universities via FLR and other networks. OSTN now is
delivered to 34 million users at 3,778 university member campuses and
36 countries around the globe.

"The FLR/OSTN partnership will enable students throughout Florida's
education community to create and deliver, exchange video content both
nationally and internationally" said Dave Pokorney, CTO and Director of
Engineering. "This is just one of the many applications that advanced
networks such as the Florida LambdaRail was designed to support and
nurture."

OSTN CableTV includes educational channels NASA TV, C-Span, University 
of California Television (UCTV) and the Florida Educational Channel.
The foreign language channels include CCTV (Chinese), TV5 (French), RAI 
(Italian), ART (Arabic), TV Polonia (Polish), SBTN (Vietnamese),
MBC (Korean), RTN (Russian), TFC (Filipino), TV Asia (South Asian), TV 
JAPAN (Japanese), CTI Zhong Tian Channel (Chinese), and C1R (Russian).

"We are pleased to partner with FLR to deliver IPTV to FLR's member
institutions along with theirs students, faculty, and staff," said
Prashant Chopra, OSTN Chief Executive Officer. "Not only will FLR
members have access to educational and foreign language programming on
the desktop, but will also have the opportunity to share student-produced
content with their peers and colleagues around the world."

Universities connected by FLR that already participate in OSTN include
the University of Florida, Florida State University, University of
Miami and the University of Central Florida. Other FLR institutions
include Florida Atlantic University, Florida International University,
the Florida Institute of Technology, Nova Southeastern University,
University of North Florida and University of West Florida.

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About OSTN:

OSTN is the leading provider of educational and foreign language IPTV
content and services. OSTN features the only 24/7 worldwide channel
exclusively devoted to student-produced programming. OSTN is delivered
to more than 34 million users at 3,778 university member campuses and
36 countries around the globe. OSTN can be viewed on televisions and
personal computers.

OSTN uses the Abilene high-speed network managed by Internet2 in North 
America, ORION in Ontario, Canada, the GEANT2 Network managed by
DANTE in the European Union, linking Asia via TEIN2, the Middle East & 
Africa via EuroMed, Latin and South America via ALICE and Australia via
AARNet. For more information, visit www.ostn.tv.

About Florida LambdaRail:

Florida LambdaRail is a state-wide, high-bandwidth optical network that
links Florida's research institutions and provides a next-generation
network in support of large-scale research, education outreach,
public/private partnerships, and information technology infrastructure
essential to Florida's economic development.

FLR connects Florida to a wide range of domestic and international
research networks, including the Internet2/Abilene Network and the NLR
networking infrastructure. For more information: www.flrnet.org.


Contact:
Joann Rasmussen, APR

216-589-9626 ext. 207