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OSTN and Internet2 Partner on International Student Film Festival

Groundbreaking Film Festival Uses Internet2 Network to Exhibit  
Original Student Film and Video

Cleveland, Ohio - June 07, 2007 - The Open Student Television Network  
(OSTN) and Internet2 announced today the dates of their first joint  
film festival. The OSTN-Internet2 Film Festival will showcase student  
work from the 2006-2007 school year over three nights of screenings  
from July 19 through July 21, during the Ingenuity Festival at  
Cleveland State University's Monte Ahuja Hall.

Student directors and producers participating in the festival will  
use Internet2 technologies to submit and screen their films for the  
festival. In doing so, the OSTN-Internet2 Film Festival demonstrates  
the true viability of Internet technology to deliver high quality  
digital entertainment.

Each night of the OSTN-Internet2 Film Festival will focus on  
different areas of the OSTN Channel's programming: short films,  
documentaries and student television shows.  The screenings will  
spotlight select student work from institutions such as USC, Brown  
University, Duke University, the Asian Young Filmmakers Forum and the  
International Film School of Paris as well as work from Cleveland- 
area schools such as Oberlin College, John Carroll University and the  
University of Akron.  The documentary screening will also feature  
portions of OSTN's first ever public service initiative, HBO's  
"Addiction."

"This Festival is a celebration of the original, inspiring work of  
student filmmakers," said Prashant Chopra, Chief Executive Officer of  
OSTN. "We are pleased to collaborate with Internet2 to create this  
platform for student filmmakers to showcase their talent and  
creativity."

Following each night's screening at 9pm EDT, Internet2 members' high  
capacity, high performance national, regional and campus networks  
will provide an interactive videoconference linking student directors  
with press and audience attending the film festival for a live Q&A  
session.

"The OSTN-Internet2 Film Festival creates an innovative venue for  
student filmmakers to share their work and experiences in a rich and  
interactive environment," said Ann Doyle, program manager for  
Internet2's Arts and Humanities Initiative. "High quality  
videoconferencing and video streaming technologies continue to break  
traditional geographic boundaries providing students access and  
exposure to new opportunities."

Because of the support of local and national sponsors, each of the  
film festival screenings is a free event.  Through outreach to its  
member institutions, OSTN brings recognition to Cleveland's growing  
arts and technology design industry to a nationwide audience.

Showcase Details: OSTN Short Film Showcase - Thursday, July 19 This  
showcase features two hours worth of the year's best short films from  
around the world, including two premiers from the 2007 Ivy Film  
Festival, The Guided Storm from Jeonbuk Independent Film Association  
and Cataracts by Nina Sarnelle from Oberlin College.  Other Ivy Film  
Festival competitors featured are Attack of the Cephalopods by Eric  
Bramley and Dave Logan from Duke University and Crispy Bacon by  
Olivier Farmachi from the International Film School of Paris.

OSTN Documentary Film Showcase - Friday, July 20 Friday's showcase  
presents two hours of the OSTN Channel's best documentaries.  Works  
include Trauma by Robert Duns from John Carroll University, Voices of  
the Past, Faces of the Present by Genna Duberstein from Ohio State  
University, and a show from OSTN's first ever public service  
initiative, HBO's Addiction.

OSTN Student Television Showcase - Saturday July 21 On Saturday  
evening, OSTN features the very best of its student television  
programming and airs favorite episodes of Brown University's Elected,  
USC's Birnkrant 616, Ball State University's Something Else TV  
(SETV), and the University of Akron's Akron After Hours.

For more information, see: http://www.internet2.edu/arts/ 
filmfestival2007.html

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About OSTN
OSTN is the leading provider of educational, foreign language, news,  
and entertainment IPTV content and services.  OSTN features the only  
24/7 worldwide channel exclusively devoted to student-produced  
programming. OSTN now is delivered to 42 million subscribers at more  
than 4,500 university member campuses and 42 countries around the  
globe. OSTN can be viewed on televisions and personal computers.

In North America, OSTN uses Internet2's advanced network to  
distribute programming to members. It uses ORION in Ontario, Canada  
and the GEANT2 Network, managed by DANTE, in the European Union.   
GEANT2 links to Asia via TEIN2, the Middle East & Africa via EuroMed,  
Latin and South America via ALICE, Mexico via CUDI and Australia via  
AARNet. For more information, visit www.ostn.tv/.

About Internet2 (R)
Internet2 is the foremost U.S. advanced networking consortium. Led by  
the research and education community since 1996, Internet2 promotes  
the missions of its members by providing both leading-edge network  
capabilities and unique partnership opportunities that together  
facilitate the development, deployment and use of revolutionary  
Internet technologies. By bringing research and academia together  
with technology leaders from industry, government and the  
international community, Internet2 promotes collaboration and  
innovation that has a fundamental impact on the future of the Internet.

About Ingenuity Fest
Ingenuity Fest is a four-day celebration of art, music, dance,  
theater, and technology-including cutting-edge, art-and-technology  
collaborations and integrations.  World-class artists from across the  
United States as well as Canada and Europe present original works  
along with the finest of Northeast Ohio's performing and visual  
artists.  Tickets are available through the Playhouse Square box  
office.  For more information about the Third Annual Ingenuity Fest,  
call 216-589-9444, or visit www.ingenuitycleveland.com

Ellyn Stepanek
OSTN

216-589-9626 ext. 234

Lauren Rotman
Internet2

202.331.5345