Eagle Broadband, Inc., a provider of broadbrand, Internet and communications technology, teamed up with GlobeCast, a subsidiary of France Telecom to launch IPTVComplete TM, a turnkey IPTV services solution that provides a package of standard, premium and high-definition television programming with over 200 channels, together with video-on-demand, pay-per-view and digital music services with full multicast rights for distribution over data networks in America.

According to Communications research firm Multimedia Research Group, Inc., the global IPTV market is projected to grow from 2 million subscribers in 2004 to 26 million in 2008, thereby fulfilling the prediction that "2005 will be the year of IPTV."



Eagle Broadband and GlobeCast contend that IPTVComplete can save companies looking to venture into IPTV millions in up-front capital and reduce the time to market to launch a new IPTV service to under 60 days. The reason behind this is that IPTVComplete has already performed all the tasks required to launch and operativ ea competitive IPTV service such as, design, purchase, and install an IP head-end, secure the necessary video content rights, provision circuits, aggregate content, and normal operations.

"Today's launch of IPTVCompleteTM provides incumbent and new broadband providers with the fastest, lowest cost way to begin delivering high quality IPTV services to their subscribers," said Dave Weisman, Chairman and CEO of Eagle Broadband. "For the first time, providers have a more financially viable, lower risk solution to rapidly generate new revenue streams. By leveraging Eagle's IP video content rights, IP set top boxes and experience delivering IP video services over broadband networks and GlobeCast's world-class satellite distribution capabilities, providers can reduce the time, cost and complexity of delivering their own IP video services to meet the high customer demand for the latest entertainment services."

Key IPTVCompleteTM options include:

• 200+ channels of programming from major content providers with full IP multicast rights.
• Pay per view, video-on-demand, digital music and high definition programming.
• A full function IP video head-end.
• Video network & head-end design, integration & installation.
• Video content aggregation & IP encapsulation.
• Content encryption.
• Satellite distribution & transport.
• IP set top boxes & middleware.
• 4/7 customer service, network monitoring & technical support.

IPTVCompleteTM benefits for broadband providers include:

• Rapidly generating profitable new revenue streams
• Enabling IP video services that can more than double average revenue per subscriber
• Speeding time to market and time to revenue
• Enabling stickier" triple-play" that can reduce customer churn
• Highly scalable, pay-as-you-go, per subscriber model
• Minimizing up front and ongoing capital and operating expenditures
• Ability to rapidly deploy IP video head-ends anywhere in the U.S. eliminating costly long-haul circuits.