FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, June 18, 2001

Activate Debuts Enhanced Security System for Streaming Media Technology

Flexible Service Combines Widevine Cypher™ Encryption on the Fly™ Technology With Activate's Security Features, Including User Authentication, Stream Authorization and Controlled Distribution

Seattle, WA, June 18, 2001 – Activate, the leading provider of Webcasting solutions, today announced the industry's most advanced security system for Webcasts, providing enterprise customers with state-of-the-art streaming media protection. The system is scalable and flexible, offering three levels of security protection against unauthorized users accessing confidential content over the Internet, including implementation of on-the-fly encryption of live events.

Activate's enhanced security system is adaptable, offering easy integration into existing registration and e-commerce systems. Corporations and organizations can use Activate's streaming media security features to protect their valuable intellectual property and proprietary communications using the world's first "encryption on the fly"™ solution from Widevine Technologies™.

"For an enterprise to fully leverage the benefits of Webcasting, proprietary and confidential content must be protected. Activate is leading the charge in facilitating greater awareness of the important security issues that impact the adoption of streaming media," said Jeff Schrock, Activate CEO and founder. "Our security system features innovative technologies and is designed to give enterprise customers peace of mind that their sensitive corporate information is protected."

With this new system, customers can choose from three levels of content security and gain protection for each unique event, including user authentication, stream authorization and controlled distribution.

• Activate's Level 1 security provides password protection and is the standard level of protection. Customers employ Level 1 security when attendance taking or marketing data collection is necessary.
• Activate's Level 2 security protects links from unauthorized access, such as illicit "sharing" of links through email and cut-and-paste. Each request for content is authorized prior to stream delivery.
• Activate's Level 3 security provides the highest level of content security, protecting a stream from being intercepted as it is transmitted across the Internet or saved for unauthorized distribution. It employs the powerful "encryption on the fly" technology, Widevine Cypher™. A product of Widevine Technologies, Widevine Cypher is a patent pending communications security technology that encrypts streaming media.

The following illustrates each security level, type of protection and customer need:

"Demand for truly secure Webcasting increases exponentially as more and more corporations recognize the Internet as a powerful communication tool, providing cost-effective mass communications and more successful business operations," said John Beyer, CEO, Widevine Technologies. "As Activate continues to demonstrate its leadership in this field, we are proud to empower their new security offering with Widevine Cypher. By providing their enterprise customers with the industry's most advanced security system, including powerful Ôencryption on the fly' technology, Activate is setting an important new standard for IT professionals utilizing streaming technology."

Activate brings over four years of experience streaming content for enterprise, traditional media, news and entertainment businesses. Activate recently won the Blue Ribbon award from Network World for its combination of network performance and unparalleled customer service and was named one of the top 100 emerging companies to watch in 2001 by Computerworld.

About Widevine Technologies, Inc.
A communications security and network technologies company, Widevine Technologies is an emerging leader in the development of Internet infrastructure security products and technologies. The company's products are platform and format independent and provide value-added services and technologies for Internet streaming media and copyright protection. Founded in 1999, Widevine Technologies is based in Seattle, Washington. The core of the company is a world-class team of streaming media and encryption technology developers. For more information about Widevine Technologies, please visit www.widevine.com.

About Activate
Activate is the leading Webcasting services company for enterprises, offering live and on-demand Webcasting for business communications and consumer events. Customers using Activate's Webcasting services include Compaq, Microsoft, EMC2, Adobe, Safeco and Nortel. In February 2001, Activate premiered the industry's largest digital content facility, called Activate Grand Central, to manage and stream thousands of simultaneous audio and video signals over the Internet.

Activate was awarded the blue ribbon in Network World's Streaming Media Review and Computerworld named Activate one of the top emerging companies to watch in 2001. A majority-owned operating company of CMGI, Inc. (Nasdaq "CMGI"), Activate is based in Seattle with additional offices in New York, Toronto, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago. Information is available at www.activate.com or 1-877-577-9261 US or Canada 1-877-638-0168.

Media Contact:
Eric Moser
Ruder Finn Chicago (for Widevine Technologies)
Tel: +1 312 329 3908
mosere@ruderfinn.com

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