Fans to view LIVE Web Cast from Red Carpet At Night of 100 Stars on Oscar Night.

Gateway Broadband in association with New Media Producer Robert King to telecast from Annual "Night of 100 Stars" Oscar Celebrity gala, at the Beverly Hills Hotel using MPEG-4

Hollywood, CA (PRWEB) February 28, 2004 --Oscar night is a tradition that in many ways has remained unchanged over the last several decades. While the stars are decked out in their finest, and VIPs from around the globe vie for a spot at the hottest parties, the rest of the world gathers around the TV to look on with envy. Except this year, many will log in rather than tuning in.

This year, a group of celebrities, producers and technical gurus will gather at what is arguably Hollywoods hottest Oscar party: Super-Agent Norby Walters Night of 100 Stars held at the Beverly Hills Hotel. The party has become known as a hotbed of digital technology--continually pushing the envelope with new methods of content distribution. This year, Gateway Broadband, New Media Producer Robert King, Technology Investments Director Ivar Hagberg as well as a group of technology companies led by HEURIS President, Brian Quandt will produce a host of new media projects at the star-studded party.

Included among the nights activities are streaming web casts, broadcast live from wireless web cameras on the red carpet and HD taping of special reality TV" segments. Speedera Networks is providing the QuickTime Streaming Servers to stream the event over the Internet. Speedera is the same company that is delivering NASA's Mars Rover Web site as well the Web site for Fox Broadcasting's American Idol phenomenon and its flagship site www.fox.com.

We have everything from streaming at web-friendly MPEG-4 bit rates to very high-resolution HD content earmarked for DVD and HDTV distribution," said New Media Producer Robert King. This is a great example of how the same exciting show is both recorded and distributed in a variety of formats to reach the largest audience with the maximum impact."

Naturally making all of these pieces work smoothly together requires a firm grasp of the technologies involved and some of the very latest equipment from prominent computer, telecommunications and video equipment producers. Speedera Networks, a leading provider of distributed application and content delivery services, is providing the QuickTime servers to stream the event over the Internet. Speedera is the same company that is delivering NASA's Mars Rover Web Site as well the Web site for Fox Broadcasting's American Idol phenomenon and its flagship site www.fox.com. In addition, the group will use several JVC cameras including the JVC JY-HD10U, the worlds first professional hand-held camcorder with full HD recording capabilities, and the JVC GY-DV300U, a 3-CCD camcorder with built-in MPEG-4 streaming capabilities that records either to DV tape or onto a CF card. HEURIS, a leading digital video technology producer will provide the expertise to keep the event running smoothly.

We have exclusive access to some exciting pre-release technology for this project," said HEURIS President Brian Quandt. Weve selected several cameras from JVC including HD cameras and new cameras with web-streaming capabilities built right in. My job is to ensure that whether youre talking about low bandwidth video for streaming or very high resolution video for HD transmission, the video looks as ravishingly beautiful as the content."

This year, as always, beautiful content will be everywhere. Over 100 celebrities from Hollywood and from around the world are expected to don their finest for this years extravaganza. Previous attendees have included such notables as Peter Fonda, Lynn Redgrave, Richard Dreyfuss Tony Curtis and Neil Simon. A-list celebrities and Oscar excitement ensure that the digital distribution gets the requisite number of eyeballs".

Norby Walters, Event Creator, says This is an opportunity for fans for all over the world to share in what was otherwise a highly exclusive event."

About the Night of 100 Stars
On Feb 29 2004 the Beverly Hills Hotel will be the location for the arrival of 200 Academy stars who will again attend the hottest celebrity Oscar party in town The Night of 100 Stars Black Tie Oscar Dinner Gala. Norby Walters, well-known super-agent, reprises his role as Producer and Dinner Chairman. This formal sit-down dinner viewing party has always included past Oscar winners and nominees who will pay tribute to their favorite award ceremony. The media has always rated this event as one of the top 3 parties. The Daily News rated this party as "....the number 1 Oscar party just for the sheer number of celebrities attending...."

About Ivar Hagberg, Chairman of Gateway Entertainment
Owner of Technology Investments, Ivar has over ten years experience in the technology and communications industries. Mr. Hagberg is now expanding into the entertainment industry, focusing on the exciting new medium of High Definition Broadband technology and is partnering with well known new media producer Robert King.

About Robert King
Mr. Robert King has been a pioneer in digital media and an innovator in marketing, advertising, direct selling and technologies for over 25 years as well as producing HD short films. Sites include www.newmediatv.net, www.gatewayla.com, and www.nighto100stars.com.

About HEURIS
Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, HEURIS has served as a leading manufacturer of video compression and processing tools and applications for over a decade. From the Internet, to DVD, to HDTV, to Hollywood Movies--HEURIS has developed an impressive group of award-winning tools for video production and post-production applications. Perhaps best known for its award-winning MPEG Power Professional Line of software products, HEURIS has recently released two new products for the Hollywood Market: a Digital Dailies solution and MPEG Power Professional-D-Cinema used to encode High Definition pictures for display in movie theaters.

In addition, HEURIS has developed several key software products for the Consumer Electronics industry. In particular, HEURIS DVD ConnexIT line provides critical connectivity between rewritable DVDs and various other consumer electronic components. More information about HEURIS Logic is available at www.heuris.com.

About Speedera Networks
Speedera Networks, Inc. is a leading global provider of distributed application and content delivery services. The company's SpeedSuite family of services provides on-demand services that cost-effectively solve the performance, scalability, availability and security problems of delivering web sites. Speedera's edge delivery network is deployed in the Americas, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, with connectivity to over 1000 carrier networks, controlled by a patented global traffic management system. Customers include leading organizations such as DoubleClick, Fox Broadcasting, Macromedia, NASA, Network Associates, and Univision. The company's channel partners include Softbank Broadmedia/Club iT, AboveNet, and Inflow. For more information about Speedera, please call +1 408-970-1528, visit www.speedera.com or email info@speedera.com.

About JVC Company of America
JVC Company of America, headquartered in Wayne, New Jersey, is a subsidiary of JVC Americas Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Victor Company of Japan Ltd., and a holding company for JVC companies located in North and South America. JVC distributes a complete line of video and audio equipment, including high definition displays, camcorders, VCRs, D-VHS recorders, DVD players, satellite systems, home and portable audio equipment, mobile entertainment products and recording media. For further information visit JVCs Web site at www.jvc.com or call 800-526-5308. Media Contact: media@jvc.com

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