Swarmcast and iClips.net To Stream Barack Obama Fundraising Concert featuring Members of The Grateful Dead

Phil Lesh, Bob Weir and Mickey Hart play first show together in four years; iClips uses Swarmcast's Autobahn^TM Live to bring high quality concert video and message to global audience

San Francisco, CA & Minneapolis, MN - February 4, 2008 - Swarmcast, the leader in high-quality online video delivery, and iClips.net, the leading provider of free online concert streams, are teaming together to provide a live Internet broadcast of tonight's fundraising concert for Democratic presidential candidate, Barack Obama in San Francisco featuring members of the Grateful Dead. Reuniting for the first time since the summer of 2004, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, and Mickey Hart's music, along with Obama's vision and message will be captured live by iClips and broadcast, via Swarmcast's Autobahn Live solution, for free on the iClips network at www.iclips.net.

Dubbed "Dead Heads for Obama" the event will feature Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh and Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead as well as Jackie Greene, John Molo, and Steve Molitz, with proceeds from the concert benefiting Barack Obama's campaign. The get out the vote show will take place Monday, February 4, 2008 at 7:30pm at the Warfield Theatre in San Francisco, CA. To watch the live stream please visit: www.iclips.net

Not only does this concert reemphasize Swarmcast and iClips' role in the virtual touring revolution, it also demonstrates how streaming technologies can greatly expand the reach and efficiency of fundraising and other philanthropic efforts.

With Autobahn Live, artists, politicians and other performers can supplement their physical audiences with millions of global viewers seamlessly, simultaneously and inexpensively.

This is a perfect example of the core message of the Autobahn Live solution, which is that content owners should be able to quickly, seamlessly and economically globalize their audiences," said Justin Chapweske, founder and CEO of Swarmcast. "Fundraisers and other benefit-oriented events tend to happen quickly which doesn't leave a lot of time for technical set up and implementation. We built Autobahn Live to solve this challenge, ensuring that content owners and producers have the tools they need and so that a global audience can join the experience regardless of their location."

We've seen the huge role that the Internet is playing in political fundraising and live event viewing and this is the next step in that revolution," said Jay Blakesberg, creative director of iClips.net. "This concert and this message are too important to only be seen by physical attendees. As the iClips network continues to grow and as the role of live steaming continues to evolve, Autobahn Live will be a key enabler of a truly global audience."

Autobahn Live enables content owners and distributors to instantly and seamlessly scale their offerings for millions of simultaneous users in a high-quality video experience. This allows iClips.net to offer broadcast-quality video to a global audience and scale its network efficiently and effectively with no downtime or interruptions of service.

In addition to the increased exposure and larger audiences, Autobahn Live also offers content owners additional revenue opportunities as the content is easily archived and posted to a variety of distribution sites. Autobahn Live also works seamlessly with content providers' existing encoding and Digital Rights Management (DRM) systems.

For physical ticketing information please visit: http://www.livenation.com/event/getEvent/eventId/316918

To donate directly to Barack Obama's campaign please visit: https://donate.barackobama.com/page/contribute/main

Autobahn Live delivers high quality live streaming video over the Internet. By simultaneously blending streams from world-class content delivery networks and optimizing users' incoming broadband connections, Autobahn Live provides unprecedented quality, reliability, and scalability.

Swarmcast is dedicated to transforming the Internet into a reliable medium for distributing high-quality video. The company's mission is to enable content providers to engage global audiences through high-quality viewing experiences.

The Swarmcast Platform offers an innovative suite of delivery services built on the foundation of the company's patented file swarming technology. This next generation of content delivery services enables HD video, reliable live and on-demand streaming while managing delivery costs.

Swarmcast is privately held and backed by Bridge Capital Fund (BCF) and Nippon Venture Capital. For more information about Swarmcast, please visit http://www.swarmcast.com

The iClips Network began its initial Beta Launch in December of 2006, and since that time http://www.iclips.net has quickly become one of the world's premier Internet destinations for live concert streams. Additionally iClips creates, produces, and films unique and original world-class content. Throughout 2007, iClips.net has continued to add to its base of content and expand its offerings into webisodic series, independent films, documentaries, shorts, and events with world leaders such as The Dalai Lama and Nelson Mandela. The iClips Network has produced, filmed and or streamed hundreds of sets of music throughout 2007 and has a full schedule of events planned for 2008 including some of the world's biggest and most well-known music festivals. For more information please visit: http://www.iclips.net

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