17/07/2007 - TWOFOUR AWARDED PARLIAMENT WEBCASTING CONTRACT

Twofour announced today that it has been awarded a three year contract to support and host webcasts of all proceedings from the House of Commons and House of Lords. The webcasts include live coverage of all UK parliamentary proceedings and Select, Public Bill and General Committees as well as selected archive footage - all of which are available through www.parliament.uk.

"We are absolutely delighted to be working with Parliament to ensure parliamentary proceedings are accessible to the widest possible audience," said Twofour's Managing Director, Mark Hawkins.

"Twofour knows all about delivering scheduled coverage of public events online," added Paul Tarplee, Managing Director, Twofour Digital. "We have a tried and tested infrastructure and are looking forward to deploying a solution in record time."

Twofour has many years of experience providing webcasting and webTV solutions for broadcasters, businesses and public sector organizations. Twofour Digital, Twofour's technical and facilities arm, employs a team of over 60 people working in offices in London and Plymouth providing bespoke and off-the-shelf software integration services, design, hosting and DRM (Digital Rights Management) and video and on demand services.

Twofour is currently working for the European Parliament to design and deliver a groundbreaking webTV channel broadcasting scheduled content in 20+ languages, it has provided the live webcast of the recent O2 Wireless Festival from Hyde Park for Tiscali (14-17 June 2007) and has organized a wide range of webcasting events for companies such as Nationwide, DfES, Volkswagen, Kellogg's, RHS Chelsea Flower Show, the RAF and Flybe.

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