iPhone Owners Worldwide Can Watch Thousands of Games LIVE

OAKLAND, Calif., June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- FASTHockey, the premier destination for LIVE and on-demand video streaming of amateur ice hockey, today announced it has partnered with Orb Networks to broadcast on the iPhone the thousands of amateur hockey games currently seen online at FASTHockey.com. FASTHockey will use Orb's proven Orb Live Events technology to broadcast games LIVE from the OneHockey International Tournament from June 24 to July 3, 2009. iPhone and iPod touch owners can simply download the FREE Live Events application from the Apple App Store, and watch LIVE action of their favorite youth hockey team, including teams from around the globe.

FASTHockey is the most comprehensive amateur hockey destination on the web and helps unite youth hockey around the world through community, connections, and content. FASTHockey streamed almost 4,000 games LIVE during the 2008/2009 season, making it the premier destination for players, parents, coaches and fans that love watching great hockey action online. The partnership with Orb extends this community - including LIVE broadcasts of thousands of games - to the iPhone.

"Hockey has a tremendous following worldwide, and the fans are super-passionate," said Marc Ruskin, CEO of FASTHockey. "For the first time, hockey fans - and families and coaches - can watch games LIVE on the iPhone worldwide. We selected Orb and its Orb's Live Events technology because it is proven and approved in the App Store, and because it was fast, easy and inexpensive to implement in a geographically distributed way. Next season we will have LIVE events being broadcast from hundreds of venues around the world."

Orb was the first company to stream LIVE TV to the iPhone in May, 2008. The Live Events technology has been used to power live broadcasts of the NBA's All-Star Weekend with Turner Sports and The Masters Golf Tournament on the iPhone.

"We are really at the tipping point for user-generated-content. Till now, the state of the art has been to upload static video clips to a website for all to see. While this is all well and good, the next frontier will be LIVE content, available on a worldwide basis, to anyone who has an internet connection," said Joe Costello, CEO of Orb Networks. "FASTHockey is leading the pack in this regard. Using Orb Live Events, they are going to bring thousands of youth hockey games around the world to the iPhone."

For more information on watching the more than 300 games on tap during the OneHockey International Tournament, please visit: http://www.fasthockey.com/information/events/fasthockey_and_orb_deliver_live_hockey_to_iPhone.php

LIVE coverage of the Tournament begins June 24.

Download the FREE Orb Live Events application now from the Apple App Store, and look for LIVE youth hockey games beginning June 24.

FASTHockey.com is the premier online network for ice hockey players, coaches and fans to organize their hockey lives while developing personal connections rooted in shared hockey interests. FASTHockey.com provides the online platform so that athletes and coaches can create player and team profiles, upload videos and photos, track and view statistics, check out opponents before games, and discover the best ice hockey players in the world.

Orb Networks is a leading provider of media access applications. Its OrbLive application was the first to stream LIVE TV to the iPhone and iPod touch, and the OrbLive application is available today in the Apple App Store for $9.99 (a Free Sampler version is also available). For more information about OrbLive on the iPhone or iPod touch, please visit: http://orb.com/en/orblive

About Orb Networks, Inc.

Orb Networks is an award-winning developer of software and services that unlock the digital media stored on personal computers. Orb gives consumers secure, free, instant, and everywhere-access to everything from their TV and music to photos and video on the iPhone, iPod touch, and virtually any other web-enabled device. The company's partners and affiliates include, among others, AOL Winamp, AMD, and Creative Labs. Orb Networks is a privately held company in Oakland, Calif. For more information about Orb Networks and the Orb service, please visit http://www.orb.com.

SOURCE Orb Networks, Inc.

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