LOS ANGELES, CA AND BELO HORIZONTE, BRAZIL , CA – May 19, 2009 —EdgeCast Networks, the superior, cost-effective rich media content delivery network (CDN), and Samba Tech, Latin America's leading rich media content management service, today announced a partnership that brings global media streaming to Samba Tech's customers throughout Latin America.

Under the agreement, Samba Tech's Liquid content management platform will interconnect with EdgeCast's global content delivery network. Samba Tech customers - which include SBT, Brazil's second-largest television station, and Atletico-MG, one of the largest soccer teams in Brazil - are now able to immediately provision streams, edge storage, caching, and high-speed delivery in any of EdgeCast's sixteen points of presence around the world.

"Samba Tech is a natural partner for us as we continue to focus on international growth," said James Segil, president of EdgeCast Networks. "They are leaders in the South American market - one that is traditionally underserved when it comes to global Internet connectivity. Our network is well-equipped to deliver their customers' content to the world faster and more reliably than South America has ever seen."

The combination of two exceptional technologies - EdgeCast's global network and Samba Tech's content management platform - now means that Samba Tech customers can stream their content using points of origin such as Los Angeles, New York, London, and Tokyo, rather than the past model of originating all streams from servers in South America.

"We have been delighted with the service, support, features, and performance of the EdgeCast network," said Gustavo Caetano, CEO of Samba Tech. "One of the core goals of our Liquid Content Management system is to open up the world to our customers, so this partnership with EdgeCast represents a huge leap in that direction."

EdgeCast global services are now available to all Samba Tech customers.

About Samba Tech, Inc, Inc.

Samba is a Brazilian startup funded by DFJ / Fir Capital and focused on digital logistics. Through the Liquid Platform, a SaaS rich-media management platform, Samba is enabling the major media groups and enterprises in Latin America to efficiently communicate with their targets. The Liquid Platform is responsible to generate customized applications used with complete solutions for WebTV, Corporate Communications and Live Streaming, providing the hosting, management, protection and monetization for videos, audios and images. Samba is headquartered in Belo Horizonte and has offices in São Paulo and Santiago.

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