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Telefónica Selects Wowza for Its Global Delivery Services

Wowza Media Server Offers Telecom Giant a Cost-Effective, Unified Platform for High-Value Services Delivered to Any Screen

EVERGREEN, Colo., and LONDON (Streaming Media Europe) — Oct. 17, 2011 — Wowza(R) Media Systems, the “Any Screen Done Right(TM)” media server software company, today announced that TelefA³nica has deployed Wowza Media Server(R) software as a component in its newly announced multiscreen content delivery network (CDN). One of the largest telecommunications companies in the world, TelefA³nica will rely on Wowza Media Server software to deliver a range of services for Adobe(R) Flash(R) and Microsoft(R) Silverlight(R)-capable computers, smartphones, and tablets; iPhone(R)/iPad(R), Android(TM), and other 3GPP smartphones and tablets; as well as a variety of additional video-capable devices.

“Wowza’s unified approach to media serving enables us to build an infinitely scalable network that meets the needs of our customers to deliver media to the full range of screens and devices,” said Fernando Fronza, video and CDN global services director at TelefA³nica. “Wowza is providing us not only with a highly cost-effective media server, but also with a robust platform for high-value services that complements our ongoing development through TelefA³nica Research and Development.”

The recently announced TelefA³nica Global Delivery Service has already deployed more than 40 content delivery nodes in 10 countries, and it is expected to end the year with nodes in 22 cities with an aggregate capacity of 600 Gbps. TelefA³nica further plans to increase the capacity of its CDN to more than 2 Tbps by the end of 2012. The Global Delivery Service is currently available in Europe and North America, and it also has an overwhelming presence in Latin America, including Brazil, Argentina, Peru, and Chile. In Spain, TelefA³nica currently provides content delivery services to large corporate customers.

“We are very pleased to be selected by TelefA³nica as a component of the company’s CDN. TelefA³nica’s deployment further validates the value of Wowza Media System’s industrial-strength software, our singular focus on media servers, and our devoted support,” said David Stubenvoll, CEO and co-founder of Wowza Media Systems. “We look forward to expanding our relationship with TelefA³nica in the years to come.”

Wowza Media Server 3 software simultaneously streams live and on-demand media to PCs, smartphones, tablets, and IPTV set-top boxes. It provides a single extensible platform for a variety of high-value features, including live transcoding for adaptive bitrate (ABR) streaming; any-screen, time-shifted playback; and premium content delivery with multiplatform digital rights protection (DRM).

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About TelefA³nica TelefA³nica is one of the world’s largest telecommunications network operators by market capitalization and number of customers. It centers its activities mainly on the fixed and mobile telephony businesses while its broadband business is the key growth driver underpinning both. It operates in 25 countries and its customer base exceeds 295 million globally. TelefA³nica has a strong foothold in Spain, Europe, and Latin America, the latter region being the lynchpin of its growth strategy. TelefA³nica is a 100 percent private company with more than 1.5 million direct shareholders. Its share capital consists of 4,563,996,485 ordinary shares traded on the Spanish stock exchanges (Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, and Valencia), as well as on the London, Tokyo, New York, Lima, Buenos Aires and SA£o Paulo stock exchanges. More information is available at

www.telefonica.com

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About Wowza Media Systems Wowza(R) Media Systems is the “Any Screen Done Right(TM)” media server software company delivering an industrial-strength infrastructure for live video, video-on-demand, live recording, and video chat. Wowza has a singular focus on delivering high-performance media server software to service providers, media properties, enterprises, and other organizations serious about delivering video to any digital screen — computer, mobile phone, or home TV. More than 85,000 global licensees in entertainment, social media, advertising, enterprise, education, government, and Internet commerce have deployed Wowza’s media server software to date. Wowza Media Systems is privately held with headquarters in Evergreen, Colo. More information is available at

www.wowza.com

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Wowza and related marks are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Wowza Media Systems Inc. Third-party product names and related marks are either registered trademarks or trademarks of such third parties.

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