June 8 , 2000

INSINC Webcasts Banff TV Festival for Third Consecutive Year

TORONTO, June 8 /CNW/ - If you can't be in the Rockies for the 21st annual Banff TV Festival, don't worry - click on their website atwww.banfftvfest.com - it is the next best thing to being there! Interactive Netcasting Systems Inc. (INSINC), will be webcasting more than 19 hours of live coverage.

With media moving so quickly towards the Internet, INSINC has been with the Banff TV Festival every step of the way. This is the third consecutive year INSINC has webcast the festival, and we believe this year our online audience will be larger than ever! We are delighted to have INSINC back again this year'' said Lizbeth Smeaton, Vice President Marketing for the Banff Television Festival.

Hugh Dobbie, president of INSINC says, INSINC again is honoured to be back at the Banff TV festival and to be part of the convergence to the Internet of Canada's foremost television event''.

Webcasts include live coverage of the Opening Ceremonies on June 12 at 9:00 am MT (11:00am ET) and Alliance Atlantis's Rockie Awards Show on June 12 at 6:00pm MT (8:00pm ET) featuring noted actress Tracey Ullman and Law and Order's, Dick Wolf.

INSINC will also webcast the Banff TV Festival on Spotlight.ca, a new entertainment portal targeted to entertainment editors developed in collaboration by Canadian Press and Canada NewsWire. Spotlight.ca is being launched to the TV marketplace at the Banff TV Festival. Spotlight will provide a rich archive of timely entertainment news including interviews, photos and the newest clips from movies, TV and videos.

INSINC will have all webcast events archived and available for playback on-demand within hours of the live event. The complete week-long event schedule will be available at www.banfftvfest.com or www.spotlight.ca or www.insinc.ca.

The Banff Television Festival is the internationally acclaimed, premier conference for program makers and content creators, which has been held for the past 20 years in Banff, Alberta. The 21st Festival runs from June 11-16, 2000 featuring market simulations, master classes, keynote speakers, and the prestigious Banff Rockie Awards Show.

INSINC provides end-to-end webcasting solutions to clients around the world. With the largest streaming media infrastructure in Canada, INSINC's clients include Rogers Communications, CTV, YTV and The Globe and Mail's ROBtv. The company has offices in Toronto and San Francisco, with its head office located in Burnaby, British Columbia.