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New Board Appointment for RawFlowLONDON --(Business Wire)-- RawFlow, a leading provider of live peer-to-peer streaming technology and company behind the user generated TV platform Selfcast, is pleased to announce the appointment of Peter Read, long term entertainment, technology and business guru to its board as Non-Executive Director (NED). Peter Read currently serves on the Board of Directors of Bioss (London), Entertainment Insights (London), Mobix Interactive (London) and MusicNation (New York, London and Hong Kong) as well as serving on Advisory Boards for a number of high profile web and mobile distribution platforms. With over twenty years experience in entertainment and technology, Peter brings substantial experience and contacts to RawFlow. Mikkel Dissing, Chief Executive Officer of RawFlow, commented: "We are delighted to add someone of Peter Read's caliber to the Board of RawFlow. Peter's outstanding track record and high level management brings with it an invaluable insight and understanding of the entertainment industry, which is highly relevant going forward with Selfcast platform." On his involvement with RawFlow, Peter Read commented: "I am a big believer in P2P streaming and it seems to me that the live piece is the evolutionary missing link". Peter's appointment takes effect from August 20th, 2007. NOTES TO EDITORS 1. The existing Board of RawFlow comprises: George Fraser (Vice President, Infospace) Johan Brenner (General Partner, Benchmark Capital) Andrew Burke (Partner Snowy Road Ventures) Mikkel Kjeld Dissing (CEO, RawFlow) Daniel Franklin (CTO, RawFlow) 2. About Peter Read Peter Read has worked with many venture capital funds and their portfolio companies within media/entertainment and communications and has served as advisor to, among others; Joost, Skype, Google, eBay, C4 and OpenTV. Peter also owns and manages Entertainment Insights Ltd whose clients include Samsung, Orange, American Express, Nokia, Sony Pictures, MTV Europe and many more. 3. About RawFlow RawFlow is a leading provider of P2P streaming technology, which increases scalability and quality and reduces cost of live Internet broadcasts. Founded in 2000 by an experienced team of Internet entrepreneurs, the company received financial backing by leading venture capital firm Benchmark in 2005. RawFlow recently launched Selfcast - a new platform for User Generated Broadcasting. Further information: www.rawflow.com/about. |
