[August 12, 2004] SightSpeed Appoints Eric Tveter to Its Board of Directors; Telecommunications Veteran Brings Expertise to Award-Winning Visual Communications Company BERKELEY, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Aug. 12, 2004 -- SightSpeed, Inc., a leader in visual communications, combining ease-of-use and the highest quality experience at speeds equal to real life, today announced that Eric Tveter has joined its Board of Directors. Tveter joins SightSpeed's knowledgeable group of cable and internet industry experts who are dedicated to leading the company's business development efforts in real-time internet, voice and video messaging communications. Mr. Tveter brings to SightSpeed more than 24 years of experience in cable television, internet ventures, and wireline and wireless telecommunications services ventures. Tveter was recently named Chief Operating Officer of Telewest Global, Inc. Telewest, a major broadband communications and media group based in the UK, currently passes and markets to 4.7 million homes and provides multi-channel television, telephone and internet services to 1.75 million residential customers. Prior to Tveter's position at Telewest, he was executive vice president and Chief Operating Officer of NYSE-traded Mastec. During his tenure with Mastec, Tveter was responsible for leading the company's tremendous turnaround. Additional experience in the telecommunications industry includes executive positions with Cablevision Lightpath, Metromedia International, Paramount Pictures and Warner-Amex Cable. He also served as a managing director of one of Comcast Corporation's UK ventures. Mr. Tveter holds a bachelor's of science degree in Economics and Accounting from Long Island University, graduating Magna Cum Laude, and an M.B.A. in Marketing from Rutgers University. "SightSpeed is very pleased to add Mr.Tveter to our Board of Directors," said Brad Treat, CEO of SightSpeed. "We believe that the combination of his vast experience and extensive consumer and business services knowledge in broadband telecommunications and cable industries will help SightSpeed continue to grow its business and will enhance the organization overall." Tveter joins SightSpeed's Board of Directors, which includes Dan Miller, Chairman of the Board. Mr. Miller is Managing Director of the Roda Group and is the former president of Ask Jeeves, Inc., a Roda Group affiliate company. Telewest Global, Inc. (TLWT), the broadband communications and media group, currently passes and markets to 4.7 million homes and provides multi-channel television, telephone and internet services to 1.75 million residential customers and 3.45 million revenue generating units(a). Telewest Business, the company's business division, supplies broadband communications to the public and private sector markets. Its content division, Flextech, is the BBC's partner in UKTV. Together they are the largest supplier of basic channels to the UK pay-TV market with a portfolio that combines wholly owned and managed channels, including the nine joint venture channels with the BBC. For further information go to http://mediacentre.telewest.co.uk (a) Revenue generating units (RGUs) represent total aggregate subscribers to our television, telephony and broadband services (e.g. a single triple-service subscriber would equal three RGUs.) About SightSpeed, Inc. Based in Berkeley, California, SightSpeed offers Internet-based visual and audio communications combining ease-of-use and the highest quality experience, at speeds equal to real life. SightSpeed's award-winning, instantly available software is the only one to deliver voice and video at 30 frames per second over broadband without delay -- providing clear, precise, natural communications. SightSpeed's software is easy to install and use with standard computers, cameras and a broadband Internet connection. Its revolutionary human perception-based technology is patented and based on over seven years of research at Cornell University. SightSpeed is accessible on Internet-connected computers, and can also be licensed for embedded commercial applications. For more information, visit http://www.sightspeed.com. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]