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Skip the Malls -- Santa Will See Who's Naughty or Nice Using VoIP From His PC This High Tech Holiday Season; Children and the Child-at-Heart Can See and Talk to Santa Directly From Their Home PCs for Free from December 19-23 Using IVEHILLSIDE, N.J. & THE NORTH POLE --(Business Wire)-- Dec. 19, 2005 -- Glowpoint, Inc. (OTC: GLOW.PK), one of the world's leading providers of internet based video communication services, and Kris Kringle, Inc., the world's leading provider of tidings and joy, have joined together to use Video and Voice over IP to help Santa meet and speak with children around the world. For the first time ever, children and the child at heart looking to give Santa their Christmas list will have to go no further than their own home computer to see and talk with Santa live at the 'North Pole.' IVE (pronounced 'ivy'), or Instant Video Everywhere, turns any Windows based PC into a free video and voice phone. Santa will be using IVE to personally answer calls live from 3pm to 10pm EST on December 21st and 22nd. However, even when Santa is busy making toys, checking lists twice and feeding his reindeer, callers will be able to leave their own personal video message with their Christmas wishes on his IVE Video Call Mailbox. As part of the IVE service, Santa will be checking his Video Call Mailbox and sending a special video greeting when he returns back home. Santa's Video Call Mailbox will be available 24x7 from December 19th through December 23rd. To download IVE and become a registered user, simply visit www.sonyive.com. The download is free and callers will be up and running to reach Santa over video - or be able to call other friends and family members on IVE anywhere in the world - for absolutely no charge. To place a video or audio call directly to Santa, users simply have to type the name "SANTA" using their keyboard and place the call - or click on the name "SANTA" which will be automatically included in their IVE Contact List. "Santa will be using IVE to make sure that he can see and hear from children and the young at heart from around the world, even though he is so busy at the North Pole just days before Christmas," said Stuart Gold, VP Marketing at GlowPoint. "It's so simple to use IVE -- anybody can do it. And even better, no one will have to wait in long lines at the mall this season with their kids to see and speak with Santa. What a great gift for everyone this holiday season." "IVE is the perfect solution for me to be virtually everywhere there is a child with holiday wishes this season," said Kris Kringle, a.k.a. Santa Claus. "At the North Pole the elves love IVE too - and have already begun calling it ICE, for Instant Christmas Everywhere!" GlowPoint is one of the world's leading providers of IP-based video communication services and recently launched IVE as a free unlimited use video and voice over IP service available worldwide. In less than six weeks, IVE has already been downloaded by close to two hundred thousand users in more than 65 countries. For more information on IVE and live video calls to Santa, go to www.sonyive.com. About GlowPoint Glowpoint, Inc. (OTC: GLOW.PK) is the world's leading broadcast quality, IP-based video communications service provider. GlowPoint offers video conferencing, bridging and IP broadcasting services to enterprises, SOHOs, broadcasters and consumers worldwide. The GlowPoint network spans four continents and has carried over 30 million IP video minutes worldwide. GlowPoint is headquartered in Hillside, New Jersey. To learn more about GlowPoint and to download IVE, go to www.glowpoint.com. "GlowPoint", "All You Can See", "Instant Video Everywhere" and "IVE" are trademarks or service marks of Glowpoint, Inc. in the United States and certain foreign countries. All other marks are trademarks or service marks of their respective owners. Kris Kringle, Inc., Kris Kringle, Santa, Santa Claus and the North Pole are fictitious and are not meant to refer to any existing companies, places or dead or living people. The statements contained herein, other than historical information, are or may be deemed to be forward-looking statements and involve factors, risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results in future periods to differ materially from such statements. These factors, risks and uncertainties include market acceptance and availability of new video communication services; the nonexclusive and terminable-at-will nature of sales agent agreements; rapid technological change affecting demand for our services; competition from other video communications service providers; and the availability of sufficient financial resources to enable us to expand our operations, as well as other risks detailed from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
