Hawaii Pacific Teleport Joins the Genesis Network

NEW YORK – June 9, 2010 - Genesis Networks announced today that it is extending its global video network reach further into the Asia Pacific region markets by adding Hawaii Pacific Teleport (HPT) to its roster of partner teleports around the globe. With this new outlet, Genesis can better serve customers within the South Pacific and across Asia as far afield as Pakistan, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka.

Mike Antonovich, President and CEO of Genesis, said “The Genesis mission is to provide a truly global solution to our many broadcast, program distribution and cable and DTH clients around the world. We are pleased to be able to reach into new markets across the Pacific with the help and support of our friends at Hawaii Pacific Teleport.”

Hawaii Pacific Teleport VP of Business Development, Vince Waterson welcomed the new connectivity with Genesis and added “We’re thrilled to be connected to the global 70-city Genesis global video fiber network, enabling users around the globe to reach our teleport and the many markets we can serve from our teleport here in Hawaii. By combining the benefits of both fiber and satellite, we can deliver a far wider and economical range of benefits to our customers.”

Genesis will provide HPT access to their 24x7 occasional use video booking center, enabling HPT to provide service to international broadcast networks with a need to access many difficult to reach and historically expensive to serve parts of the Asia Pacific region.

About Genesis Networks:
Genesis Networks operates one of the world's most advanced video fiber networks, providing service across 70 cities on five continents. Genesis Networks provides broadcasters, cable networks, production companies, and corporations with high-quality customized global video transmission services that are reliable, flexible, and affordable. The Genesis Networks platform is a next-generation, IP-based fiber and satellite video network with cutting-edge switching and compression technologies. With access to more than 225 locations worldwide and growing, many organizations can now take advantage of Genesis Networks services. The company’s network operations center in New York City maintains the health and standards of the global network while the Genesis Networks proprietary software system, IRIS, gives clients remote, real-time network monitoring, scheduling, and control capabilities. For additional information on Genesis Networks and its innovative products, please visit www.gen-networks.com.

About Hawaii Pacific Teleport:
Hawaii Pacific Teleport (www.hawaiiteleport.com) is a World Teleport Association (www.worldteleport.org) award winning teleport operating in Hawaii serving commercial, government and military customers across the Pacific region. HPT is connected by 300Mbps high speed fiber across redundant submarine fiber links to the Internet backbone on the US west coast. HPT has customers with mission critical communications in both the military, oil and gas industries spread across half a dozen satellites who simply cannot afford to have any down time and HPT supports these customers with 24x7 on-site technical support from its own team of RF and Cisco certified Internet technicians. HPT is now the largest independently operated teleport in Hawaii with 14 antennas pointed to satellites covering both the Asia Pacific region and the US mainland.