fix8 Partners With Stickam Japan to Bring User-Generated Reali…

KYOTO, July 24 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ –

Red Herring Japan — fix8, a new media company that provides rich,
interactive media tools for user-generated content, and Stickam(TM) Japan, the
Internet’s most powerful video communications player, today announced at Red
Herring Japan a joint partnership bringing fix8′s interactive avatar creator to
Stickam Japan’s groundbreaking live video broadcast technology. fix8′s free
software brings a new world of user-generated reality to Stickam Japan,
enabling users to animate live video with a universe of virtual costumes and
props and even create their own unique avatars.

"This is a powerful partnership that is revolutionizing the online video
experience by providing Stickam Japan’s fast growing community of live video
broadcasters with a breakthrough live animation tool to unlock limitless
possibilities for rich, live user generated content," said Scott Flacks, Vice
President of Marketing and Operations, Stickam.

By downloading fix8′s free software, Stickam Japan users can choose from
avatars, creative "dress-up" accessories, flash animation and more to create
live animated videos. Stickam users can also let their imagination run wild
with fix8′s personal photorealistic avatar creator. The companies will
cross-market the service in the U.S. and Japan. fix8 will also create unique
avatars, accessories and images for the Stickam community as a premium
software offering.

"The new universe of user generated content is live, spontaneous, and
real," said Linh Duy Tang, president and CEO of fix8. "We are proud to team up
with Stickam Japan to bring live animation to the masses like never before."

fix8′s groundbreaking software animates human expressions and gestures in
real-time. The only requirements are a PC, a webcam and a dash of creativity.
As another value-add to the Stickam community, who are heavy users of live
video chat, the fix8 software also works across IM services including MSN,
Yahoo and Skype. fix8-animated videos can also be saved and posted across any
social networking or blog site.

About fix8
fix8 is a new media company that blends Internet, television and mobile
platforms with rich, live streaming animated video creation, editing and
sharing capabilities. fix8 is a FREE, fun, creative new way of communicating
and inspired Auditions(TV), a powerful platform for broadcasting high quality,
real-time media to support interactive TV. fix8 was recently named one of
Launch: Silicon Valley’s "Top 30 Tech Innovators 2007." Developed in response
to rapid growth in video sharing, social networking and user-generated
content, fix8 is the future of rich interactive communication. Headquartered
in Los Angeles, fix8 has offices in China and Vietnam. fix8 is a division of
Mobinex, Inc. Cr8 — Rel8 — Communic8. Download at http://www.fix8.com.

About Stickam(TM)
Stickam(TM) (http://www.Stickam.jp) is the Internet’s most powerful, free
video communications player offering live streaming video and video
conferencing. The download-free Stickam(TM) player allows consumers to easily
add dynamic, live video to their personal Web pages, blogs and auction sites
by simply cutting and pasting the Stickam(TM) HTML code into the appropriate
area of the site of their choice. Consumers can also upload pre-recorded
video, music and photos to their Stickam(TM) players for site visitors to
access at their convenience. The video can be viewed by virtually anyone and
will play on any operating system including Linux, Windows and Mac.

SOURCE: fix8

CONTACT: Tisha Dore
+1-760-505-9676
tisha@szpr.com
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Web site: http://www.fix8.com
http://www.Stickam.jp