NEW YORK, September 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Progressive Download Seek improves end-user experience while reducing 
bandwidth costs

Panther Express, a global provider of high-performance, low cost content
delivery, announced today the launch of their Progressive Download Seek
(PDSeek) service, making them the first CDN to provide the ability for
Internet video and audio users to immediately jump to any point in multimedia
files delivered via HTTP. Web sites can now deliver media files via
progressive download rather than using expensive streaming protocols without
sacrificing user experience. Content providers will improve their users'
satisfaction by providing immediate access to any portion of a file. Content
providers will also benefit from bandwidth savings by using PDSeek.

In the past, users viewing media files via progressive download had to
wait for sequential download of the file before they could access the part
they want, resulting in a lengthy download process, even when using
high-speed connections. With PDSeek, Panther eliminates the long wait and
resulting user frustration.

"End-users are now able to control their own experience, instead of the
web video dictating a frustrating viewing experience," says Dwight Merriman,
Chairman and Co-Founder of Panther Express. "Panther believes that over time
more video will be served by progressive download versus streaming protocols.
We are uniquely positioned to address this market growth."

Panther focuses on this rapidly growing market and delivers a
comprehensive suite of services to encourage market growth. PDSeek is the
latest in a series of features focused on this rapidly growing market.
Earlier this year, Panther announced a bandwidth throttling feature that also
addresses the progressive download market. Bandwidth throttling limits the
download rate of a file allowing multimedia publishers to avoid the high
bandwidth costs associated with downloading video files that are not
fully-viewed. This family of features delivers on Panther's commitment to
offer high performance CDN services at the industry's lowest cost with the
most attractive terms.

About Panther Express

Panther Express Corp. is a high-performance content delivery network
(CDN) with an innovative low-cost infrastructure. Founded in 2005 by former
DoubleClick CEO Kevin Ryan and DoubleClick Co-founder and former CTO Dwight
Merriman, Panther Express ensures rapid, reliable and scalable performance
without long-term contracts or monthly minimums to Internet sites worldwide.
Panther Express is privately held and based in New York.

For more information contact Panther Express at 134 Fifth Avenue, Fifth
Floor, New York, New York 10011, email info@pantherexpress.net, or visit
http://www.pantherexpress.net/.

Web site: http://www.pantherexpress.net