Sonic Foundry Media Services to Provide Encoding Services for StreamSearch.com

Sonic Foundry (http://www.sfoundry.com) announced a partnership with StreamSearch.com ( http://www.streamsearch.com) to provide encoding services for StreamSearch's Internet film and music festival.

Sonic Foundry Media Services, a division of Sonic Foundry, willutilize their encoding technology to encode sixty films for theupcoming online film and music festival.

The Festival will be held February 20 to March 20 and users will be able to view and vote on a combination of full-length feature films, short films, animated features, and music titles from both new and established artists.

Sonic Foundry MediaServices will encode films including Ed Wood's final film, "I Woke Up Earlythe Day I Died," starring Billy Zane and Sandra Bernhard, Rob Lowe's "AmericanUntitled," and "Gideon," featuring Charlton Heston.

"We are excited to be a part of such an innovative project in theadvancing world of online entertainment," stated Curt Palmer, CTO of SonicFoundry, "This allows us to showcase the power behind our encoding servicesand encoding technologies."

"Sonic Foundry Media Services has provided the tools and expertise to meetour demanding encoding needs," said Kevin Yarbrough, executive vice-presidentfor StreamSearch.com's western region. "Their services have enabled us toprovide high-quality and cutting edge streaming media for this first timeonline film and music festival."