Synacor Signs Deal With Mediacom to Provide TV Everywhere Services for Cable Subscribers

BUFFALO, NY--(Marketwire - Jun 15, 2011) - Synacor, a market leader for powering personalized homepages and online entertainment services for high-speed Internet subscribers, today announced it will enable Mediacom, the nation's eighth largest cable television company, to offer TV Everywhere services for their subscribers. When the services launch later this year, authenticated and entitled Mediacom subscribers will access TV Everywhere content from the Mediacom portal at www.mediacomtoday.com or from enabled programmer websites.

"Synacor's approach and expertise in the entitlement space are a perfect fit for us," said Dan Templin, Senior Vice President, Mediacom. "It is Mediacom branded, contains a great video search and discovery experience, and allows us to engage flexibly with our programmer partners. We're excited to bring TV Everywhere to our customers."

"Our approach to TV Everywhere will enable Mediacom to deliver a great consumer experience and I am confident it will engage and entertain Mediacom subscribers," said Ron Frankel, President & CEO of Synacor, Inc. "It again demonstrates our leadership in the growth of TV Everywhere and the authentication and mediation it requires."

The Synacor approach to TV Everywhere anticipates multiple video sources from a variety of programmers feeding a single, seamless and intuitive user experience. This approach gives programmers and affiliates great flexibility in delivery of content, enabling them to work with their choice of video hosting partners without disrupting a great consumer experience.

Importantly, the user experience is seamless yet supports various video distribution formats including: encoded assets, embedded video players, chromeless video players, and content retrieved from deep links into programmer websites. In addition, the system contains a rich search and discovery experience derived from multiple data sources and a broad metadata library producing relevant results, promotional opportunities, and relevant recommendations.

About Synacor
Synacor powers personalized homepages and online entertainment services reaching over 30 million high-speed Internet subscribers worldwide. Its stable of cable, telecom and satellite providers utilize Synacor's best-of-breed technology solutions to deliver the next generation of video, news, gaming and other content and services across multiple digital platforms. Synacor's innovative technology platforms enable its partners to quickly adapt to the evolving online landscape, driving consumer engagement and generating new revenues through search, content distribution, advertising, value-added services and e-commerce. Synacor is headquartered in Buffalo, NY. For more information please visit www.synacor.com.

About Mediacom
Mediacom Communications is the nation's eighth largest cable television company and one of the leading cable operators focused on serving the smaller cities in the United States, with a significant concentration in the Midwestern and Southeastern regions. Mediacom Communications offers a wide array of broadband products and services, including traditional and advanced video services such as digital television, video-on-demand, digital video recorders, high-definition television, as well as high-speed Internet access and phone service. For more information about Mediacom Communications, please visit www.mediacomcc.com.