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[VH_2011]

FANTASTIC`S SOFTWARE SOLUTION ENABLES CARAT ITALIA TO MOVE FAST INTO THE NEW DIGITAL COMMUNICATION AREA

Carat Italia has found in Fantastic`s solution an innovative tool to improve corporate communications



Milan (Italy), 25 October 2000 - Carat Italia, a leading Company in the communication area, has adopted Fantastic`s software solution as part of their move into the new digital Broadband enabled media landscape. The Fantastic CEC (Channel Editorial Center) will allow Carat to provide its clients with an innovative communication tool to broadcast multimedia content in a faster and more cost efficient way, but with a video quality never seen before and the interactivity typical of the Internet world.

Carat Italia belongs to the Carat Group, the world`s largest independent media communication specialist, with offices in 42 countries across the world. The Company, which has always shown interest in new technology opportunities, has found in Fantastic`s solution the ideal tool to extend its offer and to give added value to its clients.

Walter Hartsarich, CEO of Carat Italia, said: "The ability to have a high quality interactive communication tool that also integrates video and text excites us tremendously. By adding this to the range of communication tools we can offer our clients, I am sure we will be at the forefront of delivering to our clients a defined competitive advantage".

"Thanks to Fantastic`s technology" declares Roberto Caffarone, Country Manager of The Fantastic Corporation Italy, "the Broadband communication power is now available for companies of every size. It is not necessary anymore to have complex video infrastructures and expensive transmission tools. With Fantastic`s solution it is now possible to implement projects unimaginable a short time ago. And Carat has realized this potential".

Fantastic`s end-to-end software solution allows the real time distribution of rich multimedia content and enables complete control of its distribution. Fantastic`s software can distribute to any IP-enabled device and assures a quality of audio and video similar to TV whilst allowing the attachment of a high volume data.

Founded in 1987 Carat Italia is the Italian agency of the Carat Group, the world`s largest independent media communication specialist, present with 77 agencies and 4.000 employees in 42 countries across the world. With more than 4.000 clients and US $ 10,9 billion in 1999, Carat Group is the third Communication Group in the world and the first in Europe. Carat Italia Group, whose Aegis is the holding Company and is quoted on the London Stock exchange, has managed US $ 650 million in 1999 (9,8% of the Italian market), with an estimate of US $ 850 million for the 2000.

The Fantastic Corporation (Zug, Switzerland) is the leading provider of software solutions for data broadcasting. This is an emerging communications technology which combines point-to-multipoint digital broadcasting with point-to-point Internet connectivity, in order to deliver rich interactive media content to PCs, digital set-top boxes or handheld devices (including 3G mobile phones) over any broadband IP network.

By merging the inherent bandwidth and speed benefits of broadcasting technologies with the interactivity of the Internet, data broadcast provides superior content distribution and interaction in an increasingly IP-centric world. Fantastic`s end-to-end software supports the rapid growth of the "data broadcast" industry.

Fantastic`s global partners and customers include British Telecom, Telecom Italia, Deutsche Telekom, Loral Space and Communications, Reuters, Lucent Technologies, Intel, Singapore Press Holdings and Inktomi.

Fantastic is a public company, quoted on the Frankfurt Stock exchange using the symbol: FAN


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For further information, please contact:

The Fantastic Corporation
Michela Di Marco
Marketing Manager
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Carat Italia
Viviana Albertini
Public Relations
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The Fantastic Corporation is a registered trademark. Channel Management CenterTM (CMC), Channel Editorial CenterTM (CEC), MediaSurferTM and Fantastic SmartCasterTM are trademarks of The Fantastic Corporation.

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