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    ArcoStreams

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    CDN Markets Problem

    While bandwidth and storage pricing goes down in acommoditized market, labor costs continue to rise

    People want to shop online for services and have less humaninteraction

    CDNs make it difficult for companies to post content to theweb; no way to register quickly and automatically postcontent for web viewing; setting up an account and starting

    can take 9+ days

    No company has figured out how to put every ingredienttogether

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    Online Video AdMarkets Problem

    Most ad campaigns take 2+ weeks to implement

    Separate contracts for ad serving and ad sales, encoding,

    CDNs, and metrics/reporting

    Difficult for all the pieces to fit together (i.e. matching thead w/ the content immediately following it)

    No company has figured out how to put every ingredienttogether

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    Our Solution

    Our automated content management & ad

    insertion/campaign management system cuts productioncycle to 20 minsOne company does it all (ad sales, serving, encoding,multiple CDNs, reporting and metrics)

    We serve both the ad and the content behind the adWe have access to all types of meta information on viewinghabits that advertisers find extremely valuableWe make the pieces fit together

    (Content &Advertising Network Delivery EnginE)

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    Day 1 Day 9

    Encode

    videoassets

    Contactvarious

    contentdeliverynetworkcompanies

    Set up

    testaccount

    Obtainpricing;evaluateserviceofferings

    Contractw/ CDN;CDNaccountopened

    FTP

    Uploadencodedcontent

    to CDNfortrial

    Reporting

    set up andcontentstreaming

    Typical On Demand ContentTimelime

    Day 4 Day 6

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    Minute#1

    Minute#20

    Encodingfinished;linksavailable

    forposting

    Sign upforservicesonline;accountset up fortesting

    Transcodertakes 3-5minutesto produce

    digitizedcontent

    Takecontent&upload tonetwork

    Addcontentprotectionand begin

    an adcampaignif needed

    Placelinks tocontenton

    websites

    BeginStreaming

    Our Timelime

    Minute#5

    Minute#15

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    CDN CDN CDN

    Basic System Diagram

    ReportingEngine

    YieldManagement

    AccountDatabase

    AccountManage-

    mentAnalytics AdServer

    File Management

    DRM

    Candee Web Interface

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    Vision for CANDEE

    Vision: Serve all the webs content and advertising

    Objective: To create the easiest to use essential media deliverysystem that increases profit for publishers and advertisers.

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    Walk Thru

    MarketingMarketing pages

    The CoreAccount set up

    Basic Media Management and EncodingAd ServerReporting

    Value Added ServicesContent CategorizationSpecialized MetricsUser Generated Content Systems

    Specific ImplementationsSundance (UGC plus CDN)Monterey Bay Aquarium (live streams, revised metrics)Music Choice (paid services, hashkey)

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    Ad Server

    Core FeaturesAccount creation for publishers, advertisers and hybridInvoice creationAd Invocation (pre roll code)

    TargetingPlacement, Geotargeting

    Capping and PacingAd Target and Serving Capabilities

    Supports Audio, Video, and BannersCan be accessed in standard ad code waysSeveral API options for integration into players

    Media ManagementUpload, Storage and Auto EncodePublish to CDN

    ReportingBy Account, Campaign, Creative, Placement, Site

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    Dec2008

    Jan2011

    Increasesalesstaff;booth at

    Ad Tech,tradeeventsplannedfor latesummer/fall

    Hire COO,VP, & AdSales;ramp up

    ops

    Increasemarketing;hire moresales and

    supportstaff;rollout ofnewproducts

    Sales teamat 9-10;increaseof

    marketingspending;Ad Tech SFin April

    Sales rampto morethan$2M/month

    Staffgrows to25+;monthly

    salesapproach$4M

    3 Year Horizon

    Jan2009

    Feb2009

    FundingCompleted

    Mid2009

    Jan2010

    Mid2010

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    Summary

    Established profitable company with realcustomers and real cash flow

    Looking to raise $1 million by end of 2008

    Efficient Operations and Fund Development

    Road Map calls forHiring VP of Sales, Sales Staff Marketing $$$ going to SEO, Ad Words, Trade eventsRegular upgrades of all servicesAddition of new networks to CDN pool