CNW Group is now Digitally Delivering Broadcast Material via
Pathfire's Digital Media Gateway™

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Atlanta, GA, April 19, 2005 - Pathfire, Inc., the leading provider of digital content distribution for the broadcast, media and entertainment industries, announced today an agreement with Toronto-based CNW Group, a leading producer and distributor of broadcast footage and b-roll packages across Canada and the United States, for the digital distribution of their content to Pathfire's network of broadcast stations.

Pathfire's Digital Media Gateway™ (DMG), an automated IP multicast distribution platform, distributes and manages content to over 1,300 broadcast stations in the US and Canada. Content automatically arrives on newsroom desktops, eliminating the need to schedule and monitor satellite feeds and roll content to tape. "By using Pathfire's DMG, CNW enables news editors and producers with direct access to Canadian-produced content via the existing Pathfire delivery system," said Pat Poersch, Pathfire's Director of short-form content distribution. "With the addition of CNW, Pathfire continues to provide newsrooms with additional content for quick integration into their local newscasts. Pathfire's DMG enables news editors and producers to easily search, preview and select content, directly from their desktops" said Poersch.

"Pathfire's DMG provides us with a reliable distribution platform, making our content easily available for integration into newscasts at stations throughout Canada", said Carolyn McGill, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Product Management, CNW Group. "By delivering via Pathfire's DMG, we're providing newsroom personnel with convenient access to our time-critical news."

Pathfire will be demonstrating its DMG applications at NAB and RTNDA 2005. Visit Pathfire at NAB, Booth # SL 1353 and RTNDA, Booth RT921 for more information.

The CNW Group

For 45 years, CNW Group has been the leading newswire and Canada's most relied upon source of full-text, time-critical news and information for the media and financial communities. CNW Group offers customized media and market-reaching communication services that extend beyond newswire distribution. These include CNX Marketlink, the only suite of investor relations communications solutions endorsed by TSX Group; Newsmaker, services to help communications professionals gain more profile for their organizations; and MediaVantage, a comprehensive media monitoring and issues management application. In partnership with its international affiliates, CNW Group is part of the world's largest communications network reaching local, national, and global audiences.

Pathfire
Pathfire (www.pathfire.com), headquartered in Atlanta, is the leading provider of digital content distribution and management solutions for the broadcast, media and entertainment industries, supplying innovative digital solutions, from distribution to air, for broadcasters, news organizations, television networks, Hollywood studios and other media companies. Through its advanced digital IP store-and-forward platform, Pathfire delivers news stories, syndicated programming, advertising spots, and video news releases to more than 1,300 broadcasters throughout North America.

Contact for Pathfire:
Stacey Hurter
Marketing & PR
770.619.0801
shurter@pathfire.com

CNW Group
Sylvia Kavanagh,
Media Relations Manager
tel (416) 863.5782,
cell (416) 230.0504,
sylvia.kavanagh@newswire.ca
www.newswire.ca