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SmartVideo Signs Agreement with Tenneco Automotive to Provide Powerful Internet Based Communications Tool

ATLANTA--Feb. 1, 20047, 2004--SmartVideo Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: SMVD.OB) today announced that it has signed an agreement to provide live and on-demand video services to Tenneco Automotive . Through SmartVideo, Tenneco will have the ability to cost effectively communicate with all of its employees around the world as often as necessary.

"By partnering with SmartVideo we can now deliver high quality video, either live or on demand, over the Internet to Tenneco employees at more than 80 locations around the world, even to those with the slowest Internet connection speeds," said Jim Spangler, vice president, global communications.

"I am delighted that Tenneco Automotive has chosen SmartVideo to facilitate their company wide employee communication initiatives. By utilizing SmartVideo's dynamic and innovative communication tools, executives at Tenneco now have a remarkable new way to communicate more often and more efficiently to each of their employees," said Richard E. Bennett, president and CEO of SmartVideo.

About Tenneco Automotive

Tenneco Automotive is a $3.8 billion manufacturing company with headquarters in Lake Forest, Illinois and approximately 19,600 employees worldwide. Tenneco Automotive is one of the world's largest producers and marketers of ride control and exhaust systems and products, which are sold under the Monroe(R) and Walker(R) global brand names. Among its products are Sensa-Trac(R) and Monroe Reflex(R) shocks and struts, Rancho(R) shock absorbers, Walker(R) Quiet-Flow(R) mufflers and DynoMax(R) performance exhaust products, and Monroe(R) Clevite(R) vibration control components. To learn more about Tenneco Automotive visit the Company's Web site at www.tenneco-automotive.com.

About SmartVideo

Based in Norcross, Georgia, SmartVideo Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of turnkey digital media solutions that allows for the management of live or on-demand high quality video presentations delivered via the Internet, cellular or wireless devices. SmartVideo's proprietary technology enables video content to be viewed on both broadband and dial-up Internet connections. SmartVideo's Internet solutions can be streamed over the internet at speeds as low as 23kbps and at minimum rates of 15 frames per second, allowing its clients to reach more than 95% of all Internet users. The Company's stock is traded on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol SMVD.OB. Additional information on SmartVideo including sample demos can be found on the Company's Web site at www.smartvideo.com.

Forward Looking Statements

This release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of the Private Securities litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements about the effects of future operational plans and quotes from SmartVideo's president and CEO. These statements are based on current estimates and actual results may differ materially due to risks, including: unexpected costs, delays and other difficulties related to the timing and success of product development and marketing plans; adverse changes in the market for the delivery of full-motion, streaming video content; the failure of SmartVideo's hosting infrastructure; the complexity of SmartVideo's services and delivery networks; pricing and other activities by competitors; and difficulties involved in retaining and motivating key personnel. Words such as "intend," "expects", "anticipates", "projects", "estimates", and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, future events or performance and assumptions and other statements that are not statements of historical fact. Any projections in this release are based on limited information currently available to SmartVideo, which is subject to change. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove correct. Actual events or results could differ materially and no reader of this release should assume later that the information provided today is still valid. Such information speaks only as of the date of this release.