Honda Invests in Digital Fountain, a Network Transport Technology Company; Collaboration to Bring Data Broadcast Technology to Automobiles

FREMONT, Calif.--April 12, 2004--Digital Fountain, a privately held company that supplies communications technology that dramatically improves performance and efficiency in the most challenging network situations, including the wireless networks used to broadcast data to automobiles, announces today that Honda Motor Co, Inc. has purchased a share in the company. Honda intends to integrate Digital Fountain's Meta-Content technology in future automobiles and broadcasting services.

Honda's support of Digital Fountain underscores the expanding role of communications and information technology in passenger automobiles and the transportation industry.

Digital Fountain's patented Meta-Content Technology addresses many of the challenges associated with broadcasting rich data to a large number of automobiles. For instance, receivers are turned on and off randomly, making it impossible to synchronize reception periods, and there are many interruptions from obstructions, such as "dead spots," tunnels, and underground parking garages. With Meta-Content technology, each mobile device simply needs to receive any cumulative portions of the broadcast approximately equal in length to the data itself. The result is fast, predictable data delivery without any requirement to listen at the "right" times.

"We could not be more pleased to have such an endorsement from Honda. This is an important confirmation of our beliefs about the unique value our patented Meta-Content technology," said Charlie Oppenheimer, president and CEO of Digital Fountain.

About Honda

Honda is one of today's leading manufacturers of automobiles and power products and the largest manufacture of motorcycles in the world. Honda has always sought to provide genuine satisfaction to people worldwide. The result is more than 120 manufacturing facilities in 30 countries worldwide, producing a wide range of products, including motorcycles, ATVs, generators, marine engines, lawn and garden equipment and automobiles that bring the company into contact with over 17 million customers annually.

About Digital Fountain

Digital Fountain's patented Meta-Content technology provides perfect communications over imperfect networks. The company licenses its breakthrough network transport technology to leading companies around the world. Digital Fountain's Meta-Content technology is used today in a variety of enterprise, military and consumer devices and applications. Leading organizations including Honda, XM Satellite Radio, Technicolor, Warner Brothers, PeopleSoft, Altera, Sumitomo Electric Networks, the United States Postal Service and the United States military are using and building Meta-Content powered systems.