Kuala Lumpur,August 18,2005--XBB.TV, a free for all internet television portal (www.xbb.tv) is proud to announce its involvement in the MSC-APICTA - MSC Asia Pacific ICT Awards as a sponsor and the official web broadcaster employing Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) technology, also a nominee of the prestigious award vying for the "Prime Ministers Best of the Best" awards.

The owner and operator, Cuzzy Advanced Convergence Laboratories Sdn. Bhd., is a MSC status company since year 2001 with its principle activities engaged in research and development of convergent multimedia software and services. XBB.TV is a product of Cuzzy's on going research and development in the field of multimedia convergence.

XBB.TV's International launch on January 2005 the first of its kind, was officiated by the minister of Water, Energy and Communications Datuk Seri Dr. Lim Keng Yaik. Datuk Seri Lim had also witnessed the signing ceremony of affiliation agreements between the American and United Kingdom business partners. XBB.TV had since made its presence felt in the International market and achieved global recognition with international viewers logging on for free.

Local and Multi National Corporations (MNCs) see XBB.TV as a strategic marketing and promotions platform with a wider reach to international audiences. XBB.TV's core competency in Public relations solutions, events coverage, corporate video-audio uploads and infomercials of products, the elements of differentiation, encompassing the IPTV technology dynamically enhances true Return of Investment (RoI) and provides the competitive edge.

The annual MSC Asia Pacific ICT Awards (MSC-APICTA) under the patronage of the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Abdullah Haji Ahmad Badawi, provides recognition to outstanding achievements of individuals, students, entrepreneurs, SMEs and organizations, those who contributed to the development of the MSC initiatives or in building applications and services for the benefit of Malaysia.

Winners of MSC-APICTA will represent Malaysia at the international Asia Pacific ICT Awards (APICTA), which is hosted annually in one of the APICTA Network member economies this year at Bali, Indonesia 30th November 2005 to 3rd December 2005 Judging will be held at Grand Bali Beach Hotel, Sanur, Bali.

XBB.TV Original Productions will be covering throughout the Malaysian Chapter and video footages of the event will be uploaded where viewers log on to www.xbb.tv and watch for free in the Documentary TV Realm.