INTERVU and Kanakaris Demonstrate Pay-Per-View Movie Delivery Over the Net At NATPE Convention

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INTERVU and Kanakaris Demonstrate Pay-Per-View Movie Delivery Over the Net At NATPE Convention
      Various Secured Order Options Demonstrated as Kanakaris Broadband
         Content Is Hosted on INTERVU's Patented Distributed Network

    NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Kanakaris Communications, Inc.
(OTC Bulletin Board: KKRS), which offers 300 full-length movies online at
various bandwidths, demonstrated a pay-per-view online movie business model at
the NATPE 2000 Convention in New Orleans with INTERVU Inc. (Nasdaq: ITVU), the
leading service provider for Internet audio and video delivery solutions.
Various secure transactional options were demonstrated utilizing six movies on
the Kanakaris web site.
    "There is now a secure, broadcast quality, Internet box office delivery
system for motion pictures, television shows and original entertainment
content at http://www.KKRS.Net.  The combination of INTERVU's distributed network
infrastructure for streaming media, Microsoft's Windows Media technology, Wave
Systems' transactional support, and the vast array of film content of
Kanakaris Communications, Inc. offers a powerful platform for the next step in
online motion picture delivery," stated Alex Kanakaris, CEO, Kanakaris
Communications.  "Only INTERVU has the right combination of expertise and
relationships to allow Kanakaris to build on its vision of Internet
entertainment delivery, including pay-per-view, subscriber, and advertiser
based web sites," he added.
    At the INTERVU booth (#2629) at the NATPE convention in New Orleans, a
seamless solution for the secure ordering and delivery of movies direct over
the Internet was demonstrated using current Kanakaris web site content as an
example.  Kanakaris intends to offer at least one pay-per-view movie or event
per month.  In addition to having the largest number of free online movies at
various bandwidth access speeds utilizing Microsoft Windows Media technology,
Kanakaris produces web delivery of  entertainment events such as the recent
Fashion for the New Millennium from Hollywood.
    The Kanakaris entertainment web hub, http://www.KKRS.Net, has received up to
17 million hits per month, and has ranked in the top 10 on a Go2Net.com list
of the 100 most popular web sites.  Kanakaris delivered the first ever
full-length motion picture over the Internet with no download time in December
1995.
    "We are building an interactive environment which already features
Hollywood classics of many genres, including Spanish language and sub-titled
films, and original content, and we are introducing short features.  INTERVU
provides the powerful, reliable delivery that makes pay-per-view and
subscription models viable today," said John McKay, Kanakaris webmaster.
    "We are pleased to bring pay-per-view movie delivery to the popular
KKRS.net entertainment hub," said Ed Huguez, chief operating officer of
INTERVU.  "Kanakaris has been an innovator in all aspects of direct
over-the-Internet delivery of movies and books, and we believe that INTERVU's
scalable streaming media services can seamlessly support both the current and
future vision of Kanakaris Communications for the delivery of entertainment
and content on the Internet."

    About Kanakaris Communications, Inc.:
    Kanakaris provides full-screen, full-length online motion pictures and
secure direct over-the-Internet book delivery at the entertainment hub
KKRS.NetWork (http://www.KKRS.Net), as part of its eCommerce "World Downloadable
Content Leader" package of services.
    Kanakaris alliances include Microsoft (Kanakaris is a Microsoft Internet
Content Partner and a member of the Microsoft Broadband Jumpstart Initiative),
ValueClick, the leading pay-per-click advertising agency (ValueClick provides
a three-tier support program for the KKRS.Net web site) , and Screaming Media
(which provides daily specialized news to the KKRS.Net web site.
    For further information contact:  Colby Marceau, director of
Public/Investor Relations of Kanakaris Communications, 714-444-0560,
info@kanakaris.com

    This news release may contain statements of a forward-looking nature
relating to the future events or the future financial results of Kanakaris
Communications.  Investors are cautioned that such statements are only
predictions and that actual events or results may differ materially.
    In evaluating such statements, investors should specifically consider the
various factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially
from those indicated from such forward-looking statements, including the
matters set forth in Kanakaris Communications' reports and documents filed
from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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CONTACT:
Colby Marceau, Director of Public/Investor
Relations of Kanakaris Communications, 714-444-0560,
info@kanakaris.com