International Datacasting Corporation Announces Reconstitution of Board Committees

January 27, 2010

Ottawa, ON – January 27, 2010 – – International Datacasting Corporation, (TSX:IDC) a global leader in providing advanced solutions for the distribution of broadband multimedia content via satellite, announced today that it has realigned its Board committees as follows:

·         The Audit Committee will be chaired by Fred Godard and will include Del Lippert and Frank Ruffolo. Mr. Godard and Mr. Ruffolo are both Chartered Accountants. 

·         The Executive Compensation Committee will be chaired by Kevin Rankin and will include Adam Adamou and Frank Ruffolo.

·         The Corporate Governance Committee will be chaired by Dr. Stuart Smith and will include Fred Godard and Del Lippert. This Committee will also take over the role of IDC’s previous Corporate Disclosure Committee.

·         In addition, a Strategic Planning Committee was established to be responsible for reviewing the long term strategic direction of the Company.  This Committee will be chaired by Del Lippert and include Adam Adamou, Fred Godard and Kevin Rankin. 

Dennis Colbourne, as Chairman of the Board, is an ex-officio member of all of the committees of the Board.

With these changes, the Company has seven independent Directors on the Board along with Ron Clifton as President and Chief Executive Officer. Susan Robbins Parsons, Chief Financial Officer, retains her role as Corporate Secretary.

Dennis Colbourne, Chairman of the Board, said, "Our committee realignment is designed to balance workloads and ensure all Board members have an opportunity to contribute to the fullest extent as we integrate our operations, prepare for IFRS conversion and review our strategic direction moving forward."