6th Sep 2005 07:03
Emblaze Ltd06 September 2005 For release: 6 September 2005 Emblaze Ltd Orca Interactive announces an agreement with Dansk Bredband for the provision of its IPTV middleware solution Emblaze Ltd, (Emblaze or "the Group") announces that its Group Company, OrcaInteractive (LSE: ORCA), a global market leader in developing applications forIPTV, has signed a multi-year agreement with Dansk Bredband, a Danish broadbandinternet services provider, for the provision of its RiGHTv(TM)IPTV middlewareto power Dansk Bredband's proposed IPTV service. The initial service willinvolve subscribers in the Copenhagen area with planned expansion for up to100,000 subscribers across Denmark and other parts of Scandinavia within threeyears. Dansk Bredband will implement Orca's RiGHTv(TM) middleware and Subscriber UserInterface for TV, Video-on-Demand (VOD) and Home Media IPTV applications coupledwith BitBand's Maestro(TM) Content Distribution and Management suite and Vision280TM VOD servers. Danish systems integrator, DigiEyeZ will lead the deployment. Haggai Barel, CEO, Orca Interactive said "This agreement is valuable to Orca andit enhances our strategic partnerships with important systems integrators andproviders in Western Europe." Birger Hauge, CTO, Dansk Bredband said. "Orca, BitBand and DigiEyez presentedsolutions that meet our unique needs, enabling us to build upon competitiveservice bundling for enhanced revenue generation." For further information: EmblazeDoron Cohen, Hagit Gal +972 9 7699831/339 Corfin CommunicationsHarry Chathli, Neil Thapar + 44 20 7929 8980 About The Emblaze Group (Emblaze LTD) Emblaze Ltd is a group of companies sharing a common mission to provide telecomoperators with technologies, products and solutions for next generationservices: Emblaze Mobile, a new breed in handsets design and manufacturing;Adamind (LSE: ADA), a global leader in content adaptation (transcoding) forwireless operators; Visual Defence (LSE: VDI), a provider of wireless and IPvideo solutions for military and homeland security markets; Emblaze VCON,recently created from the merger of Emblaze Systems and VCON , is a leadingprovider of wireless video communications technologies and conferencingsolutions for operators and enterprise markets over IP networks and OrcaInteractive (LSE: ORCA), provider of Interactive Television IPTV middleware forVideo On Demand (VOD) and broadcast services, aimed at Telecom, cable and xDSLoperators. Emblaze Group is traded on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: BLZ) since 1996 andhas offices in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, China, Korea andIsrael. www.emblaze.com About Orca Interactive Orca Interactive (LSE-ORCA) is a leading provider of IPTV middleware andapplications for broadband network operators and service providers. Orca enablestriple-play providers to deliver a full array of attractive video-over-IPservices that generate new revenue streams and strengthen customer loyalty.Leveraging a flexible telco-grade middleware platform, Orca empowers operatorsto deliver broadcast TV, video on demand (VOD), personal video recording (PVR),home media and other compelling interactive services. Orca's SI-enabledsolutions are designed for easy outsourcing of integration services by anoperator's preferred systems integrator. Orca has formed strategic partnershipswith leading players across the IPTV value chain to ensure best-of-breedsolutions with low total cost of ownership. For more information, please visitwww.orcainteractive.com. About Dansk Bredband a/s Dansk Bredband a/s is primarily a broadband Internet Service Providerestablishing broadband connections based upon Fiber-to-the-Home andFiber-to-the-Building concepts. Through fiber-based Metro Ethernet networks,Dansk Bredband delivers 10 to 100 Mb/s Internet connections to privatehouseholds, companies and municipalities throughout Denmark. The company has asignificant financial strength through its main shareholders Dansk KapitalanlaegAktieselskab, ATP Private Equity Partners and InnFond P/S. More information tobe found at http://www.dbnet.dk. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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