BSD.L Regulatory News (BSD)

18 Apr 2007 10:00

Emblaze Ltd18 April 2007 18 April 2007 Emblaze Ltd ('Emblaze' or 'the Company') Orca Selected by Sibir Telecom for Advanced Russian IPTV Service RA'anana, Israel, April 18, 2007 - Emblaze Ltd ("Emblaze or "the Group") (LSE:BLZ) announces that its Group company, Orca Interactive (LSE: ORCA), a globalmarket leader in developing middleware and applications for IPTV, todayannounced that its leading IPTV middleware solution, RiGHTvTM, has been deployedby Open Technologies, a leading Russian system integrator of complex informationservices, for Sibir Telecom, one of the largest telecommunication operators inRussia. The first phase of the deployment covers Novosibirsk, which is considered to beRussia's third largest city and it is planned to be expanded within the limitsof this federal district during 2007. Utilizing Orca's RiGHTv middleware as part of the end-to-end solution providedby Open Technologies, Sibir Telecom's IPTV service includes high qualitybroadcast television, electronic programming guide, radio channels, video ondemand, network PVR and time shifted TV. In the future, these services will alsobe expanded to include interactive games and information services that will beintegrated into the service using Orca's Service Delivery Platform architecture. Haggai Barel, Orca CEO, commented, "Today's announcement is further evidence ofthe success we are seeing in our European operations. Our solution will not onlyallow Sibir Telecom to scale their solution as they grow, but it also providesthem with a telco grade, customized solution from the first day. This willprovide significant advantages over the traditional cable television competitorsin Novosibirsk." For further information please contact: EmblazeHagit Gal + 972 9 7699339 Corfin CommunicationsHarry Chathli, Neil Thapar +44 20 7929 8989 About Orca InteractiveOrca 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 EmblazeEmblaze 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;ZONE-IP a provider of IP technologies and owner of Emblaze VCON, a leadingprovider of wireless video communications technologies and conferencingsolutions for operators and enterprise markets over IP networks; OrcaInteractive (LSE: ORCA), provider of Interactive Television IPTV middleware forVideo On Demand (VOD) and broadcast services, aimed at Telecom, cable and xDSLoperators; Emblaze SmartContent, developer of highly advanced technology forContent-Push over wireless and IP networks to mobile devices and personalcomputers; emoze, a free global Push Email service for mobile devices that willpush send your Emails and PIM data to you anywhere and to any device and VisualDefence (LSE: VDI), a provider of wireless and IP video solutions for militaryand homeland security markets; Formula Systems Ltd (NASDAQ:FORTY), is a globalsolutions provider of technology, software and IT solutions fortelecommunications companies, operators and a wide range of sectors. The FormulaSystems companies are trading on NASAQ: Magic Software Enterprises (MGIC),Sapiens International Corporation N.V. (SPNS), BluePhoenix Solutions (BPHX). Thefollowing companies are dually trading also on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange(TASE): Formula Systems, Magic, Sapiens, BluePhoenix and Matrix Emblaze Group is traded on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: BLZ) since 1996.www.Emblaze.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange