BSD.L Regulatory News (BSD)

18 Apr 2007 07:00

Orca Interactive Ltd18 April 2007 18 April 2007 Orca Interactive Limited ('Orca' or 'the Company') Orca Selected by Sibir Telecom for Advanced Russian IPTV Service RA'anana, Israel, April 18, 2007 - Orca Interactive (LSE: ORCA), a globalmarket leader in developing middleware and applications for IPTV, announces thatits leading IPTV middleware solution, RiGHTvTM, has been deployed by OpenTechnologies, 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 notonly allow Sibir Telecom to scale their solution as they grow, but it alsoprovides them with a telco grade, customized solution from the first day. Thiswill provide significant advantages over the traditional cable televisioncompetitors in Novosibirsk." For further information please contact: Orca Interactive plc +972 9 769 9444 Haggai Barel, Chief Executive Officer Financial Dynamics +44 20 7831 3113 James Melville-Ross / Matt Dixon Altium +44 20 74844040 Tim Richardson 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. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange