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26 Mar 2007 07:03

Emblaze Ltd26 March 2007 Emblaze Ltd26 March 2007 Emblaze Ltd Orca wins significant contract with ON Telecoms to enable innovative IPTV rollout in Greece RA'anana, Israel - 26 March, 2007 - Emblaze Ltd ('Emblaze' or 'the Company')(LSE:BLZ) announces that its Group company, Orca Interactive (LSE: ORCA), aglobal market leader in developing middleware and applications for IPTV,announces today that ON Telecoms, an alternative telecoms provider, is utilisingOrca's RiGHTv middleware in a pioneering Greek IPTV deployment. Powered by Orca's latest version of RiGHTv middleware, the ON Telecoms IPTVservice includes live TV (a hybrid of DVB-T and IP channels), on-demand servicessuch as video on demand (VOD) and super fast broadband up to 10 Mbps. Theservice uses MPEG-4 technology and can provide channels in Standard Definitionor High Definition quality. ON Telecoms began offering its Greek IPTV solution just four months afterstarting the project. This further demonstrates Orca's ability to enableinnovative operators to design their own solutions and launch successful IPTVrollouts in a short time to market. Commenting on the announcement, Orca Chief Executive, Haggai Barrel said: "Weare excited to be working with ON Telecoms. They have a deep understanding ofthe Greek market and have a proven track record in triple play deploymentsacross Europe such as FastWeb in Italy and Hansenet in Germany. Their decisionto select Orca as a key partner on this project further underlines theefficiency, suitability and strength of Orca's RiGHTv solution." Explaining his decision to select Orca's RiGHTv solution, ON Telecoms ChiefExecutive, Ruggero Gramatica said: "ON Telecoms identified the potential ofGreek market for IPTV, but as an innovative startup we didn't have the luxury oftime in getting the deployment up and running. So we selected a first rate team,of which Orca Interactive provides the core middleware management, to get usthere quickly as well as meet all of our custom requirements. With this team wewere able to offer a complete and reliable triple play package in just fourmonths." Enquiries: EmblazeHagit Gal + 972 9 7699831 / 339 Corfin CommunicationsHarry Chathli, Neil Thapar + 44 207 929 8989 Note to Editors 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 for telecommunications companies, operators and a wide range of sectors. The Formula Systems companies are trading on NASAQ: Magic Software Enterprises (MGIC), Sapiens International Corporation N.V. (SPNS), BluePhoenix Solutions (BPHX). The following 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 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 video-over-IP services thatgenerate new revenue streams and strengthen customer loyalty. Leveraging aflexible telco-grade middleware platform, Orca empowers operators to deliverbroadcast TV, video on demand (VOD), personal video recording (PVR), home mediaand other interactive services. Orca's SI-enabled solutions are designed foreasy outsourcing of integration services by an operator's preferred systemsintegrator. Orca has formed strategic partnerships with leading players acrossthe IPTV value chain to ensure best-of-breed solutions with low total cost ofownership. For more information, please visit www.orcainteractive.com About ON TelecomsON Telecoms S.A. has a Nationwide General Telecommunications License for Greeceand is now completing the initial phase of a fully owned metropolitan fibrenetwork in the Attica region. ON Telecoms is fully owned by ON Network HoldingsNV which is registered in the Netherlands and whose shareholders include thecompany's top management and ARGO Capital Partners Fund LTD as financialsponsor.. For more information, please visit www.ontelecoms.com ENDS This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange