BSD.L Regulatory News (BSD)

6 Sep 2005 07:05

Orca Interactive Ltd06 September 2005 6 September 2005 Orca Interactive announces an agreement with Dansk Bredband for the provision of its IPTV middleware solution Orca Interactive (LSE: ORCA), a global market leader in developing applicationsfor IPTV, announces that it has signed an agreement with Dansk Bredband, aDanish broadband internet services provider, for the provision of its RiGHTvTMIPTV middleware to power Dansk Bredband's proposed IPTV service. The initialservice will involve subscribers in the Copenhagen area with planned expansionfor over 100,000 subscribers across Denmark and other parts of Scandinaviawithin three years. Dansk Bredband will implement Orca's RiGHTvTM middleware and Subscriber UserInterface for TV, Video-on-Demand (VOD) and Home Media IPTV applications coupledwith BitBand's MaestroTM 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: Haggai Barel +972 9769 9400CEO, Orca Interactive James Melville-Ross / Cass Helstrip +44 20 7831 3113Financial Dynamics 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 Exchange