Orcadian Engy Regulatory News (ORCA)

14 Jun 2005 07:02

Orca Interactive Ltd14 June 2005 For Immediate Release ORCA INTERACTIVE LIMITED Orca Interactive Launches Home Media for IPTV Operators Orca Interactive expands offering Orca Interactive (LSE: ORCA), a leading provider of IPTV middleware andapplications, today announced the launch of Home Media, a digital entertainmentapplication that brings digital media content from the PC to the TV. Home Mediaenables subscribers to comfortably view photos and listen to music via the TV,and empowers IPTV operators to gain a bigger share of the large digitalentertainment market. By providing Home Media, operators can further differentiate their serviceofferings from cable and satellite competitors, and strengthen their positioningin the leisure and digital lifestyle arenas.. Home Media enables operators toincrease their share of this market by providing subscribers with enhancedentertainment services that generate additional revenues and increase customerloyalty. "We are pleased to introduce our new Home Media application that allows IPTVoperators to claim a larger and more central role in the digital home," saidHaggai Barel, Chief Executive, Orca Interactive. "Offering Home Media over ourRiGHTv middleware provides subscribers with an integrated IPTV service that isexciting and easy to use. In addition, since Home Media runs on existing set-topboxes in use, operators enjoy low total cost of ownership." 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 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange