Orca Partnership Agreement

14 Jun 2005 07:02

Emblaze Ltd14 June 2005 For Immediate Release Orca Interactive announces partnership agreement with Tata Consultancy Services Ra'anana, Israel, Tuesday June 14, 2005: Emblaze Ltd ("Emblaze" or "theCompany") (LSE: BLZ) announces that its Group company, Orca Interactive (LSE:ORCA), a global leader in the IPTV market, today announced a partnershipagreement with Tata Consultancy Services, Ltd. (TCS) (BOMBAY: TCS.bo; NSI:TCS.NS), a global IT services provider, to offer worldwide IPTV systemintegration and service development over RiGHTv, Orca's IPTV middleware. As part of the partnership, the Broadband and Broadcasting group in TCS willintroduce Orca's technology to potential customers around the world and willimplement projects incorporating Orca's RiGHTv telco-grade middlewareapplications. RiGHTv enables the delivery of a wide range of IPTV services suchas broadcast TV over IP, VOD (video-on-demand), NVOD (near VOD), PVR (personalvideo recording), pay-per-view, games, T-commerce and other interactiveservices.). TCS will work with Orca's customers to execute the development andcustomization of advanced interactive TV services using Orca's SUI SDK(subscriber-user interface software development kit). Orca's SUI SDK enablessystem integrators, operators and third-party vendors to differentiate theirIPTV offerings by adding applications, modifying the solution's look and feel,and porting the SUI to additional set-top-boxes. "We are proud to be working with TCS, one of the world's largest IT serviceproviders," said Haggai Barel, Chief Executive, Orca Interactive. "TCS'snetwork integration expertise, combined with Orca's flexible and scalablesolutions, will enable operators to realize the full revenue-generatingpotential of IPTV." "By working with Orca, we are confident that we can continue to lead the marketwith cutting-edge technologies," said Behram Sethna, VP Broadcast and Broadbandgroup, TCS. "We provide operators with a customized solution at a timely manner,empowered by Orca's highly productive SI-Enabled products." For further information: Emblaze GroupDoron Cohen, Hagit Gal + 972 9 7699 831/ 339 Corfin CommunicationsNeil Thapar, Harry Chathli + 44 20 7929 8989 Notes to Editors About The Emblaze Group (Emblaze LTD) Emblaze 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;Adamind (LSE: ADA), a global leader in content adaptation (transcoding) forwireless operators; Visual Defence (LSE: VDI), a provider of wireless and IPvideo solutions for military and homeland security markets; Emblaze Systems,leading provider of customized, media centric, end-to-end solutions for mobilemedia and Orca Interactive (LSE: ORCA), provider of Interactive Television IPTVmiddleware for Video On Demand (VOD) and broadcast services, aimed at Telecom,cable and xDSL operators. Emblaze Group is traded on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: BLZ) since 1996 andhas offices in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, China, Korea andIsrael.www.emblaze.com About Orca Interactive Orca Interactive (LSE-ORCA) is a leading provider of IPTV middleware solutionsthat enable xDSL and FTTx operators to offer enhanced entertainment servicessuch as broadcast TV, video-on-demand and interactive services. Orcaapplications deliver compelling and differentiated services to maximizeoperators' revenue streams. Orca's user-friendly, end-to-end applicationsenable delivery and management of VOD, TV channels, EPG, NVOD, pay-per-view ande-commerce for related merchandise. Orca Interactive has formed strategicpartnerships with BitBand, GooMe, ECI, HP, IBM, Irdeto Access, Kasenna, Kreatel,Lucent, nCUBE, NDS, Nokia, Optibase, Pace, Samsung and SeaChange, among others.For more information about Orca, visit:www.orcainteractive.com About TCS Tata Consultancy Services Limited is a leading global information technologycompany, engaged in consulting, services, and business process outsourcing.Established in 1968 as a division of Tata Sons, it went public in year 2004. Itenvisioned and pioneered the adoption of flexible global business practicesthat today enable companies to operate more efficiently and produce more value.TCS was recognized as the Best Employer both in the IT Industry (Data Quest)and across Industries (Hewitt CNBC TV18). TCS IPO was rated as the Best IPO ofthe year 2004 by FinanceAsia and AsiaMoney. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange