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Orad Hi-Tec Systems 09 September 2004 Dutch Premier League Purchases ORAD's CyberSport Graphic System for Advertising on the Pitch ('Virtual Carpet Advertising') Orad Hi-Tec Systems Limited, world leader in virtual sets, on-air graphics and sports production tools, today announced the signing of a major deal with the Dutch Premiere League Eredivisie. ORAD will provide Eredivisie with its CyberSport graphic enhancement system to insert 'virtual carpet advertising' onto the pitch for broadcasts of matches during the 2004-05 soccer season. Under the terms of the Agreement, ORAD's CyberSport graphic enhancement system will be used to insert 'virtual carpet advertising' into the local feed of all 306 games of the upcoming season. Premiere League Eredevisie is home to major European football clubs such as Ajax, PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord. 'What attracted us to Orad's system was that the Eredevisie League and its teams may share in the revenues generated by virtual carpet advertising, as each party can secure their own sponsor', said Chris Woerts, Director of Commerce & Marketing. 'Orad's system is able to insert virtual carpets in stadia where regular carpets could not be placed, so by working with Orad, we ensure that all our teams can generate additional revenues using this system.' All 18 clubs of the Eredivisie NV will introduce this new virtual advertising system in the 2004 - 2005 season. Two positions were sold centrally, while this innovative system gives clubs the opportunity to promote their own sponsors as well. The system is highly flexible and allows for 'carpets' to be changed frequently throughout a match. 'Carpets' can be inserted anywhere on the sidelines, and in instances where the on-field action is concentrated on one side of the field, ' carpets' planned to be shown on the other side of the field can be repositioned to where the action is taking place. Commenting on the deal, Orad's CEO Mr. Avi Sharir said: 'As a long time advocate of the benefits of virtual advertising for sporting organisations, I am thrilled to have a league such as Erdevisie adopt Orad's CyberSport graphic enhancement system. CyberSport is the only system on the market providing a comprehensive solution to rights holders such as Erdevisie. The league will now be able to provide its advertisers with a new, globally recognised, way to strengthen and tie their brand to a league and to teams. The architect of the deal, Orad's consultant Kobi Bendel said: 'This deal is a breakthrough which will help to stimulate and to rejuvenate the virtual advertising market.' 'I am pleased to see a respected league such as Erdevisie seizing the opportunity to provide its sponsors with additional exposure to television audiences throughout the Netherlands,' added Bendel. The system will be operated by Dutch sports production company WK Productions. About Eredevisie Founded in 1997, Eredivisie is the top division in Dutch football. One of the principal reasons for establishing Eredivisie was to market the media rights of the 18 clubs in the Eredivisie. A professional organisation was founded and the 18 clubs playing in the top league are its shareholders. About ORAD Founded in 1993, Orad is a world leader in TV production technology and rapidly increasing its position in the Vissim industry. Orad's lines of products include virtual sets, on-air graphics systems, virtual advertising, sports production solutions and hardware for the Vissim industry. Orad has received extensive worldwide recognition for its systems at a wide-range of events including the 1999/2000 Emmy Award for the 'Implementation of Real Time Virtual Imaging for Live Events on Television'. Orad is a publicly traded company on Frankfurt's Neuer Markt and Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange (symbol: OHT). www.orad.tv For further information contact: ORAD Hi-Tec Systems Ltd Avi Sharir, Israel 972 9 7676 862 Shore Capital Graham Shore, London, UK 44 20 7408 4090 Haubrok Investor Relations Michael Kempkes, Frankfurt, Germany 49 211 30126102 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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