Contract Win & Trading Update

Orca Interactive Ltd 30 December 2005 Orca Interactive Ltd ('Orca' or the 'Company') Contract Win and Trading Update Introduction RA'anana, Israel - 30 December 2005 - Orca (LSE: ORCA), a global market leader in developing middleware and applications for IPTV (Internet Protocol Television), today announces that it has secured a further significant contract win, however, the timing and terms of the contract will mean that revenues for the year to 31 December 2005 will fall significantly short of market expectations. Contract Win Orca has today signed a strategic contract (the 'Contract') with a franchise of one of the world's leading media companies (the 'Franchise') to become the sole provider to the Franchise of a full video-on-demand service. The Contract will initially result in $3.0 million of committed revenue to Orca. Given Orca's status as the sole provider to the Franchise, the Board of Orca also believes that this deal has the potential to generate substantial further revenues over the coming years. In addition, Orca has agreed to acquire a minority stake in the Franchise for an investment of $2.5million. The Board believes that this investment will provide Orca with an opportunity to benefit from the expected significant growth and future profitability of the Franchise. The Board also believes that having a strategic relationship with a global media company has the potential to enable Orca to introduce an important value added partner, in the form of content, to future bids, which will strengthen Orca's position in the market. A significant proportion of Orca's overall revenues from the Contract will be generated from the provision of licenses for the use of Orca's RiGHTv IPTV middleware. In addition, as Orca is the prime contractor, revenues will also be generated from professional services and complementary 3rd party IPTV solution systems. Pursuant to the Company's accounting policies, and as the Contract has been signed later in the year than the Board originally anticipated, the Board expects to recognise only a small part of the initial revenues from the Contract in the current financial year. Trading Update The Board now expects that revenues for the second half of the current year will be broadly similar to those reported for the first half and, therefore, that reported revenues for the full year ending 31 December 2005 will fall significantly short of current market expectations. Net cash at the year-end is expected to stand at approximately $21m. The Board is continuing to see strong growth in the Company's pipeline of opportunities, as an increasing number of telecoms and media companies prepare to deploy IPTV services. It is expected that a number of these opportunities will result in revenue generating contracts in 2006. Haggai Barel +972 9769 9400 CEO, Orca Interactive James Melville-Ross / Cass Helstrip +44 20 7831 3113 Financial Dynamics This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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