Orca selected by Lattelecom

Orca Interactive Ltd 10 April 2007 10 April 2007 Orca Interactive Limited ('Orca' or 'the Company') Orca Interactive selected by Lattelecom for first ever Baltic MPEG-4 IPTV service RA'anana, Israel - April 10, 2007 - Orca Interactive (LSE: ORCA), a global market leader in developing middleware and applications for IPTV, announces today that its leading IPTV middleware solution, RiGHTvTM, has been deployed in the Baltic region's first ever MPEG4 IPTV solution by Lattelecom, Latvia's leading provider of information technology and telecommunications services. Lattelecom's landmark service utilizes the latest version of Orca's RiGHTv middleware and offers broadcast television, video on demand, multi-lingual capabilities and self service functionality. By using Orca's Service Delivery Platform (SDP) architecture, third party programmers were also able to develop an innovative segmented advertising service that allows Lattelecom to send tailored advertisements triggered by a user's actions. Welcoming the announcement, Orca Chief Executive, Haggai Barel said: 'I am delighted to announce Orca's involvement in yet another pioneering IPTV service. Lattelecom requires a flexibile and high quality carrier grade service and this is precisely what RiGHTv was designed to support. In addition, our SDP architecture has given Lattelecom the ability to offer innovative advertising services in a short time to market, further demonstrating the flexibility of Orca's solutions.' Explaining his decision to select Orca's RIGHTvTM solution, Mr. Janis Ligers, Acting Commercial Director of Lattelecom, said: 'We are pleased with our selection of Orca as provider of IPTV middleware for our IPTV offering. The system allows us to offer our users a wide variety of services at the highest quality. Using Orca's RiGHTv middleware, we are able to provide an excellent entertainment experience for our users.' For further information please contact: Orca Interactive plc +972 9 7699444 Haggai Barel, Chief Executive Officer Financial Dynamics +44 20 7831 3113 James Melville-Ross / Matt Dixon Altium +44 20 7484 4040 Tim Richardson About Lattelecom Lattelecom was established in 1994. 51% of its share capital belongs to the Republic of Latvia, while 49% belongs to the consortium AS TILTS Communications. It is owned by Sonera Corporation Sonera Holdings B.V., 99.4% of shares in which belong to TeliaSonera AB. Lattelecom is the leading provider of information technology and telecommunications services in Latvia. The number of users of Lattelecom DSL internet connections increased by 55% during the course of 2006 and reached the total number of 106,600 at year's end. The Lattelecom Group is made up of six companies - Lattelecom, Lattelecom Technology (previously MicroLink Latvia), Lattelecom BPO, Citrus Solutions and LSS. The group recorded turnover in 2005 of LVL 134.1 million (USD 236,820,000). During 2005 Lattelecom invested more than LVL 28.9 million (USD 51 million) in infrastructure development and modernisation. For additional information about the Lattelecom Group, please visit www.lattelecom.lv. About Orca Interactive Orca Interactive (LSE-ORCA) is a leading provider of IPTV middleware and applications for broadband network operators and service providers. Orca enables triple-play providers to deliver a full array of attractive video-over-IP services that generate new revenue streams and strengthen customer loyalty. Leveraging a flexible telco-grade middleware platform, Orca empowers operators to deliver broadcast TV, video on demand (VOD), personal video recording (PVR), home media and other compelling interactive services. Orca's SI-enabled solutions are designed for easy outsourcing of integration services by an operator's preferred systems integrator. Orca has formed strategic partnerships with leading players across the IPTV value chain to ensure best-of-breed solutions with low total cost of ownership. For more information, please visit www.orcainteractive.com. ENDS This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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