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Orca Interactive Ltd 25 January 2005 For Immediate Release Chunghwa Telecom Purchases Licenses from Orca Interactive to Expand Its Commercial IPTV Service to 40,000 Subscribers Orca's RiGHTvTM Middleware Scales To Accommodate Additional 10,000 Subscribers In One Of The World's Largest IPTV Deployments RA'ANANA, Israel - January 25, 2005 - Orca Interactive (LSE: ORCA), a global leader in the IPTV market, today announced that Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), the largest operator of domestic and international telecom services with approximately three million ADSL subscribers in Taiwan, has purchased an additional 10,000 licenses of Orca's RiGHTvTM IPTV middleware to accommodate growth in one of the world's largest multimedia on demand (MOD) deployments. Orca Interactive has partnered with leading IPTV companies to provide an end-to-end IPTV solution for CHT since its initial rollout. This is the second expansion requested from Orca within less than six months, reflecting RiGHTv's proven success in attracting new subscribers and generating revenues for CHT. This brings the total number of Orca middleware licenses at CHT to 40,000. With subscriber growth expected to reach 1.5 million users within five years, the Telco-grade RiGHTv solution from Orca assures high-availability and cost-effective scalability, enabling CHT to address this fast growing, emerging market. 'Orca is honored to empower CHT with one of the largest IPTV solutions globally, ' said Alon Laor, VP, Worldwide Sales & Professional Services of Orca Interactive. 'Today, no other commercial IPTV middleware is serving a subscriber base of this magnitude. Following Orca's latest record-breaking benchmark test of 500,000 users with HP - positioning RiGHTv as the leading Telco-grade middleware platform in the IPTV industry - we are confident we will continue to support CHT with their striking success.' Orca's open-architecture IPTV middleware is integrated with Pace 4000 and IP420 set-top boxes, Alcatel Open Video server, Widevine security solution, and CHT's billing and CRM systems. A variety of services including broadcast TV, video on demand, and games on demand is offered, providing CHT with an end-to-end solution combined of best of breed components. About Orca Interactive Orca Interactive (LSE:ORCA) is a leading provider of IPTV middleware solutions to enable xDSL and FTTx operators to offer enhanced entertainment services such as broadcast TV, video-on-demand and interactive services. Our applications deliver compelling and differentiated services to maximize the revenue stream of the operators. Orca's user-friendly, end-to-end applications enable delivery and management of VOD, TV channels, EPG, NVOD, Pay-Per-View and e-commerce for related merchandise. Orca Interactive has formed strategic partnerships with Amino, BitBand, GooMe, ECI, HP, Kreatel, Microsoft, nCUBE, NDS, Nokia, Nortel Networks, Optibase, Pace, Samsung, SeaChange and more. www.orcainteractive.com. # # # Contact: Orca Interactive +972-9-7699444 Haggai Barel Financial Dynamics James Melville-Ross / Cass Helstrip +44 20 7831 3113 Press contact: INK Communications & Design for Orca Interactive Tiffany Archambault +1-617-488-0988 ext. 7 tiffany@theINKstudio.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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