BTN Ballantyne Strong Inc

Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc. (NYSE Alternext US: BTN), a provider of cinema equipment and services, reported today that its cinema products distribution subsidiary, Strong Westrex Company, Asia, has secured distribution rights for the NEC Starus� Line of digital cinema projectors from NEC Display Solutions, Japan for three additional Asian territories. Strong Westrex Company, Asia has been granted a license to distribute NEC�s digital cinema projectors in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. Strong Westrex will also provide sales training, service and support for all digital cinema products sold in these three territories. The new territories build upon Strong Westrex�s existing NEC Starus distribution rights for Hong Kong, Macau and Mainland China, as well as Ballantyne�s digital cinema projector master reseller agreement with NEC Corporation of America for North and South America. Ballantyne president and CEO, John P. Wilmers, commented, �These new territories represent a market opportunity of approximately 1,300 cinema screens, only a small number of which have already been converted to digital cinema. We are pleased to expand our partnership with NEC to serve the needs of customers in these countries as they move to digital projection technology. Importantly, Strong Westrex maintains a 40+ year-old reputations for quality cinema products and excellent customer service.� About Ballantyne of Omaha Ballantyne is a provider of motion picture projection, digital cinema projection, cinema screen technology and specialty lighting equipment and services. The Company supplies major theater chains, top arenas, television and motion picture production studios, theme parks and architectural sites around the world. For more information visit www.ballantyne-omaha.com. Except for the historical information in this press release, it includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to, quarterly fluctuations in results; customer demand for the Company�s products; the development of new technology for alternate means of motion picture presentation; domestic and international economic conditions; the management of growth; and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company�s Securities and Exchange Commission filings. Actual results may differ materially from management�s expectations. Ballantyne assumes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements.