Orca and Nokia sign agreement
December 17 2003 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:3496T
Emblaze Ltd
17 December 2003
Orca Interactive and Nokia Sign Global Reseller Agreement for Broadband TV
Solution
Orca's RiGHTv applications to be part of Nokia's end-to-end 'triple play'
offering to deliver reliable and cost-effective enhanced video entertainment
services over xDSL networks.
RA'ANANA, Israel - December 17, 2003 - Orca Interactive, a member of the Emblaze
Group (LSE: BLZ) and global market leader in developing applications for
broadband TV, today announced the signing of an agreement that gives Nokia the
rights to resell Orca's RiGHTv application suite to telecommunications operators
worldwide. The Orca and Nokia end-to-end, triple play solution allows operators
to quickly enter the broadband TV market and efficiently deliver enhanced video
entertainment services over xDSL networks.
Orca's RiGHTv application suite integrates with the Nokia D500 multiservice
access platform to multicast video content through operator networks. This
allows multiple video streams to be delivered to end-user TV as well as to PCs
and Nokia's wireless handsets. The delivery of video services to multiple
devices on broadband networks helps operators to generate additional revenues,
reduce customer churn and gain customer loyalty.
"We are pleased to sign this agreement with Orca, which underlines our
commitment to this segment of the broadband market. Together with the Nokia D500
high-capacity streaming media capabilities, customers can compete with triple
play, to provide exciting new services for consumers connected to DSL," says
Tapio Sulkava, Director, Marketing and Sales, Broadband Systems, Nokia Networks.
He added: "We have been working with Orca for more than 12 months and we are
happy to announce this agreement, which solidifies that relationship."
"We have successfully integrated RiGHTv into Nokia broadband services to provide
a complete TV based solution including support for mobile devices" said Yosi
Glick, vice president of business development, Orca Interactive. "We are pleased
to work with Nokia to provide operators worldwide with a proven complete
solution to increase their revenues and profitability."
This announcement further demonstrates how Orca has broadened its popularity
among leading access providers as the partner of choice to bring a complete
triple play of broadband solutions to telecommunications service providers.
Orca's RiGHTvTM XVOD (eXtended Video on Demand) and RiGHTvTM XBIP (eXtended
Broadcast over IP) middleware solutions deliver compelling and differentiated
enhanced entertainment services to maximize the revenue stream of operators and
enable deliver and management of VOD, broadcast television, EPG, NVOD,
pay-per-view, PVR and e-commerce for related merchandise. Orca's platform also
supports multi-device service delivery to enable heterogeneous environments of
set-top boxes as well as convergence with PC and wireless devices.
Enquiries:
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Harry Chathli, Craig Breheny, Chi Lo + 44 207 404 5959
Notes to Editor:
About Orca Interactive
Orca Interactive, a member of the Emblaze Group (LSE: BLZ), is a leading
provider of middleware solution 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's platform is Telco-grade to ensure service high-availability and
cost-effective scalability.
The platform also supports multi-device service delivery to enable heterogynous
environments of set-top boxes as well as convergence by exposing some services
also to the PC and wireless devices.
Orca Interactive has formed strategic partnerships with BitBand, Corecess, ECI,
GooMe, HP, Kasenna, Kreatel, Microsoft, nCUBE, NDS, Nokia, Optibase, Pace,
Samsung, Widevine and more.
www.orcainteractive.com
About The Emblaze Group (Emblaze Ltd.)
Emblaze Ltd consists of four companies sharing a common vision to lead the
market transformation to rich media personal communication.
Emblaze Systems, a leading provider of media centric end-to-end solutions for
wireless multimedia; AlphaCell a wireless rich media smart phone design house;
Orca Interactive, a global market leader in the development of highly scalable
solutions for commercial iTV services; and Emblaze Semiconductor, a fabless IC
company specializing in highly integrated digital multimedia chips for
telecommunication, consumer and security markets.
Emblaze Ltd has offices in the USA, UK, China, Israel and Singapore.
www.emblaze.com
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