Armstrong Cable Selects EGT for New Digital Video Projects; Leading MSO Says EGT Encoders Provide the Best Video Quality in the Market.

ATLANTA -- EGT today announced that Armstrong, the 18th largest MSO in the United States, has purchased an additional 88 channels of EGT's QUARTET encoder as part of Armstrong's digital video projects. To date, Armstrong has purchased 110 channels of EGT's PRELUDE and QUARTET Encoders. The superior video quality of EGT's encoders, along with the flexible and programmable platforms led Armstrong to choose EGT as its exclusive encoder vendor.

With EGT's encoders and supporting solutions, Armstrong is able to offer more digital programming to its subscribers while benefiting from an open and scalable product that provides the highest quality video output at very low bit rates. EGT products provide cable operators like Armstrong with considerable performance enhancing functions that have been designed to intelligently reduce the complexity and cost of delivering a full digital video experience. Additionally, Armstrong will have the ability to upgrade EGT encoders with feature-rich enhancements, such as variable bit rate (VBR) and distributed closed-loop encoding.

"After an encoder bake-off, EGT proved to have the architecture, quality, options and price points we were looking for," said Mike Giobbi, Vice President of Engineering and Technology for Armstrong. "The EGT Encoders are an important element in our Digital Simulcast Network as we duplicate our analog channels all the way to customers' Set-Top boxes and Digital Televisions."

EGT's QUARTET is a high-density, constant bit rate (CBR) encoder with up to 4 channels in a 1RU (rack unit) chassis. Perfect for PEG channels, QUARTET is built on EGT's DSP-based platform, an open, programmable design that offers a superior, yet cost-effective solution that no other encoder can deliver.

"We are thrilled to be working with Armstrong as they deploy EGT encoders across their digital video projects," said Greg Nicholson, CEO of EGT. "As one of the top cable operators in North America, Armstrong continues to be a leader in innovation, designing highly reliable networks and providing cutting-edge services."

EGT's MPEG-2 digital video encoders provide operators with a cost-effective solution to develop new revenue sources. Specifically, EGT allows network operators, like Armstrong, to deliver more channels of content with less bandwidth, reduce rack space and power requirements, eliminate the need for ancillary equipment, and add future video processing application flexibility.

About EGT

EGT delivers the world's best digital video experience, helping today's leading multiple system operators (MSOs), broadcasters, content providers, and satellite and telecommunications companies deliver more value-added services and new revenue streams using existing networks. Today's North American and international MSOs rely on EGT's technology as a cost-effective, flexible solution for delivering the best video quality experience in the world, featuring more channels of content, more video on demand bandwidth, and more efficient analog-to-digital conversions within existing networks. Headquartered in Atlanta, with offices in Denver and New Jersey, EGT is privately owned and backed by industry-leading investors. For more information call [phone] or visit at www.egtinc.com.

About Armstrong Cable

Armstrong(R) provides television, high-speed Internet and telephone service to customers in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky and Maryland, and is America's 18th largest cable television provider.