BT North America Broadcast Services Announces Joint Marketing and Network Interconnection Agreement With AldeaVision.Business Editors WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 13, 2002 BT North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. Broadcast Services: Agreement Allows Both Networks to Extend their Global Reach BT North America Broadcast Services, the first for media solutions worldwide, today announced a joint marketing and interconnection agreement with AldeaVision Inc (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :ALD ALD abbr. adrenoleukodystrophy ALD, n.pr See adrenoleukodystrophy. ALD aldolase. ), an innovative provider of broadcast quality video networking services and solutions. The agreement significantly expands the service reach of both companies for the benefit of their global customers and widens marketing and sales exposure of their video networks. BT North America Broadcast Services will benefit from this agreement by gaining access to AldeaVision's Global Video Network with presence in Miami, Caracas, Mexico City Mexico City Spanish Ciudad de México City (pop., 2000: city, 8,605,239; 2003 metro. area est., 18,660,000), capital of Mexico. Located at an elevation of 7,350 ft (2,240 m), it is officially coterminous with the Federal District, which occupies 571 sq mi , Lima, Montreal and Toronto, amongst others. For AldeaVision, this agreement permits easy and seamless connections for its customer base on BT's i-View Fiber Network to Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Washington, New York Washington is a town in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The population was 4,742 at the 2000 census. The town is named after George Washington, who passed through the town during the revolution. , London, Paris and many other worldwide destinations serviced by BT. Under the terms of this agreement, both companies will jointly offer each other's video services. Bill McNamara, General Manager of BT North America explained, "Our network and services are very complementary, with AldeaVision's network which runs North to South and our network running on a primarily East to West axis, it seemed natural that jointly we could provide an elegant solution to broadcasters. "We are pleased that this relationship with AldeaVision will facilitate the extension of our customer reach to Canada and to Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. , which has been traditionally a difficult market to access." Mr. McNamara added. "We are very happy to extend the business relationship that AldeaVision and BT have established over the years," said Lionel Bentolila, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of AldeaVision. "The interconnection of both companies' terrestrial networks will offer the customers a high quality and cost-effective global service. "Under the agreement, AldeaVision customers will have access to BT's destinations using our unique ATLAS(TM) automated reservation and scheduling software." Mr. Bentolia added. The companies' combined networks allow media companies in North America, Latin America and Europe to be linked by an all fiber optics fiber optics, transmission of digitized messages or information by light pulses along hair-thin glass fibers. Each fiber is surrounded by a cladding having a high index of refractance so that the light is internally reflected and travels the length of the fiber based network. For customers, the interconnection will be completely transparent and broadcasters will only see a wider list of possible destinations to choose from. The two companies expect to be in full joint service by mid September of 2002. For more information, please contact Lisa Fanning, BT Broadcast Services, at 202-721-8880 or e-mail at Lisa.Fanning@btna.com. About BT Broadcast Services (www.broadcast.bt.com) BT Broadcast Services is one of the world's leading suppliers of global broadcast solutions, providing a comprehensive range of terrestrial and satellite based multimedia transmission solutions as well as content and customer management services. The group offers flexible, cost effective tailor-made services to an international client base including broadcasters, news agencies, production companies, special event organizers, and large corporations around the world. Broadcast Services delivers technically advanced services based on the latest video and internet technologies, including video streaming, digital terrestrial television Digital Terrestrial Television (DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and sound using aerial broadcasts to a conventional antenna (or aerial) instead of a satellite dish or , high speed internet access via satellite and digital business TV. The group is a division of BT Ignite, BT's business services and solutions division, serving customers worldwide. As an information and communications technology service provider, BT Ignite provides integrated data and value-added services to meet the European needs of global multi-site corporates and the global needs of European corporates. About AldeaVision Montreal-based AldeaVision Inc. is a provider of broadcast quality video networking services and solutions for the television, film and media industries. The AldeaVision Global Video Network uses digital facilities over broadband fiber optics and is designed to provide seamless end-to-end broadcast digital video connections among broadcasters, content producers, post-production and media companies. It is also capable of providing advanced audiovisual content exchange services. AldeaVision services are available in Miami, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Washington D.C, Toronto, Montreal, Mexico City, Lima, Peru and Caracas, Venezuela AldeaVision is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. under the symbol ALD. Additional information is available at www.aldeavision.com. |
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