Broadcast Services Denmark Chooses Net Insight for Digital TV Network; EUR 2.2 Million DTT Network to Reach All Households in Denmark.STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Please replace the release dated May 18, 2005 with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions. The corrected release reads: NET INSIGHT RECEIVES MAJOR ORDER FOR THE NATIONAL DANISH DIGITAL TV NETWORK Net Insight has been awarded a major contract for the Danish Digital Terrestrial TV network. The order value is above SEK SEK In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Swedish Krona. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 10 million. The network will be built with Net Insight's Nimbra platform and will reach all households in Denmark. The equipment will be delivered during the second quarter of 2005. With Digital Terrestrial TV (DTT DTT Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (Deloitte & Touch Global Operations) DTT Dithiothreitol (cytology reagent) DTT Digital Terrestrial Television DTT Discrete Trial Training ), digital TV signals are transmitted from terrestrial masts to digital TV receivers in the households. Among the benefits are lower operational costs, a higher picture quality and the possibility to transmit up to four times more TV channels on the same frequency range. The market for DTT is growing rapidly and more than 50 countries are considering to switch from analogue terrestrial TV to Digital Terrestrial TV. "We have gone through an extensive competitive bidding process and chosen Net Insight's solution since it combines the most efficient technical solution for Digital Terrestrial TV and Broadcast Contribution with an attractive price and most competitive operational costs," said Finn Sondergaard Pedersen, 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. at Broadcast Service Danmark. Net Insight's Nimbra platform is used to bring the TV signals from national and regional broadcasters, via optical fiber and microwave links, to the transmitter masts located all over Denmark. Net Insight's Nimbra platform can transport any combination of voice, video and data with the highest utilization of the network capacity. TV signals can be multicast in parallel with data and voice services with full broadcast quality and protection. Broadcast Service Danmark (BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) The software distribution facility of the Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG) of the University of California at Berkeley. ) is responsible for the analog and digital distribution of TV and radio in Denmark. BSD is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of the two Danish public service broadcasters DR and TV 2/DANMARK. For this contract BSD is acting on behalf of DR and TV 2/DANMARK. "This is our third order for a Digital Terrestrial TV network in a short period of time. It confirms that we have a very strong solution at a time when many countries are implementing Digital Terrestrial TV," said Tomas Duffy, CEO at Net Insight. About Net Insight Net Insight develops video, voice and data networking equipment that delivers guaranteed 100% QoS with maximum network utilization and multicast to provide a network that can efficiently and economically deliver advanced video services such as HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates , Video on Demand and Digital Television combined with Internet and voice traffic. Our Nimbra platform enables our customers to launch new revenue generating TV and video related services for Broadcast TV, CATV (Community Antenna TV) The original name for cable TV. It used a single antenna at the highest location in the community in order to deliver a quality signal to homes in areas with hilly terrain or other interference. , Telco Triple Play and DVB-T See DVB. with significantly reduced CAPEX and OPEX See CAPEX. . Net Insight is quoted on the Stockholm Stock Exchange's O list and has offices in Sweden and the USA. For more information, visit www.netinsight.net. |
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