Press Release

• Espial helps Yuxing deliver a high quality, low-cost STB to both Chinese and Global operators that will help “Own their IPTV Subscribers”
• New high definition set-top box deployed with Espial Evo is on display at CCBN March 21-23 in Beijing

Ottawa, CANADA, March 20, 2006 — Espial®, a leading provider of client IPTV middleware and applications, is pleased to announce that Yuxing Software Co., Ltd, (‘Yuxing') , a STB solution provider based in Beijing, China, has integrated Espial Evo into its H.264 set-top box. This is the beginning of an ongoing relationship that will also include the integration of Espial Evo™ on other Yuxing set-top boxes as demanded by their telco customers and other broadband service providers.

Yuxing's newest set-top box enables telecommunications operators to deliver a low-cost, highly customizable and engaging IPTV solution. With Espial Evo, Yuxing can provide their customers with the middleware and applications to create customized EPG and VOD services that can be easily developed and rapidly deployed. With this customizability and ease of use, operators are assured operational control over their offerings.

Espial Evo is built upon an innovative architecture that allows operators to provide a captivating and instant IPTV consumer experience by eliminating performance penalties such as progressive page loading and blanking. Building on its unique client middleware framework, Espial Evo includes applications such as Electronic Program Guide, Video on Demand, Walled Garden Portal, Settings and Browser.

“The inclusion of Espial Evo in our IP-STB allows us to offer a small-footprint and highly performant middleware and new applications, like Evo Portal and Evo Guide, that allow our customers to easily deploy highly differentiated IPTV,” said Yuxing Vice President Wang Gang. “Our IP-STB technology provides quality and stability in a box that is extremely affordable.”

Leveraging the Espial Evo application framework, Yuxing's customers now have a client environment that is “beyond brandable” and provides the ability to add new services or offerings independently and as they require.

About Espial Evo:

• Espial Evo provides highly-customizable network-efficient data-driven applications for Electronic Program Guide, Video on Demand, Portal and Settings. It is an extensive application feature set coupled with a level of responsiveness that is unparalleled in the IPTV industry.
• Espial Evo provides a framework for operators and system integrators to easily develop new applications.
• Espial Evo provides standards-based design capabilities to produce application UIs that are graphically rich, with smooth animations and transitions
• Lower deployment costs with Espial Evo's complete IPTV client solution that can scale from low-cost, resource-constrained designs to higher-end, memory-rich devices.

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ABOUT ESPIAL

Espial is a leading provider of client middleware and applications for set-top boxes and consumer electronic devices. Espial applications include User Settings Management, Electronic Program Guides, Video on Demand, Interactive Content Portals and Web browsing. Espial provides a Beyond Brandable™ user interface that enables the operator to customize their offering so that they can ‘Own their IPTV Subscribers'. The company is the recipient of the Deloitte and Touche 'Fast 500' top companies in North America three years running. Espial software is deployed and accredited for more than 100 consumer designs such as, Siemens, Motorola, Sumitomo Electric Networks, Amino, Thomson, Philips, i3Micro Technologies, LodgeNet, OnCommand and Celrun. Espial can be found on the web at www.espial.com.

ABOUT YUXING

Yuxing Software Co., Ltd, (‘Yuxing') focuses on the design, development and manufacturing of audio/video terminal products in the field of broadband digital application. With its comprehensive capability on R&D, mass

production and customer service, the company is positioned as an e-home application solution provider based on digital media technology. Yuxing broadband set-top box solution provides operators with reliable hardware and future proof software for control and operation. The successful deployment of Yuxing IP-STB in PCCW broadband TV is one of those proven examples. We can also characterize our products to secure customers special needs.

After years of development, Yuxing has become a world leading broadband set-top box solution provider and manufacturer of customized products in the field of digital broadband application. To learn more, please visit us at www.yu-xing.com

Media Contacts:

Meredith Dundas

Espial, Marketing Communications Manager

+1-613-230-4770 x 1142

mdundas@espial.com

Sally Tong

Business Development, Yuxing Software

Tel: +86-10-62352535 Ext. 573

tongxuemei@yu-xing.com