Press Release

London, UK; March 5, 2007 - Espial ® IPTV, a leading provider of IPTV middleware and applications and BEE MediaSoft Limited (“BEE”), a subsidiary of DMX Technologies and a leading solution provider of digital and interactive TV services and today announced a collaboration to offer IPTV middleware, which combines the advanced features of BEE’s Vision TV and Espial’s Evo® IPTV Service Platform. The collaboration results in a full-featured, pre-integrated IPTV middleware solution which enables IPTV service providers to deliver a differentiated IPTV offering with a catalogue of innovative value-added services.

This unique combination of technology from BEE and Espial offers IPTV service providers a comprehensive middleware solution designed for an enhanced subscriber experience and carrier-grade back office management. The partnership utilizes the two companies’ technology and expertise by co-operating in joint marketing and sales efforts to offer an IPTV middleware solution.

“Apart from viewer experience and supported features, cost-effectiveness and performance is also vital to the success of IPTV service provisioning. Vision TV is equipped with fully-featured back office administration tools that allow IPTV service providers to manage their service right at their fingertips”, said Samson Cheng, VP, Product Management of BEE. “Vision TV also takes network performance and QoS delivery into consideration. Network performance and QoS is crucial to the IPTV service, especially to on-demand services like TV-on-Demand. Vision TV offers various types of video services according to network situation and QoS requirements as well as subscriber’s entitlement which allows a good mix of live and on-demand services.”

Dominic Mak, Chief Executive Officer of BEE MediaSoft Limited commented, “BEE and Espial collaboration results in an IPTV middleware platform with features and performance that brings us ahead of the crowd. Combined with Espial’s Evo, Vision TV offers intuitive and user-friendly video-driven program guides and a wide range of interactive value-added services that allow IPTV services providers to attract viewers and increase revenues.”

“This partnership combines the strength and maturity of two IPTV companies who are making a real impact on service provider’s bottom lines,” said Brian Mahony, Espial, VP Marketing. “Evo’s modularity, turbo-fast performance, and openness have attracted a global base of service providers and this partnership with BEE will further provide the control and features operators need to differentiate their IPTV services.”

About Vision TV
Vision TV is a comprehensive, tightly integrated middleware solution designed for TV service providers to offer enhanced digital video services through broadband, cable networks, satellite and terrestrial broadcasts. The highly portable architecture and open framework allows quick and easy deployment at a broad range of CPE, meanwhile allow rapid new service deployment. Vision TV also makes all the functions and back office services transparent to viewers in a user-friendly and intuitive user interface.

Vision TV offers a complete range of advanced and interactive TV functions, including:
 Full functions interactive video program guide for viewers to browse and view broadcast TV programs, schedule TV programs to be recorded or retrieve recorded programs from the Personal Media Library at their fingertips
 Supports full trick-play TV-on-Demand (TVoD) service including TSTV, PLTV and nPVR services.
 Unique synchronized experience that allows remote management of TVoD services via devices like PC, and wireless devices such as mobile phones.
 Enables innovative interactive services such as gaming, TV shopping (T-Commerce) and bill enquiry through user interface on TV
 Offers a comprehensive back office system including Asset (Content), Service, Program Management as well as a Content Re-purposing Platform.

About Espial’s Evo IPTV Service Platform
Espial’s Evo IPTV Service Platform is the industry’s first modular and open IPTV middleware system. Evo is the only IPTV platform available that allows operators to purchase best-of-breed components separately or as part of a pre-integrated client-server middleware solution.

Espial’s Evo IPTV Service Platform is comprised of Evo Server and Evo Client:

Espial’s Evo Client is an IPTV middleware and applications platform that is truly open and modular, fully skinnable and turbo-fast. With its advanced data-driven architecture and open and modular applications platform, Evo Client combines service creation flexibility with a responsive, incomparably cool user experience that will attract and lock in your subscribers. Evo Client offers an advanced suite of IPTV applications including EPG, VOD, Portal, Browser, Games and DVR.

Espial’s Evo Server is a massively scalable, continuously available and truly open IPTV service platform. Developed from the ground up to optimize scalability, performance and total cost of ownership, Evo Server breaks new ground by empowering service providers to deliver highly successful IPTV services.

About BEE
BEE MediaSoft Limited is a leading solution provider for digital and interactive video services. BEE offers open-standard, flexible and scalable solutions enabling new TV service providers, including telecommunications service providers, cable TV operators, broadcasters, media and entertainment corporations, to generate additional revenue, increase profits and enhance customer satisfaction through delivery of enhanced TV and interactive value-added services. BEE’s product portfolio consists of the required components for the provision of enhanced TV services, from middleware, to asset management and operation supports at back office.

ABOUT ESPIAL IPTV (www.espial.com)
Espial provides IPTV middleware and applications that are modular, fully skinnable, turbo-fast, and truly open. Espial's Evo® IPTV Service Platform, which can be purchased as best-of-breed components or as part of a pre-integrated client-server solution, includes Evo® Client, Evo® Server, Evo Future-Proof FrameworkTM (FPF), Evo SkinTonesTM and applications such as Electronic Program Guide, Video on Demand, Content Portal, Games, Triple Play, and Web Browser. Espial products have been integrated with or deployed by more than 100 vendors and operators including UPC Sweden, Auroras, Siemens, Motorola, Sumitomo Electric Networks, Amino, Thomson, Philips, Tilgin, LodgeNet, On Command and S-Net Systems.

For further information, please contact:
BEE MediaSoft Limited
Clara So
Tel: +852 2520 2660
Fax: +852 2802 2062
Email: clara.so@beemediasoft.com

Espial IPTV
Meredith Dundas
Tel: +1 613-769-8466
Email: mdundas@espial.com