The winners of the Deutsche Telekom Interactive TV Award 2009 have been elected. Last Friday the 26th of February 2009, the Jury consisting of renowned technology and media experts came together in Bonn (Germany) to select the winners of the innovative competition for the best ideas for the “future TV”. The winners were broad|Support with the customizable Bundesliga application “Meine Konferenz“ and the interactive docu soap “The Cell“ presented by a team of Isrealis from a Tel Aviv based company Gum Films.

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Deutsche Telekom Nominates Winners of the Interactive TV Award 2009

Dear contestants, dear interactive TV designers,

Good news for all who are already working on their concepts for the Deutsche Telekom
Interactive TV Award or still thoroughly thinking to participate: New deadline:
18th October 2009

We are extending the entry deadline for ideas and concepts by two weeks to the 18th
of October 2009. This applies to our professional categories “MPF” and “Freestyle”.
Already submitted concepts can also be edited or reworked within this timeframe.

The reason for this extension is due to the adjournment of our first jury meeting
to the second half of November. This was prompted by organizational reasons and we
saw this as an opportunity to give participants additional time to prepare their concepts.
Please note that the final round will also be adjusted to this change (new deadline
for finalists: January 31st 2010).

Submission of concepts

You can find all important information regarding the contest as usual on our website: http://www.interactive-tv-award.de and
in the Developer Garden: www.developergarden.com/itva.
Rare cases of technical problems have been reported to us during registration in the
Developer Garden. In such cases please contact us using our official Award email address interactivetvaward@telekom.de or
directly to Klaus.greiber@telekom.de.

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Alticast revealed
their latest technology for interactive TV during IBC 2009. Alticast will unveil the
world’s first single middleware, dual interactive commercialised hybrid receiver,
powered by Alticast’s Alticaptor middleware. Single middleware driven, dual-interactive
hybrid receivers will represent the future of broadcasting services enabling subscribers
to enjoy a seamless mix of VOD and catch-up services content through their IP network
simultaneously with high-quality linear interactive HD real-time channels via satellite.

Alticast will further demonstrate a comprehensive HD-DVR Hybrid solution founded on
the tru2way™ platform and based on the Broadcom 7405 chipset. In addition to typical
DVR and time-shift functionalities, the Alticast DVR Hybrid solution includes browser
solutions support. The product will deliver all HD DVR functionalities, DnP server
based VOD solution and YouTube UCC based on its browser solution.

Alticast will also showcase its Awaken TV, a next-generation channel navigation solution,
a new FASTMHP/Tru2way Open Standard GUI product designed specifically to meet the
needs of the high definition broadcast, Cable, Satellite, and IPTV industries by delivering
a quantum leap in the end-user experience on digital TVs.

The new “Televisual Experience” of AwakenTV brings advances in digital TV television
graphical user interfaces via the presentation of video, graphics, interactive Internet
applications, audio, as well as faster remote response times.

Alticast Corporation has been focused on interactive data broadcasting since its establishment
in 1999. Since that time, Alticast has acquired an excellent reputation as an iTV
platform solutions and services provider. IBC 2009 is expected to further display
Alticast as an innovative market leader in the field of digital broadcasting.

Demonstrations will take place at the RAI Convention Center in Amsterdam from September
11-15, 2009 in hall 1, booth 1.C35.

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Alticast to Showcase Its Latest Digital and Interactive TV Solutions at IBC 2009

CloverLeaf and Minerva
Networks announce that Pineland Telephone Cooperative in Georgia and WT Services
in Texas have launched CloverLeaf’s interactive television services on IPTV systems
supported on Minerva iTVManager middleware.

CloverLeaf’s interactive IPTV services, which are delivered to the television and
navigated with a remote control, include DotDaily, a localized news & information
TV service (often known as a walled garden) providing national and local content on
demand to IPTV subscribers, and Funspot, a suite of casual arcade, casino and puzzle
games.

Minerva’s iTVManager is a comprehensive software platform for the delivery of next-generation
IP-connected television services, including HDTV, PVR, whole-home digital video recording,
PPV and VOD. The Minerva platform also offers a robust set of APIs that enable third-party
developers to integrate and deploy the latest communications and entertainment applications.

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CloverLeaf’s Interactive TV Services Launched on Minerva iTVManager Middleware by Two Telcos

IBM to
include Roomlinx as the in-room
entertainment provider for IBM’s “Hotel-in-a-Box” solution. Roomlinx also announced
it is an approved supplier of Interactive TV for InterContinental Hotels Group. HIB
is a Hospitality Industry pioneering approach designed in conjunction with IHG that
combines leading technology companies, working as a team, to deliver a unified, holistic
operational and guest services solution with the trusted and proven commitment of
IBM Corporation.

IHG recognizes that guests desire more than a simple TV programming experience in
their rooms and worked with IBM to provide a new and differentiated assortment of
IPTV services and HD content offerings currently lacking from legacy suppliers. Roomlinx
was evaluated and certified as a company that fit into the HIB package due to its
breadth of features, customization capabilities and scalability. Roomlinx can install
their Interactive TV product into any size hotel, which is a new concept for the Hospitality
Industry.

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Roomlinx Approved Supplier of Interactive TV to Intercontinental Hotels Group