• Accelerating the time to market of new IPTV applications and services by using Orca's IPTV Service Delivery Platform (SDP)
• Enabling rapid User Interface modifications and STB porting via the RiGHTv Subscriber User Interface Software Development Kit (SUI SDK)
• Complete integration into the operator's OSS / BSS environment using standards-based APIs
• Robust integration with Video server and CA / DRM
• A rich interactive TV application suite

To provide Sonaecom with a solution at a short time to market, RiGHTv plug-in architecture allowed rapid integration and central management of value chain components. The solution value chain includes Amino and Kreatel/Motorola set-top boxes, Tandberg's SkyStream encoders, Kasenna video server, and Widevine content protection over the network architecture of Huawei.

"Orca's flexible middleware allowed us to develop our own user interface that fits the Portuguese market, and promotes and differentiates our brand," said Susanna Barbato, Managing Director of IPTV services at Sonaecom. "Due to its openness we were able to preview a number of value chain components during trials to achieve a best of breed solution."

"Sonaecom wants service flexibility and independence, this was a major factor in their choice of Orca," said Haggai Barel, CEO, Orca Interactive. "RiGHTv's SUI SDK has given Sonaecom the ability to develop their own SUI on various STBs, the middleware's APIs allowed them to conduct the CRM and billing integration, and they were able to independently install the solution on their preferred hardware platforms that were not certified by Orca prior to the project. Sonaecom also upgraded to the latest RiGHTv version on their own."

About Orca Interactive
Orca Interactive (LSE-ORCA) is a leading provider of IPTV middleware and applications for broadband network operators and service providers. Orca enables triple-play providers to deliver a full array of attractive video-over-IP services that generate new revenue streams and strengthen customer loyalty. Leveraging a flexible telco-grade middleware platform, Orca empowers operators to deliver broadcast TV, video on demand (VOD), personal video recording (PVR), home media and other compelling interactive services. Orca's SI-enabled solutions are designed for easy outsourcing of integration services by an operator's preferred systems integrator. Orca has formed strategic partnerships with leading players across the IPTV value chain to ensure best-of-breed solutions with low total cost of ownership. For more information, please visit www.orcainteractive.com.

About Clix
Clix is a brand of Sonaecom, the sub-holding of the Sonae Group for the area of Telecommunications, Media and Software and Information Systems. The company plays an active role in the integrated management of the several business units that compose it, identifying and building on existing synergies and the company's growth potential.

Sonaecom operates in three main business areas: Telecommunications (Optimus, Novis and Clix), Media (Público) and Software and Information Systems (WeDo, Bizdirect and Mainroad).

Sonaecom's main goal is simple and ambitious: to become the leader in the supply of integrated telecom services in Portugal.

Sonaecom is currently one of the main communications traffic generators in Portugal. Its strategy of having its own national telecom infrastructure was born from the inherent need to guarantee the reliability and quality of its network, minimizing costs associated to traffic management.

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