“MPS Broadband’s technical capabilities, rapid roll-out and commitment to customer service were key factors in our selection of the MPS platform,” said David Ellison, TidalTV’s Vice President of Operations.  “Their years of experience with a wide range of implementations will help address TidalTV’s distinct requirements with ease and flexibility.”

Through this agreement, MPS Broadband will automate and simplify the ingestion, management and publishing of content for the TidalTV platform.

“TidalTV is a great partner to work with in the North American market,” said Anders Nilsson, CEO of MPS Broadband. “We are pleased to be working with such an innovative and intelligent team and equally impressive platform.”

“Our extensive experience coupled with the ability to provide a dynamic and scalable solution for TidalTV helped to differentiate MPS from the competition and establish a clear competitive advantage,” added Ivan Lopez, Vice President of Business Development.

ABOUT TIDALTV
TidalTV (www.tidaltv.com) is a free broadband television platform featuring the best in professionally produced, branded programming. The TidalTV experience is designed to complement and enhance traditional television viewing through its unique combination of programmed and on-demand shows with DVR-style controls. There is no application to download and no fees to pay – TidalTV provides its audience with a high-quality viewing experience that, like TV, is always on.

ABOUT MPS BROADBAND
MPS Broadband (www.mpsbroadband.com) has offices in Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States.  The core foundation of all MPS Products and Services is the MPS Publishing Platform® ("MPP") which is an end-to-end content management platform for web-TV, IPTV and mobile video. The MPP is a robust, scalable and highly functional digital publishing platform hosted and powered by Verizon Business on their global IP backbone. 

CONTACT INFORMATION

FOR MPS Broadband:
Rick Sheehy
Phone: (617)729-3190
rsheehy@emergepr.com 

FOR TIDALTV:
Suzanne Gibbons-Neff         
SGN Public Relations & Marketing      
Phone: (617)670-1763
Suzanne@sgnpr.com

C More Entertainment has once again chosen MPS Broadband as their technical partner to manage their VOD, SVOD and Live services via http://www.canalplus.se/. The service is one of the most popular in Sweden particularly the Live service is very popular and has grown rapidly during the last year.

“We are happy to pronounce that MPS Broadband will be CANAL+ technical supplier for Web TV. They have a product that suits CANAL+ needs, as premium in our segment. We are looking forward to go on and develop our Web TV service with MPS Broadband.” says Henrik Nilsson, New Business Manager, C More Entertainment.

“We are very pleased with the renewed cooperation with C More Entertainment and are looking forward to continue working together to develop the service and cooperation even further. With the rapid growth that C More Entertainment have experienced during the last year I can see that the usage of this service has just begun " says Johan Frisch, Sales and Marketing Director, MPS Broadband AB.

For more information please contact:
Johan Frisch at johan.frisch@mpsbroadband.com
Henrik. Nilsson at henrik.nilsson@canalplus.se

TVNorge has once again chosen MPS Broadband as their technical partner to manage their VOD service, Maxdome. The service has a brand new layout and offers streaming and downloadable video on demand.
 
“We appreciate the renewed cooperation and are looking forward to continue working together to develop the service and cooperation even further " says Johan Frisch, Sales and Marketing Director, MPS Broadband AB.
 
For more information please contact:
Johan Frisch at johan.frisch@mpsbroadband.com
 
About MPS Broadband
MPS Broadband, has offices in Sweden, United Kingdom and the United States.  The core foundation of all MPS Products and Services is the MPS Publishing Platform® ("MPP") which is an end-to-end content management platform for web-TV, mobile video and IPTV. The MPP is a robust, scalable and highly functional digital publishing platform hosted and powered by Verizon Business on their global IP backbone.  For more information please visit www.mpsbroadband.com.

Viasat Satellite AB selects MPS Broadband´s Publishing Platform (MPP) for the live and on demand streaming of its Champions League services in 9 countries.

For more information please contact:

Johan Frisch +4670 607 9798, johan.frisch@mpsbroadband.com

Mercury Media has chosen MPS Broadband´s Publishing Platform (MPP) to manage their joiningthedots.tv service. The service offers streaming and download video on demand to a global market.

For more information please contact:

Johan Frisch, Sales & Marketing Director, MPS Broadband, +4670 607 9798, johan.frisch@mpsbroadband.com

WOB.tv is the first ever dedicated Web TV service created for the international badminton community. The service features both live streaming and archive material from major international badminton tournaments.

Yonex Japan Open had the opening honours the 15th of September and WOB.tv will make all Super Series events and many other top international tournaments available live on this unique Web TV portal.

State of the art encoding and streaming servers are used, which give the viewers a high quality badminton experience. MPS Broadband will ensure to geo-block territories so as not to conflict with rights granted to other media stakeholders.

Commenting on the new venture of IEC in Sports, Jonas Persson, CEO, said: "By launching WOB.tv, IEC in Sports makes a further commitment to the international Badminton community and also makes a further investment into digital media – and there are more investments to come.".

"We´re happy to help IEC in it´s mission to make a worldwide sport like badminton available in new places all over the world", says Anders Nilsson, CEO, MPS Broadband.

WOB.tv will look to air a significant number of BWF Super Series and BWF Grand Prix tournaments on this unique Web TV portal.

WOB.tv will also feature a news service which will keep the viewers up to date with all the latest news on players, results, world rankings and Olympic qualification.
 

About MPS Broadband
MPS Broadband, with offices in Sweden, United Kingdom and the United States, provides cutting edge technical solutions for digital media. The solutions are all built on the MPS Publishing Platform®, covering all aspects of content management, publishing and distribution. For more information, visit www.mpsbroadband.com.

For more information please contact:
MPS Broadband
Anders Nilsson, CEO
Mob: +46 70 691 3373
Email: anders.nilsson@mpsbroadband.com

A new agreement means that all Swedish hockey clubs will be able to start their own TV channel on the Internet.

MPS Broadband and the Swedish Hockey League have been cooperating for several years and with the new contract they will extend their business relation. MPS Broadband will provide the technical platform that makes it possible for all hockey clubs in Sweden to start their own, web–TV channel through Yellow.TV.

In the beginning, the service will only include the clubs in the top league "Elitserien", but the ambition is to make the service grow, and over time include all the hockey clubs in Sweden.

– Broadband video is growing fast and more companies, organizations and end–users publish video content on the Internet. Our solutions make it easy for anyone to publish broadband video. Thanks to our platform and infrastructure it is now possible for the Swedish hockey clubs and their supporters to communicate with each other, in a way that has not been possible before, said Mattias Sjöberg, CEO of MPS Broadband.

The new service will go live when the autumn season starts and will include, among other things, clips from the games, interviews, training material and "behind the scenes" clips.

– The hockey clubs in Sweden are already on the forefront of web–TV. By working with MPS Broadband we are now able to provide a tool that makes it easy to publish and distribute exclusive material with coaches, players and others, said Peter Gudmundson, CEO of the Swedish Hockey League.

– We also hope that this effort will mean that material from, for example the junior hockey leagues, will be highlighted and therefore receive a natural forum, Peter Gudmundson continued.
 

For more information:
Peter Gudmundson, CEO, Svenska Hockeyligan, Mobile: +4670-592 70 67
Anders Nilsson, CEO, MPS Broadband, Mobile: +46706-91 3373

"We are very excited to have John join us with his experience of successfully developing businesses in this space, at a time when MPS is growing rapidly," said Mattias Sjöberg, CEO at MPS Broadband.

At Red Bee Media, Pink was responsible for Strategy, Sales and Marketing, Technology, Client Management and New Product Development, and is credited with developing the former BBC department into a highly successful commercial company.

"I´ve admired MPS´s proven Publishing Platform for some time. I´m delighted to be joining MPS, to help grow the business internationally," commented John Pink.

For more information please contact:

Anders Nilsson, CEO, MPS Broadband  
Tel: +46 8 556 935 60    
E-mail: anders.nilsson@mpsbroadband.com      

John Pink, COO, MPS Broadband
Tel: +44 203 016 4661
E-mail: john.pink@mpsbroadband.com

Yellow.TV is a brand new service from MPS Broadband that is ideal to increase brand loyalty, to communicate with customers and to keep up with recent trends. The service works both as an online directory for digital content and as a global broadband video service, allowing small and medium sized enterprises and organizations around the world, to publish and share self–generated content with their customers. On their own TV–Channels.

The beta version of Yellow.TV was warmly met by the attending media companies at MIPTV, with over 400 channels registered after the first two days.

– We had high expectations and had set high targets for Yellow.TV during MIPTV, but despite this we are overwhelmed by the response we have had. It has taken a long time, but we now feel that the media industry has decided that it is time to commit to Broadband Video, says Johan Frisch, Group Commercial Director, MPS Broadband AB.
 
As a channel owner you get a share of the revenue stemming from the viewers of your channel, and the channels will contain two types of video content:

Self–generated content is content that the Yellow TV Publisher/Channel owner has produced themself. Free–to–publish content is content that is created and owned by someone else, typically a larger content and/or brand owner. Free–to–publish content is managed by MPS and offered as a part of the service to Yellow TV Publishers. Therefore a channel owner can start a channel full of programmes without having to produce a large number of clips.

The International Interactive Emmy® awards are presented by the largest organization of broadcasters in the world, The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
 
Every year, the International Emmy® Awards recognise excellence in programming produced outside of the United States, and at MIPTV three Emmy® Awards will be presented. These are Interactive Programme, Interactive Channel and Interactive TV Service.
 
As a leading provider of technical solutions and services and the only partner necessary for content in broadband and mobile environments, MPS Broadband is a natural sponsor of The International Emmy® Awards.

The MPS Broadband Team

NRK today announced that a new online video service, containing Hollywood movies as well as NRK programming, will be available to end users during the first quarter of 2007. The online video service will contain both streaming and downloadable media. The initiative emphasizes the trend of online media distribution becoming a natural part of any media offering, public service not withstanding. It is also an indication of the changing structure in the digital media landscape.

"Through the cooperation with MPS Broadband, we are taking another step in our publishing activities and making our content also available in a digital format", said Tore Meling, Marketing Manager, NRK Aktivum.

The leading Norwegian broadcaster has a market share of more than 40%, and is one of the largest players in the Nordic TV market. Hence, NRK is an important customer for MPS in proving the capabilities of the MPS Publishing Platform™. Through this agreement, MPS Broadband continues to gain market shares in the online media market.

"The fact that NRK chose the MPS Publishing Platform™ to manage its new online video service, is not just a testament to the scalability and flexibility of our solutions, it also proves that large companies such as NRK, with high demands on quality of service, can benefit from outsourcing its online media business to a company like MPS Broadband. We are looking forward to delivering the solution, and to manage NRK’s online media services", said CEO Mattias Sjöberg, MPS Broadband.

For further information, please contact:

Tore Meling, Marketing Manager, NRK Aktivum AS
Phone: +47 900 99 713
E-mail: tore.meling@nrk.no

Anders Nilsson, CEO, MPS Broadband AB
Phone: +46 8 556 935 60
E-mail: anders.nilsson@mpsbroadband.com

About NRK Aktivum
NRK Aktivum AS was formed in 1997 as a wholly owned subsidiary to Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK), to handle NRK´s business operations. With the vision of reaching a broader audience, NRK Aktivum develops and distributes right, products and services based on the brand NRK. NRK Aktivum produces videos, sound books and other license products from NRK´s archive, and together with NRK develops interactive services as complement to NRK´s current broadcasting activities. Additionally NRK Aktivum sells advertising for TV and nrk.no.

About MPS Broadband
MPS Broadband, with offices in Sweden, United Kingdom and the United States, provides leading edge technical solutions for digital media. The solutions are all built on the MPS Publishing PlatformTM, covering all aspects of content management, publishing and distribution. For more information, visit www.mpsbroadband.com.

ZODIAK TELEVISION AND MPS BROADBAND TEAM UP TO DOUBLE DARE YOU

Double Dare is a compelling and innovative game that offers the chance for players to turn personal rivalries public as they dare and double dare their friends in a test of wits and nerve. With an array of inspiring dares available to choose from, the opportunities for fun and entertainment are huge – even TV stardom could await for those who have the courage to accept a double dare!

MPS Broadband provides leading edge solutions and services for live and on-demand streaming/download services in broadband and mobile environments. 5th Element is currently developing new media formats utilizing the services and components offered by MPS Broadband and Double Dare is the first concept to be launched through this arrangement.

By utilising the My Channel™ framework, Double Dare will be available via three modules – mobile and internet, either as a stand alone project or part of an operator or broadcasters regular internet platform; and TV, via the development of a variety of entertainment format options, from a late night "VJ" show to a live studio game show.

MPS Broadband will provide the technical solutions needed to ensure that the format and service are available to any country, customer and web or mobile environment around the world. Double Dare will also be the first consumer service to be launched in My Channel™.

Oscar Höglund, Head of Mobile and IP–TV at 5th Element said today, "We have designed this concept to provide maximum opportunity in today´s multiplatform media and entertainment environment. Intrinsic advantages such as multiple users, viewer interaction and user–generated content are key in appealing to all, including the young and elusive YouTube generation. We are confident that, through this agreement with MPS Broadband, Double Dare has the potential to reach an army of fans throughout the world".

Anders Nilsson, Co-founder of MPS Broadband and Head of Strategy & Business Development, also commented, "The agreement with 5th Element and Zodiak Television is a milestone for us and Double Dare is a great example of the perfect match between the creative media world and MPS Broadband’s capabilities". Nilsson continues; "There is a huge change in process, a change that will alter the way in which we consume media, and where we consume media. MPS´ objective with launching My Channel™ is to be the leading provider of technical solutions and services needed to support this revolution".

About Zodiak Television Group
The Zodiak Television Group consists of 15 production companies in 8 territories, Mastiff Media A/S Denmark, Look Entertainment A/S Denmark, MTV Mastiff AB Sweden and MTV Mastiff AS Norway, Jarowskij Sweden, Jarowskij Norway, Jarowskij Finland, Broadcasters Oy Finland, Fifth Element Sweden, TeleAllians Russia, Diverse Productions UK and US and Mastiff Media Poland.

About MPS Broadband
MPS Broadband, with offices in Sweden, United Kingdom, United States and Australia, provides leading edge solutions and services for digital media. The solutions and services are built on the MPS Publishing Platform™, covering all aspects of content management, publishing and distribution. My Channel™ is a community for end-users, content providers and advertisers, containing ”professional content” as well as "self-produced content".

For further information on Zodiak Television World contact
Heather Stevenson on: +45 35 550 550
Or e-mail: heather.stevenson@zodiaktelevision.com

For more information on 5th Element contact
Oscar Höglund on: +46 704 31 21 30
Or e-mail: oscar.hoglund@zodiaktelevision.se

For further information on MPS Broadband contact
Anders Nilsson
Phone: +46 706 91 33 73
E-mail: anders.nilsson@mpsbroadband.com

Editorial contact:
Deb Lawrence on +44 203 008 5406
Or email: dlawrence@lippingroup.com

Mattias Sjöberg, CEO of the MPS Broadband group, participated in the Opening Keynote Panel at Realscreen Summit together with senior executives from Google, AOL and CNET. One major issue that was discussed, was how the media balance-of-power is likely to shift as new media becomes more mainstream.

What is MPS Broadband´s standpoint in this matter? 
  
"When we started MPS in 2002, the big question was how the PC could enter into the living room. Five years later, the big question is how TV content shall get into the PC… Yes, it is a huge change in process, a change that will alter the way in which we consume media, and where we consume media. Regarding the on-demand media supply, MPS believes that a mixture of user-generated and professional content is the key to success. Hence, the content providers will have a lot to gain from playing their cards right…"

Does a viable solution exist, to turn enormous hits into financial stability? Or will consumers abandon the media when they are asked to reach for their wallet? 
 
"Based on MPS´ customers´ online media sales growth 2004-2006, I dare saying that consumers do not refrain from consuming commercial content. According to today´s edition of USA Today, online media advertising last year generated approx. $26 bn. In parallel, the methodology for compiling and structuring complex consumer behavioral data is continuously improving, hence the potential in preference-based marketing is huge." 
 
Current mass fragmentation will most likely eventually lead to consolidation: In 5 years, who will create and distribute video experiences?
 
"The difference between professional and User Generated Content ("UGC") will gradually diminish; the "big productions" will be mixed with "niche content". The aggregators will still be needed, but the big question is; who are they? Is it communities like YouTube, MySpace and Yellow TV? Is it the telcos who deliver complete packages including access, voice, content etc? Is it the hardware manufactureres like HP, Apple, Motorola etc? Or is it simply the big content owners themselves? No one knows. At MPS, we are prepared for different scenarios, something everyone involved in creation and delivery of digital media needs to be."
 
What role will users have in media moving forward? So much ink has been spilt on Web 2.0 that it´s taken as a given that users want to play an active role in their media – but is it only a certain demo slice? Will the vast majority of media consumers still want to remain passive?

"We believe it is time for the next step; until now, UGC has mostly been about funny clips on a website. As we move into the next stage, the world of UGC will need to develop dramatically to retain interested and engaged consumers. At this stage we will see how passive one is."

So, what about portable devices, will people really watch full length programming on their phone?

"Video content will most certainly be viewed on portable devices to a greater extent in the future. MPS also believes that the cellphone will serve as a video camera, and a tool to create and publish video content".

Another topic that was being discussed among the panelists was whether 2007 will be the year that the creator gets paid? YouTube was sold for $1.65 billion and those who supplied the content that drove the audience, and ultimately the sale, made nothing. Will that change?

"Yes, it will change, it has taken a long time, but we can now finally see that the money will end up with the creators of the content. MPS launches two new services during the spring, MyChannel™ and Yellow.TV™, where the content owners will be the great winners."

What is My Channel and Yellow TV?

"My Channel and Yellow TV are MPS´ brand new communities for end–users, content providers and advertisers, containing" professional content" as well as "self-produced content". As a channel owner you get a share of the revenue stemming from the viewers of your channel. Both services are ideal to increase brand loyalty, to communicate with customers and to keep up with recent trends." MPS has entered into agreements with creators, content rights owners and strategic partners for launch during Spring 2007.
 

For further information please contact:
Anders Nilsson +46706 91 3373
or email: info@mpsbroadband.com

In December, a new web tv portal will be launched at http://webtv.canalplus.se/ . It gives everyone with a broadband connection of over 1 MB access to a broad selection of sports and films directly on the Internet. The service will be navigated via PC, or with the remote control if the computer has been attached to a tv set.  The games from Allsvenskan, Elitserien and the Finnish SM Liiga that CANAL+ successfully has web streamed will be moved to the new portal. The technical quality is enhanced from today´s 0,85 to 1,2 Mbit/s, and at the same time the price is lowered to 79 SEK per game. Over 200 games per year from Allsvenskan, Elitserien and SM Liiga will be accessible, and game highlights etc will be seen at no charge. 

Also, starting in December, everyone can see a selection of CANAL+ qualitative film offer via the service, which will supply more than simply a film rental service over the Internet. Each month new film themes are presented in an inviting and foreseeable manner, and our film staff suggests some of their own favourite films. The viewers are assisted in creating the perfect film evening through attractively priced film packages around themes such as horror films, documentaries or European directors. Film buffs will find a lot to rejoice about on , but the offer is wide and everyone will be able to discover new favourites among films such as Brokeback Mountain, Me and You and Everyone We Know and The Aristocrats. The  price is 29–46 SEK per film and 24 hour period, and you pay with a credit card directly over the Internet. Soon CANAL+ popular tv series will also be accessible through this portal.

During 2007 CANAL+ subscribers will get access to several additional services on CANAL+ Webb, among them an unique film service which enables watching at least 30 films and series episodes every month, chosen from CANAL+ regular offer. Several of the films will be advance screened on CANAL+ Webb before they premiere on CANAL+. The subscribers will also be offered a discount price of all our live matches on the Internet.

Verizon Business will provide advanced digital media, hosting and network  services to MPS Broadband, as the company expands the reach of its MPS Publishing Platform™ – a state-of-the-art offering that enables the media and entertainment industry to publish and syndicate content over broadband around the world.

Since 2004, Stockholm, Sweden-based MPS Broadband has been using the Verizon Media Platform – Verizon Business´ flagship digital media platform targeting broadcast and entertainment companies – to more efficiently acquire, edit and deliver digital media content for the media and entertainment industry in Europe. With a new agreement with Verizon Business for advanced hosting services, MPS Broadband will be able to launch its MPS Publishing Platform in the United States and other markets internationally.

"Verizon Business and MPS Broadband are working together to make leading-edge digital media applications a reality for the broadcast and entertainment companies," said Ed Franklin, group vice president of IT services for Verizon Business. "By combining our advanced IP services and the Verizon Media Platform with MPS Broadband’s innovative technology, we will set a new standard for digital media solutions."

MPS Broadband, with offices in the United States and the United Kingdom as well as Sweden, is a privately-owned company that provides applications and software for management and distribution of digital media over broadband, including My Station™  for Internet Service Providers and telecommunications companies, My Channel™ for user generated content and My Content™ for broadcasters and content rights owners – products built on and powered by the MPS Publishing Platform™.

As part of its extended relationship with Verizon Business, MPS Broadband is deploying its MPS Publishing Platform housed in an advanced Verizon Business Data Center in the United States. Verizon Business will provide enterprise monitoring, servers, storage and bandwidth, and MPS Broadband can take advantage of the intelligence and security within Verizon Business´ global IP network. The MPS Publishing Platform powered by Verizon Business allows MPS Broadband room to grow to meet the demands of not only U.S–based clients, but also customers globally.

"The extended relationship with Verizon Business, will make our vision of a globally accessible ‘content eco-system’ possible" said Mattias Sjöberg, CEO of MPS Broadband.  "By deploying the MPS Publishing Platform on the Verizon Business global IP backbone, we will be able to provide both Verizon Business´ and MPS´ customers an advanced solution that is highly cost-effective and extremely scalable."

Verizon Business´ Digital Media Technologies group is dedicated to developing and distributing turnkey digital media solutions for content creators, producers, media outlets and entertainment and video gaming organizations.

About MPS Broadband
MPS Broadband, with offices in Sweden, United Kingdom and the United States, provides leading edge technical solutions for digital media. The solutions are all built on the MPS Publishing Platform™, covering all aspects of content management, publishing and distribution.

About Verizon Business
Verizon Business, a unit of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ), is a leading provider of advanced communications and information technology (IT) solutions to large business and government customers worldwide.  Combining unsurpassed global network reach with advanced technology and professional service capabilities, Verizon Business delivers innovative and seamless business solutions to customers around the world.  For more information, visit www.verizonbusiness.com.

YouTube has been around for quite some time now. And sure, it has been a great start for the user-generated content revolution. But this is merely the beginning. With My Channel™, MPS Broadband is ready to take user-generated content to the next level.

Until now, user-generated content has mostly been about funny clips on a website. As we move into the next stage, the world of user-generated content will develop dramatically, and become incorporated into the "traditional" media and entertainment business. Richer and more diversified user-generated content will revolutionize how we experience media.

MPS´ objective with launching My Channel™ is to be the leading provider of technical solutions needed to support this revolution.

The My Channel™ Concept
My Channel™ is a turn key solution, designed for Service Operators (e.g. Internet service providers, sports federations and media corporations) who wish to provide their own online media service for user-generated content. This will enable a wider range of players to engage new individual publishers in their respective communities and customer bases, with unforeseen marketing and real time advertising opportunities.

My Channel™ is an ideal way to increase brand loyalty, to communicate with customers and to keep up with recent trends. MPS Broadband is currently in the process of finalizing My Channel™ agreements with several major Internet service providers and other media enterprises around the world for launch early in 2007.

                                              

In 2004, My Channel™ was one of only three European projects selected to receive financial contribution from the (European Union) MEDIA Plus programme, as support to Pilot Projects. The pilot projects constitute the way in which the Council Decision ensures that the MEDIA Plus programme takes account of rapid technological change.

On film2home.fi or through Sonera´s service you can get movies in two different ways.  For more than a year it has been possible to rent and watch a movie directly via the broadband connection.  To rent a movie costs 2–4 EUR per 24 h and it is possible to stop, pause and watch the movie as many times as you want.  The movie starts directly and the quality depends on how fast the broadband connection is.  A minimum of 1Mb is required to get good quality.

The new revolutionizing way is that it is now also possible to download movies to own. If you want to keep the movie more than 24 h, it is from this week also possible to download and buy a digital copy of the movie, which is then downloaded to the hard drive.  Once on the computer the movie can be seen as many times as you want and at any time.  The price for a download is from 10 EUR to approximately 15 EUR for the newest titles.  The download time depends on how fast the broadband connection is and how long the movie is.  An average download can take up to one hour.

The service is reached either by www.film2home.fi or going into www.sonera.fi/viihde

The files that are downloaded from film2home is in standard definition which is the same high picture- and sound quality as a DVD.

– We have chosen to offer movies with a guaranteed high picture quality and text. We believe that people are willing to pay for the convenience and quality they get with this service. You also get personal help from our customer support if any problems occur with the download, says Gerard Versteegh at film2home.

There are different ways to easily connect a cable between your computer and the TV and also use your surround system. The possibilities are many. The technology is here, now it is time to fill the home entertainment system with content without leaving the home.

For more information, questions, interviews or a personal demonstration, please contact;
Johan Frisch, Commercial Director of MPS Broadband +46 70 607 97 98
Gerard Versteegh, founder of film2home +46 70 592 49 59

About MPS Broadband
MPS Broadband, with offices in Sweden, United Kingdom and the United States, provides leading edge technical solutions for digital media. The solutions are all built on the MPS Publishing Platform™, covering all aspects of content management, publishing and distribution.

About film2Home
film2home is a Nordic video-on-demand service on the internet where you can rent or download movies through your broadband connection. We are currently available in Finland, Sweden and Norway. The service is reached via www.film2home.fi, via Windows Media Player, Windows XP Media Center Edition, My Station and w ww.sonera.fi/viidhe. film2home is operated by Bonver, the Nordic region´s major home entertainment distributor. Bonver distributes films (rental or sell-through), music and multimedia productions in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland.

About TeliaSonera
TeliaSonera Finland  Oyj, the Finnish profit centre of TeliaSonera, offers products and services under the Sonera brand. TeliaSonera is the leading telecommunications company in the Nordic and Baltic regions. At the end of December 2005 TeliaSonera had 19,146,000 mobile customers (69,887,000 incl associated companies) and 7,064,000 fixed telephony customers (7,688,000 incl associated companies) and 2,263,000 internet customers (2,331,000 incl associated companies). Outside the home markets TeliaSonera has extensive interests in the growth markets in Russia, Turkey and Eurasia. TeliaSonera is listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange and the Helsinki Stock Exchange. Net sales January–December 2005 amounted to SEK 87.7 billion. The number of employees was 28,175. www.teliasonera.com

On October 18, the Darin concert "Break the News – Live" is given at the Stockholm Central Station, and for those who cannot attend, the web cast allows for thousands of fans to watch the event live at www.darin.se.

MPS Broadband has provided technical solutions to Sony BMG since 2004, enabling the delivery of video based content to broadband and mobile platforms. The long term relationship between MPS Broadband and Sony BMG is now being extended to include web casts of concerts and other events over broadband.

"Sony BMG is using our solution "My Arena™" which is tailor made for live events such as music concerts, sports or conferences. We clearly see an increasing demand for web casting and we are happy to provide the solution", says Johan Frisch, Commercial Director of MPS Broadband.

Darin will perform songs from the coming album "Break the News" and at the event the video for the new single "Perfect" is launched.

For more information contact:
Maria Olanders, SONY BMG Sweden +46 8 412 17 00 maria.olanders@sonybmg.se
Johan Frisch, MPS Broadband +46 8 70 607 97 98 johan.frisch@mpsbroadband.com

Stockholm Open live is available at www.stockholmopen.se between October 11-15 2006. Tennis fans all over the world (except USA and Russia) are able to follow live coverage of 13 matches, including the legend John McEnroe’s appearance in double with home favorite Jonas Björkman. The Stockholm Open Web TV service is delivered in cooperation with Stockholm Open, and the official new media rights holder of the ATP tour event Stockholm Open 2006.

"We are proud to deliver this solution to Stockholm Open as we consider this a natural evolution of live broadcasting and hope to be the obvious choice for any live event rights holder. We are proud to take an active role in the formation of the new digital media landscape which the Stockholm Open Web TV service illustrates in a great way", says Mattias Sjöberg, CEO of MPS Broadband.

"It is a pleasure for us to be able to bring the live action from Stockholm to tennis fans in different parts of the world who normally only can get the results in text form or in short news clips", says Per Hjertquist, Tournament Director, Stockholm Open.

Additionally, the Stockholm Open Broadband TV offers archive footage with free highlights from 2004 and 2005 finals. Access to the live Web TV is open to consumers via a ‘day pass’ for at 89 SEK.

MPS Broadband AB ("MPS") provides technical solutions for the digital media industry. The MPS product portfolio is provided globally on an ASP basis.
 
For more information please contact:
Mattias Sjöberg, MPS Broadband: +46 556 935 65
Per Hjertquist, Tournament Director Stockholm Open 2006: +46708661615

- It is very pleasing that we now can offer movies in this new format together with film2home, says Lars Håkansson, Managing Director Nordic at Warner Home Video Nordic.

- We are extremely happy that Warner has chosen us as a partner and that they have come this far in the digital world. Their catalogue is extremely strong and an important step for us in building a large catalogue with high quality movies, says Gerard Versteegh, founder of film2home.

Apart from the possibility to stream movies via broadband, visitors to film2home can also download movies to their computers and portable devices. The consumer buys a digital copy of the movie which is downloaded onto a hard drive and can be seen any number of times at any time, just like when buying a DVD. Some films will also be offered with a separate bonus file for transferring the movie to a portable media player. The service from film2home is the first of it´s kind in Scandinavia, and the technology that makes this possible is provided by MPS Broadband.

This week, we release films such as Harry Potter and the goblet of fire, Batman Begins, Charlie and the chocolate factory, V for Vendetta, Matrix, Troy, says Lars Håkansson. Our ambition is to deliver a complete library of films.

So far, there are approximately 600 movies available for streaming or download at film2home, but the number of titles grows each day and when more studios open up for their movies to be distributed this way.

The files that are downloaded from film2home have the same high picture- and sound quality as a DVD. The possibilities are many. The technology is here, now it is time to fill the home entertainment system with content without leaving the home.

For more information, questions, interviews or a personal demonstration, please contact;

Gerard Versteegh, Founder of film2home +46 70 592 4959
Lars Håkansson, Managing Director Warner Home Video Nordic +46 8 546 507 00
Johan Frisch, Group Commercial Director, MPS Broadband +46 70 607 9798

NextGenTel now offers a number of films for their customers through a new agreement with MPS Broadband, who provide the technical solution for the service. The service consists of films from film2home, TV-programs from TV-Norge and cartoons from Jetix. MPS Broadband earlier delivered a similar solution to TeliaSonera in Finland.
 
This is what the customers get:
 - 350 films from film2home. The films are streamed over broadband directly to the customer, whenever and wherever the customer wants. MPS Broadband, together with film2home, have also created a solution for the legal download of premium movies.
 - A large part of TVNorge’s programs will be available, some of which will premiere in the service prior to being launched on traditional TV.
 - A wide selection of animated cartoons from Jetix is also available on-demand in the service.
 
Morten Brusletto, Corporate Director Content at NextGenTel says:
"This is the future for TV and film consumption. MPS Broadband ensures flexibility, quality and creativity, and that is how we want to work. The range of films complement the content we have from other partners. In total we now have around 1500 films at BroadPark. Our unique search engine makes it easy for customers to find the films they are looking for."
 
Johan Frisch, Group Commercial Director, MPS Broadband says:
"MPS Broadband welcomes the cooperation with NextGenTel, who are creative in the way they offer their customers content. The approach to future media consumption correspond with ours in a good way. We have delivered a similar solution to TeliaSonera Finland and are proud to to be able to present the solution we have delivered to NextGenTel."

NextGenTel is a "next-generation telecom company". Since March 2000, NextGenTel has established itself as the clear number two broadband and xDSL player in Norway - the incumbent´s main challenger - and one of the fastest growing private xDSL operators in Europe. NextGenTel is a fully owned subsidiary of TeliaSonera AB, a leading telecommunications company within the Nordic and Baltic countries.

MPS Broadband AB is a privately owned Swedish company established in 2003, delivering key-ready globally available digital media distribution ASP solutions.
 
Contact:
NextGenTel AS, Morten Brusletto, +47 67 81 93 80, mortenb@nextgentel.com
MPS Broadband AB, Johan Frisch, +46 8 556 935 74, johan.frisch@mpsbroadband.com

Americas Cup Broadband TV, which was available at www.americascup.com between May-July 2006, featured 26-minute daily highlight programmes covering the Valencia Louis Vuitton Acts 2006. Sailing fans in certain territories were also able to stream live coverage of the semi-finals and finals of the Valencia Louis Vuitton Act 12.

A requirement of the service was to restrict the availability of some of the content in territories where broadcast rights agreements for the 32nd America’s Cup were in place. In these territories, the live webcasts were blocked while the daily highlights were made available after a 72-hour embargo.

As well as the daily highlights and live webcasts, Americas Cup Broadband TV offered behind-the-scenes programming and archive footage. Access was open to consumers via a ‘day pass’ or ‘season ticket’.

The Americas Cup Broadband TV service illustrated the flexibility of the MPS Publishing Platform™ (MPP). Scott Robinson of Alcatel New Media added, “Americas Cup Broadband TV is a great example of how rights holders can reach a worldwide audience using live and on-demand streaming to complement traditional television coverage. MPS’s ability to restrict access to streamed content according to territory is fundamental to the success of this project.”

“Alcatel’s choice of MPS as a supplier to build and operate Americas Cup Broadband TV in 2006 is a testament to the robustness, simplicity and flexibility of the MPS Publishing Platform™.”

Universal Pictures and film2home (www.film2home.se) are offering Nordic’s first major movie download-to-own (DTO) service. The service, offering consumers a unique 3-copy model, was launched in Sweden the 29th of May and other Nordic territories will follow shortly. Universal Pictures is the first major Hollywood studio to offer major feature film content for download through an electronic sell-through distribution model in Scandinavia. Sweden is the second territory, after UK, where Universal has launched its unique 3-copy DTO model. Other major titles available for DTO are among others: Ray, Serenity, Skeleton Key; and from now on all major titles from Universal will be available for download on the same day as they are released on DVD.

For more information please contact:
Johan Frisch, Sales & Marketing Director MPS Broadband, +46 70 607 97 98
Anders Tullgren, Sales Director Universal Pictures, +46 70 301 68 96
Gerard Versteegh, founder of film2home, +46 70 592 49 59

- “A fantastic service offered to all fans that loves the Swedish Premier Division”, says Peter Harryson, Director of Sports on CANAL+. CANAL+ offers all that has access to broad bands (speed on least 1 Mb/s) and a pc possibility to follow your team in live broadcast on the web. This is the only occasion when you as a watcher can watch a CANAL+ produced game without being a subscriber. The only thing you need to do is enter www.canalplus.se/allsvenskan and order the game you wants to watch. Each game costs 99 SEK.

If you have any questions contact Peter Harryson, Director of Sports on CANAL+, +46 70 358 29 83 or Henriette Zeuchner, Development of new services Director, +46 70 358 28 35.

MPS Broadband co-exhibits with Verizon Business at NAB 2006 (booth #SL2403). Jointly we will showcase advanced multi channel distribution of digital media, using MPS Publishing Platform and Verizon Business´ ICF Media Platform.

For example, we will demonstrate solutions for:
• VOD in Windows® Media Center
• Customized Web TV portals
• Media on-demand for mobile phones and portable devices

On Monday January 30, MPS Broadband opens its official doors in the USA, as Tech-sponsor at the Annual Real Screen Summit Event at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington D.C.

We will showcase leading Digital Media Solutions based on the MPS Publishing Platform™; My Content™ and My Station™.

My Content™ is an end-to-end solution for content management, media publishing and distribution for content owners. It is a flexible product for content owners aiming at live streaming, content repurposing, and on-demand/download sales purposes in multiple broadband environments.

Following successful releases in several European countries, the My Station™ aggregating video–on–demand service will soon be released in Windows Media Player™ and Windows Media Center™ in the USA. This will give film producers and distributors an excellent chance to reach millions of viewers in USA with on-demand services.

In our "On-demand Lab" you can also meet representatives from our strategic partner Verizon Business (formerly MCI), showing products and services fully integrated with the MPS Publishing Platform™.

We invite you to meet with us and look at the opportunities offered by our products and services, and to evaluate how we can help you bring your media content to customers worldwide.

Please, feel free to drop by at any time during the Real Screen Summit, or send us an email to set up an appointment.

We wish you welcome!

The tournament will be held in Sun City between 20-22 January 2006 and MPS Broadband has accepted to provide MMBSPI with a continuous loop of highlights destined for Vodacom customers using 3G mobile phones.

– MPS are using the SABC broadcast signal from the TV tower in Stockholm ingesting it into the ICF solution where the editing, encoding and adding of voice over takes place, says Dries Prinsloo, CEO of MMBSPI (Multi Media Broadcasting Service Providers Int. (PTY) LTD.)

The clips will be made in mpeg format and automatically ftp:d to a server in Germany from where the clips are transmitted to cellphones in Sun City.

In addition, the event will be broadcast live through IP streaming (850 kbit/s) in four different Scandinavian countries. After each day´s events, a 15 minute highlight clip will be published in My Station™ and on Canal Plus webpage.

The clips will be updated every hour during play.

The seven services for the Online Spotlight section comprise: BBC News, TvOnTime, KMS Software
and the Swedish company MPS Broadband provides a number new media on demand services.
These are: Fashion TV (taken daily from the TV channel), Trace TV (an "urban music" channel), WildFile
(nature documentaries and science) and Easy Karaoke.

"We´re seeing great momentum behind our vision for cutting edge digital entertainment on the PC", said Windows Client Marketing Manager at Microsoft UK, David Weeks. MCE is not only giving easy access
to new forms of content from the comfort of their sofa, but also enabling the content industry to offer
innovative new services.

Weeks also previewed the Media Center Extender Technology that is part of the Xbox 360. The software fleshes out Microsoft´s concept of home networking – through a wireless connection the Xbox can provide access to the media Center – and thus television, music and movies – from another room in the house, even if it is in use at the time. Weeks said the Xbox provided a full implementation of the extender software. In other words, full access to the Media Center platform should be supported.

Our customers can rent a movie using their broadband connection anytime and Com Hem On-Demand is available for all Com Hem broadband customers. The service consists of top movies from film2home, travel reports from the TV4 show Near and Far, two entire seasons of Motormagazine from Channel 5, wildlife and nature films from Scandinature, a karaoke service with more than 1800 songs, over 8000 music videos from Musicbrigade, a news service from Swedens leading news agency, highlights from the Swedish Hockey League (Elitserien), films of extreme skiing and reports from over 70 exotic golf courses around the globe. Everything that is ordered will be specified on the customers regular monthly invoice from Com Hem.

"This is within our triple play strategy, TV broadband and telephone offers from the same operator. We also think it is very important to be able to offer our customers an alternative to the illegal content that is swirling the Internet", says Christer Eriksson, managing director of Com Hem.

Com Hem On Demand uses MPS Broadband as its technology and solution provider.

"We are proud and happy to have the opportunity to break new ground together with Com Hem – the first major operator in Sweden to use our technology for this broadband TV solution. We are convinced that media consumption in the future will be on demand services i.e the viewers themselves want to decide when and what the want to watch", says Lena Singstedt, COO, MPS Nordic.

Com Hem broadband customers can also gain access to Com Hem On Demand through Microsoft Media Center Edition and Windows Media Player 9 and 10.

For further information, please contact:
Christer Eriksson, Business Manager, Com Hem
Phone: +46 8 553 632 26
Cell: +46 734 390 643

Lena Singstedt, MPS Nordic
Phone: +46 8 556 935 67
Cell: +46 705 563 616

The service contains, among other, services from TV Norge.
Link to telenors press release of iCanal:
http://press.telenor.com/PR/200102/810025_5.html

The TV-services are delivered by established television channels like TV4, Kanal5, Canal+ and C More Online. Moreover, a number of new services from film2home (films), the Swedish ice hockey league, the Swedish News Agency TT (news), Easy Karaoke (musical) and Scandinature (nature documentaries and science).

A feature particularly interesting for the consumer in the My Station™ is that the services have a common registration and payment solution, and are very easy to use. In practice is enough with a PIN-code in order to use the service and get access to the content. One only pays for the services used.

My Station™ is available in several of Microsofts media products. Partly in Window XP Media Centre edition, partly in WMP (Window´s Media Players v. 9/10).

My Station™ and the platform wich TV-broadcasters and other content suppliers use for their on-demand services, are developed by the Swedish company MPS Broadband AB. MPS Broadband AB is a company with experience and expertise within broadcast, interactive television and software development.