[May 18, 2005] Broadcast Services Denmark Chooses Net Insight for Digital TV Network; EUR 2.2 Million DTT Network to Reach All Households in Denmark Tweet STOCKHOLM, Sweden --(Business Wire)-- May 18, 2005 -- Net Insight (STO:NETI B), a leading provider of video, voice and data networking equipment, announced today that Broadcast Service Denmark (BSD) has selected it for the Danish Digital Terrestrial TV (DTT) network. The network will be built with Net Insight's Nimbra platform and will reach all households in Denmark. The equipment will be delivered during the second quarter of 2005. With DTT, digital TV signals are transmitted from terrestrial masts to digital TV receivers in the households. Among the benefits are lower operational costs, a higher picture quality and the possibility to transmit up to four times more TV channels on the same frequency range. The market for DTT is growing rapidly and more than 50 countries are considering to switch from analog terrestrial TV to digital terrestrial TV. "We have gone through an extensive competitive bidding process and chosen Net Insight's solution since it combines the most efficient technical solutions for Digital Terrestrial TV and Broadcast Contribution with an attractive price and most competitive operational costs," said Finn Sondergaard Pedersen, CEO at Broadcast Services Denmark. Net Insight's Nimbra platform is used to bring the TV signals from national and regional broadcasters, via optical fiber and microwave links, to the transmitter masts located across Denmark. Net Insight's Nimbra platform TV signals can be multicast in parallel with data and voice services with full broadcast quality and protection. BSD is responsible for the analog and digital distribution of TV and radio in Denmark. BSD is a wholly owned subsidiary of the two Danish public broadcasters Danmarks Radio and TV2. For this contract BSD is acting on behalf of Danmarks Radio and TV2. "This is our third order for a Digital Terrestrial TV network in a short period of time. It confirms that we have a very strong, possibly the strongest solution at a time when many countries are implementing Digital Terrestrial TV," said Tomas Duffy, CEO at Net Insight. About Net Insight Net Insight develops video, voice and data networking equipment that delivers guaranteed 100% QoS with maximum network utilization and multicast to provide a network that can efficiently and economically deliver advanced video services such as HDTV, Video on Demand and Digital Television combined with Internet and voice traffic. Our Nimbra platform enables our customers to launch new revenue generating TV and video related services for Broadcast TV, CATV, Telco Triple Play and DVB-T with significantly reduced CAPEX and OPEX. Net Insight is quoted on the Stockholm Stock Exchange's O list and has offices in Sweden and the USA. For more information, visit www.netinsight.net. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]