Net Insight selected to supply Nimbra equipment for the Digital Terrestrial TV distribution network in Ireland

Stockholm, Sweden - Net Insight, leading developer of efficient and
scalable optical transport solutions for media, IP and broadcast
networks, has been selected to supply its Nimbra platform to RTÉ NL
for the Digital Terrestrial TV distribution network in Ireland.
 
RTÉ NL is a communications network operator that distributes and
transmits the national programme services of all national TV and
Radio broadcasters.
 
In November 2007, RTÉ NL became a Net Insight customer ordering
Nimbra equipment for a network to interconnect its regional
transmitter sites. The digital TV switchover is commencing soon in
Ireland and RTÉ NL will build and operate a Digital Terrestrial TV
(DTT) network.
 
Net Insight's Nimbra platform will distribute TV signals (DVB-T), DAB
radio, data and all current analogue and FM radio channels from the
national broadcasters, via optical fiber and microwave links, to 10
main transmitter and multiple repeater sites across Ireland. Net
Insight also provides contribution feeds for Outside Broadcast Radio
injection at each transmitter site and backhaul of locally generated
TV services over this new platform to RTE's main broadcasting centre
at Donnybrook.
 
The network will also implement Net Insight's unique Time Transfer
feature for GPS-free time synchronization to allow for easy migration
to an SFN (Single Frequency Network) architecture.
 
The whole network will be managed through Net Insight's Nimbra Vision
management platform and offers the additional security of "disaster
recovery" systems at two remote locations controlled through Nimbra
Vision providing fast restoration of RTÉNL's broadcast services.
 
The order will be delivered in the second quarter and was received in
cooperation with the Irish systems integrator EMR.
 "We are proud that our Nimbra platform once again has been selected
for a national DTT network", says Fredrik Trägårdh, CEO of Net
Insight. "It is a highly efficient multiservice transport solution
that provides strong and unique benefits for network operators and
their customers."
 
DTT offers a higher picture quality, better sound quality and a more
variety and choice of channels to the viewers. For the operator the
technology gives lower operational costs, better utilization of the
frequency spectrum with the possibility to offer more TV channels and
new services to its customers.
 
The Nimbra platform has several unique features for DTT and Mobile TV
networks such as Time Transfer for GPS-free time synchronization. In
addition, Nimbra offers a flexible and cost-effective solution for
delivering advanced multimedia services in Broadcast and Media
networks and for IPTV/CATV distribution. TV operators deploying
Digital Terrestrial TV based on the Nimbra platform not only get a
DTT network but a multi-service transport infrastructure that opens
up for new business opportunities.
 
For more information, please contact:
Fredrik Trägårdh, CEO of Net Insight AB, +46 8 685 04 69,
fredrik.tragardh@netinsight.net
 
About Net Insight
Net Insight delivers the world's most efficient and scaleable optical
transport solution for Broadcast and Media, Digital Terrestrial TV,
Mobile TV and IPTV/CATV networks.

Net Insight products truly deliver 100 percent Quality of Service
with three times improvement in utilization of bandwidth for
a converged transport infrastructure. Net Insight's Nimbra(TM)
platform is the industry solution for video, voice and data, reducing
operational costs by 50 percent and enhancing competitiveness in
delivery of existing and new media services.

World class customers run mission critical video services over Net
Insight products for more than 100 million people in more than 25
countries. Net Insight is quoted on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. For
more information, visit www.netinsight.net
 
About RTÉ and RTÉ NL
For more information, visit www.rte.ie and www.rtenl.ie