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Softel-USA Welcomes Nionex to the MediaSphere Alliance Program

Stamford (USA), Guetersloh (Germany) — November 9, 2005 — Softel-USA, the leading interactive TV (iTV) solutions provider and supplier of distribution and transmission technologies, and the iTV specialist Nionex, a wholly owned subsidiary of the DirectGroup Bertelsmann, announce today that Nionex has become the ninth member of Softel-USA’s popular MediaSphere Alliance Program.

Sam Pemberton, president & CEO of Softel-USA said, "Nionex’s decision to enter the US interactive TV market is timely, following recent successful trials and initial deployments. Nionex will bring with them their knowledge of large-scale deployments in Europe.

Their membership in the MediaSphere Alliance Program will prove very useful to our joint customers." Horst Niggemann, director of interactive TV at Nionex said, "We are excited to partner with Softel-USA as we enter the US OCAP market." Nionex has already integrated its HTML-based pontegra iTV platform with Softel’s MediaSphere products. Nionex showcased the company’s pontegra browser
running on Softel-USA’s MediaSphere DSM-CC object carousel system at the 2005 National Show in San Francisco.