Press Release

• Espial® Escape® browser provides an advanced standards-based environment to develop on demand portal content services and offer valuable Internet on TV functionality that allows service providers to Own their IPTV Subscribers and gain operational control.

• These applications have been integrated and highly optimized for the Philips’ STB810 reference platform to ensure faster time to deployment for operators..

IBC2005 (Stand 4.374)– AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, September 6, 2005, 2005 — Espial®, a leading provider of client IPTV applications and middleware announced today that Philips has integrated Espial Escape® to add valuable browser features in its STB810 semiconductor reference design. This new IPTV set-top box (STB) will offer a compelling environment for deploying Walled Garden applications and a dynamic Internet on TV experience to help operators Own their IPTV Subscriber.

Espial Escape features the latest television and W3C standards by offering HTML 4, JavaScript 1.5, DOM1, DOM2-Events, CSS2.1, CSS-TV, and DVB-HTML to offer a rich and dynamic environment for content creation.

Using Philip’s STB810 semiconductor reference design, service providers can easily use Espial Escape to develop standards-based interactive portal services to deliver news, weather, sports or games, while also providing an engaging Internet on TV experience for their consumers to access the most popular sites on the web via their TV.

“Philips enriches the TV experience with semiconductor solutions that enable advanced services, features, video and audio quality,” said Menno Kleingeld, marketing director STB and home media devices, Philips Semiconductors. “Integrating Espial Escape® in our STB810 semiconductor reference design ensures service providers differentiate their offerings with a fast time-to-market and attract the attention of more IPTV subscribers.”

“Espial Escape is such a popular choice for set-top box manufacturers because of its’ modular framework that ensures operators can offer feature-rich services and entertainment for their subscribers by merely adding or removing new applications and services in response to market requirements,” said Dilshan De Silva, Director of Marketing for Espial's browser business “Our customers rely on our broad experience in the STB market to provide the interactive services their customers demand in a timely and cost-efficient manner.”

Learn more about Espial Escape during IBC September 9-13, 2005 at Espial’s booth 4.374.

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About Espial
Espial is a leading provider of client applications and middleware for set-top boxes and consumer electronic devices. Espial applications and technologies include Video On Demand, Electronic Program Guides, User Settings Management, Interactive Content Portals, and Web browsing. The company is the recipient of the Deloitte and Touche 'Fast 500' top companies in North America , two years running. Espial software is deployed and accredited for more than 100 consumer designs such as Motorola, Siemens, Sumitomo Electric Networks, Thomson, Philips, LodgeNet, OnCommand, S-Net Systems, and i3Micro Technologies. Espial can be found on the web at www.espial.com.

Media Contact:
Meredith Dundas
Espial, Marketing Communications Manager
+1-613-230-4770 x 1142
mdundas@espial.com