Bluestreak Technology Reaffirms its Place as Industry Leader in Mobile TV Applications


BARCELONA, Spain, February 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- Bluestreak to Offer an Open Environment for Operators and Content
Providers for Easy Development on Closed OS Phones

Bluestreak Technology, the developer of the MachBlue(TM) platform for
mobile phones and digital television, today announced the latest addition to
its MachBlue Mobile suite - a series of rich-media applications that can be
integrated directly with Flash authoring tools to create dynamic user
interfaces and content for mobile phones.

Developed in conjunction with the world's leading technology companies,
the rich media application helps operators to create and deliver dynamic
content such as mobile TV, video on demand or music videos.

Bluestreak CEO, Paul Forostowsky, commented: "The mobile world got a wake
up call this year, with the launch of the iPhone. The handset has a stunning
user interface and is made for displaying dynamic, great looking content. By
using Bluestreak's technology handset manufacturers, operators and content
providers can really step up to the mark - to create visually engaging
content and user interfaces."

Based on a web based environment, manufactures can develop user ready
applications that can run on a number of platforms including Symbian Series
60, Symbian UIQ, Windows Mobile 2006, Linux, Brew and J2ME. MachBlue's
cross-platform capabilities bridge the gap between different makes and models
of handsets, making it possible for wireless operators and handset OEMs to
create a customized, branded user experience that is uniform across all
devices.

MachBlue Mobile allows the creation of Mobile TV electronic program
guides with transparent video overlay and dynamic updating, total MMI
rebranding, sophisticated video and music applications and live TV and event
broadcasting using complimentary DVB-H, 3G, and VOD technologies.

Bluestreak's rich media applications are heralded within the industry as
being the most efficient applications around, highlighted by the fact Orange
needed only three weeks to create the Orange World TV application. Working
with Orange, Bluestreak is creating a flagship application for the 2008
Beijing Olympic Games, allowing users to access a variety of live
broadcasting, information, news and results from the Games as they are
underway.

This announcement reaffirms Bluestreak as the leader in bringing
rich-media content and services to mobile phones, having signed a series of
significant partnership and customer deals over the past number of years with
the likes of Orange, KPN and T-Mobile to name but a few.

Bluestreak CEO Paul Forostowsky added; "This announcement heralds the
next step in Bluestreak's incredible success story. We've seen a number of
operators and handset manufacturers embrace MachBlue technology, and expect
to see more over the coming years. "

Bluestreak's rich media applications are only one part of the hugely
successful Bluestreak Technology business. As well as running Mobile TV
applications through the MachBlue Mobile player, Bluestreak has also long
established its MachBlue TV it's application for set-top box's, operating
with the likes of TimeWarner cable, Open TV and Videotron.

About Bluestreak Technology, Inc. - Bluestreak Technology, formerly known
as Bluestreak Network, is the creator of the award-winning MachBlue(TM)
platform, which powers sophisticated applications and user interfaces on
mobile phones and television set-top boxes. The MachBlue platform gives
network operators and OEMs the power to create engaging, rich-media user
experiences (UX). Customers include leading operators such as Videotron, Time
Warner Cable, and Orange.

MachBlue Mobile implements a subset of the Flash(R) 7 specification,
supplemented with the MachBlue Mobile API enabling enhanced handset control
and integration.

Flash(R) is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems, Inc. in the United
States and other countries.

Contact: Cathy Baker, Band & Brown Communications, 
Cathy@bbpr.com, +44-20-7419-7000.

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