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For Immediate Release
November 28, 2002
MUSIC CHOICE PURCHASES DIGITAL BROADCAST
SYSTEM FROM OMT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Winnipeg, MB -- OMT Inc. (TSXV:OMT), through its
subsidiary OMT Technologies Inc., announced
today that it has signed an agreement with Music
Choice to supply and install a new multi-channel
digital audio broadcast system. The system
features OMT™s iMediaTouch leading edge
broadcast automation software and uses the
latest Dolby AC/3 audio technology.
The agreement is valued at more than CDN $1
million, and will be implemented over the next
several months.
We are delighted that Music Choice has chosen
OMT Technologies to provide this comprehensive
broadcast solution, commented Scott Farr,
President and CEO of OMT Technologies Inc. This
system features our proven broadcast automation
software platform and features the use of our
iMediaExpressEncoder system.
Stu Farber, Vice-President of Information
Technology for Music Choice stated that they
selected OMT, based on their proven and reliable
technology and their ability to meet Music
Choice™s unique requirements. We were
impressed with OMT™s innovative software CODEC
technology to support the end-to-end use of
Dolby AC/3 as our primary audio storage and
broadcast medium, he added.
MUSIC CHOICE is the largest digital audio
service in the United States. It provides cable
and satellite customers with 54 channels of
commercial free CD-quality music in a wide
variety of music genres, along with original
programs, 24 hours a day. Music Choice produces
an exclusive concert series through a nationwide
network of cable systems. Music Choice's audio
service reaches 25 million households and the
concert series airs in 30 million homes
nationally. Headquartered in Horsham, PA, Music
Choice is a partnership between subsidiaries of
Microsoft Corporation, Motorola, Inc., Sony
Corporation of America, Warner Music Group,
Inc., EMI Music and several leading U.S. cable
providers, including Adelphia Cable
Communications, Comcast Cable Communications,
AT&T Broadband, Cox Communications and Time
Warner Cable. MUSIC CHOICE is a registered
trademark of Music Choice. Visit the MUSIC
CHOICE website at www.musicchoice.com.
About OMT
OMT Inc. (TSXV:OMT), through its subsidiary,
OMT Technologies Inc., is a technology and
solution provider to the media and broadcast
industry. OMT's broadcasting and multi-media
technology is heard by millions of people
worldwide every day through television, radio,
satellite, cable and Internet broadcasts. To
learn more about the Company, its products and
services visit its web site at www.omt.net.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
OMT Inc.
Scott Farr, President & CEO
Tel. 204-975-2790
Email. sfarr@omt.net
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