Live DVB-H interactive mobile TV services at MWC

SIDSA the International provider of Digital Broadcasting technologies, has
joined forces with Abertis Telecom and DMT to provide live DVB-H
interactive mobile TV services during the Mobile World Congress 2009 in
Barcelona between February 16th and 19th

Ref. CN0906 – Madrid, Spain, February 16th 2009 – SIDSA and DMT, the
International DVB technology providers, are providing a complete DVB-H
platform and several transmitters to Abertis Telecom, the Official Mobile
TV Network Partner for MWC, so live mobile television is available on any
DVB-H enabled device in the show. Moreover, a collection of interactive
services over DVB-H are being broadcast to enhance the end-user experience
of watching TV on the move.
SIDSA and Abertis Telecom are both participating in the Spanish-funded
Furia project, related to advanced broadcasting technologies and
interactivity. Some of the results of the project will be demonstrated
during the show.
SIDSA’s platform is a fully-featured statistical multiplexing
ultra-compact DVB-H headend completely interoperable with all available
DVB-H enabled mobile phones in the market. Six live channels, among others
MWC Media Partners, will be broadcasted free-to-air covering the MWC area,
outdoor and indoor.
DMT is a leading provider of transmitters and gap fillers for Mobile TV
applications, with products particularly well targeted to the requirements
of such networks. SIDSA and DMT are collaborating in a number of projects,
like in the Russian Sverdlosk region, one of the first to provide
commercial digital terrestrial TV services in the country.
All products and services of SIDSA and DMT can be seen at SIDSA’s booth
J41 in Hall 2.

About Abertis Telecom
Abertis Telecom is the Spanish leader in infrastructures and
telecommunication services, holding the first broadcast and audiovisual
signal distribution site network .Abertis Telecom is part of Abertis, one
of the main international groups in management of infrastructure serving
mobility and communications.
Abertis Telecom is leading the implementation and deployment of DTT in
Spain and works on the development of mobile TV from the very beginning.
In that sense have been leading the most important mobile TV trials in
Spain and technology validation processes in Europe along with the main
sector broadcast and telecommunication companies.

For more information, visit Abertis and Abertis Telecom on the Internet:
http://www.abertis.com , http://www.abertistelecom.com or on MWC booth at
Hall 3 Spanish pavilion CY11

About DMT
DMT is an Italian company headquartered in Lissone, Italy, operating in
the sector of communication infrastructures, offering products and
services, to radio-television network operators and wireless operators.
DMT Group activity is structured into two complementary business areas:
- Systems: production of television transmission systems, both digital and
analog and provision of services related to the rollout and operation of
TV networks. In the frame of DMT Group, DMT System is in charge of the
Technology Business Area.
- Towers: management of DMT’s transmission sites, consisting of almost
2000 towers over Italy. Hosting of transmission equipment for broadcasting
or mobile telephony/ wireless services, and provision of related services.
In the frame of DMT Group, Towertel is in charge of the Towers Business
Area.
For contacts and additional information, please connect to
www.dmtonline.com .

About SIDSA
SIDSA is an audiovisual technology provider with active in semiconductor
design, conditional access, digital headends and overall project
management. SIDSA headquarters are in Madrid (Spain) and has offices in
Zaragoza, Dubai, Hong Kong, Moscow and San Francisco. In 2006 SIDSA
investment from the Spanish private equity and venture capital groups:
Inova Capital and Baring Group, has stimulated its international expansion
and growth. SIDSA’s digital TV headend portfolio includes contribution and
distribution network solutions, broadcast-to-IPTV EtherTV gateways and
terrestrial and mobile digital TV platforms, POLARplus, the most compact
but fully featured headend product line in the market. SIDSA complements
its headend line with KeyFly 2.0, a smartcard-less conditional access
system, specifically designed to offer the maximum level of security and
flexibility in horizontal pay-TV markets, such as DTT.
Within the semiconductors portfolio, SIDSA includes Enter e1, a cutting
edge DVB-H demodulator and application processor chipset, available as
reference designs (hardware and software) targeted at mobile devices,
consumer electronics, professional reception and micro gap-fillers
markets. SIDSA is also developing DVB-SH and DVB-T2 demodulators.
SIDSA’s key differentiation is the valuable know-how and understanding of
complete end-to-end Digital TV Systems. For further information:
www.sidsa.com.

Forward-looking Statement
This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements with
respect results of operations and business of SIDSA and certain plans and
objectives of SIDSA with respect to these items. By their nature,
forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they
relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future
and not always under SIDSA control.

Contact details for publication:
SIDSA, PTM – Torres Quevedo 1, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
Tel: +34 91 803 50 52 Fax: +34 91 803 95 57
E-mail: pr {at} sidsa(.)es