Eagle Broadband Receives First International Set-Top Box Order from General Dynamics Interactive & EMT for Deployment at Luxury InterContinental Singapore Hotel
Wednesday October 13, 10:28 am ET
Most Recent Order Highlights Global Hospitality Market Demand for Eagle's Advanced Set-Top Box Technology
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 2004-- Eagle Broadband, Inc. (AMEX:EAG - News), a leading provider of broadband and communications technology and services, announced today that the company has received its first international order for the company's advanced Media Pro set-top box technology for deployment with General Dynamics Interactive's Intrigue® Multimedia System at the world-class InterContinental Singapore hotel.
This is the most recent order placed by General Dynamics Interactive (GDI), a business area of General Dynamics C4 Systems. GDI is a leading provider of interactive in-room digital entertainment and information systems to the hospitality industry. The InterContinental Singapore project was secured with Entertainment Media and Telecoms (EMT) Corporation Ltd., a leading provider of Digital Services Delivery Systems for the Hospitality sector. EMT distributes the Intrigue system as a channel partner of General Dynamics C4 Systems.
The order demonstrates growing demand from international hospitality customers for Eagle's advanced IP set-top box technology.
EMT is using Eagle's Media-Pro set-top box technology with the Intrigue® multimedia in-room entertainment and information system to deliver a range of interactive guest services including true digital movies and music-on-demand with DVD functionality, high-speed Internet access, an interactive television guide, electronic concierge services, on-line shopping, video checkout, and other revenue generating guest services. The new system delivers exciting new services for hotel guests providing an exceptional in-room entertainment experience.
"We selected Eagle's Media Pro set-top box technology because it provides the performance, quality and reliability we demand. The technology from Eagle Broadband is driving higher standards into selected EMT installations and creating faster, more dynamic entertainment experiences for guests." said Geoff Milne, CEO of the Entertainment Media division of EMT. "We look forward to continuing to leverage Eagle's industry-leading technology to deliver the most advanced digital in-room entertainment solutions to additional EMT hospitality customers both in the U.S. and abroad," Milne added.
Dave Weisman, CEO of Eagle Broadband, commented, "The international hospitality market represents a significant growth opportunity for Eagle's set-top box business. Our first international order validates that our Media Pro set-top box can meet the needs of international hospitality customers as well as those in the U.S. We welcome the opportunity to assist EMT and GDI in meeting the in-room entertainment needs of an additional InterContinental hotel property and look forward to working with other EMT and GDI hospitality customers in the future."
Eagle's advanced line of Media Pro set-top boxes enables hotel, resort and casino owners, hospitals, apartment/condominium owners, municipalities, real estate developers and schools to deliver a range of interactive services that can generate higher-margin revenues. The Media Pro features a highly reliable, full-function computer with a compact footprint and very quiet, guest-friendly, fan-less design. Either standalone or when combined with Eagle's customizable EZ-Magic middleware software, the customizable Media Pro delivers very high quality standard or high definition streaming video, improved digital audio, easier navigation of hotel and community services (i.e., concierge, local restaurants and events, etc.), advanced content and system security and support for a wide variety of hardware platforms.
For additional information regarding Eagle Broadband's solutions for the hospitality industry, please call 800-628-3910 or 281-538-6000 or send an email to
mediaproinfo@eaglebroadband.com.
About Eagle Broadband
Eagle Broadband is a leading provider of broadband and communications technology and services. The company's product offerings include an exclusive "four-play" suite of Bundled Digital Services (BDS(SM)) with high-speed Internet, cable TV, telephone and security monitoring, and a turnkey suite of financing, network design, operational and support services that enables municipalities, utilities, real estate developers, hotels, multi-tenant owners and service providers to deliver exceptional value, state-of-the-art entertainment and communications choices and single-bill convenience to their residential and business customers. Eagle offers the HDTV-ready, Media Pro IP set-top box product line that enables hotel operators and service providers to maximize revenues by offering state-of-the-art in-room entertainment and video services. The company also develops and markets the exclusive SatMAX(TM) satellite communications system that allows government, military, homeland security, aviation, maritime and enterprise customers to deliver reliable, non-line-of-sight, voice and data communications services via the Iridium satellite network from any location on Earth. The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas. For more information, please visit
www.eaglebroadband.com or call 281-538-6000.
About EMT Corporation Ltd.
Entertainment Media & Telecoms (EMT) Corporation Ltd. is a company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Singapore, and Toronto. The company has two core business divisions, with specific and interrelated technologies and services. The Entertainment Media division focus is on the provision and implementation of Digital Service Delivery Systems for the Hospitality sector. We provide technology to deliver enhanced digital standards of in-room entertainment, such as Digital Video on Demand (DVOD) and High Speed Internet Access (HSIA) broadband connectivity for guest rooms and conferencing requirements. The Telecoms division provides a range of telecommunications products and services, in relation to residential, SME and corporate fixed wire telephony and data products, high speed and dial up Internet products and services and pay TV. Business Partners include US-based General Dynamics for multimedia systems, Extreme Networks for Ethernet infrastructure, SolutionIP for VBN server technology, Eagle Broadband for STB and High Definition technology, Philips, LG and Fujitsu-Siemens for consumer-level hardware deployed across convergent project roll outs. For more information about EMT and the services we provide to the hospitality sector, please visit
www.emtcorp.com.au or call 612-9954-4200.
Forward-looking statements in this release regarding Eagle Broadband, Inc., General Dynamics Interactive and Entertainment Media & Telecoms Corporation Ltd. are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, continued acceptance of the company's products, increased levels of competition, new products and technological changes, the company's dependence upon third-party suppliers, intellectual property rights, and other risks detailed from time to time in the company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.