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For Immediate Release: September 20, 2005
OMT and CBC Galaxie
celebrate 8th Anniversary
Winnipeg, MB –
OMT Inc. (TSXV: OMT) congratulates Galaxie,
CBC’s Continuous Music Network on their 8th
anniversary of delivering top quality continuous
music programming to over 4.5 million Canadian
homes and businesses.
OMT and CBC
Galaxie have built a strong business
relationship that dates back to 1997 when OMT
provided the technology for the initial launched
the Galaxie service. Since that time, Galaxie
has implemented the 2nd generation
OMT technology platform that has allowed the two
companies to work together to build, and deliver
a variety of innovative media entertainment
services. This year, Galaxie and OMT’s Intertain
division jointly launched Galaxie Music for
Business, an in-store music and messaging
service for retail and hospitality. Visit
Galaxie
Music for Business
for more details.
“Eight years ago,
Galaxie challenged us to provide a reliable and
easy to use continuous music service delivery
platform that required minimal operational
support and tied together their geographically
dispersed program and content management staff,”
stated Scott Farr
VP Business Development &
CTO.
“From this OMT has developed one of the world’s
most sophisticated technology platforms that
powers most of North America’s continuous music
networks and has given our iMediaTouch radio
broadcast software significant technological
advantage in the marketplace,” he added.
”The combination of Galaxie music library and
programming expertise with OMT’s technical
infrastructure provides a top-quality service,”
adds Bill Atkinson, Executive Director, Business
Development at CBC. ”The music experts behind
our channels use OMT platform every week to
deliver the best music tailor-made for Canadian
tastes. That is why we’ve continuously scored
close to 100% in listener satisfaction.”
About
Galaxie
Galaxie
is Canada’s most widely distributed digital
audio network, a commercial division of the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (cbc.ca).
Galaxie offers 45 professionally programmed
continuous music channels with close to 40
programmers, all experts in a musical genre. The
Network is available in more than 4.5 million
homes. Galaxie also offers a tailor-made service
for commercial establishments, Galaxie Music for
Business, which currently comprises over 100
music programs. You can listen to the Galaxie
residential service through your favourite
satellite, digital cable, or telecommunications
provider. For more information on Galaxie,
please visit
www.galaxie.ca.
About OMT
OMT Inc. (TSX VENTURE: OMT) is a digital media
content and technology solution provider to
retailers and radio broadcasters. Intertain
Media, the digital entertainment division,
offers media previewing systems and in-store
music and messaging services to major retailers
in North America. The iMediaTouch division
delivers radio automation systems to over 1,200
domestic and international broadcast clients.
OMT's broadcasting, multi-media technology, and
digital media content are heard daily by over 50
Million people worldwide through radio,
satellite, television, in-store and Internet
delivered broadcasts. To learn more visit the
company's website www.omt.net or
www.intertainmedia.com.
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The TSX Venture Exchange has neither approved
nor disapproved the contents of this press
release.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Grant Paley
OMT Technologies
Ph.204-786-3994 ext.207
Fax. 204-783-5805
gpaley@omt.net
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