Tut Systems to Hold Third Annual Digital TV User Group Conference

Tut Systems to Hold Third Annual Digital TV User Group Conference

Conference Experiences Dramatic Growth With Nearly 100 Users From Over 40 Service Providers Attending

LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tut Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:TUTS), an industry leader enabling the delivery of next-generation data and video services over broadband networks, today announced that it will be holding its third annual Digital TV User Group Conference from September 26 - 28, 2005 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Believed to be among the largest digital TV user group conferences of its kind in North America, it is open to all companies who have purchased Tut Systems Digital TV products.

"The Tut Systems Digital TV User Group Conference has been a very valuable forum to learn about industry and technology trends and events in the Digital TV market," said Howard Juul, Vice President Network Planning for Iowa Network Services, who serves as Chairperson of the User Group Steering Committee. "It has been a highly effective means to provide feedback to Tut Systems and share practical Digital TV deployment experiences among the users."

"We are extremely pleased to see over a sixty percent increase in attendance from last year's Digital TV Users Group Conference attesting to the strong growth we are witnessing for Digital TV," said Sal D'Auria, Chairman, President and CEO of Tut Systems. "The discussions, information sharing and feedback from so many innovative Digital TV companies have been invaluable in helping us to improve our products and services."

Industry Leading Digital TV Platform

More than 130 service providers across North America, Europe, Africa and Asia deliver Digital TV from Tut Systems digital headends. The Astria family of video processing platforms, which serves as the core of the company's digital headend solution, processes both analog and digital video streams from multiple satellite and local sources in a variety of formats. The Astria CP supports MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AVC video compression, local ad insertion, forward error correction and provides real-time conditioning for distribution of video and audio over any ATM, IP, or RF broadband network.

About Tut Systems, Inc.

Tut Systems, Inc. delivers advanced content processing and distribution products as well as comprehensive system integration services for deploying next-generation data and video services over broadband networks. Service providers, content providers and government agencies worldwide use Tut Systems solutions to deliver broadcast-quality video over broadband networks.

Tut Systems is headquartered in Lake Oswego, OR with regional offices across North America, Europe and Asia. For more information visit www.tutsys.com or call 971-217-0400.

NOTE: Astria is a registered trademark of Tut Systems, Inc.

Source: Tut Systems, Inc.

CONTACT: Hilary Goetz of Tut Systems, Inc., +1-971-217-0441, or hgoetz@tutsys.com

Web site: http://www.tutsys.com/

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