Acentic Allows Hotels to Gain Versatility for In-Room Entertainment Regardless of Network Infrastructure

Acentic Allows Hotels to Gain Versatility for In-Room Entertainment Regardless of Network Infrastructure

COLOGNE, Germany, May 27, 2010/PRNewswire/ --

Acentic, a leading supplier of digital interactive TV (iTV) systems for
the hotel industry, announced today that it has launched Panorama IP, which
enables hotels with structured ethernet cabling to deliver an outstanding HD
experience to guests in combination with Acentic's proven Panorama
functionality.

Acentic now gives hoteliers the possibility of choosing Acentic's
industry leading Panorama platform regardless of the network, coax or
structured cabling, throughout the hotel with the release of the Acentic
Panorama IP solution. Bundled with Acentic's High-Speed Internet Access
(HSIA) product, hotels now have a one-stop shop for all their guest
entertainment services.

Panorama IP combines the power of an Acentic custom developed IP
Set-Top-Box, that is tailor made to the needs of the hotelier, with Acentic's
exclusive centralised architecture, enabling the delivery of a powerful and
fully customisable Adobe Flash-based interface. Panorama IP is the only
system where the television set and the set top box appear as one and all
aspects of the system and In-Room Television can be controlled centrally. The
Panorama centralised platform provides the necessary power to integrate
future IP based applications including Internet TV.

"Acentic is bringing hoteliers closer to their guests than ever before,"
said Alistair Forbes, CEO of Acentic. "Our goal is to provide the hotel
chains with a holistic platform line-up suited to their chosen physical
network architecture. The availability of converged solutions for our
customers' guest entertainment services enables hotels to adopt converged
strategies with TV, HSIA and VoIP running over the same network. Acentic aims
to help deliver those same services with a consistent user experience across
all hotel locations no matter which network is installed in each hotel."

Acentic Panorama IP is already being installed in hotels in Austria,
France and the Middle East.

About Acentic Group

Acentic is an international provider of digital TV services to hotels.
Acentic's digital content, technology, support and services deliver
entertainment and revenue generation tools via the hotel television,
providing a unique communications system that meets the evolving lifestyles
of guests. For more information, visit http://www.acentic.com.

Acentic Media Contacts:
Smaro Makaronidou
Acentic
+49-171-6973108
smaro.makaronidou@acentic.com

ink Communications for Acentic
Jennifer Hicks
+33-(0)6-84-47-80-42
jennifer@theinkstudio.com

Alex Crabb
+1-617-484-3614
alex@theinkstudio.com

Source: Acentic

Smaro Makaronidou of Acentic, +49-171-6973108, smaro.makaronidou@acentic.com; or Jennifer Hicks, +33-(0)6-84-47-80-42, jennifer@theinkstudio.com, or Alex Crabb, +1-617-484-3614, alex@theinkstudio.com, both of ink Communications for Acentic

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