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Fantastic technology for ZDF.mobil
ZDF.mobil mit Technik von Fantastic

Zug, Switzerland, August 28, 2001 - ZDF, the leading German broadcaster, has introduced a new service called ZDF.mobil, with digital media channels in the Berlin area based on technology from the Fantastic Corporation. The reception devices range from stationary to emerging mobile devices.

Prof. Dr. A. Ziemer, Executive Vice President Production & Engineering for ZDF said, "Fantastic's technology is used by ZDF to accelerate our step into the mobile multimedia world. Fantastic is providing the software infrastructure necessary to ensure that the speed of content distribution lives up to the expectations on the broadband experience."
"We are very pleased to deliver our technology for this new service ," said Reto Braun, Chairman and CEO of The Fantastic Corp . "Rich media channels over broadband are bringing us closer to full interactive TV and mobile services. New content and services that will enthuse the end-user will be made possible in the future."

Fantastic provides the software technology for the service, enabling content repurposing by aggregating existing Digitext content. Fantastic also completely automates the content distribution process.

ZDF is one of Europe's leading TV broadcasters. Fantastic software gives ZDF full control over digital content aggregation, distribution and presentation. The software also supports IP-based content distribution to new and changing technologies ranging from video-capable hand-held devices to advanced set-top devices.



The Fantastic Corporation (Zug, Switzerland) is a leading provider of software solutions for data broadcasting. This is an emerging communications technology which combines point-to-multipoint digital broadcasting with point-to-point Internet connectivity, in order to deliver rich interactive media content to PCs, digital set-top boxes or handheld devices (including 3G mobile phones) over any broadband IP network.
By merging the inherent bandwidth and speed benefits of broadcasting technologies with the interactivity of the Internet, data broadcast provides superior content distribution and interaction in an increasingly IP-centric world. Fantastic is a public company, quoted on the Frankfurt Stock exchange using the symbol: FAN. Visit our website at www.fantastic.com.


For further information, please contact:


The Fantastic Corporation
Torbjoern Winther
Corporate Communications
Tel +41 41 728 87 22
Fax +41 41 728 86 58
e-mail: t.winther@fantastic.com


The Fantastic Corporation is a registered trademark. Channel Management Center™ (CMC), Channel Editorial Center™ (CEC) and MediaSurfer™ are trademarks of The Fantastic Corporation.
 

 

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