HP Benchmark Record

Orca Interactive Ltd
15 December 2004


For immediate release


   Orca Sets Benchmark Record with HP for IPTV Solution:  500,000 Subscribers
 Results Achieved Using RiGHTv TM and Oracle Technology on HP-UX-based Servers


RA'ANANA, Israel - December 15, 2004 - Orca Interactive (LSE: ORCA), a global
leader in the IPTV market (television over Internet Protocol), today announced
the results of a record-breaking benchmark demonstrating the very high
scalability that network operators and service providers, such as Telcos, ISPs
and utility companies, need to serve this emerging market.  The benchmark
simulated an active subscriber base of 500,000 people accessing Orca's IPTV
solution, RiGHTv 4.2, based on Oracle10g running on an HP server platform with
the HP-UX 11i operating system.

This is the first time an IPTV solution has been shown to reach this threshold
in a commercial simulation; previously published benchmarks in 2003 demonstrated
approximately 100,000 users. Even at the much higher subscriber load, average
response times remained relatively constant, demonstrating the fundamental
scalability of the Orca solution.

Orca Interactive worked closely with HP to complete the benchmark, which was
done at an HP research facility in Paramus, New Jersey.  The benchmark simulated
a mix of subscribers with different TV usage profiles.  The test simulated a
subscriber base accessing advanced interactive services such as video on demand
(VOD) and conventional television services, including a 1,000-movie database and
300 TV channels.

Under this heavy user load, the 500,000 simulated subscribers generated 123,000
actions per minute. At this high level of usage, the solution delivered an
average response time of 3.5 milliseconds for common activities. Comparable
response times in previous benchmarks have been 4.0 milliseconds, demonstrating
that the Orca solution can scale up without slowing average response time.

'Our focus at Orca Interactive has always been creating a Telco-grade platform
ready for delivering television services to hundreds of thousands of
subscribers,' said Dotan Naveh, Vice President of Research and Development for
Orca Interactive. 'HP provides Orca with the robust, powerful processing
platforms and the expertise needed to support our customers. This benchmark
demonstrates RiGHTv's inherent scalability, performance and high-availability,
and our ability to scale up to a very large subscriber base, effectively
utilizing a large number of CPUs.'

Naveh added, 'For Orca, the real value of benchmark tests goes beyond posting
impressive results. High-stress simulations are the best way to refine and
strengthen the solution itself.'

Orca Interactive's RiGHTvTM applications include RiGHTvTM XVOD for VOD extended
with advertisements and related T-Commerce features, RiGHTvTM XBIP for Broadband
TV extended with EPG (electronic program guide), and RiGHTvTM XPVR for advanced
PVR (Personal Video Recorder) services allowing the subscriber to watch programs
at any time by ordering a recording directly from their EPG and watching it 'on
demand' at a later time.

'HP has created an IPTV solution stack combined with HP's global service
capability to help its customers to successfully and rapidly deploy IPTV
services using industry standard infrastructure,' said Marco Limena, vice
president, Network and Service Providers Solutions, HP. 'This benchmark
demonstrates HP and Orca's strong capability to scale up and support the IPTV
deployments of the future.'

RiGHTv is based on the Oracle 10g platform, including both Oracle Database 10g
and Oracle Application Server10g. 'In this benchmark, Orca and HP demonstrated
their ability to serve very large numbers of subscribers in very demanding
installations,' said Tim Payne, Senior Director, Oracle Technology Marketing,
Europe Middle East and Africa. 'This kind of demanding environment requires
advanced software technology to provide proper service to customers, and Oracle
has demonstrated here, as so often, that Oracle10g is the best at delivering
this.'

For more specific information regarding the benchmark methodology, please visit
Orca Interactive at www.orcainteractive.com for an appendix to this news
release.


About Orca Interactive

Orca Interactive (LSE: ORCA - News) is a leading provider of middleware solution
to enable xDSL and FTTx operators to offer enhanced entertainment services such
as broadcast TV, video-on-demand and interactive services. Our applications
deliver compelling and differentiated services to maximize the revenue stream of
the operators. Orca's user-friendly, end-to-end applications enable delivery and
management of VOD, TV channels, EPG, NVOD, Pay-Per-View and e-commerce for
related merchandise. Orca Interactive has formed strategic partnerships with
BitBand, GooMe, ECI, HP, Kasenna, Kreatel, Microsoft, nCUBE, NDS, Nokia,
Optibase, Pace, Samsung and more. www.orcainteractive.com.



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