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2 ChoiceXS is a promotional tool for your hotel, the facilities and services offered in your property, as well as other hotels of the same chain. ChoiceXS offers unmatched opportunities to grow net profits and increase guest loyalty by transforming the guestroom TV set into a profitable asset ChoiceXS is an in Room Entertainment digital system providing high-speed Internet, video advertising, true digital Video on Demand, custom welcome screens and so much more.

3 Set Top Box based TV independent Access Network Independent Best value for money Set Top Box based TV independent Access Network Independent Best value for money ChoiceXS Base PC based Full desktop experience Unlimited file types editing Service at the cutting edge of technology PC based Full desktop experience Unlimited file types editing Service at the cutting edge of technology ChoiceXS Executive Exploits the benefits of ChoiceXS and ChoiceXS Executive in a single installation ChoiceXS Combo Video on Demand and PayTV Solution for low budget installations. ChoiceXS Light

4 Independence from proprietary hardware solutions and single-purpose data networks. No need to rewire! Absolute freedom on the selection of the TV set so you can chose the sets that best suite the style of your rooms and the status of your guests. Absolute security of data interchange for maximum privacy of your guests and ultimate protection of content. Minimized nuisance to the operation of the hotel during the roll-out of the system. In fact only 10 minutes are required per room!!! An ever-increasing range of in-room services for your guests, to cater for their different backgrounds, cultures and habits. Total customization of the user experience interface (UEI) to reflect your hotel’s identity on every click. Open architecture based on standard technologies, allowing easy training and certification of the hotel’s or the hotel chain staff. Intuitive administrative tools for in-house immediate update of hotel promotional information. Continuous remote network status monitoring and reporting to ensure optimum response times and maximum usability of the system. Automated and transparent updates of the solution, along with automated updates of movies and content.

5 For providing signage to property facilities Mini Bar Updates House Keeping Status For providing conference events to guests in room TV sets DVB (Digital Video Broadcast) Satellite, Cable, Terrestrial nPVR Time shifting Video and Audio content are Stored for later on demand or carrousel style view. On Demand Video Pay TV Integration to the (PMS) View bill Express check out Integration to the (POS) Hotel facilities reservation 5-7 Years Support and Maintenance Contract For securing the encryption of the content stream from the Head end to in room equipment Messaging Wake up call Parental control Internet TV Games Chat Hotel Guide Hotel chain presentation Advertisement City sightseeing Laptop connectivity RSS feeds Email on TV MS Windows applications

6 Allows the operators to leverage the existence of the powerful interactive TV servers and deploy a high-tech digital signage solution. The displayed content is managed and scheduled from the Choice Interactive TV servers and it is fully accessible on real time from the hotel operator via a web based administrator tool The displays can support audio, video and static content for property facilities.  lobby  entrance of conference hall  spa  bars  Swimming pools etc Digital Signage Displays can be placed in the property’s

7 It utilizes the same powerful interaction TV servers for distributing the digital video feed from any event or happening held in the property’s conference hall or other parts of the hotel. In hotels with conference facilities, ChoiceXS can be linked to IP cameras within the conference rooms in order to provide either a live – feed of conference proceedings to guests in rooms or record conference proceedings for later retrieval.

8 A very important advantage of ChoiceXS is the multitude of its services such as Room Manager. It’s actually provides to the hotel operators a quick access to the room status and to the mini Bar billing and ordering. Through a special (hidden menu) in the user interface, ChoiceXS allows the house- cleaning personnel to access the property management system (PMS) in order to : Mini Bar Update check the consumption of several beverages from the mini – bar for billing and ordering House – Keeping confirm the room status and / or report any required actions

9 ChoiceXS currently includes a number of services mainly targeted to hotels. However, new services are being developed all the time based on our own ideas,, customer feedback and new market ideas. The technology used in ChoiceXS puts no limits on the services deployed until now or new services to be created in the future. Messaging Wake-Up The messaging future allows the hotel’s reception to send private messages to one or group of guests without missing any. The message can be viewed by the guests on their TV screen and the reception gets notified that the message has been delivered. Reception messages normally include phone call noticed, taxi hiring etc. Guests can schedule multiple alarms during the day as well as recurring alarms for longer stays (sound alarms, video and music wake up).

10 Games Chat Hotel guide ChoiceXS offers excitement and entertainment to both young and older gaming fans through the television, without the need for an infrared keyboard. Guests can chat with other quests in the same hotel or anywhere in the world. ChoiceXS supports popular instant messaging services like MSN, Google, Talk, AIM, Yahoo MySpace IM. ChoiceXS is a marketing tool at the disposal of the hotel operator. With this service operators can send advertisement messages to all or a group of guests at any time, listing of menus, operating hours, details and pricing of all hotels operations and much more. (Continuance)

11 Hotel chain presentation Advertisement City guide - Sightseeing In case that your Hotel is a part of a chain of hotels, we offer the opportunity to promote your services to people traveling frequently all over and are familiar with the level and quality of your offerings. With ChoiceXS a new income stream is present. The TV Set in your quests' room can be transformed to a powerful marketing tool for promoting business around your hotel and increase your establishment’s revenue. City guide provide en excellent opportunity for local advertisement. You can promote the best sights in the city, the preferred venues for night-life, or even suggestions for organized tours and excursions. (Continuance)

12 Laptop connectivity MS Windows applications on TV E mail on TV RSS feeds ChoiceXS ia able to offer to offer transparent high-speed internet access to your guests’ laptop with now need for the installation of additional plugs or wires in the room. RSS feeds are integrated into ChoiceXS standard offering from all types of Internet sources. Weather, news flashes, newspapers covers or currency exchange rates RSS feeds are incorporated in Ch0iceXS interface ChoiceXS (STB) not offers Internet access but also secure pages on the net such as web-mail. In this way guests can be connected to their workplaces or family without use of laptop. Predefined internet sides are available Gmail, Yahoo etc. With ChoiceXS Xcutiv, you can offer to your customers the option of viewing and editing their original MS Office documents through their room television (Continuance)

13 Parental Control ChoiceXS allows for parental control of the content. This can be achieved either via reception desk or by the occupant of the room who can either block certain content completely or use password protection mechanism. Web-content - Internet on TV The Internet is only one click away on their TV screen. Using a specially infrared keyboard, your guests is able to access any page over the Internet, using a standard and familiar web-browsers. (Continuance)

14 On-Demand Content Pay - TV Video and music on demand is the most user-friendly form of displaying movies and soundtracks to the guests. ChoiceXS allows for the starting of the title at the user’s convenience functionalities as pause, resume, rewind and forward. One of the most popular and well known video services in hotels. Movies are broadcasted continuously in a carrousel-type form without allowing for on demand viewing and without DVD functions Video and Audio content are stored for later on demand or carrousel style view.

15 Integration to the (PMS) Property Management System View bill – Express check out ChoiceXS is already integrated with many popular PMS systems such as Micros’Fidelio, Optims, Brilliant PM, etc. There is a build-in module to communicate with the PMS for real time exchange data on line Through the connection to your PMS system, your guests can view the bill at any time, in real time, on their TV set. They can also tell the system to prepare all the necessary documents at the reception desk in order to save time during the checkout. Integration to the (POS) Points Of Sales. Hotel facilities reservation ChoiceXS allows the reservation of hotels facilities (sauna or table at the restaurant) from the convenience of the guest room. The bill of the service automatically included in the bill of the room.

16 Being an IP based application, ChoiceXS is offered as a remotely monitor product, thus saving significant down-time to the operators and allowing seamless system and content upgrades with no extra hassles. With a simple DSL connection to the ChoiceXS application server (at the hotel or data center), ICTV support engineers are able to monitor any system anywhere in the world 24/7 basis. Watchdog applications and automated error recovery algorithms safeguard the system for an always operation  Three levels of support  24/7 system monitoring  Software upgrades  Service / Feature Updates  Content Updates  Management Reports  Support for new features / services on request by the customer 5 Years Support and Maintenance Contract ( that can be extended to 7 years) including:

17 Reporting Intellectual property Security With ChoiceXS you no longer have to worry about preparing reports about the usage of the pay-per-use systems installed in your hotel. ChoiceXS creates all necessary or desired reports internally and feeds the PMS with all the data it needs to charge the customer upon checkout. ICTV Hellas, within the framework of the standard services provided to hotels, will create all necessary reports to the owners of all intellectual property rights and will proceed to the timely payment of rights due to the creators of music, video and game owners. Using high-level security algorithms and mechanisms, ChoiceXS maintains a fully encrypted traffic of data from the central transmission station all the way to the projection medium. In this way, the hotel can be sure that no one will tamper with the system and copy the digital content. (Continuance)

18 DVB (Digital Video Broadcast) channels Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) refers to the delivery of digital television over IP networks similar to Internet. IPTV can deliver live or on demand digital television channels to television sets in standard and even high – definition formats ChoiceXS already allows operators to offer to their customers digital video from any source. (satellite, cable, terrestrial) in any form encrypted or free to air. The operators have the option to charge for the channels or offer for free. Network Personal Video Recorder (nPVR) Time - shifting This service allows your guests to schedule a recording of a live TV broadcast to view later during their stay. The recorded content can be viewed as VoD, at the guests’ convenient and with the same DVD functions Time-shifting allows users to pause a live digital TV show for up to a few minutes in order to do sth else eg answer a tel call.

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20 Full Desktop Experience Unlimited file type storage and editing Connection of external devices Internet TV ….the convenience of your personal desktop Delivers the complete ChoiceXS Standard Functionality plus …

21 BASEXcutiv COMBO Enjoy the features of ChoiceXS Executive and benefit from the competitive price of ChoiceXS Base in a single installation. Do you really have to choose?

22 Hollywood’s most recent releases Adult Content (were allowed) All time classics International Films (Indian, Arabic, Independent Cinema) Cartoons Documentaries Fashion and life style shows Concerts BBC and Discovery Channel Long Tail Content Established partnerships with leading international clearing houses

23 Custom made User Interface for your hotel only! Tailored to meet the customer’s requirements High quality graphics User Friendliness Easy Navigation Content update utility (menus, prices, opening hours) Audio and Video background Multilingual Interface Support for unlimited languages Support for room grouping

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25 ΥπηρεσίαΧρέωση Video κon demand(VOD) (Hollywood)10 €Ανά ταινία Pay TV (Ταινίες ενηλίκων)10 €Ανά ημέρα Games2 €Ανά ημέρα Music2 €Ανά ημέρα Internet on TV-Laptop connectivity7 €Ανά ημέρα All the above prices are indicative taken out from our customers charges Room No200 Monthly Average Occupancy 60% Days per month30 Overnights per month 3600 Viewership VOD Hollywood4% Viewership TV6% Use of Internet3% Misc use1% Revenues form VOD1440 € Revenues from Pay TV2160 € Revenues from Internet768 € Misc revenues72 € Total Revenues per month4440 €

26 Anevia is a leader in the field of video over IP with cost-effective solutions for IP Television, video on demand and nPVR. Anevia takes advantage of the newest technologies to offer software and equipment dedicated to the telecom and hospitality markets (hotels, hospitals, residences). BitBand is a world leader in providing video content distribution and delivery solutions over IP broadband networks. BitBand helps us realize the Triple Play offering, enabling quick entry, faster ROI and a safe track to profitable service. BitBand’s technology is field proven and widely deployed, backed by the support of its shareholders including Cisco, HP and other global technology players Teracue AG has specialized in professional products and systems for BROADCAST and IPTV, VIDEO - NETWORKING for more than 15 years. IPTV Head-Ends Streaming servers - DVB

27 Formerly i3 micro, Tilgin is a provider of consumer Set-Top Boxes which are used in our telco implementations of ChoiceXS Eagle Broadband is a leading provider of advanced broadband, Internet Protocol (IP) & communications technology & services that create new revenue opportunities for broadband providers & enhance communications for government, military & enterprise customers. Telergy is an IP Set Top Box (IP-STB) solutions provider covering IPTV, VOD, VoIP and also DVB applications. We provide the IP-STB hardware and software that enables multimedia services to be provided on TV screens around the world. We bring extensive knowledge of the global markets and a highly experienced and capable management team who have worked in the IP-STB market for many years. Amino is a specialist in products and technology for IPTV, triple-play, and in-home multimedia distribution. The Amino range of compact, high functionality set-top boxes is used in high-end ChoiceXS implementations to provide reliable and cost- efficient in-room Set-Top Boxes. Terminal Devices in Room Set Top Boxes (Continuance)

28 Baxl Technologies (formerly Merlot Communications), a company incorporated in the USA and listed on the Nasdaq Exchange, is the broadband enabler of ChoiceXS. Through pioneering, patent pending innovations, Baxl provides uninterrupted high speed internet to any room, in any building. Specializes in developing high speed IP communications systems that run over electrical wiring (Powerline), coaxial cables, or phonelines, communications over AnyWireTM. Corinex has 8 years of experience developing and deploying networking products and services for the largest Telecom, Utility, and System Integration companies in the world IP over CAT3 & IP over Coaxial (Continuance)

29 PC ClientsHead End Servers & Active Components (Continuance)

30 United International Pictures (UiP), a UK based company, is one of the world’s leading film distribution companies. Jointly owned by Paramount and Universal studios UIP completes the range of audiovisual content that ChoiceXS brings to your guests, thus enhancing their in-room experience and improving the hotel’s profitability. Filmbank Distributors Ltd. a UK based company, is a leading supplier of films for use outside the home and cinema outside North America for most major Hollywood and many independent studios. Many films are offered after they are released in cinemas but before they come out on home video or DVD. Through our partnership with Filmbank we ensure premium content for our customers, delivered on the best timing Playboy Enterprises, Inc. is a brand-driven, international multimedia entertainment company that, among other activities, publishes editions of Playboy magazine around the world; operates Playboy and Spice television networks and distributes programming via home video and DVD globally. The Company's three business groups are Publishing, Entertainment and Licensing. Content Suppliers (Continuance)

31 Dhow Palace Hotel, Dubai, UAE 5*, 282 Rooms, ChoiceXS Standard Thraki Palace Hotel, Greece 5*, 160 Rooms, ChoiceXS Standard

32 Le Meridien Hotel, Abu Dhabi 5*, 234 Rooms, ChoiceXS Standard (opening November2008) Tobacco Hotel by Davitel 4*, 60 Rooms, ChoiceXS Standard

33 Mazoon House Hotel Apartments, Dubai, UAE 100 Rooms, Operated by Millennium, ChoiceXS Executive (pc based, opening January 2009) IASO Maternity Hospital, Athens, Greece 102 Rooms, ChoiceXS Med (Set Top Box based, opening December 2008) Sandals Royal Plantation, Jamaica 77 Rooms ( PC based, HD enabled, 30 Rooms pilot, December 2008) Despotiko Resort, Pilio Mountain, Greece 25 Suites (Set Top Box based, opening February 2009)

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37 Manos Fountoulis Operations Manager ICTV Hellas SA Antoni Tritsi 21 Pylaia, 57001 Thessaloniki Greece Tel.: +30 2310 804980 info@choicexs.com www.choicexs.com


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