Netherlands Public Broadcaster chooses Burli
December 18, 2000

Provincial radio and television system to install Burli news production software

VANCOUVER, CANADA - Omrop Fryslân (www.omropfryslan.nl), the Frisian-language radio and television service in the Netherlands, has chosen Burli as its newsroom editing software.

Omrop Fryslân's staff of more than 100 journalists produces and broadcasts radio and television programming in the Frisian language from headquarters in Ljouwert. Frisian is the Netherlands' second official language.

Management at Omrop Fryslân made their decision in part because of strong word-of-mouth recommendations from editors at an existing Burli newsroom in the Netherlands. L1, a major provincial radio and television news broadcaster, installed the Dutch-language version of Burli earlier this year.

Also key to Omrop Fryslân's decision was Burli's willingness to develop a Frisian-language version.

About CKWX News1130

CKWX News1130 is owned by Rogers Communications Inc., a leading Canadian broadcast group. Its Rogers Broadcasting division has 30 AM and FM radio licences across Canada as well as regional and national television properties. News1130 is Vancouver's only all-news radio station.

About Burli

Burli is a news editing system that runs on Windows computers. It allows journalists to capture news wire feeds, write scripts, organize run-downs, digitally record and edit radio news reports, plan news assignments and much more at their desks. Burli also harnesses the latest mobile networking technology to create virtual newsrooms across the world. Reporters anywhere can use Burli to connect to their main newsroom, file stories, and access the industry-leading editing tools they have on their desktops.

Burli Software Inc. is a private software company with headquarters in Vancouver, Canada. Burli's newsroom editing software is used by journalists in about a dozen different languages across Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

For more information, contact:

BURLI

Ian Gunn, Director of Communications

Tel: +1.604.684.3140 (ext 244)

E-mail: communications@burli.com

Web: www.burli.com

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