CKWX News 1130 to install Burli
December 22, 2000

Canadian 24-hour news station chooses newsroom software package

VANCOUVER, CANADA - CKWX News1130 has chosen Burli as its new newsroom editing software. The 24-hour all-news radio station in Vancouver, British Columbia, has announced plans to install the system early next year.

News1130 is Vancouver's largest radio newsroom and the city's only all-news radio station. The station spent more than a year choosing a newsroom editing package to the needs of its demanding, always-live format. Whereas in most newsrooms newscasts are completed then aired, News1130's news, sports, business and weather run-downs are being simultaneously written, edited and read-to-air, 24-hours a day.

As part of their decision-making process, station management travelled to Europe and the United States comparing major news editing systems. They chose Burli for its combination of industry-leading features, reliability and ease-of-use.

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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