Iran's National Broadcaster Takes Delivery of Burli Computer Newsroom System
June 28, 2002

IRIB to install Arabic and Persian language versions of Burli

Terhan, Iran -- IRIB (Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting), Iran's national government broadcaster, has taken delivery of Burli's news editing software to produce news at its main Tehran broadcast centre. Installation will begin in the coming days with complete roll-out scheduled for later in the year.

IRIB will use Burli to edit and broadcast news from a wide variety of international sources and agencies in a number of languages.

As part of the package, both Arabic and Farsi versions of Burli will be released later this year for use at IRIB. Farsi (also called Persian) is the majority language in Iran. Arabic and Farsi join a long list of languages that Burli's user interface is available in, including Chinese (Traditional), Dutch, German, French and English.

About IRIB

IRIB (Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting company) is Iran's national broadcaster. It has six central television networks and three national radio networks in addition to numerous provincial outlets. IRIB's main radio channel broadcasts round the clock; a second parliamentary channel covers government. Radio Koran, also run by IRIB, broadcasts programs on a wide variety of Islamic subjects. IRIB's world service radio broadcasts to the world in 12 languages.

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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