Canada's Columbia Academy installs Burli
November 22, 2002

Canadian broadcast school adds Burli to curriculum

VANCOUVER, CANADA - Columbia Academy, one of western Canada's leading broadcast training programs, has installed Burli's Newsroom System.

News gathering, editing and broadcast using Burli will be an important component of the curriculum at Columbia Academy beginning in the new year.

"Giving students relevant workplace skills and experience is critical to broadcast schools," says Burli Software President, Stefan Ellis. "We're excited that Columbia Academy considers Burli a must-have skill for its students."

There is clearly market demand for students with experience on Burli -- Burli is already the news editing system of choice in a substantial majority of radio newsrooms in the region. Vancouver's two major radio stations, CKNW and CKWX, both use Burli for all their news production.

Burli is also a staple of broadcast training programs across Canada. A majority of the schools in the country's Broadcast Educators Association now include Burli as part of their curriculum.

About Columbia Academy

Columbia Academy has been providing practical Media Arts training in western Canada since 1967. It now trains students for careers in broadcasting, professional recording and digital video with 10 month programs. Their newly-renovated facilities are located in Vancouver, British Columbia. Recent graduates are on-air at radio and television stations of all sizes across Canada and in the United States.

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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