Burli proud sponsor of Canadian broadcast conference
May 30, 2003

Burli again Platinum sponsor of Canada's BEAC conference

Belleville, Ontario -- Burli Software Inc. is proud to again sponsor the Broadcast Educators Association of Canada (BEAC) conference which begins here today.

This is the third consecutive year that Burli has provided major sponsorship of BEAC's annual gathering of Canada's broadcast schools.

"Canada's broadcast schools have embraced Burli as the country's next-generation newsroom tool giving it a central role in curriculums across the country," says Ian Gunn, Burli's Director of Communications. "We're delighted to return that support with our involvement with BEAC."

This year's BEAC conference includes a number of speakers from the broadcast industry, including the Secretary-General of Canada's broadcast regulator, the CRTC. The conference will be highlighted by the annual BEAC awards dinner.

About BEAC

The Broadcast Educators Association of Canada brings together Canadian post-secondary broadcast schools from coast to coast. It has 17 institutional members who have supported excellence in educating the next generation of broadcasters, journalists and media producers for more than a quarter of a century.

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

BEAC

Dave Taylor, Conference Chair

E-mail: dtaylor@loyalistc.on.ca

Web: www.beac.ca

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