Zenterio issues SEK 115 million in new capital shares and prepares for an IPO

·  Zenterio AB has successfully closed an investment round that brought SEK 115 million in new capital shares to Nordic investors and where most of the capital came from Nordic institutional investors

·  The capital will primarily be used to finance continued rapid growth ahead of an IPO on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm’s main listing, planned for within the next 12 months

·  Zenterio recently announced a breakthrough deal with Deutsche Telekom which, together with a number of other new global customers, is predicted to result in strong expansion for the company

·  The company will significantly increase licensing volumes for its operating system Zenterio OS during 2014 and the subsequent year as a direct result of business deals entered within the last months

·  As a next step, Zenterio sees great potential in leveraging its installed licensing base to deliver interactive services such as advertisement, applications, gaming, video and music

”Zenterio has seen a large influx of new business deals with international TV-operators during the last few months. With this targeted investment round, Zenterio has secured capital initially needed for an IPO within a year and to meet increased demand on the global market. We will now bring the company to positive results, expand quickly and maintain our independent market position,” says Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, Zenterio’s Board Chairman.

How Zenterio solves the TV-operators’ biggest challenge
The operating system Zenterio OS is a standardized and independent software platform for interactive TV-services. Zenterio OS provides TV-operators with a harmonized software solution that enables them to quickly and cost-efficiently roll-out the next generation interactive services to their Pay-TV customers. Zenterio OS is compatible with existing hardware and thus solves the TV-market’s extensive problem with a fragmented software environment, which is a main challenge for TV-operators set on developing and launching new TV-services.

Digital media consumption in the future
TV-operators today experience strongly increased competition over the consumers’ digital media consumption. To meet new consumer demand for improved interactivity and customer experience, TV-operators need to continuously increase the value of their current programing offerings in combination with offering new kinds of TV-services. As opposed to the PC- and mobile phone-markets, which are dominated by a small number of operating systems, the TV-market currently has about 100 different operating systems. The development of a market for TV applications and interactive services requires a standardization of the fragmented operating system environment. Numerous operating systems make it both expensive and complex for operators to offer new services to customers. There is therefore great market demand for independent software solutions that are compatible with all interactive-TVs and set-top-boxes.

Today there are about 650 million households worldwide with a Pay-TV subscription, which constitute the base for Zenterio’s potential market. This market is growing rapidly as the world transitions from analogue to digital TV-broadcasting and as more and more households get connected to the Internet, both of which create new possibilities for Pay-TV solutions. The market for TV-operating systems is therefore not much smaller than the equivalent market for PCs.

Pareto Securities AB and Gernandt & Danielsson Advokatbyrå have provided financial and legal counselling (respectively) to Zenterio during the targeted investment round.

For more information, please contact Daniel Harju, +46 70-432 3265, daniel.harju@angseliusronn.se

About Zenterio

Zenterio develops an independent software platform for interactive TV that is positioned to become a global standard. Zenterio OS can be used on new and existing hardware. Zenterio OS enables operators to quickly and cost-effectively launch new interactive services and applications to customers. Zenterio partners with TV-operators, global system integrators and set-top box suppliers. The company has more than 100 employees with 24 different nationalities. The company headquarters are in Stockholm and its R&D center is in Linköping, Sweden. The company has sales offices in Prague and Milan. Zenterio is a private company that is mainly owned by private and institutional Nordic investors. The largest owner is Swedish private equity firm Scope. www.zenterio.com.

About Zenterio OS

Zenterio’s operating system is compatible with nearly all types of hardware on the market today. Zenterio OS enables TV-operators to quickly harmonize their fragmented hardware base as the solution can be deployed on both new and already installed hardware. A harmonized software solution enables operators to quickly and cost-effectively launch new interactive services and applications to customers. Zenterio OS is a unique software solution that offers leading performance and a flexible solution for adding new functionalities. Zenterio OS offers system integrators a cohesive support for developing new solutions that in turn enable TV-operators to launch interactive TV-services. For the TV-viewer, Zenterio’s solution results in improved customer experience and a greater availability of interactive TV-services and applications.

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