AZCAR Awarded Consulting Contract for SKY Network Television of New Zealand

Business Wire, Oct 21, 2004

MARKHAM, Ontario -- Stephen Pumple, President & CEO, AZCAR Technologies Incorporated, is pleased to announce that AZCAR has been selected as the consultants to SKY Network Television Ltd in Auckland, NZ for their Broadcast Centre Technology and Network Upgrade project. SKY Network Television Limited is New Zealand's leading Pay Television operator.

"Sky's project committee closely evaluated the leading Consulting and System Integration companies. AZCAR's depth and breadth of experience, responsiveness to Sky's requirements, their commitment to the success of our project and strong client references were key factors in Sky's decision to select AZCAR as our consulting and integration company," said Greg Drummond, Sky's Director of Broadcast Operations. "Always friendly and professional, AZCAR demonstrated two additional qualities that were critical to our decision: those being innovative and flexible with their technology projects."

"This project will encompass the entire SKY Network Television technical operations including sports news, sports and program production, Pay services, Satellite and Terrestrial delivery. Our engineering and integration teams look forward to working closely with Sky's staff to deliver the project goals and objectives." added Karl Paulsen, V/P Engineering.

"The AZCAR team is delighted to have been selected to partner with SKY in this important and business sensitive project. SKY is a new and very important customer for AZCAR and we are looking forward to a long-term partner relationship with them. This project further strengthens the expansion of AZCAR's services in the region and demonstrates our commitment to the Asia Pacific market," said Stephen Pumple.

Marvin Nolan, Director of Business Development added, "This leading edge project leverages AZCAR's core engineering and project management capabilities for delivering innovative technical solutions that support business and operational objectives."

AZCAR is an independent technology integration company providing the broadcast and communications industries with innovative, value-driven designs through consulting engineering, systems design, systems integration, project management, hardware and related products. The professional services provided by AZCAR utilize improved processes and analysis to deliver "best in class" solutions. The stock trades on The Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol: AZZ.

The Toronto Stock Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved the information contained herein.

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