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Repeat business confirms Vizrt's leading position in India

Bergen, Norway, April 14, 2004 - Vizrt Ltd. (Frankfurt Prime Standard: VIZ), announced today the signing of two repeat sales to its Indian customers CNBC India and Eenadu, totalling over $US 400,000. The orders will be recognized as part of Q1 and Q2 2004 revenues.

Eenadu Telivision, located in Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad, one of the world's largest film production centers, first became a Vizrt customer at the end of 2003, purchasing viz|trio character generator and graphics systems for their newly launched 24 hour Telegu news channel, ETV2.

Eenadu was so pleased with the performance of their new Vizrt platform, that it only took a few months before they placed a repeat order for viz|engine and viz|artist, Vizrt's core graphic design and real-time rendering software.

Eenadu Television's production facilities generate hundreds of films and television productions simultaneously. The ETV network is one of the leading television networks in South India, broadcasting 12 regional/language channels.

CNBC-TV18 in India, is a joint venture of Television Eighteen Ltd. and CNBC, one of the leaders in business news, providing real-time financial-market TV programming.

During 2003, Vizrt supplied CNBC-TV18 with a basic real-time 3D graphics system, which replaced their old graphics system, thereby also improving the internal workflow of the station.

Following the successful implementation of the Vizrt platform, CNBC placed a repeat purchase order to expand its application, including additional viz|artist (design) and viz|engine (rendering), and viz|content pilot (template graphics) licenses, as well as upgrading the system with new features and plug-ins.

Bjarne Berg, President and CEO of Vizrt, responded to the new orders saying, "We made our first serious inroads into the Indian market in 2000 and today we are clearly the dominant player in this segment of the broadcast graphics market. We are very pleased that our Indian TV customers have decided to place additional orders with us. We view this as a testament for the quality of our products, and the support our customers receive from Benchmark Microsystems (Pvt. Ltd.), our local representative, and us. We have a close and fruitful relationship with our partner in India, which strengthens our presence there and helps us to provide excellent service to our Indian customers".

Other recent sales for Vizrt in India total over $US 800,000 in Q104 (to be recognized in Q1 and Q2 2004), compared to total revenues of $1.2 million for the whole year of 2003.

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About Vizrt:
Vizrt is a public company traded on the Frankfurt Prime Standard: VIZ, ISIN: IL0010838154). Vizrt develops, markets and supports a complete range of scalable, graphics-based software systems for the real-time creation, management and delivery of rich visual content for TV broadcast, public display, feature films and the Web. The company specializes in visualization for all platforms. Products include real-time on-air 3D systems, virtual studio systems and global 3D map databases. The company's tools deliver improved workflow and productivity with a consistent high quality on-air look. The company has a strong reputation for user-friendly software, timesaving template graphics linked to Vizrt's own asset management and automation system. Vizrt systems are frequently used in News, Sports, Financial, Weather and other programs where speed of graphical rendering is paramount.

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