BIAP Building Mavs EBIF 'Widget'

DALLAS and PLANO, Texas -- The Dallas Mavericks, and BIAP, Inc. announced today an agreement to develop the first ever professional sports Team Widget for the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks. This TV Widget will be available to all video operators deploying the EBIF platform. Jointly producing the Team Widget, the companies will develop a template that is scalable across the EBIF platform and will be made available to other professional sports franchises and NCAA sports teams.

It is envisioned that the Mavericks Team Widget will encompass in-depth and real time statistics and scores, breaking team news, video highlights, interviews and in game play by play. It is anticipated that the Mavericks Team Widget will be available for deployment at the beginning of the 2010 NBA season.

“We are thrilled to work with Mark Cuban and the Mavericks to expand the world of EBIF applications and interactive television,” said Patrick Peters, Executive Vice President of BIAP. “Mark and the Mavericks provide a unique leadership position that will help establish not only a new platform for the Mavericks, but help the development of the industry and support the open standards necessary to make it happen.”

BIAP Systems Inc.