Barco Digital Cinema welcomes Moving Image Technologies (MiT) as a Digital Cinema Partner

Atlanta, GA – January 10, 2005 – Barco Digital Cinema is pleased to announce they have signed a contract agreement with Moving Image Technologies (MiT) to be a Value Added Reseller (VAR) of Barco’s digital cinema equipment. MiT, a leading manufacturer and integrator of cinema exhibition presentation systems, is the nineteenth company to join Barco Digital Cinema’s extensive network of VAR’s and dealers.

“Moving Image Technologies is dedicated to serving only one industry, the cinema exhibition industry. Our cinema exhibition customers trust us to provide them with the best projection technology available – period,” states Joe Delgado, Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Moving Image Technologies, “Barco has a long history of providing state-of-the-art, top quality projection products, and we are very pleased to be able to offer Barco Digital Cinema products to our customers, knowing that our customers’ trust will not be compromised. Together, Moving Image Technologies and Barco will ensure a smooth transition as the digital cinema roll-out progresses.”

“Barco is proud to partner with MiT, a company led by a knowledgeable and experienced team of cinema industry professionals,” said Joe DeMeo, National Sales Manager, Barco Digital Cinema, “By working in close collaboration with our partners, Barco is able to offer them the most advanced digital cinema solutions, in addition to providing the product knowledge and support to meet the needs and demands of their customers.”

“MiT Executives bring an extensive background in state-of-the-art analog and digital exhibition technologies to our distribution network, and we welcome MiT to the Global Barco Digital Cinema Group of partners supporting an industry leading digital display product line,” stated Scott Spector, Vice President and General Manager, Barco Digital Cinema, North America, “We look forward to continued market expansion and growth, driven by experienced professionals like those at MiT.”

Barco and MiT will participate in the International Theatre Equipment Association’s (ITEA) annual seminar series in Los Angeles, CA, January 10 – 12, 2005. Barco Digital Cinema’s Joe DeMeo will chair the ITEA’s Digital Capture and Imaging in Today’s Moviemaking discussion, featuring director James Cameron, on Tuesday January 11th beginning at 9:45am. ITEA will also host two excursions for conference attendees; a visit to one of the nation’s premiere post-production facilities, E-Film, which is equipped with five Barco DP 100 2K projectors and to visit The Academy’s Dunn Theatre, which also features Barco’s latest 2K projector. For more information on ITEA, please visit www.itea.com/seminars.

Following 10 years of pioneering market development ‘Barco Digital Cinema’ is one of only three projector manufacturers to be awarded the license for Texas Instruments DLP CinemaTM display technology. Since its award in 2000, Barco Digital Cinema has developed the industry's widest range of projection solutions for digital cinema including its state-of-the-art 'D-Cine Premiere' 1.3k and 2k projectors, 'Communicator' software control and 'ACSAR' alternative content processors now installed in leading Post facilities and Digital Cinemas worldwide.

About MiT
Moving Image Technologies is a manufacturer of a full complement of cinema exhibition
equipment including 35mm film projectors; illumination systems; film transport systems; digital technology solutions for pre-feature on-screen advertising and alternative content; and solutions to support the industry’s transition to digital cinema. Moving Image Technologies stated mission is to have the most talented, passionate people in cinema working to provide the best presentation tools for the cinema exhibition industry. Additional information is available at http://www.movingimagetech.com.

About Barco
Barco, an international company headquartered in Kortrijk, Belgium, provides visualization and display solutions for professional markets. Barco designs and develops solutions for large-screen visualization, display solutions for life-critical applications, and systems for visual inspection. Barco is active worldwide and has its own facilities for Sales & Marketing, Customer Support, R&D and Manufacturing in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. Barco is quoted on Euronext Brussels and is a BEL 20 and a Next 150 company. www.barco.com