STARMAN                           ANNOUNCEMENT                         05.09.2005



STARMAN BRINGS DIGITAL TELEVISION TO THE MARKET IN TALLINN AND HARJU COUNTY



On Tuesday, the leading Estonian cable TV company, Starman, starts offering

digital television in its coverage area in Tallinn and Harju County.

Approximately 400,000 TV viewers in Estonia will gain the opportunity of

switching from analogue television to digital broadcasting.



AS Starman has invested a total of 10 million kroons into technology required

for bringing digital television to the market, the company announced.



Starman's digital TV is available starting from Tuesday to viewers living in the

company's coverage area in Tallinn and Harju County, a figure which amounts to

approximately 30% of Estonian TV viewers. Elsewhere in Estonia, Starman hopes to

create the technical readiness for it to be able to offer digital television

during 2006.



According to Starman's Managing Director, Mr Peeter Kern, it is an important step

in the development of the sphere of Estonian television. "The transition from

analogue television to digital television - a platform that is more advanced and

offers many more opportunities for development  - is going on all over the world.

For example, in Great Britain, a leading country in this field, around 60% of TV

viewers view digital broadcasts. We forecast that in the the future it will

also become dominant in Estonia," Kern said.



Starman's digital television package contains a total of 70 channels and will

cost 129 kroons a month. A digital triple-play with a 2 Mbps Internet

connection and a fixed telephone connection will cost 429 kroons a month. In

addition to the monthly rate, a rental rate for the digital set-top-box required

for watching digital TV will be added, which in the case of the most simple

appliance is 29 kroons a month.



The merits of digital TV in comparison with analogue TV are better picture and

sound quality, the opportunity of  making available hundreds of channels, and the

possibility of implementing a large number of additional functions.



Starman digital TV products are accompanied by an electronic TV guide (EPG), which

gives the viewer the chance of managing television programmes and channels more

conveniently, and delivers 5.1 sound that is similar to home cinema systems.





Additional information:

Henri Treude

Marketing Director

AS Starman

Email: henri.treude@starman.ee

Tel: 6779 977

Mob: 50 21 283