ELAN Home Systems And XM Satellite Radio Announce Product Development Agreement; Industry Leaders Ink Deal To Deliver New Multi-Room, Satellite-Enabled ELAN Products

14-Jul-04

Home Systems, a leading manufacturer of award-winning distributed audio/video and home automation systems, today announced that the company has entered into a product development agreement with XM Satellite Radio, Americaís number one satellite radio service provider. The announcement was made by Bob Farinelli, President and Chief Technical Officer of ELAN Home Systems. Under the agreement, ELAN and XM Satellite Radio will join forces to develop, and bring to market, exciting new ELAN multi-room products that will play XMís critically-acclaimed programming. ELAN customers will be able to easily access XMís satellite music and information and distribute it throughout the home from their award-winning VIA! Touch Panels. The first product on the development slate will be a breakthrough audio system that will deliver three different XM audio channels simultaneously and also present the customer with complete, real-time channel feedback on ELAN VIA! panels. ìWe believe this agreement with XM Satellite Radio will be highly beneficial to our Customers. Our vision is to continuously provide greater options for music and information in every room with next generation ELAN products, and this relationship will provide exactly that. Our VIA!dj Digital Music Server provides homeowners instant access to all of their music today. Our new XM-enabled product will provide exposure to music and genres they donít own - reliably and commercial free - offering the best of both worlds! With this new technology and XMís rapid growth, I could not think of a better partner to join forces with to be the first to bring satellite radio products with simultaneous, multiple audio channels and user feedback to market,î stated Mr. Farinelli. ìWe at XM Radio are very pleased to be working with an industry leader such as ELAN to produce multi-room systems for consumers to enjoy XMís commercial-free music and premier news, sports and talk radio. This collaboration with ELAN promises to bring some very innovative XM Radio enabled products to market,î said Phil Whitworth, XM Director of Product Marketing. For more information about XM, visit www.xmradio.com; To learn more about ELAN, visit www.elanhomesystems.com.

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