Press releases

Rennes, France, June 2rd 2008

ENENSYS launches new pocket field test analyzer for Chinese Digital Terrestrial TV

ENENSYS DiviCatch® RF-DTMB, a pocket analyzer for live DTMB streams, has been released this day. The compact device, self-powered through USB, is the must-have cost-effective analyzer for broadcasters, R&D labs or Set-Top Boxes manufacturers working with the Chinese Digital Terrestrial TV.

The DiviCatch® RF-DTMB is a test equipment capable of tuning a DTMB modulated signal and performing analysis at RF, modulation and transport levels. The software bundled with the device provides full real-time analysis for critical RF measurements and MPEG2-TS validation, including ETR290.

A GPS option also enables end-users to perform advanced coverage testing, by performing a recording of all key RF parameters synchronized with GPS coordinates, time and speed. Exporting the log output to a cartographic application such as Google Earth® achieves a complete map of the network coverage.

Self-powered through USB2.0, DiviCatch® RF-DTMB is very compact and highly portable, achieving a highly cost-effective test solution for field, lab or head-end applications. Designed specifically for DTMB broadcast, the device is fully compliant with the Chinese GB20600-2006 standard.

RF analysis provides real-time information on all critical transmission parameters. Also, MPEG2-TS analysis outputs useful real-time information on bitrates and PSI/SI signalling. ETR290 validation scheme is also implemented to provide users with stream compliance elements. Specific to the Chinese DTTV standard (GB20600-2006), SIP packets used to synchronize SFN transmitters are also decoded for in-depth testing.

With the expected boom of DTMB services in China before and along the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, DiviCatch® RF-DTMB, a 2-in-1 product featuring both RF and DVB-ASI inputs, is the most useful and cost-effective tool to perform testing in labs as well as to ensure optimal quality of service on delivered streams and networks.

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Rennes, France, April 7th 2008

ENENSYS selects Skyline's DataMiner as its management system

Rennes, France, September 30th 2007

LIBYANA MOBILE PHONE, largest telecom operator in Libya, launches a DVB-H trial relying on ENENSYS Technologies end to end DVB-H network solution.

Libyana Mobile Phone operator jumps on the DVB-H technology with ENENSYS Technologies' complete system for Mobile TV broadcast.

The largest Libyan telecom operator Libyana Mobile Phone (LMP) started a DVB-H trial in Tripoli and selected ENENSYS Technologies solution for the complete transmission system. DVB-H architecture provided by ENENSYS includes DVB-H Head End, multiplex distribution, transmission means as well as DVB-H live analysis solution.

Mohamed Ben Ayad , CTO & General Projects Manager at Libyana Mobile Phone, said: “Libyana Mobile Phone is leading the African operators to future technology and services in the telecom sector: that’s our company vision and mission”.

Hassan Al Sharief , DVB-H Project Manager at Libyana Mobile Phone, said: “Our DVB-H trial is running really well, and we are fully satisfied by ENENSYS services in terms of DVB-H expertise and commitment in the project. DVB-H network was designed, dimensioned and delivered upon requested time and budget. Such a trial in Tripoli and suburbs enables us to collect data about user experience, network coverage issues, and have confidence in our forthcoming network expansion plans.”

Moulay El Aatifi, Area Manager at ENENSYS, said: "ENENSYS delivered Libyana Mobile Phone with a full DVB-H system, with content aggregation, DVB-H Head End, distribution from Head-End to transmitters over customer's IP network, and DVB-H transmission.

Libyana Mobile Phone also got the state of the art in DVB-H test and monitoring systems, and took benefit from our leadership in DVB-H technology to deterministically take the most out of their DVB-H trial network.”

Moulay added: “ENENSYS already has prestigious references in the area in terms of DVB-H system delivery and it was our pleasure to work with Libyana Mobile Phone on that ambitious project.”

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Rennes, France, September 7th 2007

Rugby World Cup 2007: live on DVB-H receivers!

ENENSYS and TF1 are proud to enable tomorrow's mobile TV during fall major sport event, and to show live leading edge technology.

ENENSYS, in partnership with TF1, French major service provider, is currently enabling live transmission of 2007 sport event, the Rugby World Cup! At TF1 premises, games starring the French Team, but also 1/4 finals, 1/2 finals and final, are watchable on latest generation DVB-H receivers (Samsung, Sagem).

ENENSYS was selected as the official supplier of transmission equipment: DVB-H Head End, TS over IP distribution solution and DVB-H transmission means. ENENSYS makes DVB-H transmission secure and fully ready for 2008 deployments.

” It is ideal for us to have French local partners working at the leading edge of DVB-H technologies, such as ENENSYS, and to run a live demo. All our guests were delighted to find out what DVB-H looks like and were very enthusiastic about images quality...» says Thomas Jacques, Director of Strategy and Technical Innovation at TF1 Group.

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Rennes, France, September 1th 2007

Constantly innovating in the field of digital TV, with a strong focus and experience on mobile TV, ENENSYS is proud to announce the forthcoming release of its new 100% hardware based DVB-H IP Encapsulator MobiMux.

With early commercial deployment in Italy, and more recently in Viet-Nam, DVB-H proved to be the main standard approved worldwide by many countries for mobile TV reception. DVB-H IP Encapsulator is the Mobile TV Broadcast chain keystone: reliability, interfacing capabilities, bandwidth optimization and real-time monitoring are thus highly required by the broadcasters.

Usual DVB-H IP encapsulators are server based, which means they embed hard-disk for their processing. However, the experience showed that most of the time, hard-disk is one of the main point of failure reason (with power supply). MobiMux does not embed any hard-disk since 100% hardware based.

As the DVB-H chain keystone, interfacing capabilities are thus required: Mobimux is 100% compliant with any handset, H.264 encoders, ESG servers of the market. DVB-Simulcrypt ready, MobiMux can be interfaced with any Conditional Access system.

MobiMUx is full SNMPv2 (get+set+trap) based for smooth integration within supervision system. It is to be noted SNMP is not an option, it is one required feature for such broadcast grade device !

MobiMux is statistical time-slicing compliant: bandwidth optimization is guaranteed and independent from the H.264 encoder. With its internal widely deployed SFN adapter, MobiMux is a compact and highly reliable solution for DVB-H IP encapsulation.

Finally, with an outstanding and user-oriented GUI, MobiMUx enables real-time monitoring of any DVB-H service (number of columns of the ADT, FEC columns, padding etc...), statistical time-slicing impact etc. so that the user could figure out at once if his configuration is correct.

“Enensys already provides high-quality validation, head-end and transmission equipment. Developing broadcast quality devices for IP distribution was thus the next logical step for us and we are very excited to introduce our new MPEG2-TS over IP network adapter. We are now offering solutions for all links in the broadcast chain, propelling us forward into irrefutable players in our domain of activity.” said Nicolas Fannechère, VP Marketing.

Rennes, France, April 9th 2007

ENENSYS awarded by Frost & Sullivan for the Global DVB-H Enabling Technology of Year 2007!

ENENSYS Technologies SA announced today that it has been awarded the 2007 Frost & Sullivan Award for the Global DVB-H Enabling Technology of the Year. For years, ENENSYS draws on the expertise of highly experienced people, designing those DVB-H robust equipments for Mobile TV broadcast that are deployed worldwide in highly demanding environments and transmission systems.

"An innate understanding of the DVB-H functionality since its evolution has made the company one of the leading experts on mobile TV, which holds a significant potential as the leader among emerging technologies," said Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst Bonnie Varghese K. "ENENSYS has gained considerable traction in the mobile TV broadcast market over the last few years and has developed a broad and comprehensive portfolio of products that make of ENENSYS the best partner in Mobile TV equipment providing."

ENENSYS DVB-H offering consists in the complete chain for DVB-H Mobile TV broadcast: Digital Turn Around products (demodulators, DVB-H + RF field test adapters), Head End products (DVB-H IP Encapsulator, SFN Adpater), IP Distribution products (MPEG2 over IP adapters) and Transmission products (DVB-H Modulators, Amplifiers).

"ENENSYS is honored to be recognized by Frost & Sullivan,” said Régis LE ROUX, CEO of ENENSYS Technologies. "ENENSYS (ENd-to ENd SYStems): in the DVB-H market, stands out as the leading provider of complete DVB-H broadcast chains, from content aggregation to transmission, also with test & monitoring products. Over and above comprehensive DVB-H broadcast systems delivered as turnkey solutions, ENENSYS also provides or updates any part of the transmission chain, adapting interfaces with those required by the operator, and simply fit any kind of environment. As a matter of fact, ENENSYS solutions are flexible and expandable, enabling a single shot or a step-by-step move to DVBH broadcast."

"To date, ENENSYS’ DVB-H transmission products have taken advantage of an outstanding product mix and naturally migrated with the maturing DVB-H standard to fit broadcast applications, directly targeting telcos, broadcast and network operators," wrote Varghese. "These high-end products have been widely recognized by its competitors and customers alike. System integrators and DVB-H equipment providers are also proposing ENENSYS’ equipment in their product list."

Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Awards recognize companies in a variety of regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in areas such as leadership, technological innovation, customer service, and strategic product development. Industry analysts compare market participants and measure performance through in-depth interviews, analysis, and extensive secondary research in order to identify best practices in the industry.

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Rennes, France, March 29th 2007

ENENSYS announces the release of its new MPEG2 Transport Stream over IP network adapter, namely FastCaster!

To date, the never-ending IP networks interconnection growth made it possible to send data from one part of the world to another without any additional infrastructure cost. This is where operators can achieve consequent OPEX savings by moving to all-IP transfer solutions.
FastCaster Network Adapter provides a cost-effective and highly reliable solution for transporting high quality digital video content over IP networks (MPEG2 Transport Stream over IP). It is perfectly suited to Mobile TV or DTTV distribution applications but has also proved to match other requirements such as IPTV, Head-end interconnection, National to regional content distribution, Corporate Streaming, ...
As the FastCaster is designed from the very beginning with the professionals' needs in mind, it is equipped with 2 redundant ASI inputs/outputs, offers separate control and data network interfaces and can be fully monitored and controlled through SNMP.
In addition, FastCaster can be set in TS > IP or IP > TS conversion direction through a single click thus providing a very flexible solution for both production and test/labs requirements.
Finally, thanks to ENENSYS' high performance smoothing algorithm, FastCaster offers an unrivaled protection against Jitter as well as very low latency.
“ENENSYS already provides high-quality validation, head-end and transmission equipment. Developing broadcast quality devices for IP distribution was thus the next logical step for us and we are very excited to introduce our new MPEG2-TS over IP network adapter. We are now offering solutions for all links in the broadcast chain, propelling us forward into irrefutable players in our domain of activity.” said Nicolas Fannechère, VP Marketing at ENENSYS.

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Rennes, France, March 29th 2007

Enensys DiviCatch analyzer extends capabilities to ETR290

Enensys Technologies, an innovative company developing high-quality equipment for Digital Television broadcasting, is proud to announce the new generation of their DiviCatch analyzer application. The new 4.0 release now includes ETR290.

DiviCatch is a compact and USB self-powered broadcast recorder and analyzer, that is also capable of decoding services for real-time program monitoring. This in-hand diagnosis tool is already a widely used and acclaimed device among Enensys' customer base of over 200 clients around the world. DiviCatch has been available for months for baseband interfaces (DVB-SPI, DVB-ASI and ETI), and has been recently extended to RF for live stream recording and analysis. DiviCatch RF-C for Digital Cable networks has been available since the autumn, and DiviCatch RF-T/H for DVB-T and DVB-H networks will already be released in a few weeks. Compared to the baseband devices, DiviCatch RF-capable analyzers provide additional real-time RF key indicators to achieve quick and exhaustive diagnosis on the network.
Today, Enensys Technologies has enhanced the companion software shipped with all DiviCatch devices. In addition to MPEG2-TS real-time table parsing and bitrate monitoring, DiviCatch analysis software now integrates ETR290. ETR290 is standardized guidelines issued by the DVB organization for measurements in DVB systems. These guidelines are intended to provide an exhaustive overview of elements that matter for the transmission of a stream. All parameters tested in ETR290 are split over three priorities. First-level priority lists a basic set of parameters which are considered necessary to ensure that the TS can be decoded. Second-level priority lists additional parameters which are recommended for continuous monitoring. And third-level priority lists further optional parameters covering varied interests. DiviCatch application implements parameters of the three priority levels: Full ETR290 and additional DVB-H specific parameters will be available in future releases.
Offering customized or DVB-based thresholds, the DiviCatch raises an alarm each time an element in the stream gets out of set boundaries and the counter of the errored parameter is incremented. The different parameters making up the ETR290 standard can be individually added to a log file for continuous monitoring. The new ETR290 feature smoothly integrates in the DiviCatch user-friendly interface that is so much appreciated by Enensys' customers.
"For our existing customers, Enensys is a trusted partner because they know that DiviCatch is a future-proof solution in an ever-changing industry like broadcast and they have free access to all future releases. For new customers, DiviCatch is a strong and already well-proven analysis compact device that will keep extending its capabilities in the next months at no cost for them", said Nicolas Fannechère, VP Marketing at Enensys.

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Rennes, France, November 24th 2006

Enensys announces the commercial release of the DiviCatch RF-C, a live Cable and MPEG-2 TS pocket receiver, recorder and analyzer

Enensys has announced today the commercial release of the DiviCatch RF-C, their cable pocket receiver, recorder and analyzer. The new product is the first RF device in the USB adapter product line.

The DiviCatch RF-C is capable of tuning a cable modulated signal and performing analysis measures at RF, modulation and transport levels. The software bundled with the device provides a graphical display of the constellation, offering a useful and instant representation of the signal quality. SNR (Signal to Noise Ratio), MER (Modulation Error Ratio) and EVM (Error Vector Magnitude) measurements also provide accurate indications on the signal modulation quality.

In addition to the RF input, the DiviCatch RF-C also features an ASI input and therefore inherits all standard DiviCatch products capabilities: Live or scheduled stream recording, stream forwarding over IP and MPEG-2 monitoring.

As the device integrates both a tuner and a demodulator, the bundled software is also capable of displaying a live stream through the integrated player.

The DiviCatch RF-C is an all-in-one international Cable solution: It is fully compatible with Cable standard's all 3 annexes (ITU-J83 Annex A, B and C) covering wolrdwide digital cable distribution. It also features one of the best RF sensitivity on the market.

The product is shipped with complete MPEG-2 and RF analysis software as well as a command line package ideally suited for automated testing purposes.

Designed for broadcast test and measurement applications, the DiviCatch RF-C, being USB selfpowered and weighing under a half pound, is also ideally suited to perform coverage tests requiring access to street cabinets. The metallic housing achieves both robustness and sophistication, making it the ideal monitoring companion for field testing or demos.

While cable operators in most countries are developing new services to contain churn and maintain ARPU, the DiviCatch RF-C proves to be a highly useful tool to ensure optimal quality of service on delivered streams and networks.

The number of worldwide subscribers for digital cable technology is expected to enjoy high growth rates in the next few years, especially in the Asia/Pacific region, to reach over a 100 Million before 2010.

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Rennes, September 22, 2006

ENENSYS Technologies, in the heart of the MEDIA & NETWORKS Worldwide Competitiveness Cluster

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Amsterdam, September 8-12, 2006

VisualOn Inc. and ENENSYS Technologies partner to bring the HDTV like quality to DVB-H

By working together to ensure that VisualOn’s DVB-H Mobile TV client solution works flawlessly with ENENSYS DVB-H broadcast system for Mobile TV, the two companies have enabled H.264 broadcast content with AAC+ audio to be playback on client handsets at quality levels that were not viable on mobile devices until now.

"At ENENSYS we felt that the lack of high performance Mobile TV player on the client side had been restricting the growth of the Mobile TV market. We have been searching for a reliable partner to work with on the client side to ensure that the quality of our broadcast would not be compromised by the performance of multimedia player on the mobile handsets", said Nicolas FANNECHERE, VP Marketing at ENENSYS Technologies.

"We had about given up, feeling that the technology available on the client side would not be able to provide the level of quality we were looking for, given the bursty nature of DVB-H received data. But then we found the VisualOn solution and we were very impressed by its ability to playback H.264 content: we finally found our partner, reactive and ready for commitment. So we decided to include VisualOn H264 player in the DVB-H receivers we propose in our DVB-H Lab Kit and DVB-H Trial Kit. That way, our Customers will at last benefit from the complete DVB-H chain, from video encoding to video reception and high quality decoding."

The VisualOn DVB-H Mobile TV solution will parse the IP stream from the DVB-H receiver and decode on-the-fly the audio and video for playback on the mobile device, while the DVB-H transmission architecture is based on ENENSYS products: DVB-H IP Encapsulator, DVB-H SFN Adapter, DVB-H Modulator and RF Amplifier.

"VisualOn is very excited about the opportunity to work with one of the leading technology companies supporting DVB-H broadcasts. There is natural synergy between our companies and by working together we can help drive the adoption of DVB-H by consumers and help drive the growth of the mobile TV market", said Yang CAI, President of VisualOn. "A High performance client side player is only part of the solution needed to ensure that the consumer has a high quality viewing experience on the handset. We also need to make sure that the quality of the DVB-H broadcast is of the highest quality. ENENSYS solutions and technical team have demonstrated to us levels of quality we have not seen in other solutions available in the market."

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Amsterdam, September 8-12, 2006

ENENSYS, Envivio and EXPWAY co-exhibiting on IBC Mobile Zone – POD M323 / M324

ENENSYS is proud to show the latest solutions for DVB-H broadcast in partnership with Envivio and EXPWAY, building together a complete DVB-H transmission chain.

At IBC 2006, ENENSYS Technologies, Envivio Inc. and EXPWAY jointly present a comprehensive DVB-H Broadcast chain, including Video Encoding platform (Envivio), Electronic Service Guide server (EXPWAY) and DVB-H IP Encapsulator and DVB-H Transmitter (ENENSYS), with a panel of DVB-H receivers.

The three companies aim at showing how far their equipments can interoperate with each other, and how easy it is to start a DVB-H transmission. Broadcast signal will have BMCO IPDC profile, enabling live reception from BenQ, Motorola, Philips, S3 and Nokia handsets.

On Booth M323 and M324, visitors will be pleased to see what a DVB-H Broadcast chain is made of, simply administrated from a single laptop computer:

• MPEG-4 H264 encoders (4Caster M2 from Envivio),
• ESG Server (FastESG from EXPWAY)
• IP Encapsulator (MobiSlice), DVB-H Analyzer (DiviCatch DVB-H) DVB-H Modulator (NN6-1161), RF Amplifier (RFBooster) from ENENSYS Technologies.

"We are pleased to arrange a demonstration together with Envivio and EXPWAY, the leading technology providers in their field. Once again, we do emphasize on the high interoperability level of our equipments, from both Head-End and DVB-H Receivers point of views.

Such a DVB-H transmission chain, as we are showing on the Mobile Zone, is the very same as ENENSYS Technologies developed for its Customers as turnkey bundles : DVB-H Lab Kit and DVB-H Trial Kit" said Nicolas FANNECHERE, VP Marketing at ENENSYS Technologies.

"As DVB-H and Mobile TV becomes more important, such an ability to address DVB-H transmission issues is of great value to professionals who seek to offer next generation Mobile services. IBC 2006 is also a great opportunity to show Telcos, Broadcasters, and Network Operators that ENENSYS products line-up also includes MPEG over IP Adapters, enabling primary distribution over IP."

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RAI Amsterdam, September 8-12, 2006

ENENSYS Technologies broadcasts live at IBC 2006 with DVB-H mini-Transmitters

ENENSYS Mobile TV mini-Transmitter powers live-broadcast of DVB-H services.

ENENSYS Technologies, leading manufacturer of the DVB-H and DTTV industry, announced that they will be showing an end-to-end DVB-H delivery chain with IP primary Distribution scheme, hence live-broadcasting DVB-H services on their booth (Hall 3, booth # 3.430c).

"We are proud to unveil our DVB-H 1W mini-Transmitter with IP input”, said Nicolas FANNECHÈRE, VP Marketing at ENENSYS Technologies. “Using a mini-Transmitter is the most interesting solution to adopt for DVB-H indoor broadcast."

"IP input enables an “all-IP” primary distribution of hierarchical Transport Streams to the mini-Transmitter. DVB-H modulation stage is SFN capable and supports Hierarchical Mode broadcast. Equipped with a 1W high grade power amplifier, the mini-Transmitter has the right fit to broadcast over covered premises such as indoor or underground areas.

As ENENSYS manufactures broadcast solutions, its mini-Transmitter features SNMP and Digital Pre-Correction capabilities that are essential to make the most of the local transmission. Compact and robust, ENENSYS' mini-Transmitter is also remote controllable.”

"We are perfectly in line with DVB-H commercial deployments that took place in 2006 and we are now ready to support local broadcast. As a matter of fact, indoor coverage in commercial malls or underground stations faces strict specifications that substantially differentiate from outdoor broadcast, hence requiring ENENSYS mini-Transmitter solution" added Nicolas FANNECHÈRE.

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Amsterdam, September 8-12 2006

Extended footprint at IBC for ENENSYS, exhibiting new products in Hall 3 and on the Mobile Zone... extended Product Line as well!

ENENSYS shows IP to ASI interface, DVB-H 1W mini-Transmitter with IP input, end-to-end DVB-H delivery chain as well as Digital Cable RF professional receiver with USB2 interface.

ENENSYS Technologies, manufacturer of industry leading DVB-H and DTTV equipments, takes advantage from its two exhibition poles at IBC 2006 to introduce new products that smoothly integrate in their Broadcast, “TV on Mobile” and Video over IP product line. Products exhibits will take place on ENENSYS booth (Hall 3, booth # 3.430c) as well as on IBC Mobile Zone (M323/M324).

ENENSYS unveils its MPEG over IP to DVB-ASI interface. IP-eASI makes life easier for primary distribution in “all-IP”, hence for Digital Terrestrial TV and Mobile broadcast. No need any more for expensive networks to have a DTTV or Mobile TV distribution transported from Head-End premises to emitting sites deployed nationwide. Sharing an IP link between main and remote sites is enough to implement an IP distribution scheme with one eASI-IP interface on the Head-End side, and IP-eASI devices on the transmitters' side.

DVB-H 1W mini-Transmitter with IP input accepts MPEG over IP distribution signals and provides a DVB-H compliant broadcast with 1 Watt (30 dBm) output power. Robust, compact, remote controllable, ENENSYS mini-Transmitter is the ideal solution for indoor broadcast.

"We are proud to show that our line-up keeps pace supporting Broadcast Operators and R&D facilities to make full use of their resources, whatever media they need to carry Digital TV on", said Nicolas FANNECHÈRE, VP Marketing at ENENSYS Technologies. "The all IP era opens so many opportunities for broadcasters to lower down their operational costs that part of them started to go IP already. ENENSYS products will accompany them all along the way."

ENENSYS has been developing the most complete range of USB2.0 adapters on the market, interfacing DVB-ASI, DVB-SPI (LVDS, TTL), ETI (G703, G704) with stream player, stream recorder and real-time analyzer softwares. At this year IBC, ENENSYS shows they enlarge the scope of their USB2.0 based products with a Digital Cable front-end input: DiviCatch RF-C is able to receive a cable signal (Annex A, B or C) and perform real-time RF measurements and MPEG TS analysis, capture and MPEG streaming over IP.

"We have the most comprehensive product range in USB2.0 adapters. Should a professional need a stream playing, analyzing, recording, or receiving device coming with software tools, he should turn to ENENSYS." said Nicolas FANNECHÈRE "From baseband DVB-ASI, DVB-SPI, ETI (used for T-DMB Mobile TV applications) to RF interfaces, our DiviSeries are tiny and robust solutions already used worldwide by Operators, Research Centres, Manufacturing premises..."

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