Low-Resolution Browsing, Marking, Scalable Recording Automation, Asset Management Key Offerings

NAB 2000, Las Vegas, NV - April 10, 2000 - Keops Broadcast, a premier supplier of asset management tools for broadcast applications, announced that its MediaWorks asset management system is compatible with the Panasonic DNA (DVCPRO News Automation) turnkey, digital video server system for news post-production, storage and multi-channel playback to air. MediaWorks offers purchasers of the Panasonic DNA system low-resolution, proxy browsing and marking, scalable recording automation and asset management capabilities.

Tore Nordahl, Vice President of Product Development & Engineering, Panasonic Broadcast, said, "The MediaWorks browser is a powerful option for DNA, with browsing being the one missing link in today's TV station news operation. We have worked with Keops Broadcast to develop a user-friendly interface with MediaWorks."

"Panasonic DNA is championing the way for high-quality, highly efficient video production within the digital TV news facility," said Keops Broadcast President, Dominique Ste-Marie. "We are delighted that MediaWorks is an integral part of the Panasonic new room solution."

One of MediaWorks' key components within DNA is desktop or low-resolution browsing which allows journalists to randomly view on their PCs video images associated with the stories they are working on. The low-resolution images are highly compressed, low-bandwidth proxies of the full-resolution broadcast images that reside on the DNA server. All low- and high-resolution material is tied to MediaWorks in DNA automation/server control system.

MediaWorks is Keops Broadcast's complete environment for managing broadcast-quality digital assets. Typical applications include corporate assets repository, sports and news media system, personal browsing system, offline pre-editing, post-production proofing, subtitling and audio post-sync and broadcast monitoring.

MediaWorks allows any LAN-based PC workstation to browse and mark digital assets under configuration using a frame-accurate, low-resolution proxy while preserving the integrity of the high-resolution broadcast originals.

DNA is Panasonic Broadcast's end-to-end DVCPRO solution, offering the benefits of the world's most popular professional digital recording format, DVCPRO, in a powerful central server system. DVCPRO, with more than 100,000 units in use worldwide, has become the standard for cost-effective digital acquisition and recording. With DNA, DVCPRO processing easily and transparently integrates into news production environments to complete the digital news production and delivery.

About Keops Broadcast Keops Broadcast is a provider of advanced information technology products and services designed to create and optimize digital operations for the broadcast industry. Keops Broadcast is a wholly owned subsidiary of Keops Technologies, a leading, turnkey provider of Manufacturing Information Technology solutions, supplied primarily to the metals, process manufacturing industries.

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