C. David Pina to Head Project

LOS ANGELES --(May 10, 2000)-- C. David Pina, the veteran award winning graphics and animation designer and recently named VP Creative Services for the Alternative Entertainment Network, Inc. (www.aentv.com), has been signed to create the Main Title graphics and animation design for the "54th Annual Tony Awards."

AENTV is the California based digital studios and Internet streaming video production company, and one of the leading producers of original content for the Internet and broadband markets.

This is the eighth year that the Tony Awards has commissioned Pina for the show, and the first major broadcast animation and graphics project for Pina and AENTV.COM since the completion of the multi-million dollar digital studio production and post production facility with parent company iNEXTV, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ampex Corporation.

"The graphics we have created work as an extension of the main set. Just the huge volume of graphics required for the show will keep our digital animation workstations running around the clock at AENTV.COM," said Pina.

Drew Cummings, President & CEO of AENTV.COM said, "We are proud and excited to be a part of the creative efforts for Broadway's most prestigious event, and pleased to have such a talented artist as David Pina leading the way at AENTV.COM in the development and production of cutting-edge digital graphics and animation for both new media and broadcast projects such as the Tony Awards."

Pina's past graphics and animation credits include five years of the "Academy Awards," plus "The Grammy Awards," "American Music Awards," "Christmas in Washington," "America's Funniest Home Videos," "The 52nd and 53rd Presidential Inaugural Galas," "The Emmy Awards," "Miss America Pageant," and "The Country Music Association Awards."

"The 54th Annual Tony Awards(R)" hosted by Rosie O'Donnell is scheduled to air Sunday, June 4, 2000 on CBS from 9:00 to 11:00 PM, live from Radio City Music Hall.

iNEXTV Corporation, www.inextv.com, headquartered in New York City, is the premier online video media company, and wholly owned subsidiary of Ampex Corporation. iNEXTV produces original Internet video programming in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. and Munich, Germany.

The iNEXTV network of affiliates includes: Alternative Entertainment Network, www.aentv.com, Los Angeles, California, one of the largest on-demand streaming video sites and producers of original programming for the Internet; EXBTV, www.exbtv.com, Washington, D.C., producer and netcaster of original Internet programming regarding business and the Executive Branch of government; iSTYLETV, www.istyletv.com, New York, NY, focuses on the lifestyles, passions and pursuits of affluent web users; TV on the WEB, www.tvontheweb.com, Reston, Virginia, a leading provider of Internet video services; and TV1 Internet Television, www.tv1.de, Munich, Germany, one of Europe's top webcasters.

 

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