Ancept Streamlines Video Production with Expanded Capabilities of Ancept Media Server 2.7.

Business Editors & Technology Writers

NAB 2002

Version 2.7 of Ancept's Digital Asset Management Application Supports

Key Frame Extraction, Vertical Information Capture, and Video Clip

Conforming through Telestream's FlipFactory(TM) Product

LAS VEGAS & MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 9, 2002

Ancept, Inc. a leading provider of Digital Asset Management (DAM) solutions, today announced the general availability of version 2.7, which extends the capability of their digital asset management application, Ancept Media Server Ancept Media Server is in use at a large number of customers including: Gap, Inc., Lands End, Ogilvy & Mather, American Greetings and IBM.

"We are excited to demonstrate these new capabilities at the NAB show, at both the IBM and Telestream booths. This new version is extraordinarily powerful in its ability to streamline post production," said Jeff Stromberg, CEO of Ancept, Inc. "We have built these capabilities in partnership with Telestream since they are clearly the leader in media acquisition and encoding technology."

Ancept Media Server version 2.7 is targeted at the specific needs of the broadcast industry. The key capabilities of this release, which were developed in conjunction with Telestream, are:

-- Key Frame Extraction. Key frames provide representative images for browsing
video, as well as for making edit decisions. Extracted key frames are converted
to JPEG images based on scene changes or predefined time intervals. With scene
detection, a smart sensitivity slider bar provides the operator a convenient
tool to adjust scene change sensitivity. And with time intervals, the operator
may select a `single' key frame per clip, or choose virtually any interval for
periodic key frame extraction.

-- Vertical Interval Information. Two types of information may be extracted
from the vertical interval: Closed Caption and Time Code. Extracted Closed
Caption text is time stamped for accurate synchronization with the video. The
time code can also be extracted from the GOP header of MPEG files.

-- Conforming Engine. Integration Edit Decision Lists (EDLs) are created in and
transferred from Ancept Media Server to a conform engine ultimately destined
for the specified non-linear editor suite. The EDLs, which are currently
created in Telestream's MDML format, include mark-in/mark-out points and
reference links to each of the source clips that are to be conformed.

The conform engine may also be used to trim a single clip. The

same EDL creation method is used to trim the head and tail of

a clip. Alternately, meta-data markers can be submitted to

adjust the Start of Message and End of Message (SOM/EOM) which

is used by broadcast media servers to control the play-out

start/stop points for clips residing on the server.

-- Watermarking Watermarks can be applied to video clips in order

to protect the usage of copyrighted materials or to brand

broadcast streams.

About Ancept

Ancept has been designing, developing, integrating and implementing enterprise class digital media management systems based on Ancept Media Server since 1997. From the beginning, Ancept has focused solely on designing and deploying digital media asset management as an enterprise solution. At the core of Ancept's enterprise digital asset management solutions is our powerful product Ancept Media Server. Ancept customers are from the following industries: manufacturing, retail, marketing and advertising, media and entertainment, printing & publishing and education. Additional information on Ancept can be found at www.ancept.com.

About Telestream

Telestream products have set the standard with the most demanding media companies in the Telestream products have set the standard with the most demanding media companies in the world for the encoding and delivery of broadcast-quality video and streaming media via IP networks. Telestream's MPEG appliances and streaming automation software products eliminate today's time consuming, manual process of media acquisition, encoding, transcoding and delivery to servers. For more information visit www.telestream.net or call 1-530-470-1300.