CHYRON AprisaSAN: A New Approach to Asset Sharing.

Business/Technology Editors

NAB2000

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2000

NAB 2000: The well-known bottlenecks that come with network attached storage are now history, courtesy of the new AprisaSAN(TM) from Chyron Corporation (NYSE:CHY). Providing multiple and simultaneous access paths to media and data files, the AprisaSAN is uniquely qualified to make content creation to on air replay flow easily.

"AprisaSAN represents a whole new concept in file and database management over networks," says Mark Rivers, Developer for the Aprisa product line. "It provides the bandwidth to allow everybody in a broadcast production environment to have ready access to a clip, which they can share and play out from a central server in real time."

This high-speed, highly integrated network allows Aprisa and Duet systems, along with non-linear editors and other production or playout devices to share one large vault of media resources.

Features include:

- Centralized media storage pools

- Content creation to on air replay

- Simultaneous shared media files

- Real time video performance

- Simple connectivity

- Scalability

- Bandwidth (1Gb/s (100 MB/s) now; 4 Gb/s soon

- Active/Active RAID controllers

- Faster backup & recovery opportunities

- Monitoring and management software

- AprisaSAN 500 shares 5 TB or 25+ hours of 3:1 MJPEG video

- AprisaSAN 1000 shares 1.1 TB or 50+ hours of 3:1 MJPEG video

Chyron Corporation through its Chyron Graphics and Pro-Bel divisions has established itself as the worldwide leader in the innovation and development of integrated broadcast graphic systems and distribution systems, including products that meet the demands of digital and high-definition television.

Chyron Graphics provides a broad range of leading-edge hardware and software products, including paint and animation systems, character generators and digital graphics systems, along with stillstore and clipstore packages. Pro-Bel manufactures products and systems for broadcast routing, distribution and transmission automation.

The company is also involved in developing new media products for internet-related markets.

For more information about Chyron products and services, please visit the Company website at http://www.chyron.com or contact Chyron Corporation, 5 Hub Drive, Melville, NY 11747. TEL: [phone]; FAX [phone]; EMAIL: [e-mail].

Certain of these statements contained in this press release may be deemed forward-looking statements. Such statements, and other matters addressed in this press release, involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these statements and matters are the risks and other factors detailed, from time to time, in the Company's reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, the Company's Annual Reports on Form 10-K and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.

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