DG Systems Adds CBS Television to Its Digital Delivery Network.Business Editors DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 30, 2002 DG Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: DGIT): CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. Network Joins Growing List of Broadcasters Adopting DG's DVPS DVPS Delaware Valley Paleontological Society (Maple Shade, New Jersey) DVPS Department of Veterinary Paraclinical Sciences (University of the Philippines) Technology for the Digital Delivery of Commercials DG's Digital Video Distribution Network Now Reaches Nearly 900 Television Stations DG Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: DGIT), the digital technology innovator for delivering and managing audio and video content to the broadcast industry, announced today that the CBS Television Network CBS Television Network Major U.S. broadcasting company and network. It began in 1928 as the Columbia Broadcasting System, a small radio network directed by William S. Paley. , a unit of Viacom, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : VIA), has installed DG's Digital Video Playback System (DVPS) receiver, enabling the network to digitally receive ads from agencies for insertion of national spots in its programming. DG also announced that it has expanded its digital video distribution network to nearly 900 television stations that are enabled to receive advertising spots digitally from advertisers and ad agencies. CBS, the first national broadcast network to install DVPS, joins other leading broadcasters including CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. Networks (CNN, CNN-Sports Illustrated, CNN-Headline News, CNNfn, and CNN-Airport Network), the WB broadcast network, Telemundo, E! Entertainment Television, Lifetime Television, The Weather Channel, Fox Sports, The Soap Network, Toon Network, WGN WGN Wellington WGN White Gaussian Noise WGN World's Greatest Newspaper (Chicago, IL, USA) WGN World Gastroenterology News WGN We Got Nomar WGN World's Greatest Network WGN Wireless Network Gateway WGN Wagon , and Sunshine Network who have adopted DG's DVPS technology for the digital delivery of commercials. CBS leads an apparent trend in the industry as it joins the nearly 900 TV stations, cable networks and local cable broadcasters that receive their commercials digitally, within hours, from national advertisers via DG Systems' all-digital network. In September 2001, CBS also installed DG's NetClear digital clearance solution, enabling on-line clearance of spots. Mark Dunn Mark Dunn (* 1956 Memphis, Tennessee) is an American author and playwright. Dunn lives with his wife Mary in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Among the twenty-five plays Dunn has written (as of 2001), Belles and Five Tellers Dancing in the Rain , Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, of DG Systems commented, "The DVPS adoption by an industry leader like CBS is an important milestone toward allowing the television broadcast industry to take advantage of technologies which streamline the ad delivery process. Their adoption of DVPS further asserts DG's position as the industry standard for digital delivery and media asset management." About DG Systems DG Systems and the Company's StarGuide division provide the standard in Digital Media Exchange services for the advertising and broadcast industries, featuring innovative satellite and Internet transmission technology solutions and a suite of digital media asset management tools. DG's extensive industry network is the largest in the advertising and broadcasting industries, reaching more than 5,000 advertisers and agencies, 7,500 radio stations, and nearly 900 television broadcast facilities with innovative delivery and management solutions for short- and long-form audio and video content. More information is available at www.dgsystems.com. This release contains forward-looking statements relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc the company, including the expansion of its digital distribution network, and the demand among certain clients for digital audio and video delivery services. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. These and other risks relating to DG Systems' business are set forth in the company's Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 2002. |
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