DG Systems Tops 6,000 Radio Stations.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 23, 1998--Digital Generation Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ/NMS:DGIT), a leading provider of digital network services to the broadcast industry, today announced that more than 6,000 radio stations are now part of DG Systems digital distribution network. The network also includes more than 600 television stations. DG Systems digitally links advertising agencies, production studios and record labels to radio and TV stations. The radio stations in DG's network receive more than 95% of total U.S. radio revenues. With DG Systems' digital network, advertisements, music releases, public service announcements and news releases are transmitted to digital receivers in the stations, ensuring digital quality from production to broadcast. DG Systems' digital network also significantly reduces delivery time. Advertisements can be delivered digitally in as little as an hour, allowing immediate response to competitive campaigns, changing market conditions, and last-minute creative revisions. DG Systems recently announced iAudio, a service to transmit audio using the Internet. This new service will enable content creators with Internet access See how to access the Internet. to digitally distribute audio to over 6,100 radio stations. "The quality, speed and reliability of any phase of broadcast advertising -- from content creation to distribution, playback and final broadcast -- is vastly improved by using digital technologies," explains Greg Schott, vice president of marketing for DG Systems. "DG Systems strengthens the weakest link distribution to radio and TV stations -- as the entire industry continues its trek toward 100% digital broadcasting Digital broadcasting is the practice of using digital data rather than analogue waveforms to carry broadcasts over television channels or assigned radio frequency bands. It is becoming increasingly popular for television usage (especially satellite television) but is having a ." Digital Generation Systems, Inc., has developed and operates both a nationwide, value-added digital network and Internet product linking hundreds of advertisers and advertising agencies with more than 6,500 radio and television stations across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The company's fault-tolerant network operations center See NOC. Network Operations Center - (NOC) A location from which the operation of a network or internet is monitored. Additionally, this center usually serves as a clearinghouse for connectivity problems and efforts to resolve those problems. delivers audio, video, image and data content, which facilitates transactions among advertising industry participants. DG Systems' URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. is 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's expansion of its digital distribution networks, the demand among certain clients for digital audio video delivery services and iAudio Internet service, and future product offerings. 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 System's 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 31, 1998 and the company's Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. filed on May 15, 1998.
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