Pappas Telecasting Companies to Upgrade Ten Stations to NVERZION Broadcast Automation Solutions; Knowledgeable NVERZION Staff Tailors Solution for 24x7 Broadcast Reliability Backed with Personal Support.

SALT LAKE CITY -- NVERZION, a leading provider of digital broadcasting and television station automation solutions, today announced that Pappas Telecasting Companies, the largest privately held, commercial television broadcast group in the United States, has chosen solutions from NVERZION to fully automate ten station locations between now and Q2 2007. The automation system was chosen to ensure Pappas' viewers receive the latest uninterrupted news, local information and entertainment content, while providing opportunities for each station to grow their broadcasts in the future.

Stations that will be included in the NVERZION upgrade are: KMEG and KPTH in Sioux City, Iowa; KREN and KAZR in Reno, Nevada; WTWB in Greensboro, North Carolina; KPTM and KXVO in Omaha, Nebraska; KMPH and KFRE in Fresno, California; and KPWB in Des Moines, Iowa. Pappas anticipates the first three integrations in Reno, Fresno and Omaha to be completed by September 1, 2006.

According to Dale Scherbring, Vice President-Director of Engineering for Pappas Telecasting Companies, although the features and pricing on the NVERZION line were appealing, what most impressed Pappas was NVERZION's knowledgeable staff. "The people we met with really understood how television stations run in the real world. They not only listened to our feedback on the solutions we needed, they went so far as to incorporate some of our suggestions into their updates. Yes, NVERZION offers a quality solution," continued Scherbring, "but it was their staff and support that impressed us."

Pappas' suite of applications included NVERZION's NControl playlist, NGest record, and NPoint for segmenting clips. The installation also includes NBase (and a redundant NBase) database of video server clips and source tapes; NView, to act as an easy access database "window"; NTime -- a time-based router event scheduler software package, EMC, an NConvert traffic interface, and NVERZION's NFire pathfire interface. The NVERZION solution controls Utah Scientific Routing Switcher, Omneon Video Servers and VizRT Branding Boxes.

"Some of our stations were already automated using another, older package from a different provider," said Scherbring. "These solutions needed to be upgraded, so it just made sense to switch to a common automation solution for our stations. Plus, upgrading our remaining stations to NVERZION's solution will simplify staff training and maintenance across all of our stations."

"To be selected as the automation provider of choice for ten of Pappas Telecasting's stations is a great honor and we take great pride in being part of their new and newly upgraded stations," said Reed Haslam, NVERZION's Director of Sales. "NVERZION is fully committed to the broadcast industry and to providing the high level of service, and quality products necessary to help our clients be leaders in their trade."

The tools installed at each of the Pappas locations will dub, segment, edit and schedule broadcast material while managing video servers, VTRs, master control switchers, multiplexers, character generators, satellite receivers, cart machines, storage systems, logo inserters, still stores, routers and more for a clean and powerful broadcast. Each NVERZION component works well as part of an overall turnkey solution, or as a single stand-alone solution.

About Pappas Telecasting

Pappas Telecasting Companies is the largest privately held, commercial television broadcast group in the United States in terms of U.S. Household coverage as defined by Nielsen Media Research. The company owns 27 stations, including market-leading FOX, WB, ABC, CBS, UPN, Azteca America, and MyNetworkTVaffiliates, and operates four other stations pursuant to local marketing agreements, in most regions of the United States. September 18, eleven Pappas stations, including the company's WB and UPN affiliates, will become affiliated with The CW network. Additionally, Pappas owns 16 on-air digital channels, operates three others under LMAs, and holds construction permits to build 10 additional television stations. Pappas also is moving KTRB-AM 860 from Modesto to the San Francisco-San Jose radio market, and recently launched KMPH-AM 840 in Modesto. According to statistics from Nielsen, Pappas Telecasting television stations serve more than 16% of all U.S. television households. In addition, the company owns or operates television stations in markets reaching nearly 36% of U.S. Hispanic households and 38% of all U.S. Hispanic persons age 2+. In total, Pappas owns or operates stations in 24 Designated Market Areas.

For more information on Pappas Telecasting, visit www.pappastv.com

About NVERZION

NVERZION provides the tools that make digital broadcasting and television station automation a proven success. NVERZION offers the latest advancements in broadcasting by controlling the equipment that acquires, and distributes broadcast grade content through its progressive software solutions. This software combined with powerful broadcast equipment and engineering experience creates a network of efficient and reliable data control. Every NVERZION product is designed to take the guesswork out of system implementation by being intuitive and simple to use. And NVERZION backs everything they sell with worldwide training, service and support.

For more details on NVERZION products, please visit www.nverzion.com, or contact sales at: 801-293-8420