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VIDEO DESIGN SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES DEVELOPMENT AND
PRODUCT AVAILABIITY FOR INSCRIBER INCA RTX

MELVILLE, NY, Sept 9, 2003-Video Design Software (VDS), a leading developer of broadcast automation software as well as the Liberty paint and animation product line, announces the availability of several VDS products as well as development services and support on the InscriberŽ Inca RTX platform.

VDS will now be supporting many of it's primetime proven applications in addition to customer specific applications on the Inscriber Inca RTX range, including:

  • HotBoards & HotBugs engines for automated display of financial graphics
  • GameTrak software for sports updates from SportsTicker and STATS Inc data feeds
  • Titling and Branding Suite, a distributed client/server database and control system for automated sophisticated titling and branding
  • NewsTicker for continuous news crawls with independent authoring
  • Integrated Broadcast and Internet Technologies (Web-to-air/air-to-web) of Polling and Email to Air

Inca RTX is the latest addition to the innovative Inca Series of professional broadcast solutions. The next generation of the powerful RTX product, Inca RTX provides a rich, multi-layer environment for creating customer applications for the dynamic display of sports, news and elections information.

"We are pleased to be able to provide these proven products for the Inca platform," Larry Mincer, President of VDS said. "These products, originally designed for meeting the demanding requirements of clients such as CNBC, Fox News Channel and Viacom are now available at an attractive price point for customers using Inca for graphics generation."

Inscriber's Inca Studio is part of the innovative and exciting new Inca Series of professional broadcast solutions, designed to deliver a rich multi-layer environment for on-air broadcast graphics. Inca Studio offers the latest technology with enhanced CG functionality including active texture clip playback, uncompressed animations and key+fill input processing.

"Inca RTX sets a new level of playback performance for the display of dynamic information in sports, elections and news," says Dan Mance, President of Inscriber. "We are pleased that Video Design Software are using it as an important component of their impressive suite of broadcast solutions."

VDS and Inscriber will collaborate on development strategies and further implementation of VDS applications. This will enable broadcast clients to reach their markets with new and innovative real-time data display applications that span a wide range of media components, including content distribution and automation, interactive web-to-air content, and broadcast-to-internet delivery.

About VDS
VDS is committed to providing automation and content design tools for the broadcast, cable television, internet, and post production markets. VDS designs products for the automated control of broadcast television systems, with an emphasis on graphics-related operations, content distribution and automation, and internet-to-video and video-to-internet systems. VDS content creation systems provide industry tools that deliver graphic design, universal file translation and integration capabilities.

About Inscriber
InscriberŽ develops open system-based character generators and digital graphics tools for the television broadcast and video post-production industries. With a customer base of over 100,000 installations in more than 110 countries, Inscriber products are the character generator and graphics tools of choice for video professionals at leading television networks and broadcast design/post facilities around the world. Inscriber's lengthy client list includes ABC, NBC, CNN, BBC, Swedish Television, and Singapore Broadcasting among others.

 
 VDS Marketing & Product Development:VDS Sales:
 David-Ray WorthingtonSteve Papadakis
 Phone: 905-469-6333Phone: 631-249-4399
 Email: Email:
 
 
 For more information on Inscriber, please contact:
 Catherine Hilker
 Phone: 519-570-9111
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