SAN ANTONIO, Texas – August 12, 2008 – NewTek Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading 3D animation and video products, today announced the release of LightWave® v9.5 for Windows®, a major update to its award-winning 3D application, LightWave 3D®. LightWave v9.5’s new capabilities include FiberFX, a complete hair and fur solution, a new lighting system and many improvements to animation, rendering and workflow. The update is available to registered owners of LightWave v9 series at no charge. SIGGRAPH attendees can see LightWave v9.5 demonstrations at NewTek booth #159.

San Antonio, Texas – December 5, 2007 -- NewTek, Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading video and 3D animation products, today announced the release of a major upgrade to its TriCaster STUDIO™ portable live production and virtual set system. Key new capabilities in the update include features that provide additional preview options when switching live camera sources and greater flexibility when creating text and title treatments. The upgrade is available immediately as a free download to TriCaster STUDIO owners.
 

Reno, NV, November 12, 2007 – Ciprico Inc. (NASDAQ: CPCI), a leading provider of intelligent storage software, solutions and appliances, will be demonstrating their RAIDCore host bus adapter (HBA) in a storage server capable of exceeding 2.2  Gigabytes per second of throughput at this year’s SC07 Conference. The 24-drive array using Hitachi Global Storage Technologies’ Ultrastar™ SAS hard disk drives spans across three economical RAIDCore SAS/SATA HBAs, enabling sustained high performance operation, significantly higher capacity, and superior data management.

San Antonio, Texas – October 24, 2007 -- NewTek, Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading video and 3D animation products, announced today that its LightWave v9 has been nominated as one of five finalists for the 3D Software of the Year Award by MacUser, a leading European computer trade publication. The latest version of LightWave 3D, designed to provide optimized speed and 3D graphics performance to users of the latest generation of Intel®-based Macs as well as PCs, takes full advantage of the advancements in Apple’s operating system and development environment. The 3D Software of the Year will be determined by the publication’s readers and unveiled at a gala event at The Hurlingham Club in Ranelagh Gardens in London on October 25.

Leading video magazine selects 3D Arsenal as top choice for easy 3D graphics

San Antonio, TX – May 23, 2007 -- NewTek, Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading video and 3D animation products, was recently presented with an EventDV Magazine "Best of NAB" Award for the company's new 3D Arsenal™ application. The awards are voted on by the editors of EventDV Magazine based on the demonstrations and presentations they saw at NAB. Winners were selected from a large group of products and categories. EventDV Magazine chose to recognize 3D Arsenal as one of the best new products they saw. The complete list of winners including NewTek's 3D Arsenal and NewTek's TriCaster Studio™ will be listed in the June issue of EventDV Magazine.

Tewksbury, MA — May 22, 2007 — Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID) today announced the immediate availability of the Avid® iNEWS® Command system version 1.0, offering precise automation control over news playout devices; including video servers, still stores, and character generators. The system integrates with virtually any newsroom computer system (NRCS), allowing operators to make last minute changes within seconds of broadcast, and to trigger playout events based on rundowns from the Avid iNEWS NRCS or any other MOS-enabled newsroom playlist. 

(Santa Fe Springs, CA. May 16, 2007) -Enhance Technology, Inc., a leading developer of OEM storage systems and products for digital video recording and digital media production releases a new range of 4-disk, FireWire800-based RAID solutions with quad-interface (FW800/FW400/USB2.0/eSATA) connectivity and user-selectable data protection. Available in dense rack-mount & desktop models, the Combo-RAID CR series is specifically designed to address storage and reliability concerns of video surveillance project working with high resolution digital media recording. The new CR product line benefits from the same award-winning RAID technology found in the company’s flagship storage arrays, providing greater reliability, data integrity and performance. An easy-to-use control panel provides complete, real-time control over system parameters including RAID settings and disk status.  FireWire RAID allow users to get the most out any DVR, DAW, editing system, or PC or Mac station by offering capacity, performance & redundancy options simply not available in standard FireWire drives.

TriCaster Pro used for live stream of Tower of Youth 11th Annual Teen Digital Reel Showcase and Awards featuring Emmy® Award-winning 3D artist Lee Stringer

San Antonio, Texas -- May 01, 2007 -- NewTek, Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading video and 3D animation products, announced that the 11th Annual Teen Digital Reel Showcase and Awards will be streamed live from the Crest Theater in Sacramento tomorrow evening, May 2nd beginning at 5:00pm PST using NewTek's TriCaster Pro™. The Tower of Youth organization gives voice to teens experimenting with the digital arts and recognizes those efforts through the annual showcase and awards. Emmy award-winning 3D artist and producer Lee Stringer will present "Your 21st Century Future Means 3D Literacy." Viewers may tune into the live stream at:
www.NewTek.com/towerofyouth.

Grass Valley, CA (April 30, 2007)
Io HD Earns Five Best of Show Awards from Broadcast Engineering, TV Technology, Millimeter, Digital Content Producer and Videography; FS1 Converter Wins Videography Vidy Award

AJA Video, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions, today announced that the company garnered six awards at NAB 2007 for its Io HD and FS1 input/output and video conversion products. The Io HD wins include the Broadcast Engineering Pick Hit award, the TV Technology Star award, the Videography Vidy award, and the Millimeter and Digital Content Producer Pick Hit awards. The FS1 converter won the Videography Vidy award.

Technology Preview of HD Editing to Debut at JVC Booth at NAB 2007

Las Vegas, NV (April 16, 2007) – JVC Professional Products Company and Grass Valley, a business within Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS), announces the technology preview of the new Grass Valley™ EDIUS 4.5 nonlinear editing software. EDIUS 4.5 will enable real-time, native 60p and 50p MPEG-2 transport stream editing for material produced with JVC's GY-HD250U and GY-HD200U ProHD camcorders.