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Warner Advanced Media Operations Selects Minerva DVD Systems for Its Global Affiliate Program
Business Wire - September 11, 1998 17:05
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AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Sept. 11, 1998--Minerva Systems Inc. announced today that Warner Advanced Media Operations (WAMO), a division of Time Warner, has selected Minerva Systems as a preferred DVD pre-mastering equipment vendor for its Worldwide DVD Affiliate Program.
The WAMO DVD Affiliate Program was developed to expand DVD manufacturing operations internationally by certifying key facilities that meet WAMO's exacting standards.
"Minerva has been an integral part of WAMO's DVD pre-mastering operation from the beginning. Including Minerva in our Affiliate Program is a natural extension of the high quality standards that we expect our international partners to uphold," stated WAMO Director, Robert Seidel.
"With DVD, our intention is to ensure that titles are produced with unparalleled quality and manufactured in a state-of-the-art environment that exceeds our clients' expectations."
WAMO is outfitting each international DVD facility with the most advanced DVD production tools. The Minerva DVD Professional(TM)is a complete solution for the creation and assembly of a DVD title. The DVD Professional includes the Minerva Compressionist(R) video encoder, which creates the highest quality variable bit rate (VBR) MPEG-2 video streams, and Scenarist(TM) authoring software.
According to Seidel, the Minerva Compressionist was selected after a comprehensive study of the industry's leading VBR video encoders. "We purchased our first Minerva encoder almost two years ago. More than 200 DVD titles have been pre-mastered by WAMO using the Minerva system.
"Demand for our pre-mastering services has grown, and after an extensive evaluation of today's DVD video encoders, we doubled our capacity by adding a second Minerva Compressionist. Minerva delivers superior technology, product scalability, and an outstanding support organization."
"The Minerva DVD Professional system has been selected by the leading DVD pre-mastering and replication facilities around the world. With more than 17 million DVD discs manufactured by WAMO, Warner Advanced Media Operations has been a very important partner for Minerva," said Mauro Bonomi, Minerva's founder and CEO. "We are delighted that the Minerva DVD Professional has been selected by WAMO for their U.S. and international operations."
WAMO Global Affiliate Program
The WAMO Worldwide DVD Affiliate program is a strategic manufacturing alliance of 15 replicators representing the world's largest combined DVD manufacturing capacity for all DVD formats. WAMO's DVD manufacturing technology, quality systems, and content security program is transferred to each affiliate. The duplication of WAMO's manufacturing system provides a worldwide quality standard. Customers will receive first class manufacturing services from WAMO certified replicators. A single call to WAMO is all that is needed to deliver your DVD product worldwide.
Minerva DVD Professional
The Minerva DVD Professional is a complete, end-to-end solution for creating DVD titles. This complete solution includes the Minerva Compressionist video encoder and Scenarist authoring software. The Compressionist MPEG-2 VBR video encoder delivers the superior image quality demanded by professional DVD-Video publishers and content owners. The Compressionist is a rack-mounted turnkey system that includes integrated MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 encoding and decoding hardware, as well as the host computer with Minerva Studio(TM) user interface.
Minerva Studio control software combines ease of use with the powerful control capability for optimizing video compression on a scene-by-scene basis.
Minerva Systems Inc.
Minerva Systems Inc., founded in 1992, is the leading supplier of high-quality MPEG-based digital video publishing and distribution solutions. Minerva's products are used in post-production facilities; DVD replication facilities; telephone and cable television network facilities; advertising agencies; educational institutions; and corporations worldwide.
Minerva's products are sold through direct sales offices and a network of value-added resellers around the world. Minerva is backed by leading venture capital firms, including Accel Partners; Kodak Corporation's Aperture Fund; Merrill, Pickard, Anderson & Eyre; U.S. Venture Partners, and ETF.
Minerva Systems is headquartered at 1585 Charleston Road, Mountain View, CA 94043. Tel.: 650/940-1383. Fax: 650/940-1450. Address on the World Wide Web: minervasys.com.
Note to Editors: The Minerva logo and Minerva Studio are trademarks, and Minerva and Compressionist are registered trademarks of Minerva Systems Inc. All other brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
CONTACT: Minerva Systems Inc.
Sue Correll, 650/940-1383
info@minervasys.com
or
Warner Advanced Media Operations
Kris Dommes, 717/383-3577
kristina_dommes@wmg.com
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