Friday June 25, 6:01 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
InnovaCom's TransPEG Product Purchased for
Important Kern County Government Project
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 25, 1999--InnovaCom Inc. (OTC BB:MPEG - news) Friday
announced that Burst Communications has been awarded the contract to supply Kern County with InnovaCom's TransPEG
200(TM) Transceivers to provide high-quality compressed video for its government access television station, KGOV.
Kern County, the third largest county in California spanning more than 8,000 miles, has selected InnovaCom's TransPEG(TM)
to compress video, in MPEG format, to extend the television station's reach to cable company providers in the mountain and
high desert portions of the county. InnovaCom's system allows KGOV engineers to set up a Studio Transmission Link in
Mojave, where residents can view county proceedings locally -- saving both time and travel.
''InnovaCom has exceeded our expectations,'' stated Rick Davis, KGOV station manager for Kern County. ''Their team
expertly met our technical challenges, special designs and specific applications, in an attempt to deliver the highest quality video
format to our residents.'' KGOV master control, located in Bakersfield, will compress video streams over multiple bonded T1's
for expanded bandwidth and higher quality transmission.
Within the next 18 months, Kern County plans to purchase more encoders from InnovaCom to move forward with its migration
toward ATM transmission. ''One critical factor in the decision to select InnovaCom's system is their position within the industry
as a leader in ATM transmission,'' said Davis. ''In addition, we are confident in the capabilities of their engineering team, as
they will be assisting us during the ATM migration process.''
InnovaCom's TransPEG family of products is designed to facilitate MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video transmission over Native
ATM/LANE, Fast Ethernet and T1/E1 based networks. Because TransPEG's architecture allows a direct connection into the
network switch, precious bandwidth is reserved for video, resulting in higher quality video transmissions.
''Prior to selecting InnovaCom, Kern County considered other MPEG video encoding systems, and InnovaCom met all of our
specifications at the lowest overall price,'' concluded Davis. ''TransPEG provides a quality encoding system with solid value,
exceptional features and scalability to other network configurations as our bandwidth requirements expand.''
''Kern County is an important win for InnovaCom,'' said Frank Alioto, InnovaCom's CEO and president. ''Kern County's
selection of TransPEG confirms that it is a superior tool for MPEG video delivery over networks and we are extremely pleased
to have gone head-to-head with the competition and been selected as the video compression equipment of choice for this
division of government.''
Burst Communications has a solid team of experts who have designed, installed, configured and supported a wide array of
networking equipment in large networks. Their team delivers the hardware, software, installation and support for video and
broadcast technologies.
Founded in Denver in 1991, the company today spans nine western states and Burst remains privately held; managed by Kirk
Basefsky and Robin Heywood. For more information, contact Teri Hoyer, Burst Communications marketing director at
303/649-9600, ext. 125 or visit the company's Web site at www.burstvideo.com.
InnovaCom is a Silicon Valley manufacturer of video compression based transmission and DVD PreMastering Systems. The
company's MPEG-2 based product line targets the digital television, communications and DVD production marketplaces.
InnovaCom is located at 3400 Garrett Drive, Santa Clara, Calif. 95054. For more information, call 408/727-2447 or fax
408/727-6625 or visit the company's Web site at www.transpeg.com or www.dvdimpact.com. For investor relations
information, call 888/464-6734 or e-mail: investorinfo@transpeg.com.
This news release contains forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statement. Factors that might cause
such a difference include, but are not limited to, the factors set forth under ''Risk Factors'' in the company's registration
statement on Form SB-2.
Readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which only reflect the view of management as of the
date hereof. The company does not undertake the obligation to publicly revise these forward-looking statements to reflect
subsequent events or circumstances. Readers should carefully review the risk factors described in other documents the
company files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Contact:
CHAN & ASSOCIATES INC.
Robin Schnug, 714/447-4993
Fax: 714/578-0284
or
InnovaCom Inc., Santa Clara
Frank Alioto, 408/727-2447
Fax: 408/727-6625
or
Burst Communications
Teri Hoyer, 303/649-9600 (ext. 125)
Fax: 303/649-9890 |
