Image Entertainment Selects Minerva Compressionist 250 for Its Growing DVD Business
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 1999--Minerva Systems announced today that Image Entertainment, a leading licensee and distributor of optical disc programming, has selected the Minerva Compressionist 250 MPEG-2 VBR encoding system to support its growing DVD business.
''Bringing the Minerva systems to Image goes a long way to bring our DVD strategy full-circle. With our growing number of DVD titles, bringing this work in-house allows Image to better control the DVD pre-mastering process. Ultimately, this will result in substantial production cost savings on a per-title basis. Our goal is to have the Minerva systems in place and operational this summer,'' said Martin W. Greenwald, Image's president and CEO.
''We are delighted that Image Entertainment has selected Minerva for its DVD business. Our system will enable Image to provide the best technology and quality for its DVD programming,'' said Sami Asfour, Minerva's vice president of sales and marketing.
Image Entertainment is outfitting its facility with the most advanced DVD production tools. The Minerva DVD pre-mastering system includes the award-winning Compressionist 250 for studio-quality encoding of MPEG-2 VBR video assets, and the Minerva Audio Compressionist® for real-time encoding of 1 to 6 channels of Dolby Digital(TM) (AC-3) audio streams.
About Minerva Systems
Minerva Systems Inc. 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 Systems is headquartered at 1585 Charleston Road, Mountain View, Calif. 94043. Telephone: 650/940-1383. Fax: 650/940-1450. minervasys.com
About Image Entertainment
Image Entertainment Inc. has the exclusive DVD license and distribution agreements with a number of program suppliers, including Universal, Orion and Playboy. The company is also the largest licensee and distributor of laserdiscs with the most extensive library of titles in the industry.
Some of Image's exclusive laserdisc program suppliers include Disney's Buena Vista Home Video, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, MGM Home Entertainment, New Line Home Video, Orion Home Video, The Criterion Collection and Playboy Home Video. Visit Image online at www.image-entertainment.com for corporate and marketing information, DTS information and the latest in the company's DVD, laserdisc and VHS releases.
Note to editors: Minerva, the Minerva logo, Minerva Compressionist, Audio Compressionist are registered trademarks of Minerva Systems Inc. Dolby Digital is a trademark of Dolby Laboratories Inc. All other brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
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Minerva Systems Inc., Mountain View, Calif.
Sami Asfour, 650/940-1383
info@minervasys.com
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