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To: Sportfish who wrote (312)	11/23/1999 11:34:00 AM
From: Rolla Coasta	Respond to of 2080

ACMM is a bargain! Accom(R) Chosen for 2000 Summer Olympics Abekas(R) Dveous(TM) Digital Effects to be Used in International Broadcast Center MENLO PARK, Calif., Nov. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Accom, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ACMM - news) today announced that they have been selected by Panasonic to provide 22 Dveous Digital Effects systems for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. These Dveous systems will be installed in the International Broadcast Center, which serves as the hub for worldwide Olympic coverage. Dveous was first used at the 1996 Summer Olympic games held in Atlanta and then again in Nagano at the 1998 Winter Olympic games. ``Dveous is the industry standard, and we are very excited to have been chosen once again to assist in the live broadcast of the first Olympics of the new Millennium,' commented Bill Ludwig, VP of Sales for Accom. ``No other DVE comes close to the high quality and power of Dveous. It packs a punch to keep its users on the cutting edge,' Ludwig continued. ``Dveous is widely accepted as many operators know how to use it. It brings excellent controls to the user, has more channels than competitive systems and is the most recognized DVE in broadcast facilities,' he concluded. The Dveous family of digital video effects systems offers a unique twin-channel architecture that can be used in a dual-video or a video-plus-key configuration -- along with a full-bandwidth drop shadow. A second twin-channel can be added, providing four fully independent video or key channels (eight independent video or four video + four key channels with Brutus(TM)). Unique Dveous features include OrbitalFX(TM), Surface FX(TM), SuperShadow(TM) and UltraWarp(TM). SurfaceFX provides textures and light sourcing effects on each channel. SuperShadow provides independent control of all transforms and warps, allowing drop shadows to be transformed independently of the main video image. Other effects include quad splits, cylinders, rings and swirls. OrbitalFX will change the look of television, just like the first page-turn did in the Eighties. It provides a whole new palette of design tools for artists. Complex effect sequences that would have been impossible or impractical to program with keyframes can now be created quickly and effortlessly. OrbitalFX is tremendously popular for sports events, music videos and game shows, as well as live environments like stadium rock concerts. About Accom Accom, headquartered in Menlo Park, California, designs, manufactures, sells, and supports a complete line of digital video production, recording and editing tools, and the ELSET virtual set systems, for the worldwide professional television production, post production, broadcasting, and computer video marketplaces. For more information, visit the Accom Web site at www.accom.com.