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To: Paul Lee who wrote (3975)	6/19/2001 11:40:19 AM
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"Tuesday June 19, 11:11 am Eastern Time Press Release Ampex DST Archive System Helps Pegasus Broadcast Television Implement Regional Central Casting Operation Three Stations in Mississippi and Alabama to Deploy Integrated Video Storage Solution REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 2001 -- Ampex Data Systems Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ampex Corporation (Amex:AXC - news), today announced that its DST video archive system will be integrated into a regional central casting operation for three stations owned or operated by Pegasus Broadcast Television, Inc., a subsidiary of Pegasus Communications Corporation (Nasdaq:PGTV - news). Expected to go live on September 1, the Jackson, Mississippi-based digital broadcast management system will also include Sundance Digital automation software, a Leitch Technology video server, Insight Communications fiber optic link and Philips routers and output switches. The new central casting operation will support WDBD-TV and WXMS-LP in Jackson, Mississippi and WGMP-TV in Gulf Shores, Alabama. WDBD is a Fox affiliate while WXMS and WGMP are affiliates of the WB Network and secondary affiliates of the United Paramount Network (UPN). The three stations are currently operated by Pegasus from offices and studios located in Jackson. WGMP will be based in Gulf Shores and clustered with its sister stations via fiber optic network. According to Lee Carpenter, vice president of engineering for Pegasus Broadcast Television, central casting will allow the three stations to consolidate several business operations, including traffic, programming and accounting, while improving the quality of each station's video signal. Once it is operational, the 44-terabyte DST 714 automated archive library will store up to 5,000 active hours of programming and the video server will store up to 200 hours with each station having 12 hours on the server at any given time. Ampex DST® automated cartridge libraries are high-performance, reliable digital archives with unlimited expansion capabilities to accommodate a facility's growing video storage requirements. The DST library reduces the overall time required to archive and restore program elements to a network of video servers. For the large number of broadcast and video houses currently using video servers, Ampex offers a bundled solution specifically designed for the broadcasting environment that meets all requirements for a compatible near-line archive to achieve complete automation. For more information, please e-mail Ampex Data Systems at sales@ampex.com or call toll-free at (800) 752-7590. About Pegasus Pegasus Communications Corporation (www.pgtv.com) is the 10th largest cable or satellite provider in the United States and the only publicly traded cable, satellite TV or Internet services company exclusively focused on providing service to rural and underserved areas. As one of the fastest growing media companies in the United States, Pegasus currently serves approximately 1.5 million digital broadcast satellite (DBS) customers in 41 states. Pegasus is expanding the array of advanced digital products and services it offers through the thousands of independent retailers in the Pegasus Retail Network to include broadband Internet access for both consumers (Pegasus Express(SM) powered by DirecPC®) and for enterprises (Pegasus Express Pro(SM)). Pegasus is also a broadcaster operating and/or programming 10 TV stations affiliated with FOX, UPN and The WB networks, serving over 2 million TV households in smaller markets. About Ampex Data Systems Ampex Data Systems Corporation (www.ampexdata.com), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is one of the world's leading providers of technologies for the acquisition, storage and processing of visual information. Ampex Data Systems designs and delivers extremely high-capacity, high-performance digital image storage solutions for large-scale corporate, government, network, entertainment and telecommunications applications. Ampex Data Systems customers include such leading organizations as AT&T, the Federal Aviation Administration, Fox Television, HBO, Netcom and TV Guide Channel. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact: Daly-Swartz PR Jeffrey Swartz, 949/492-0075 jeff_swartz@prodigy.net" biz.yahoo.com