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To: BillyG who wrote (32058)	4/9/1998 4:18:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

Primestar......................... Chyron....................... exchange2000.com Friday, April 3 8:34 AM ET MELVILLE, N.Y. (BUSINESS WIRE) - Chyron Corporation (NYSE:CHY) today announced that Pro-Bel America, the Company's routing and automation subsidiary, has been awarded a $1.8 million routing and monitoring system contract by PRIMESTAR(R), the nation's second largest provider of digital broadcast satellite television. The agreement marks the largest, single U.S. order for Pro-Bel to date. The routing switcher system will augment PRIMESTAR's existing system in order to significantly improve the satellite provider's overall monitoring capabilities. "Providing the best quality of service to our more than two million customers is at the core of PRIMESTAR's mission. That is why we have chosen Chyron Corporation to handle this multi-million dollar upgrade," said Gary Traver, Vice President of Network Operations for PRIMESTAR. "Utilizing Chyron's Pro-Bel equipment and system solutions, we will implement an integrated state-of-the-art facility that automatically monitors our service transmissions, immediately alerting our technical staff to any channel outages. This allows us to rapidly respond to service disruptions and minimize the impact to our customers." nt.excite.com