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To: John Rieman who wrote (35124)	8/11/1998 2:40:00 PM
From: BillyG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

MPEG2 encoding systems from Vibrint. Who are they? Superior Quality Video Spurs Williams Vyvx Services to Select Vibrint Technologies August 11, 1998 BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE) via NewsEdge Corporation -- MPression Production Video Server Provides Digital Automated Encoding to Speed Delivery of Commercial Spots Vibrint Technologies, Inc. today announced that Williams Vyvx services, the nation's largest fully-automated digital satellite video distribution network, has purchased Vibrint MPression MPEG2 4:2:2 Production Video Servers to provide automated encoding for its advertising distribution services. MPression's encoder system allows Vyvx(r) to take commercial spots from source videotapes and create superior quality digital files for distribution to television stations across the United States. Advertising agencies and the production houses that create commercials rely on prompt delivery of their ads to stations as well as on the enhanced quality of digital video. Vyvx worked closely with Vibrint to develop an automated encoding capability that speeds the creation of the digital files transmitted to television networks and affiliates. "Vibrint's system passed a rigorous six-month evaluation prior to their selection," said Gavin George, senior systems analyst for Vyvx advertising distribution services. "We received outstanding support from Vibrint to develop the software for the automated encoding process, and the system has been operating problem-free since it was put into production." All television stations will need to convert from analog to digital television transmission over the next five years, and Williams Vyvx Services and Vibrint Technologies have a unique view of the digital landscape. Vyvx's satellite network delivers over 2.4 million commercial spots a year to broadcasters. Vyvx's advertising distribution service is leading the industry in the next generation of television technology by adopting a fully digital, high-bandwidth distribution model. Vibrint's MPression is a highly reliable, standards compliant encoding video file server that generates, stores and delivers broadcast quality digital video from analog and digital sources. It creates fully compliant ISO MPEG2 streams and is ATSC Closed Caption compliant. "The Vibrint MPression offers crucial functionality to Williams Vyvx Services, enabling the company to automate the encoding of television ad spots into high quality digital form for distribution on its network," said Peter Tarca, president and CEO of Vibrint Technologies. "This is an example of one of the many roles the MPression product will play in helping to transition television production to an all-digital environment." "Our clients demand superior quality video," said Bunker Sessions, executive director and general manager for Vyvx advertising distribution services. "Vyvx is recognized as setting a new standard for video quality and Vibrint has played a major role in helping us attain that goal." About Williams (NYSE:WMB) Vyvx is a business unit of Williams which, through its subsidiaries, provides a full range of traditional and leading-edge communications and energy services, and is the United States' largest-volume transporter of natural gas. In addition to Vyvx, its communications enterprises include nationwide single-source business communications systems integration; multipoint video and audio conferencing; and satellite business applications. Company information is available on the World Wide Web at twc.com, wilcom.com and vyvx.com. About Williams Vyvx Services Williams Vyvx Services is a leading international provider of integrated fiber-optic, satellite and teleport video transmission services for news, sports, teleproduction, special events, advertising and syndication distribution. Vyvx owns and operates a store-and-forward broadcast satellite network, four U.S. teleports providing satellite uplinks and downlinks and international operations in Singapore, Sydney and Miami. It is also one of the largest resellers of satellite capacity in the world. Vyvx uses Williams' United States fiber-optic network, which delivers up to 160 gigabits per second on each fiber. Williams' network is one of the largest in the United States, reaching 18,000 miles by the end of 1998 and expanding to 32,000 miles connecting 100 cities by 2001. About Vibrint Technologies Inc. Founded in 1995, Vibrint Technologies, Inc. is a pioneer in delivering systems and software solutions for managing digital television production. Vibrint provides extensible, cost-effective digital production video servers and applications, operating on the Windows NT platform, for use in broadcast and cable environments. Vibrint's products are based on the MPEG2 (Motion Picture Experts Group), 4:2:2 standard for compressed digital video data. Further information on Vibrint can be obtained by calling 781-275-4088. Vibrint's website is at vibrint.com. Vyvx is a registered trademark of Williams Communications, Inc. CONTACT: Angela Cincotta or Sarah Mensching \| Rogers Communications \| (781) 224-1100 \| acincotta@rogerscom.com, smensching@rogerscom.com \| or \| Melissa Kozicki \| Williams Vyvx Services \| (918) 588-5115 \| melissa.kozicki@wilcom.com

To: John Rieman who wrote (35124)	8/11/1998 2:50:00 PM
From: BillyG	Respond to of 50808

Vibrint's sales manager came from Minerva, a CUBE customer. Steven A. L'Heureux, Vice President, Sales and Marketing Steven L'Heureux, who has over 20 years of technology sales and marketing management experience, joined Vibrint in 1996 as vice president of sales and marketing. Prior to Vibrint, Mr. L'Heureux was vice president of sales for Minerva, a developer of Apple Macintosh-based MPEG 2 encoders. Previously, Mr. L'Heureux held key North American and International sales management positions at Eastman Kodak's Motion Picture and Television Imaging and Electronic Printing and Publishing Divisions, Pansophic Systems, and Itek Graphix. Mr. L'Heureux began his professional career at Burroughs Corporation. Mr. L'Heureux holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, awarded magna cum laude, from the University of Wisconsin.

To: John Rieman who wrote (35124)	8/11/1998 2:58:00 PM
From: BillyG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

Microsoft patent related to filtering prior to digital video compression. patents.ibm.com 5787203 : Method and system for filtering compressed video images INVENTORS: Lee; Ming-Chieh, Bellevue, WA Gu; Chuang, Redmond, WA ASSIGNEES: Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA ISSUED: July 28, 1998 FILED: Jan. 19, 1996 SERIAL NUMBER: 588056 ABSTRACT: A video compression error signal in a video compression scheme is affected by random and high frequency impulse noise. An error signal suppressor containing two filters is applied to the video compression error signal. The first filter reduces or eliminates random noise. The second filter eliminates high frequency impulse noise. Random and high frequency noise is reduced or eliminated from frequencies that are unimportant to human visual perception. The error signal suppressor reduces the overall video compression bitrate by up to between 10% and 20% which provides corresponding increases in video compression and transmission efficiency. The error signal suppressor is used in video compression encoding schemes such as MPEG to reduce random and high frequency noise. we claim: 1. A video compression filtering method for a video compression error signal, the error signal including the differences between the representations of an actual and approximate video object, the method comprising: applying a random noise filter to said video compression error signal to form a first filtered error signal with reduced random noise; applying an impulse noise filter to said first filtered error signal to form a second filtered error signal with reduced high frequency impulse noise; and using the second filtered error signal in a video compression encoding scheme.