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To: Christiaan McDonald who wrote (6831)	2/3/1999 3:05:00 PM
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seac off topic up 1.00 ews February 3, 13:29 Eastern Time BRAND NEW KWBA-TV GOES LIVE WITH SEACHANGE BROADCAST MEDIACLUSTER MAYNARD, Mass. Feb. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- KWBA-TV of Tucson, Arizona, went live New Year's Eve using the SeaChange Broadcast MediaCluster. Owned by Tucson Communications, the newest Warner Brothers affiliate chose the industry's most economical and reliable video server system to leverage MPEG-2 4:2:2 multichannel video content. KWBA-TV is the first station formed by Tucson Communications, a brand new group under development that will soon launch another Warner Brothers affiliate in Tulsa, Oklahoma. KWBA-TV is using its Broadcast MediaCluster to automatically play 800 local and national spots daily. Also, Broadcast MediaCluster's time/shift delay feature stores satellite-fed Warner Brothers network programming for playback at a later time. The Broadcast MediaCluster family of complete play- to-air systems employs the patented MediaCluster computer cluster architecture which, for KWBA-TV's installation, is configured with three interconnected nodes (computers). KWBA-TV's Broadcast MediaCluster configuration stores 26 hours of MPEG-2 video at 15Mb/s and employs Sundance Digital automation. All Broadcast MediaCluster configurations can be integrated with other leading station automation packages including those from Drake Automation, Florical, Louth Automation Systems, Odetics, Omnibus Systems, Pro-Bel and SGT. "As the newest Warner Brothers affiliate, KWBA-TV has built a brand new facility with the best equipment to better compete for advertisers and viewers," said Gary Marshall, president, Tucson Communications. "SeaChange's Broadcast MediaCluster fits our business plan for cost-effectively delivering a world-class service. Broadcast MediaCluster is so reliable that it enables our technical staff to focus on improving other aspects of our operation." The Broadcast MediaCluster uses SeaChange's patented RAID2 ('raid squared') technology which performs RAID-5 striping on the disk drives on each node (computer) and also across all the nodes in the cluster. Only one copy of any video file is required, thereby dramatically reducing storage requirements and also providing fault-resilience. Nodes are available with 9GB or 18GB disk drives. Expansion increases capacity to hundreds of hours of storage and twenty I/Os. SeaChange's video server architecture is coupled with world-class digital video I/O subsystems. SeaChange's integrated MPEG-2 codecs use IBM's second- generation codec ICs, delivering MPEG-2 Main Level/Main Profile coding up to 15Mb/s and studio quality Main Level/4:2:2 Profile coding up to 24Mb/s. The codecs include serial digital A/V inputs and outputs and other key features required by the industry. SeaChange is currently touring the U.S. to provide convenient Broadcast MediaCluster demonstrations. Call 1-978-897-0100 to participate in the nearest scheduled visit. About SeaChange Serving hundreds of geographic markets and more than 18,000 television channels worldwide, SeaChange International, Inc. (Nasdaq: SEAC), (www.schange.com) is the leading provider of MPEG-2 digital video systems for television. SeaChange's products, incorporating the company's patented MediaCluster technology, automate the management and distribution of video streams including advertisements, movies, news updates and other broadcast- quality video programming requiring precise execution. Founded in 1993, SeaChange is headquartered in Maynard, Mass.