NAB SHOW - Omneon Video Networks and OmniBus Systems, application partners since 1999, have undertaken joint development work which has resulted in both companies being chosen to supply systems for major digital infrastructure projects in the UK. This includes a key investment by the BBC in playout infrastructure, employing Omneon's Networked Content Server controlled by OmniBus' multi-channel control and automation system, Colossus.

"OmniBus' Colossus with our own Networked Content Server is a powerful combination for large multi-channel systems," said Lawrence Kaplan, president and CEO of Omneon Video Networks. "We believe the growing integration of both systems is going to lead to even more powerful facilities and flexibility for customers, particularly as they look to bring on stream-enhanced and interactive digital services across multiple channels."

OmniBus Systems' Chairman, Glyn Powell-Evans said, "Our new Colossus Multi Channel product needs a high performance video server to deliver it's full functionality and OmniBus and Omneon are co-operating on a number of major contracts including BSkyB and the BBC. Our automation systems are a perfect complement to Omneon's servers and our latest order from the BBC re-confirms OmniBus' market leadership as the automation provider of choice."

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

OmniBus' Colossus is a multi-channel, multi-delivery automation and control system which has been designed to bridge the gap between video, audio, Internet and data-streaming applications while addressing the needs of broadcasters who need to rapidly add enormous numbers of existing channels to their output.

Omnibus Systems, headquartered in Stanford-on-Soar in the UK since 1994, has rapidly established a worldwide reputation as the premier system for station automation, encompassing all aspects of operation from lines-in to transmission and from remote camera control to satellite positioning. OmniBus Systems has designed and installed automation at more than 50 sites worldwide including the BBC, ITN and MTV Europe (UK), KGO-TV (USA), NOB and TMF (Holland), NRK (Norway) and TV4 (Sweden), helping to create the world's first tape-less digital television station. OmniBus has recently expanded its products and services to the U.S. markets, opening offices in Nevada City, CA and Salt Lake City, UT, USA. For more information, visit www.omnibus.tv.

Omneon Video Networks provides infrastructure for new media. Omneon's Networked Content Server is a highly scalable, data-type independent, shared-storage infrastructure. The solution is a platform that supports third-party software applications for control and transmission, media management, archive, and collaborative production. Omneon systems are used by content producers and distributors for simultaneous program creation and re-purposing for any type of distribution method. Omneon's products consist of server, disk controller, scalable Fiber Channel storage components, and software that together form a content server system. Channel or user scalability is achieved by using both IEEE 1394 and Ethernet networking technologies. This open systems architecture, known as a VIDEO AREA NETWORK, enables facilities to ingest, route, store, share and distribute digital media-comprised of audio, video, and any type of related data. Omneon Video Networks, headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., is privatel held and funded by prominent venture capital firms. Omneon's web site is www.Omneon.com.

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