Omneon Video Networks, the company providing the Networked Content Server for new media infrastructure, has been chosen as one of the top ten private digital media companies judged most likely to succeed. Earlier this month (April), an audience of about 300 leading investment and industry professionals selected Omneon for the Technologic Partners 'Investors' Choice' award. "This Investors' Choice award is highly regarded among the investment community," stated Lawrence Kaplan, president and CEO of Omneon. "This recognition from Technologic Partners acknowledges the level of confidence in our business plan and technology of a Networked Content Server infrastructure within digital media applications." "Despite the slowdown in the public markets, private venture-backed companies are creating innovative technologies and business models that deepen the role of rich media on the Internet and bring interactivity to television," said Richard A. Shaffer, principal of Technologic Partners. In addition to voting by the audience, selection for the Investors' Choice award was based on recommendations from a panel of distinguished investors, which included Bill Frezza, general partner at Adams Capital Management; Doug Barry, general partner at Selby Venture Partners; John Corcoran, Internet/Digital New Media analyst at CIBC World Markets; and Lou Mazzucchelli, senior vice president at Gerard Klauer Mattison. More information about Technologic Partners can be found on the company's website at www.technologicpartners.com.

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 privately held and funded by prominent venture capital firms. Omneon's web site is www.Omneon.com.

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