Quinto Communications is pleased to announce the sale of Omneon's Media Server System to NETWORK TEN in Sydney, Australia. The Omneon system, configured with 200 hours of storage and 24 I/O channels in a redundant "Extended File Sharing" configuration, was recently installed at TEN's Centralized Network Playout Center in Sydney. In its first stage of operation, the Omneon system will be used to ingest and store program material from weekly AFL matches and then delay the program playout to three different Australian time zones.

According to Network Ten's Sydney Chief Engineer, Jeff Yeates and Operations Manager, Mike Lewis, "We required a reliable, scalable and cost-effective server solution that would not only reliably meet our immediate storage and program delay requirements, but a solution that could be easily expanded to meet our future needs. After comprehensive evaluations and visits to various broadcast installations around the globe, and talking to users and manufacturers, we decided to go with the Omneon Media Server System because we were impressed with the user feedback and the unique scalable system architecture."

According to Quinto Communications, Omneon's Australian and New Zealand distributor, the Omneon Media Server System is quickly receiving industry acclaim as the most flexible and cost-effective server infrastructure for television operations, allowing the user to dramatically reduce the costs of media acquisition, production, distribution and management.

About Quinto
The name "Quinto" has been synonymous with the Australian television and radio industries for over 20 years. Formed during the latter half of the 1960's, Quinto has steadily established itself as one of Australia and New Zealand's leading suppliers of high technology broadcasting equipment. To date, Quinto Communications has continued to maintain an impressive growth record. With Melbourne as the company's marketing and financial center, Sydney as the technical support base and sales centers in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland, Quinto prides itself in a fully qualified staff, a full knowledge of the industry and a rapid response time to the service demands of our customers. Quinto's web site is http://www.quinto.com.au.

About Omneon
Omneon Video Networks provides a cost-effective and scalable video server infrastructure for the professional broadcasting industry. Omneon's Media Server System is a data-type independent platform, offering shared-storage and fault-tolerant redundancy for continuous on-line media delivery. The open architecture supports an impressive array of third-party applications - control and transmission, media management, archiving, and collaborative production. For development of new revenue streams, customers can incrementally add clients and channels easily. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Omneon is privately held and funded by prominent venture capital firms. Omneon's web site is www.Omneon.com.

Contact: