Omneon Video Networks today announced plans to establish new offices in Smolenskaya Square, located within the commercial district west of Central Moscow. By establishing a physical presence in Russia, Omneon is set to build on the increasing volume of sales in that region and to provide a high level of pre- and post-sale support to the company's customers, integrators, and application developers.

Omneon's Reiner Frenken, manager for Central and Eastern Europe, the Russian Federation, and Eurasia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Mongolia, and Uzbekistan), will oversee localized operations for the rapidly growing Russian broadcast market.

"We have seen a definite acceleration in Russian sales over the past year, largely because the country's broadcast market is increasingly looking to tapeless operations, one of the primary operational benefits made possible through implementation of our Spectrum media server system," said Greg Hoskin, Omneon VP of EMEA sales. "In strengthening our presence in Russia, we're able to work more closely with local partners in meeting the rising demand for scalable and reliable platforms for both SD and HD playout in single- and multichannel environments.

Omneon has partnered with systems integrators Qualitron, ISPA Engineering, VIDAU, Oltbert/Tivionica, and OKNO-TV in the Russian Federation; the Sherl company in the Ukraine; and Hannu Pro, TVC, and TVT for the CIS and the Baltic States. Other key partners include Russian application developers MeditProfi and Tract, both of which are developing applications designed to enhance operation of the Spectrum server system.

Omneon servers are currently in use, being commissioned, or ordered at RBC, RTR, RTR Sports, NTV, NTV+, ANK, Zvezda, and regional stations outside Moscow such as 5th Channel St. Petersburg, Tele Sphere Krasnoyarsk, Yugra Khantimansiysk, MIR Belogoria, Belorossia TV and Khabar, Almaty. A system newly installed at Russia Today is scheduled to go live before the end of 2005.

The Moscow office will be open for business during Q1 of 2006. Contact details are:

Reiner Frenken, Regional Manager
Omneon Video Networks
Smolensky Passage 7th floor
Smolenskaya Square 3
Moscow 121099
Russia

Phone: +7 095 937 8407
Fax: +7 095 937 8290
E-mail: rfrenken@omneon.com
www.omneon.com

About Omneon
Omneon is a leading provider of flexible media server and active storage systems that optimize workflow productivity and on-air reliability for the production, distribution, and management of digital media. Omneon is a pioneer in the use of advanced IT technologies and open systems for broadcast applications, producing a modular and expandable video server architecture in the Omneon Spectrum. The company's MediaGrid active storage system delivers centralized content storage that is scalable in capacity, bandwidth, and media-processing power. The company has an extensive global presence with customers in 45 countries on six continents. Omneon is on the Web at www.Omneon.com.

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