Omneon Video Networks today announced that STAR, one of Asia's leading media and entertainment companies, has ordered an Omneon Spectrum™ media server system for its multichannel broadcast facility in Hong Kong. The 12-TB Spectrum system will support ingest, storage, and playout for STAR broadcasts, which include more than 50 television services in eight languages, transmitted to more than 300 million viewers across 53 Asian countries.

The fully redundant Spectrum media server system ordered for STAR's headquarters office in Hung Hom will be capable of delivering 1,193 hours of playout with an initial configuration of 25 I/O ports. The Omneon server system will operate under the control of a large-scale automation solution from Sundance Digital. In addition to primary and backup servers, Omneon also will be supplying a third system that will be installed off-site to ensure continued playout in the event of disaster.

An exceptionally cost-effective and flexible media server designed for the professional television industry, the Spectrum media server provides a reliable and scalable infrastructure for broadcast playout and storage applications. The distributed architecture of this modular server system will allow STAR to scale both storage capacity and channel count in small or large increments as desired.

More information about Omneon server solutions is available at 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.

About STAR
STAR is a leading media and entertainment company in Asia. STAR broadcasts more than 50 television services in eight languages to more than 300 million viewers across 53 Asian countries. STAR channels cover all genres including general entertainment (Star Plus, Xing Kong, Star Chinese Channel, Star One, Star Utsav, Star World, Vijay, Phoenix Chinese), sports (ESPN, Star Sports), movies (Star Chinese Movies, Star Gold, Star Movies), music (Channel [V]), and news and current affairs (Star News, Star Ananda, Phoenix InfoNews Channel).

STAR controls more than 20,000 hours of Indian and Chinese programming and also owns the world's largest contemporary Chinese film library, with more than 600 titles, featuring superstars including Jackie Chan, Chow Yun Fat, and Bruce Lee. In partnership with leading companies in Asia, STAR businesses extend to filmed entertainment, television production, cable systems, and wireless and digital services. STAR is a wholly owned subsidiary of News Corporation. More information is available at www.startv.com.

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