Collaboration Between Software Products Integrates Contract Rights Management and Digital Asset Management

VIENNA, VA, and PASADENA, CA, Dec. 13, 2000 - eMotion, Inc, the leader in digital media management (DMM) solutions, and Jaguar Consulting, the world’s leading provider of contract administration and finance systems to the film, television and merchandise licensing industries, today announced that they will link their software packages, eMotion MediaPartner™ 4.0 and System7 Universal Rights Management. eMotion and Jaguar are taking the management of digital intellectual property assets to a higher level of intelligence.

MediaPartner 4.0 is eMotion’s 100 percent Web based digital media management product that combines the accessibility of browser technology with 6 years of experience in the management of high-resolution film, television and photographic assets within a collaborative workflow environment. Jaguar’s System7 introduces key new features to contract rights management, including a universal contract database and custom rights framework, that make it immediately adaptable to all forms of intellectual property.

The initial integration project will focus on users’ ability to concurrently take advantage of both applications via eMotion and Jaguar’s XML interfaces. The key benefit will be to instantly inform asset management decisions with information about financial options and rights availability, slashing research time and eliminating the potential for costly mistakes. Media Partner 4.0, will make it convenient to associate the valuable intelligence generated by System7 with the physical media for easy tracking and management.

“For our customers, digital media management is a natural companion to their contract administration and finance workflow,” said John Grubbs, executive vice president, Jaguar Consulting, Inc. “The eMotion product features outstanding metadata creation and management capabilities that will offer unlimited potential for innovation as we move forward.”

Most media creation and utilization involves contractual rights management at some level. Far too typically, the tracking, reporting, auditing and financial management of those assets has been handled either manually or by a patchwork of partial software solutions. This initial linkage between System7 and MediaPartner 4.0 opens the door to the development of powerful integration models that go far beyond automation of these traditional processes to create unprecedented return on investment opportunities through e-commerce, m-commerce and beyond.

The partnership of Jaguar and eMotion allows media companies to “follow the money” associated with their assets in ways that were previously impractical. CFOs and CEOs will now be able to identify new opportunities to leverage the value of their corporate media assets through the instant availability of concise exploitation analysis. Both companies believe that it is the reporting, auditing, and tracking of media assets, and ultimately, the GA and ERP integration of media asset returns that will accelerate the already explosive growth of the media management market.

“We are pleased to be the first DMM company to work with Jaguar Consulting,” said Bob Griffin, president and CEO of eMotion, Inc. “They have proven to be the industry leader in contract management. We look forward to opening new customer opportunities for both companies.”

Integrated versions of System7 and MediaPartner™ 4.0 will be available in February, 2001.

About Jaguar Consulting
Jaguar Consulting is the world’s leading provider of contract administration and finance systems to the film, television and merchandise licensing industries, with systems installed in London, Sydney, Montreal, Toronto, New York, Washington DC, Seattle, Burbank and Los Angeles. Clients include Atom Films, Sesame Workshop, Discovery Communications, Hallmark Entertainment, NBA, National Geographic Society, HIT Entertainment and Warner Bros. The company was founded in 1985. Offices are in Pasadena, California and Lincoln Center, New York. More information on Jaguar is available at www.jaguartc.com.

About eMotion, Inc.
eMotion, Inc. ® is the leading provider of digital media management solutions in the world today. For advertising, Global 2000 brand-focused companies, government media, entertainment and broadcast, eMotion offers an impressive array of products and services that power the entire lifecycle of media management, from creation and collaboration to searching, storage and distribution. eMotion is headquartered in Vienna, VA, with offices in Los Angeles, New York, Silicon Valley, and Chicago. eMotion also owns the content communities PictureQuest (www.picturequest.com), a leading provider of royalty-free and stock photography, and FOOTAGE.net (www.footage.net), a world-wide network of footage sites. More information on eMotion is available at www.emotion.com.

eMotion® and eMotion MediaPartner™ are trademarks of eMotion, Inc. All other company names and marks are trademarks or service marks or registered trademarks or registered service marks of their respective owners.