Collaboration Between Software Products Will Improve Speed And Accuracy Of Digital Video Indexing

San Jose, CA., December 14, 2000 - eMotion Inc., the leader in digital media management (DMM) solutions, and MediaSite, the pioneer in providing interactive video technology for the Web, today announced they will jointly integrate eMotion MediaPartner 4.0 and MediaSite Publisher 4.1.

As part of the partnership, MediaSite's Publisher 4.1, a software package that allows users to create, edit and publish indexed video on the Internet and in DMM systems, will be integrated into eMotion's MediaPartner 4.0, the first fully turnkey 100% Web DMM solution.

Publisher 4.1 allows users to encode multiple video formats and live feeds, including analog video, RealPlayer, Windows Media and MPEG, while automatically segmenting them with metadata derived from MediaSite's real-time speech recognition and video-text alignment capabilities. This content can then be delivered to MediaPartner or directly to the Web via MediaSite's WebFinder product. This integration allows users to effectively apply the power of eMotion's DMM technology to control access, delivery, collaboration and commerce.

eMotion MediaPartner 4.0 powers the full lifecycle of digital media from content collaboration, deep storage, search and retrieval using eMotion's patented natural language search and the ability to effectively move band-width intensive media over the web.

During the indexing process, the integration of eMotion MediaPartner 4.0 and MediaSite Publisher 4.1 automates the creation of vastly more metadata than previously possible with any other DMM and logging combination. By allowing the software to perform a previously manual effort, overall application accuracy and productivity increases dramatically.

“We are pleased to be one of the first DMM companies to work with MediaSite at this level,” said Bob Griffin, president and CEO of eMotion, Inc. “This partnership will allow application developers to incorporate sophisticated search, navigation and summarization techniques for managing their digital assets."

The integration will allow users to automatically ingest metadata and video media into eMotion MediaPartner 4.0, resulting in richer video search and navigation experience by fully utilizing all of the metadata collected by MediaSite's Publisher 4.1.

“This partnership will allow MediaSite to expand its presence in the DMM industry,” said Vinay Mehra, CEO of MediaSite. “We applaud eMotion's dedication to enhancing its products through this partnership. This partnership will help build the first end-to-end solution for companies who need to log, edit and manage digital assets.”

Publisher 4.1 also digitizes standard tape-based video and creates a metadata-based index of speech and images. Currently, a number of television and film companies, including Internet Broadcasting Systems, KDKA-TV and MPI Networks are using this technology to archive their shows and news broadcasts.

The integrated versions of eMotion MediaPartner 4.0 and Publisher 4.1 will be available in January of 2001.

About MediaSite, Inc.
Launched in 1997, MediaSite is the pioneer of enhanced streaming technologies that transform video resources into dramatic business possibilities. The evolution of a Carnegie Mellon University research effort funded by leading government agencies and private corporations, MediaSite is now a fast-growing international company headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with offices throughout the U.S., Asia and Europe. MediaSite has over 100 customers in the media and entertainment, financial services, consumer products, government and advertising industries in the U.S. and abroad. For more information, visit www.mediasite.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.