King World Productions Chooses eMotion, Inc. for Digital Media Management

NAB Stand S4967, April 8, 2002 - eMotion Inc., the global leader of digital media management solutions announced today that the company will deliver its newly launched ArchivePartner™ product to King World Productions, the Viacom-owned television distribution company. ArchivePartner is a web-based media management solution designed for organizations looking to store, retrieve and manage digital assets. It is one of two new out-of-the-box software solutions introduced by eMotion at the 2002 National Association of Broadcasters exhibition.

As the distributor of popular television shows such as 'Wheel of Fortune', 'Jeopardy!', 'Hollywood Squares' and 'Martha Stewart Living', King World provides program packages containing media ranging from radio spots, to commercials, to still images and press releases. The challenge has been storing and distributing their archive of digital assets to over 1,500 television affiliates across America.

With ArchivePartner, a slow, labour intensive and costly process of searching for desired promotional material or still image photographs followed by media duplication requests from full-resolution tapes will be transformed into an automated, online process. Program package materials will be available online for retrieval in seconds instead of days. King World affiliates will be able to access information relating to the shows they have purchased from ArchivePartner's secure online digital archive or central repository of digital assets. Not only will this provide a solution to the distribution challenges King World faces but the software will also enable better communications with King World's affiliates, providing a more timely and cost-effective framework for distribution of support collateral.

"We decided upon eMotion ArchivePartner as it means we can start off with a basic media asset archive system but have the option of adding new modules or functions as and when our needs change" said Chris Carson, Vice President of Advertising and Promotion at King World. "It gives us the ability to add rights management, video preview, collaboration tools and asset transformation functionality at a later stage." King World will initially take advantage of ArchivePartner's watermarking, natural language search and project management capabilities but plans to incorporate a Client Relations Management Module which is currently under development by eMotion Solutions Partner, WKI, LLC. in the U.S.

The ArchivePartner solution at King World was placed by eMotion Solution Partner, WKI, LLC. "The acceptance of ArchivePartner to King World so soon after the product's conception is proof of the need in the industry for a streamlined solution to store and retrieve digital assets," said Jon Schupp, VP of Sales and Business Development at eMotion. "The sale is also testament to eMotion's strong network of resellers like WKI, LLC. who have years of experience liaising with organizations about their digital media management."

For more information, contact press@emotion.com

About ArchivePartner

ArchivePartner is an entry-level system for those organizations looking to store, retrieve and manage digital assets. The solution is completely web-based, incorporating eMotion's powerful natural language search engine as well as keyword and Boolean search to enable the retrieval of the desired assets in seconds. Master files and low-resolution proxy assets can be delivered at click speed directly to a desktop, greatly reducing shipping and delivery costs. Powerful rights management functionality protects expensive to produce assets from unauthorized use, making ArchivePartner ideal for e-commerce applications and large corporations with inter-departmental charge backs.

About eMotion, Inc.

eMotion, Inc. is the global leader in digital media management software and services, with a wide range of customers that include blue-chip companies, advertising agencies, entertainment and broadcast companies and government agencies. The eMotion family of products that includes MediaPartner Enterprise, CreativePartner and ArchivePartner helps companies like ABC Television Network, Coors International, Conservation International, Discovery Communications, Fox Kids Europe, Metro Imaging and USAA realize the value of their digital media by providing mature software solutions that best suit their specific business needs. The products are scalable which allows your digital media management solutions to grow with the changing needs of your business. The technology is available either as a product license or in a hosted environment. The company is headquartered outside of Washington, D.C. in Vienna, VA.

About King World Productions
Formed in 1964, King World Productions is the number one supplier of first-run syndicated television programming - including Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, Hollywood Squares, Inside Edition, Dr. Phil, Oprah, Everybody Loves Raymond and Martha Stewart Living. It supports over 1500 affiliates and has an extensive library of over 150,000 hours of television footage. For more information, go to www.kingworld.com