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Anvato Offers Broadcasters Full Compliance with FCC Closed Captions Regulations

Anvato enables closed captions for TV broadcasters on both Desktop and Mobile Devices.

Mountain View, CA (USA), Monday – August 13, 2012 — Anvato Inc. ( http://www.anvato.com ), the only video platform that combines live and on-demand video publishing, distribution and monetization in broadcast quality, today announced it released a full solution to enable closed captioning for live and on-demand video on both desktop and mobile devices.

Anvato allows TV broadcasters to acquire closed captions directly from broadcast and includes all the tools to present the closed captions in the right format to end users. The solution is not only compatible with both desktop and mobile devices, but also supports multiple languages.

Anvato ( http://www.anvato.com ) captures video and closed captions at the broadcast source including direct decoding from HD-SDI signals. It saves captions as separate, editable meta-data files. Closed Captions are encoded to the proper format for each requesting device including DFXP, SMPTE-TT, SCC, SRT.

“We provide TV broadcasters the simplest yet the most powerful solution to comply with the new closed captions regulations,” says Alper Turgut, CEO of Anvato. “It is a one-stop-shop solution and takes less than an hour to install, and there is no upfront hardware cost to get started.”

If missing from the broadcast stream, captions can be manually uploaded through the Anvato Media Content Platform in more than 180 languages. When a file for a specific language is uploaded, the language becomes instantly available from the player’s closed caption menu for the viewers to select and play.

Closed Caption Search
“In-player closed captions search will revolutionize the way people navigate and consume video,” explains Alper Turgut.

The Anvato player ( http://www.anvato.com ) allows viewers to jump to any scene inside a video just by performing a closed-captions search in the language of their choice. This unique feature allows viewers to easily find and access their favorite scenes in seconds.

Power Video Editing with Closed Caption Navigation:
Anvato’s live capture editor allows users to browse captions and click on a specific word or segment of the dialogue. This instantly brings the video to the point where this word is pronounced. Video editors can navigate videos and create clips from relevant segment by browsing closed captions.

Broadcasters may contact Anvato to learn more about the solution. To see a demonstration visit:
http://www.anvato.com/fcc-closed-captions-regulations

About Anvato, Inc.:
An innovator in broadcast-to-online video, Anvato ( http://www.anvato.com ) is the only video platform that combines live and on-demand video publishing, distribution, and monetization in broadcast quality. Our solution includes broadcast-specific modules such as live editing of broadcast streams, and live broadcast capture. Anvato automatically identifies television commercials and replaces them with audience-targeted advertising to achieve superior monetization revenue, both for web and mobile. Anvato applications include: Live broadcast capture, live video editing, live streaming, video syndication, monetization, TV Everywhere and video analytics and reporting. Anvato maintains a world-class R&D team in Mountain View, CA, and its products incorporate patented Perceptual Signature™ video fingerprint technology.

Press & Media Contact:
Victor Cruz, Principal
MediaPR.net Inc
465 N. Whisman Road, Suite 600
Mountain View, CA 94043 – USA
+1-978-594-4134
press@anvato.com
http://www.anvato.com

Anvato and EndPlay Partner to Provide Seamless Web & Video Content Management to Local Broadcasters

Anvato Inc., today announced a partnership with EndPlay Inc. a Los Angeles-based provider of content management, engagement and monetization solutions delivered as software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications in the cloud.

Mountain View, CA (USA), Wednesday – April 18th, 2012 — Anvato Inc. ( http://www.anvato.com ), developers of video content management systems for live and on-demand video publishing, distribution and monetization in broadcast quality, today announced a partnership with EndPlay Inc. ( http://www.endplay.com ), a Los Angeles-based provider of content management, engagement and monetization solutions delivered as software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications in the cloud.

EndPlay has tightly integrated its platform with Anvato’s video content management system, including its Broadcast Capture and Live Editing modules. EndPlay’s media customers will benefit from a reduction in video editing and publishing time of up to 60 percent through a seamless process to publish web videos from live broadcasts.

“The EndPlay content management, engagement and monetization solution, integrated with Anvato’s video platform, gives local broadcasters a one-stop solution for web and video content management,” said Alper Turgut, Anvato CEO. “This provides users an incredible amount of flexibility and time savings in capturing, editing and publishing video to their web sites and mobile devices.”

EndPlay’s cloud-based platform intelligently delivers audio, video, text and rich media across brand websites and to virtually any end-user device for companies across media and entertainment, consumer packaged goods (CPG) and retail spaces.

Says Dr. Christos M. Cotsakos, Founding Chairman, CEO and President of EndPlay: “We realized an opportunity to better service our clients by offering them the best tools available today for the daily management and monetization of all their digital assets across multiple web and mobile devices. Anvato’s video content management system can seamlessly capture and edit TV broadcast, publish it online, and syndicate it to affiliates and partners in near real time. We have found a very solid partner in Anvato.”

Anvato is the recipient of the Frost & Sullivan Global Innovation Award in Online Video with innovative broadcast customers such as Journal Broadcast Groupand Univision.

About EndPlay:
EndPlay is a leading provider of SaaS Content Management, Engagement and Monetization solutions delivered in the cloud. Powered by its unique ‘Intelligent Rendering’ technology, EndPlay’s end-to-end Platform provides a streamlined user experience that empowers clients to seamlessly produce, manage and instantly deliver content optimized for virtually any device. The company’s extensible architecture and integrated partners ensure EndPlay clients can expand, engage, monetize and leverage their content management solution against the complexities facing all brands in the era of Big Data and Quantum Content.

Enterprise clients in media, entertainment, consumer packaged goods (CPG) and education verticals have turned to EndPlay’s experienced Client Services team to support collaboration, implementation and optimization of their EndPlay solutions. EndPlay’s commitment to innovation and customer-centric approach enables clients to stay ahead of their competition, increase audience engagement, and future-proof their digital business investment.

EndPlay is headquartered in Los Angeles, with a regional office in Palm Beach Gardens, and is currently establishing regional offices in Boston, Dallas, San Francisco and Seattle. For more information, visit http://www.endplay.com.

About Anvato, Inc.:
An innovator in broadcast-to-online video, Anvato ( http://www.anvato.com ) is the only video platform that combines live and on-demand video publishing, distribution, and monetization in broadcast quality. Our solution includes broadcast-specific modules such as live editing of broadcast streams, and live broadcast capture. Anvato automatically identifies television commercials and replaces them with audience-targeted advertising to achieve superior monetization revenue, both for web and mobile. Anvato applications include: Live broadcast capture, live video editing, live streaming, video syndication, monetization, TV Everywhere and video analytics and reporting.Anvato maintains a world-class R&D team in Mountain View, CA, and its products incorporate patented Perceptual Signature™ video fingerprint technology.

Contacts:
For Anvato
Victor Cruz
press@anvato.com
+1 978.594.4134

For EndPlay
Marissa Arnold or Jesse Odell
endplay@launchsquad.com
+1 212.564.3665 (New York)
+1 415.625.8555 (California)

Press & Media Contact:
Victor Cruz, Principal
MediaPR.net Inc
465 N. Whisman Road, Suite 600
Mountain View, CA 94043 – USA
+1-978-594-4134
press@anvato.com
http://www.anvato.com

Anvato Powers Journal Broadcast Group Live Video Editing

Journal Broadcast uses Anvatovideo platform tocreateand syndicate video clips from live broadcast.

Mountain View, CA (USA), Thursday – March 29, 2012 — Anvato Inc. ( http://www.anvato.com ), the only video platform that combines live and on-demand video publishing, distribution and monetization in broadcast quality, today announced it has signed Journal Broadcast Group of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a successful operator of 14 television stations and 33 radio stations stretching from Florida to California.

Journal Broadcast is already realizing the benefits of using the Anvato’s Live Capture Editor to create clips in near real-time, from all of Journal’s local television broadcasts.

“Anvato makes publishing video to our multi-platform properties easier and faster than ever before,” said Michael Gay, Vice President of Interactive Media for Journal. “Our stations are using Anvato’s tool to publish within moments of video airing in broadcast. The HD capture enables the quality of the video to be exceptional on our sites, on mobile devices, and in our syndication outlets. Plus, because Anvato is web-based, we can have editors generate and publish those clips from anywhere.”

Live Capture boxes installed at local stations allow Journal’s content producers to capture high definition video directly from live broadcast signals. Journal video editors are able to access the video feed remotely, through a browser, to cut out and edit video clips such as TV shows, or news reports.

“It is about creating premium inventory faster and more effectively from live broadcasts,” said Anvato CEO Alper Turgut. “Broadcast cue tones, combined with Anvato’s computer vision based video fingerprint called Anvato Perceptual Signature™, infallibly detect scene and context changes to automatically segment the live broadcast stream. Editors can cut clips and fine-tune under a minute.”

Anvato’s Auto-Segmenter tool utilizes computer vision to locate television commercials and remove them from the clip in one click. The resulting clip is free of commercials, ready to be monetized for the web. Other productivity features include closed-caption navigation, and automatic clip meta-data population based on electronic program guides.

Anvato has been an innovator in video. It is the recipient of the Frost & Sullivan Global Innovation Award in Online Video with customers such as Univision, Journal Broadcast Group and Endplay.

About Journal Broadcast Group:
Journal Broadcast Group owns and operates 33 radio stations and 13 television stations in 12 states and operates an additional television station under a local marketing agreement. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, it is the broadcast business of Journal Communications Inc., a diversified media company with operations in publishing, radio and television broadcasting, and interactive media.

About Anvato:
An innovator in broadcast-to-online video, Anvato ( http://www.anvato.com ) is the only video platform that combines live and on-demand video publishing, distribution, and monetization in broadcast quality. Our solution includes broadcast-specific modules such as live editing of broadcast streams, and live broadcast capture. Anvato automatically identifies television commercials and replaces them with audience-targeted advertising to achieve superior monetization revenue, both for web and mobile. Anvato applications include: Live broadcast capture, live video editing, live streaming, video syndication, monetization, TV Everywhere and video analytics and reporting.

Anvato maintains a world-class R&D team in Mountain View, CA, and its products incorporate patented Perceptual Signature™video fingerprint technology. It is the recipient of the Frost & Sullivan Global Innovation Award in Online Video. Its customers include Univision, Journal Broadcast Group and Endplay.

Contacts:
Victor Cruz, for Anvato
Principal, MediaPR
press@anvato.com
+1-978-594-4134

For Journal Broadcast Group
Jim Thomas
VP, Marketing and Programming
jthomas@jrn.com
414-967-5293

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Press & Media Contact:
Victor Cruz, Principal
MediaPR.net Inc
465 N. Whisman Road, Suite 600
Mountain View, CA 94043
+1-978-594-4134
press@anvato.com
http://www.anvato.com

Inlet Technologies Wins 2010 Small Technology Company of the Year at NCTA’s Prestigious 21 Awards

RALEIGH, NC – (Nov. 16, 2010) – Inlet Technologies, the leader in innovative solutions for digital media preparation, today announced it has been selected as company of the year in the category of small technology companies in the 2010 North Carolina Technology Association (NCTA) 21 Awards. Winners were recognized at the annual awards gala on Wednesday, November 10th.

The NCTA 21 Awards celebrate innovation and excellence in North Carolina. This annual showcase honors companies and individuals in 21 categories who represent the best and brightest in technology and business. Wednesday’s award adds to several awards Inlet has won this year, including the Inc. 500|5000, the Red Herring 100, and the Council for Entrepreneurial Development’s “North Carolina Companies to Watch.”

“We are honored to be recognized by NCTA,” commented Don Bossi, CEO of Inlet Technologies. “Through consistent leadership, strong partnerships and first-to-market innovations, we are redefining the broadband and mobile video experience. The NCTA award is another tribute to the hard work of the Inlet team.”

“This year’s 21 Awards truly showcase the best technology and innovation that our state has to offer,” said Brooks Raiford, president and chief executive officer of NCTA. “We couldn’t be more pleased to congratulate Inlet as a company that is leading North Carolina’s technology industry, and we are proud to recognize them as the winner of the small technology company of the year award.”

About NCTA

The North Carolina Technology Association’s mission is “Making North Carolina #1 in Technology and Technology #1 in North Carolina.”  The organization does this through three main focus areas: executive engagement, public affairs, and enabling member transition to a technology-enabled workforce.  For more information, visit our website at www.nctechnology.org.

About Inlet Technologies

Inlet Technologies is redefining the online video experience with innovative solutions for media preparation that combine striking video quality with surprising simplicity and reliability, enabling content owners to expand their audience and realize greater value from their content. Industry leaders such as Major League Baseball, Microsoft, NBC Universal/Vancouver Winter Games, Yahoo!, France Télévisions and Home Shopping Network rely on Inlet for easy implementation, technical prowess and enterprise scale for their mission critical operations. For more information, please visit www.inlethd.com. Follow us on Twitter at InletTech.

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NCTA Media Contact:

Michelle Perkins

DPR Group, Inc.

mperkins@dprgroup.com

919-678-9200

Inlet Technologies Media Contact:

Shawn Ramsey

Crossroads Public Relations

+1 919-621-0737

inlet@crossroadspr.com