Volicon Announces New Multi-Channel Media Monitoring System Next-Generation Technology Available for Demonstration at NAB 2005

Volicon Announces New Multi-Channel Media Monitoring System Next-Generation Technology Available for Demonstration at NAB 2005

BURLINGTON, Mass., April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- NAB 2005 in Booth C11707 -- With the launch of the Observer multi-channel, real-time video monitoring and logging system, Volicon, Inc., has created a video processing technology that allows a large number of users to simultaneously access multiple channels of live and archived content on local TV networks and on the Internet.

The Volicon Observer(TM) allows broadcasters to efficiently log their own and their competitors' broadcasts, move to an actual or relative time stamp for any or all monitored channels, retrieve and analyze video clips, including metadata, and view content locally or remotely.

"The Observer is the most comprehensive, next-generation tool available for broadcasters to log, archive, monitor and analyze multiple video channels," said Eli Warsawski, President and CEO of Volicon. "Our initial users experienced tremendous improvements in their productivity as soon as their Observer systems went online."

The ability to store and retrieve metadata, combined with a powerful video search engine developed by Volicon, provides Observer users with significant advantages. For example, Observer users can find and select clips based on a search for words and phrases. Additional use of the metadata is the ability to overlay ratings information, in real-time, during playback of stored clips. Another powerful feature of the Observer is the ability to monitor the signal integrity of live broadcast video. Broadcast signal is analyzed in real time and an SMS alert message is issued when out of spec video or audio is detected.

Volicon has devoted significant resources to developing an intuitive user interface for Observer. This interface is designed to work with Microsoft's(R) Internet Explorer(R) Web browser running on a standard PC -- no special software is required. Familiar "VCR-style" controls are combined with color cues to clearly indicate which channels are being displayed, whether they are live or recorded, and which channel provides the audio feed. Users can add or subtract channels from their display on the fly and switch between windowed, split and full-screen display with a simple mouse click.

The typical Observer configuration is housed in a 3U rack-mounted chassis and utilizes RAID controller hard drives for enhanced system reliability. The system is scaleable to record any number of channels and any recording duration by simply adding additional system and storage units. Volicon's video encoding and streaming technologies provide high quality, real-time results at a competitive price.

The Observer is the first in a family of Volicon products tailored to the video retrieval and search needs of broadcasters, media monitoring services and government agencies.

Volicon will showcase Observer at NAB 2005, scheduled for April 18-21, 2005 in Las Vegas, in Central Hall Booth C11707. Systems are currently available for delivery within 30 days after receipt of order. For more information on Volicon or Observer, call 781-221-7400 or visit http://www.volicon.com/.

About Volicon, Inc.

Volicon was incorporated in January, 2004 as a privately held company with principal offices in the greater Boston area. The company develops and markets turnkey digital video archiving & streaming solutions for the television broadcast industry, including the Observer multi-channel video monitoring and logging system. Volicon's advanced video processing system, comprised of a video encoder and streaming engine, enables a large number of users to simultaneously access multiple channels of video content over a network.

Microsoft and Internet Explorer are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

Source: Volicon, Inc.

CONTACT: Julius Perl of Volicon, +1-781-221-7400 ext. 126, or Fax: +1-781-221-7407, julius@volicon.com

Web site: http://www.volicon.com/

NOTE TO EDITORS: Screen shots and online demonstrations are available. Please contact Julius Perl with your image requirements or to arrange a demonstration.

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