MediaTouch
and QDesign Sign Licensing Agreement
QDesign to supply MPEG Audio for new generation radio and multimedia systems
WINNIPEG, MB -- April 12, 1999 - MediaTouch, a division of OMT
Technologies, Inc., announced it has signed a licensing agreement with
QDesign Corporation that will allow MediaTouch to incorporate the QDesign's
MPEG-2 Layer II software codec into all of its radio and multimedia products.
The QDesign MPEG-2 stereo compression technology is based on an advanced
implementation of the MPEG-2 Layer II standard for audio bit-rate reduction.
Using proprietary techniques in perceptual audio coding, the QDesign MPEG
software optimizes the quality and performance of the MPEG standard to
enable users to encode and decode studio-quality sound from a live or
recorded audio source without the need for proprietary audio cards.
MediaTouch will market QDesign's MPEG-2 codec in its "Card Independence"
line of products, which play MPEG audio on virtually any sound card. The
product line includes production and editing software, CD ripping, on-air
playback, and wide area networking. The products will be formally introduced
at NAB'99 in Las Vegas, April 19-22, 1999.
"QDesign is the leading supplier of audio compression technologies in
the industry. By making the QDesign MPEG the core codec engine behind
our products, MediaTouch gains a new level of flexibility, extensibility
and affordability in our products. Broadcasters can now run MediaTouch
on any workstation supporting a standard Windows audio card," explained
Scott Farr, Vice-President of Research and Development at MediaTouch.
"QDesign also gives us the mobility to tackle the multimedia market, for
which we have some exciting plans," Farr said. MediaTouch and its parent
company, OMT Technologies, Inc. are preparing to announce a new e-commerce
product based on the core platform.
"MediaTouch is well posed to take advantage of very exciting opportunities
in audio delivery," says Mandy Chan, Vice-President of Marketing at QDesign.
"We are thrilled that QDesign's MPEG was chosen as the technology platform
used in MediaTouch's products for the new millenium."
About Media Touch
Since 1984, MediaTouch has been designing and developing innovative audio
solutions for the broadcasting industry. MediaTouch is the audio and Internet
software development division of OMT Technologies Inc., a privately held
company founded in 1968 and based in Winnipeg, Canada. For more information
about MediaTouch, access the company's World Wide Web site at www.omt.net.
About QDesign
Founded in 1995, QDesign Corporation has been delivering state-of-the
art audio solutions to the broadcast and new media industries. The Company
introduced the world's first MPEG-2 stereo compression software in October
1996; making available for the first time, high-quality, high-performance
MPEG sound to all broadcast and studio professionals. In January 1998,
QDesign launched the QDesign Music Codec as the Internet audio solution
for QuickTime 3, bringing to audio and multimedia professionals "the Best
Web Audio" product for 1999, according to New Media Magazine. QDesign's
codec technologies appear in hardware processors, digital audio production,
automation and distribution systems as well as professional and consumer
multimedia software. For additional information, please visit QDesign
at www.qdesign.com.
Contact:
QDesign Corporation
media@qdesign.com
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