DG
Systems and QDesign Partner to Enable Simple Broadcast Audio Delivery
via the Internet
NAB Radio (Seattle, WA) - October 14th, 1998 - QDesign Corporation,
a leading provider of audio compression technologies and DG Systems (NASDAQ
NM: DGIT), the broadcast industry’s leading provider of digital distribution
services announce their partnership to enable audio professionals to produce
and distribute broadcast-quality audio directly from their digital audio
workstations to over 7,500 broadcast destinations using DG’s iAudio™
Internet service.
This means that any studio equipped with a Digidesign Pro Tools TM system
or Windows 95/NT based digital audio workstation and the QDesign MPEG
PRO software can encode and distribute a completed session to over 6,000
broadcast destinations in as little as an hour with guaranteed reliability.
With the QDesign MPEG PRO software on Windows, users are able to capture
live audio directly through their sound card and encode into MPEG audio.
Built-in to the application is the ability to FTP directly to the iAudio™
site or to send the MPEG audio file via the system's email application,
such as Outlook TM from Microsoft.
"The QDesign MPEG technology is a critical component for electronically
distributing broadcast-quality audio. MPEG Layer II has been the broadcast
industry standard for encoding, transmitting and storing programming for
many years. With the QDesign MPEG PRO software for both the MAC and Windows
OS, DG Systems is able to extend its iAudioTM service to an even larger
group of audio professionals, " said Hank Donaldson, DG Systems' president
and CEO.
"With the convenience of the iAudio™
service and QDesign's MPEG software, sending tapes is virtually a thing
of the past. Individual studios and radio stations can encode QDesign
MPEG audio for wide area distribution to any and all of DG System destinations.
In addition, the QDesign MPEG software can also be used for digital audio
archival and distribution over local area networks (LAN) and the Internet,"
states Mandy Chan, Vice-President of Marketing at QDesign.
The QDesign MPEG PRO software application is available as an AudioSuite
Plug-In for Digidesign Pro Tools 4.0 and above for USD$495 and as a stand-alone
application for Windows 95/NT for US$299. A plug-in version of the MPEG
encoder and decoder software will be released in Q498 to enable direct
export from applications such as Cool Edit TM Syntrillium and Sound Forge
TM from Sonic Foundry.
DG Systems operates a nationwide, value-added digital network which links
hundreds of advertisers and advertising agencies with more than 7,500
radio stations and 500 television stations across the United States. The
Company's fault-tolerant network operations center delivers audio, video,
image and data content which facilitates transactions among advertising
industry participants. DG Systems can be reached at 415-276-6600 or
www.dgsystems.com.
About QDesign
QDesign Corporation develops and markets state-of-the art audio compression
technologies to the broadcast and new media industries. QDesign's technologies
appear in hardware processors, digital audio production systems, broadcast
automation and distribution systems as well as consumer multimedia applications.
The technologies are used in Internet streaming, production, archive,
broadcast, and new media applications by organizations including Apple
QuickTime, Associated Press, BBC, Sony Worldwide Networks, Broderbund
and Iomega. For free demos of the software, please visit QDesign on the
web at www.qdesign.com.
Contact:
QDesign Corporation
media@qdesign.com
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