Accordent Announces Release of PresenterPLUS Presentation Authoring Software for On Demand Presentations

Business Wire, April 7, 2003

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 7, 2003

Leading Enterprise & Entertainment Companies Participate In

PresenterPLUS Launch

Today, Accordent Technologies (www.accordent.com) announced the release and immediate availability of PresenterPLUS, a presentation authoring solution designed exclusively for the creation of on demand, multi-media presentations. PresenterPLUS provides an easy-to-use workflow that enables any corporate, entertainment, and content production company to create professional, highly customized presentations. PresenterPLUS supports all of the major streaming media platforms and image formats and includes powerful preview, editing and image conversion features for precise content editing. Among other key features, PresenterPLUS includes:

-- Supports the major streaming formats: asf, .wma, .wmv .ra,

.rm, .ua, .mpg, .mp3, .mpa, .mpv, .wav, .avi, .rt, .rp, and

.aiff;

-- Supports the major image formats: jpeg, gif, PowerPoint, URLs,

Flash, and PDF;

-- 4 Easy Steps: PresenterPLUS includes a wizard-based work-flow

designed for the non-technical user.

-- Powerful Preview & Editing: A built in timeline and an

innovative preview feature ensure your presentations are

perfect.

-- Customizable & Standards-based: Interfaces are standards based

and fully customizable to ensure that you can fully promote

your brand and identity.

PresenterPLUS provides features that both enterprise and entertainment companies require to create compelling, branded content. "With PresenterPLUS, we improved upon the features that differentiate our products in the enterprise while adding the creative production and editing features that make PresenterPLUS extremely valuable for entertainment and instructional content," stated Jereme Pitts, VP of Marketing, Accordent Technologies. "This value is already being demonstrated by companies like MusicNow, Sportscast Network, Mayo Clinic, and MonarC / Island Def Jam."

Leading Companies Join PresenterPLUS Launch

PresenterPLUS is already having an impact on the enterprise, content creators, and the streaming media industry. Companies joining Accordent Technologies in the launch of PresenterPLUS include: BBC Technology, Corbis, Inc., Coreography, CVS, HB Communications, ICV Digital Media, Leading Edge Design, LUX Media, Make It Live, Makau Corporation, Mayo Clinic, MonarC / Island Def Jam, Music Now, NineSystems, Recombo, Inc., SportsCast Network, thePlatform, U. of Florida, Unisys, ViewCast/Osprey, VitalStream, Inc., VPC Interactive, White Light Productions, Yale Medical School.

Adding Value in The Enterprise

Within the enterprise, PresenterPLUS is establishing itself as the only high value, low price solution available. Key enterprise features include: a wizard-based workflow that makes PresenterPLUS incredibly easy to use; a standards-based architecture that ensures compatibility with legacy and future infrastructure investments, the ability to reside behind the firewall, and traditional Accordent scalability. As Darren Angus, Vice President, ICV Digital Media stated, "PresenterPLUS is the first presentation software I've seen that belongs on every enterprise desktop. What it enables you to do is take information presented on a daily basis and, in minutes, transform it into a professional and preservable presentation that can be viewed over and over. The time and money savings are simply immense."

In addition, PresenterPLUS provides the enterprise with an opportunity to present using the images and formats that best fit their particular needs. As Brooks McMahon, Emerging Markets and Products Manager, Corbis, stated, "We've learned that business communicators are always looking for an edge, and with PresenterPLUS, they now have a powerful tool at their disposal. Combining images provided by Corbis BizPresenter with PresenterPLUS, marries professional-quality content with professional production and editing capabilities."

Adding Impact to Entertainment

PresenterPLUS offers extremely powerful production, preview and publishing features, while offering the flexibility that ensures that content creators can promote their own unique brand and identity. In short, PresenterPLUS is emerging as the perfect tool for creating promotional and marketing sites that can include unique informational and e-commerce content. "MusicNow is committed to providing its subscribers compelling and entertaining content. PresenterPLUS offers an opportunity to differentiate our service, provide a more valuable experience for subscribers, capitalize on new marketing initiatives, and increase the visibility of MusicNow," said Greg Rudin, VP, Marketing, MusicNow.

By design, PresenterPLUS can be used to efficiently create custom skins that enable companies to inform and promote without compromising the value of their entertainment content. As Michael Begley, CEO of SportsCast Network stated, "SportsCast Network is producing enhanced entertainment content for leading media outlets and content syndicators. With PresenterPLUS, we're able to provide context for our entertainment content with highly customized interfaces, information resources, and promotional content. It's adding a whole new dimension to both our content and our business."