Inlet Technologies Among the First to Develop Products Based on the Microsoft® VC-1 Encoder SDK

Business Wire, Oct 15, 2007

Inlet's Fathom and Spinnaker Products Support New Software Development Kit

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Inlet Technologies, the leader in advanced encoding solutions for new media, announced today that the company is among the first to develop products for the Microsoft([R]) VC-1 Encoder software development kit (SDK). Microsoft Corp. recently announced broad industry support for the Microsoft VC-1 Encoder SDK, a commercial offering first announced at the 2007 National Association of Broadcasters conference in April.

Leading companies in digital delivery services and compression tools have taken advantage of the substantial quality and performance improvements delivered through the new SDK and are building next-generation offerings that efficiently produce pristine video imagery for a variety of distribution and consumption scenarios.

Also recognizing the benefits of faster encoding and the value of delivering best-of-breed video quality to their customers, leading content providers have adopted the new VC-1 Encoder technology through the use of new products and tools.

Two Inlet products, Fathom and Spinnaker, support the Microsoft([R]) VC-1 Encoder SDK encoder. Fathom is the world's most powerful encoding platform for producing VC-1, Windows Media, MPEG-4 and Flash files. Fathom provides stunning quality along with breakthrough workflow capabilities, helping customers produce digital files, even high-definition content, in real time. Spinnaker is a streaming solution that delivers quality video and audio for live media delivery applications such as IPTV; web streaming; public, education and government (PEG) channels; broadband TV; and enterprise, education or government video.

About Inlet Technologies

Inlet Technologies is the leading provider of advanced encoding solutions, enabling new media for new networks. Inlet solutions produce the highest quality video, faster and more efficiently than any other solution. Inlet allows content creators, programmers and distributors to increase production efficiency, reduce costs and deliver superior quality video over any Internet Protocol (IP) network. Inlet's award-winning products - the Fathom[R] and Spinnaker[TM] encoder families and Semaphore[TM] automated quality control software - scale seamlessly from mobile to web to high-definition. Inlet solutions are ideal for applications such as Video-on-Demand, Web-based video, real-time, professional streaming and digital archiving and dailies. Inlet customers, such as Modern Video, Akimbo and Microsoft Studios, are able to expand their audiences and create new revenue from their valuable content. For more information, visit www.inlethd.com.