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Flip4Mac Expands Professional File-based Workflow Solutions

Components add import into Final Cut Pro from Grass Valley Infinity Series Camcorders, Digital Media Recorders and REV PRO devices

Nevada City, Calif., April 22, 2006 – Telestream, the provider of award-winning Flip4Mac™ digital media tools for the Mac, today announced expansion of the Flip4Mac Pro product line to include new import support for disk-based cameras and media servers into Final Cut Pro for editing. A new Import Component for Grass Valley™ Infinity Series™ line of IT-immersed products for electronic newsgathering and field production was introduced today. Telestream also announced that Import/Export Components for Grass Valley Profile® video server and K2™ media client and media server systems will soon be available. These new components include support for Intel-powered Macs and Mac Power PCs.

“We are pleased to expand Flip4Mac support into Final Cut Pro for these industry-leading products from Grass Valley,” said Dan Castles, Telestream’s CEO. “Whether customer needs are MXF-based or server-based, we now offer the products to help these users integrate digital media into their workflows.”
 
The Flip4Mac Import Component for the Infinity Series products adds support for this new digital acquisition system from Thomson. The component initially supports DV25 and uncompressed audio file transfer into Final Cut Pro for editing. Additional format support is planned. Users can browse Infinity devices, preview clips, rename files and easily import content with the click of a mouse. The Flip4Mac Infinity Component is slated for July 2006 availability. 

“We’re pleased that Telestream continues to expand their line of import tools for Final Cut Pro users to include Grass Valley servers and our new Infinity Series of products,” said Marc Valentin, president of the Grass Valley business within Thomson.  “This tight integration is key to providing faster, more convenient workflow for transferring media from our file-based Infinity products into Final Cut Pro editing environments.”

Telestream also announced availability of its Flip4Mac Import/Export Components for Grass Valley Profile and K2 servers. These components provide file compatibility and enable fast, efficient file transfer into Final Cut Pro systems for editing.

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About Flip4Mac  (www.flip4mac.com)
Exporting and importing media in the formats you require shouldn’t be a hassle. Telestream’s Flip4Mac digital media tools for the Macintosh make it easy. Since its beginning in 1998, Telestream, the company that pioneered high-quality media exchange over IP networks, has recognized the vital need for seamless access to media in any format across any network – in a way that is transparent to any user’s workflow. With Flip4Mac digital media tools for the Macintosh, Telestream leverages its expertise in media encoding, transcoding, and digital workflows to enable an all-Macintosh workflow for media professionals.

About Telestream (www.telestream.net)
Telestream products have set the standard with the world's leading media and entertainment companies, corporations, and government institutions for the encoding, organizing, and delivery of digital media. Customers rely on Telestream products for convenient, cost-effective, and robust digital media access and exchange over IP networks. The company's core workgroup and enterprise solutions and newer Flip4Mac tools for the Macintosh streamline digital media workflows for content owners, creators, and distributors in any industry segment. Telestream and its team of video experts are located in Nevada City, the “video valley” region of Northern California. The company is privately held.

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