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Colorado Studios Selects Avitech’s Multi-Format Multiviewers for HD Production Truck Upgrade

April 16, 2007 - Redmond, Washington, USA – Avitech International Corp., a supplier of multi-image display processors announced today that Colorado Studios has purchased their industry-leading multiviewers for their recently upgraded HD production trucks.

Colorado Studios is a highly sophisticated Denver-based facility for SD and HD video production, with services including post production, studio production, mobile TV, on-location production, computer graphics, and other services such as; video & audio fiber-optic distribution. Under the agreement, Colorado Studios will outfit their state-of-the-art mobile production facilities with 55 MCC-8004U multi-image processors. The trucks will be used to produce and cover a wide variety of live events.

Avitech’s multiviewer modules will be used to visually monitor a wide array of incoming signals integrated seamlessly with a variety of production equipment. Signals are routed to the Avitech Multiviewers via a QuStream (Pesa) Cheetah routing switcher, which is being used along with a Grass Valley Kalypso production switcher, an EVS super slo-mo video server, and Grass Valley LDK 8000 multi-format cameras. Avitech’s MCC-8004UE series also interfaces with ImageVideo’s UMD / Tally system for tally display on each channel.

“We chose the Avitech Multiviewers, because the picture is amazingly good,” comments Phil Garvin, President, COO, and General Manager of Colorado Studios and HDNet. “It's obvious that Avitech has spent time and money on the video quality as well as the splitting and positioning. For hidef this is essential."

“Avitech’s proven performance and flexibility is continuing to strengthen our share in the mobile truck industry,” states Bill Gray, Avitech’s Western Region Sales Manager. “Colorado Studio’s expansion is another example of how well suited our products are for these types of environments, which demand extremely high performance in a limited amount of space.”v About the MCC-8004 Series of Multi-Image Video Display Processors:

The MCC-8004 series of multiviewers are designed to work efficiently in mobile production environments, offering key features such as; combining HD-SDI, SD-SDI and analog video sources as well as on-screen alarm indicators for video and audio status, exceptionally low power consumption, and tally all while maintaining the correct aspect ratio whether it be 4:3 or 16:9.

Avitech’s Cosmos Control Software controls the MCC-8004 modules. This software allows users to easily configure and edit presets on the display and is used to interface with the camera, routing switcher, production switcher, and any other 3rd party equipment. Cosmos is a Windows based program that can run on any PC or laptop with Microsoft Windows™ XP or 2000. Cosmos also has built in critical alarm and fault reporting capabilities.

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