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Incite Announces Company Merger with Broadcast Systems Integrator Avexco (26/7/2004)

Incite Multimedia Corporation and Avexco S.A. announced the merger of their respective companies to form a complete Broadcast IT and Video Systems provider: Incite Avexco Corporation Inc.

Tony Rieder, the President of the new company, said, "This is a dream come true, signaling a major advance in our ability to provide our customers with a total, tailor-made solution for IT-based, digital network broadcasting. Avexco, a broadcast video systems provider for almost 30 years, and Incite, the IT software supplier, are joining forces to offer complete solutions for turn key systems like News, Sports and all around non-videotape based TV production."

Incite offers over 14 distinct products natively engineered for networking environments in the IT systems field, providing a vertical line of NLE products, scheduling and automation tools, asset management and integration with key 3rd party archiving and newsroom applications. Avexco has a solid record with many lead broadcasters as a turnkey systems supplier. Offering a wide range of Professional & Broadcast products from many manufacturers such as Snell & Wilcox, Avexco covers the complete range of activities in television production, post-production, distribution and transmission.

The combined expertise of both companies in software design, broadcast workflow and systems integration makes the merger a key asset for any broadcaster looking for a digital migration plan that is efficient, cost-effective and provided with professional technical and after sales support. Services include:

* Consulting and project design
* Integration, testing and installation
* Custom development
* Training and production workflow
* Support and maintenance

Incite Avexco Corporation Inc. offers broadcasters a total solution that is modular, and thereby easily expandable. It provides open architecture with other Windows-based applications, and is transparent with future technologies, especially those technologies that focus on media acquisition, metadata transparency and 3rd party integration. Key aspects of the Incite-Avexco solution include:

* Centralized MAM management
* Automated Media Acquisition and transcoding
* Media logging and metadata creation
* Integrated News and Sports editing
* Post editing and promo automation
* Scheduling and play out
* Archiving and partial retrieval

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