Spruce's New Convergence Services Division Showcases WebDVD/Broadband Technology At NAB

17-Apr-00

Spruce Technologies announced the launch of a new Convergence Services division - dedicated to assisting DVD production facilities with new media content production and distribution - with a technology showcase at NAB 2000. ""Spruce Technologies is the leader in Web-enabled DVD authoring tools with over 1,000 Convergence installations worldwide,"" said David Tinsley, Director of Convergence Services. ""Our customers are eager to expand their client offerings beyond the traditional bounds of video post-production and DVD authoring by addressing the demand for content that marries rich locally stored media and distributed Internet data."" The Convergence Services division of Spruce Technologies was built to provide clients with a unique network for collaboration, creation and delivery of their multimedia. Already in final beta, a global Universal Delivery Network (UDN) will be formally launched this month. UDN technology, the development of a major Silicon Valley company, enables the most efficient global delivery of Web content, secure data, applications, and streaming media ever devised. As an example of the facilitating power of Convergence Media Services and its strategic alliance of partners, Spruce Technologies hosted a joint technology demonstration at NAB 2000 with PC Communications, a leading Webcast-enabler, and Marconi plc, the world leader in optical networking, (http://www.marconi.com ). Using ATM Blade NIC's and OC-3 fiber connections, Convergence Services showcased the integration of DVD and Streaming Media. ""We wouldn't recommend attempting to send the demo's 600 Mbps stream over the Internet,"" cautions Tinsley. ""What we are showing is the potential we can provide customers through the integrated application of proven technologies. We are responding with our partners to the specific requests from our companies' shared, large Hollywood facility customers for a better solution to moving massive quantities of data from one stage of production and QA to another. This is a key issue for them and we can help them improve these processes significantly."" In addition to the broadband DVD streaming technology demonstration, Convergence Services will premiere a WebDVD disc that is the result of Spruce's direct collaboration with DynaMed, (Dynamic Medical Information System www.dynomed.com ) providers of an interactive, real-time medical information system designed for use at the point of care. About PC CommunicationsPC Communications provides leading edge, integrated technology solutions for hybrid on-line/off-line rich media distribution and e-commerce for entertainment, business to business and business to consumer applications. For more information, contact PC Communications at 415 218 6189 or visit the Web site at www.pccomlive.com. About Spruce Technologies, Inc. Spruce Technologies develops and markets DVD and WebDVD authoring software and MPEG encoders for the corporate, new media, and entertainment markets. Based in San Jose, California, Spruce combines the best Silicon Valley software expertise with extensive DVD, MPEG and video postproduction knowledge. For more information, contact Spruce at 408 861 2200. Additional information about Spruce is also available on the World Wide Web at http://www.sprucetechnologies.com.

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