DTSÆ Promotes Patrick Watson To Vice President Of Business Development

9-May-00

DTSÆ announced the promotion of Patrick Watson to Vice President of Business Development. Mr. Watson previously served as Director of Consumer Licensing where he oversaw the phenomenal growth of DTS technology in the consumer electronics home theatre market. Under Mr. Watsonís direction, the number of consumer electronics companies to license DTS decoding technology has grown to over 150 in just over four years. Every major manufacturer from Aiwa to Zenith now offers products featuring DTS. In addition, over thirty leading semi-conductor manufactures have licensed DTS for their DSPs. Mr. Watson has also been influential in the proliferation of DTS into new markets such as 5.1 music for CD, automotive, PC, broadcast and gaming. Dan Slusser, CEO of DTS, stated, ""Patrick has had tremendous influence on the growth of DTS, particularly in the area of consumer hardware. He has a unique ability to build relationships, which have significantly helped position DTS for worldwide growth."" Slusser added, ""This appointment bolsters our talented senior management team and will continue to increase DTSí momentum for success."" Mr. Watson has long been associated with innovative coding technology companies. Since 1993, Mr. Watson has worked in a technical sales capacity for such companies as Audio Processing Technology, Ltd. (APT) and AlgoRhythmic Technology, Ltd. (ART) of Northern Ireland. Mr. Watson graduated from Queens University Belfast Northern Ireland with a MSc. in Electronics. DTS is an international, digital technology company specializing in multichannel audio for entertainment. Founded in 1993, DTS quickly became the leading provider of premium, discrete, multichannel audio for motion pictures with the release of Steven Spielbergís ""Jurassic Park."" DTS Digital Sound is now featured on more than 19,000 screens worldwide.The DTS Consumer Group licenses decoder technology to equipment manufacturers for home theatre, automobiles, and computers. DTS encoding technology is licensed to content creators for high-resolution, multichannel film and music soundtracks on DVD, multichannel music on Compact Disc, and multichannel audio for games on DVD-ROM. DTS is a registered trademark of Digital Theater Systems, Inc. of Agoura Hills, California. International offices for the company are located in the United Kingdom and Japan. For further information, visit the DTS Web site at www.dtsonline.com.

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