Pinnacle
Systems Selected to Provide Video Editing Equipment on ip2000 Project Around-the-World
Cruise: ReelTime NITRO Offers Shipboard Production Reliable, Flexible
Editing Solutions
MOUNTAIN
VIEW, Calif., June 20 -- Pinnacle Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCLE), a leader
in digital video broadcast and production solutions, today announced
an agreement with the ip2000 project to provide 24/7 editing services
on the ReelTime NITRO system during the around-the-world educational
Global Voyage cruise by "PEACE BOAT."
The ip2000 project developed by Takuya Kawai, Producer of Digital Planet
(Taiyo Kikaku Co. LTD), offers shipboard lectures and workshops that
emphasize active learning through discussion, debate and group project
work. The ip2000 project was launched with a 90-day Global Voyage around-the-world
cruise that set sail from Tokyo on May 22, 2000. The cruise will reach
a total of 17 countries on five continents before returning to Tokyo
on August 19, 2000.
The
cruise takes place on the Peace Boat, a 15,000-ton, 600-passenger boat
run by a Japan-based non-governmental organization seeking to establish
a global network among people, grassroots movements and non-governmental
organizations working on issues such as peace, human rights, development
and the environment.
Pinnacle
Systems' ReelTime NITRO is the primary on-board video-editing tool,
assisting in the creation of a variety of television programming created
from materials shot in the cruise's ports of call. They will be broadcast
to media around the world via Inmarsat 64kbps satellite circuit.
For
example, a program titled "Dream Catcher" will air on TV channel VaioNeT
beginning in July. The project also will offer webcasting on http://ip2000.net/
Web site (with content edited on the ReelTime NITRO), video streaming
and an on-board Internet cafe BBS.
"Reliability was primary for this shipboard production, and we're
honored that Pinnacle Systems' equipment was chosen for the project,"
said Mark Sanders, president and CEO of Pinnacle Systems, Inc.
"With the ReelTime NITRO editing solution, the ip2000 project producers
will be able to edit the video shot at sea quickly and easily, making
it possible to broadcast the latest news and activities to ports of
call around the world."
"The
ip2000 project is a new and challenging voyage that swims with the tide
of the broadband Internet revolution," said Takuya Kawai,
Producer of Digital Planet. "We are very confident that we can expose
the creativity of this new medium with Pinnacle Systems' ReelTime NITRO
and its innovative and effective non-linear video editing solution.
The system's power of real-time editing will leverage our marine contents'
editing and webcasting, offering us every qualification needed for success
on this adventurous and unique experience."
The marine editing and Internet broadcasting procedures developed for
the ip2000 voyage will be refined and verified for future voyages, on
which the ReelTime NITRO also will be used for video editing. Future
trips include a 45-day Southern Cross cruise beginning on August 31,
and a second around-the-world cruise launching October 15.
About ReelTime NITRO ReelTime NITRO is the ideal on-line editing solution for professional
video production. ReelTime NITRO provides an unlimited number of real-time
organic and 3D transitions, chroma keying, color effects and audio mixing,
with component, composite and S-Video I/O. ReelTime NITRO also includes
TitleDeko, character generator software and real-time rolls and crawls.
About Pinnacle Systems, Inc. Pinnacle Systems' broadcast, desktop and consumer products provide
video professionals and consumers with cutting-edge digital video tools
to create, store, distribute and view Web enabled digital video easier
and more affordably than ever before. Pinnacle Systems may be reached
at 650-526-1600 or on the World Wide Web at http://www.pinnaclesys.com.
MOUNTAIN
VIEW, Calif., June 20 -- Pinnacle Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCLE), a leader
in digital video broadcast and production solutions, today announced
an agreement with the ip2000 project to provide 24/7 editing services
on the ReelTime NITRO system during the around-the-world educational
Global Voyage cruise by "PEACE BOAT." 
The
cruise takes place on the Peace Boat, a 15,000-ton, 600-passenger boat
run by a Japan-based non-governmental organization seeking to establish
a global network among people, grassroots movements and non-governmental
organizations working on issues such as peace, human rights, development
and the environment. 
Pinnacle
Systems' ReelTime NITRO is the primary on-board video-editing tool,
assisting in the creation of a variety of television programming created
from materials shot in the cruise's ports of call. They will be broadcast
to media around the world via Inmarsat 64kbps satellite circuit. 
For
example, a program titled "Dream Catcher" will air on TV channel VaioNeT
beginning in July. The project also will offer webcasting on 
"The
ip2000 project is a new and challenging voyage that swims with the tide
of the broadband Internet revolution," said Takuya Kawai,
Producer of Digital Planet. "We are very confident that we can expose
the creativity of this new medium with Pinnacle Systems' ReelTime NITRO
and its innovative and effective non-linear video editing solution.
The system's power of real-time editing will leverage our marine contents'
editing and webcasting, offering us every qualification needed for success
on this adventurous and unique experience."