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North Carolina Research Community Selects Collexis and Scopus

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, April 12, 2010--

    - Collexis Expert Community Will Link Over 5,000 Researchers From the
University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University Based on
Elsevier's Scopus Database

    Collexis Holdings, Inc., a leading developer of semantic technology and
knowledge discovery software, announced today that they have reached an
agreement with the University of North Carolina and North Carolina State
University to link their research faculty utilizing data from Elsevier's
Scopus (http://www.scopus.com/) database and the RAMSeS software environment
developed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Phase I of the
project will include creating research profiles for over 5,000 faculty
researchers from both institutions and Phase II of this project will add the
remaining 15 North Carolina institutions and their 10,000 faculty
researchers. Once implemented it will be the largest statewide research
community of its kind. The web community created will have fully populated
information on publications grant data and citations from over 15,000
researchers across all research disciplines.

    "We did an exhaustive review of the options available to us," said Andy
Johns, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill. "We built our own pre and post-award management
system, and as such, were collecting a tremendous wealth of data. We were
looking to leverage that data as well as publication data to better
characterize researcher activity, identify skills, and facilitate
collaboration. In the end, there was no combination of capability and
coverage like the Collexis Expertise platform coupled with the Scopus
repository. We feel like this will provide the best possible opportunity for
our researchers to collaborate proactively."

    "We are excited to be a part of this forward-looking project as it aligns
with our goal of partnering with the research community to help highlight and
share research expertise," said Jay Katzen, Managing Director of Academic &
Government Products for Elsevier. "By tying in its repository with Scopus'
broad and deep data and then overlaying it with Collexis' semantic
technology, the University of North Carolina will be able to offer its
scientists a new way to identify, monitor and leverage relevant research
being conducted at the institution. The result will be greater collaboration
within and across disciplines."

    "The strength of combining the Collexis Expert Profiling solution with
Scopus is obvious: a pre-populated statewide scientific social network with
the objective to link the best brains together and attract researchers and
science related business to North Carolina," said Christian Herzog, Managing
Director of the Collexis STM business. "It uses a premier publication
database in Scopus to constantly update the profiles. Without ever lifting a
finger, each researcher will have a robust expertise profile that will
continue to update as they write new scientific papers. The system is even
suggesting potential collaborators based on the comparison of the expert
profiles across all disciplines - implementing such a system will really
change the scientific landscape"

    The North Carolina community project just kicked off in February of this
year, and the project is expected to complete the first major milestone in
mid-summer for the Beta release to the North Carolina faculty.

    About The University of North Carolina

    The University of North Carolina is a public, multi-campus university
dedicated to the service of North Carolina and its people. It encompasses 16
diverse university campuses, a residential high school for gifted students,
and other educational, research, and public service organizations. Each
shares in the overall mission of the University. That mission is to discover,
create, transmit, and apply knowledge to address the needs of individuals and
society. This mission is accomplished through instruction, which communicates
the knowledge and values and imparts the skills necessary for individuals to
lead responsible, productive, and personally satisfying lives; through
research, scholarship, and creative activities, which advance knowledge and
enhance the educational process; and through public service, which
contributes to the solution of societal problems and enriches the quality of
life in the State. In the fulfillment of this mission, the University shall
seek an efficient use of available resources to ensure the highest quality in
its service to the citizens of the State.

    Teaching and learning constitute the primary service that the University
renders to society. Teaching, or instruction, is the primary responsibility
of each of the constituent institutions. The relative importance of research
and public service, which enhance teaching and learning, varies among the
constituent institutions, depending on their overall missions.

    About Collexis Holdings, Inc.

    Collexis Holdings, Inc., a leading developer of semantic technology and
knowledge discovery software is headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina
(USA) with operations in Cologne, Germany and Valparaiso, Chile.  Collexis
now offers the world's first pre-populated scientific social network for life
science researchers, http://www.biomedexperts.com.  Collexis' proprietary
technology builds conceptual profiles of text, called Fingerprints, from
documents, Websites, emails and other digitized content and matches them with
a comprehensive list of pre-defined "fingerprinted" concepts to make research
results more relevant and efficient. This matching of concepts eliminates the
ambiguity and lack of priority associated with word searches. The results are
often described as "finding needles in many haystacks." Through this novel
approach, Collexis can build unique applications to search, index and
aggregate information as well as prioritize, trend and predict data based on
sources in multiple industries without the limitations of language or
dialect. Collexis' current clients in the public, private and academic
sectors include Johns Hopkins University; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the
University of California, San Francisco; the University of South Carolina;
Erasmus University Library; Lockheed Martin; the World Health Organization;
Wellcome Trust; the National Institutes of Health; and the U.S. Department of
Defense.

    About Elsevier

    Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and
medical information products  and services. The company works in partnership
with the global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000
journals, including The Lancet (http://www.thelancet.com/) and Cell
(http://www.cell.com/), and close to 20,000 book titles, including major
reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online solutions include
ScienceDirect (http://www.sciencedirect.com/), Scopus
(http://www.scopus.com/), Reaxys (http://www.reaxys.com/), MD Consult
(http://www.mdconsult.com/) and Nursing Consult
(http://www.nursingconsult.com/), which enhance the productivity of science
and health professionals, and the SciVal suite (http://www.scival.com/)
and MEDai's Pinpoint Review (http://www.medai.com/), which help research and
health care institutions deliver better outcomes more cost-effectively.

    A global business headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier
(http://www.elsevier.com/) employs 7,000 people worldwide. The company is part
of Reed Elsevier Group PLC (http://www.reedelsevier.com/), a world-leading
publisher and information provider, which is jointly owned by Reed Elsevier
PLC and Reed Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam),
REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).

   
    Media Contact:

    Deanna Decker/Jen Saunders
    Office +1-212-752-8338
    ddecker@psbpr.com/jsaunders@psbpr.com

Source: Elsevier

Media Contact: Deanna Decker/Jen Saunders, Office +1-212-752-8338, ddecker@psbpr.com/jsaunders@psbpr.com

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New Release for Blackboard Learn Emphasizes Social Learning, Student Engagement

Release 9.1 Also Brings Major Upgrades for K-12 and Former WebCT Clients

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Blackboard Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBB) today announced a major update for its flagship software with the launch of Blackboard Learn(TM) Release 9.1, which integrates a range of social learning tools and drives student engagement. The release also introduces important new features for K-12 teachers and learners - including lesson planning and standards alignment - and former WebCT clients.

Building on the new interface and social learning tools like blogs and journals introduced in Release 9.0, the new release deepens the platform's ability to integrate collaboration tools like wikis and multimedia content from Web sources including YouTube, Flickr and Slideshare to create a more engaging and visually impactful course experience.

Release 9.1 can also be enabled for interactive mobile learning opportunities through Blackboard Mobile Learn(TM) - native mobile applications for the most popular mobile platforms - and integrates Blackboard Connect(TM) technology to let students choose how they receive course notifications and updates, including through messages to their mobile devices.

"This release is an important milestone in the story of what Blackboard is becoming," said Ray Henderson, President of Blackboard Learn, "It delivers a renewed commitment to the fundamentals of product and service quality and brings a host of innovations to energize the user community."

"The possibilities to easily integrate video, audio and pictures will make courses much more interactive and dynamic and lead to greater student participation," said Filip Seuntjens, Project Manager at the University of Antwerp in Belgium. "Along with mobile, this really proves that students don't just connect with Blackboard, but that Blackboard also connects with students."

To make the platform more instructionally focused for K-12 schools and districts, the release introduces integrated lesson planning and standards alignment and reporting, making it easy for teachers to align course content and instruction to state standards. And when standards evolve based on curricular changes, a new standards mapping tool can save districts countless hours by automating updates within the learning platform.

"Release 9.1 will engage K-12 teachers and learners and allow them to apply new practices required for 21st century education," said Daniel Lake, Systems Consultant at Onondaga-Cortland-Madison BOCES. "Blackboard has paid close attention to our feedback and input to build features that will help K-12 clients better manage future learning environments."

Available today as a free upgrade for Blackboard customers, Release 9.1 was developed with the active participation of over 250 client representatives who provided input through focus groups, usability testing, Beta programs and other quality initiatives.

"Coming from a WebCT environment, Release 9.1 not only has the tools and features we need to migrate our courses, but it also allows us improve our teaching and learning at the same time," said Joel T. Johnson, Instructional Designer at the College of St. Scholastica, which participated in the Release 9.1 Beta program.

With Release 9.1, Blackboard tripled the number of staff focused on product improvement and stability. The Company is also introducing a new 99.9 service level offering for Blackboard Managed Hosting(TM) that combines the new release with a package of best practices that have been honed through years of supporting mission critical installations worldwide. To help clients manage upgrades, Blackboard also introduced online resource centers with free access to upgrade information, video tutorials and quick start guides, preview accounts, and Webinars, and announced consulting and hosting programs to help institutions manage upgrades and the changes they require.

For more information about Blackboard Learn, please visit http://blackboard.com/Teaching-Learning/Learn-Platform.aspx.

About Blackboard Inc.

Blackboard Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBB) is a global leader in enterprise technology and innovative solutions that improve the experience of millions of students and learners around the world every day. Blackboard's solutions allow thousands of higher education, K-12, professional, corporate, and government organizations to extend teaching and learning online, facilitate campus commerce and security, and communicate more effectively with their communities. Founded in 1997, Blackboard is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with offices in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.

Any statements in this press release about future expectations, plans and prospects for Blackboard and other statements containing the words "believes," "anticipates," "plans," "expects," "will," and similar expressions, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including the factors discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of our Form 10-K filed on February 17, 2010 with the SEC. In addition, the forward-looking statements included in this press release represent the Company's views as of April 12, 2010. The Company anticipates that subsequent events and developments will cause the Company's views to change. However, while the Company may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company's views as of any date subsequent to April 12, 2010.

Source: Blackboard Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Matthew Maurer, Blackboard Inc., +1-202-463-4860 ext. 2637,
matthew.maurer@blackboard.com

Web Site:  http://www.blackboard.com/

Decentrix Announces New BIAnalytix(TM) Tools Incorporating Microsoft Silverlight RIA Technology

BIAnalytix(TM) delivers powerful Media Business Intelligence analysis specifically designed for TV and Radio station groups, Broadcasting, Cable Networks, and Cable MSOs, implemented on Microsoft SQL Server 2008, and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

DENVER, April 12 -- Decentrix, Inc. today announced their new interface that incorporates the latest Microsoft Silverlight technologies into their data visualization and presentation architecture.  Decentrix's BIAnalytix Data Warehouse Solution is a state-of-the-art multi dimensional Media Data analysis solution that uses a customized SharePoint portal as its primary means of content delivery.  Decentrix's latest development effort has been centered around Microsoft Corp.'s exciting Silverlight product, which allows rich interactivity and animation for data presentation in the SharePoint portal. Presentation elements that allow user interaction through zooming, what-if scenarios, and drill down/through give users the ability to explore the vast BIAnalytix data warehouse in a controlled, ad-hoc manner that increases information discovery and leads to better ROI for the data warehouse project.

Decentrix is using a combination of Silverlight, Window Communication Foundation (WCF) webservices, and SharePoint to create a richer, more expressive experience for the corporate business analyst, manager, and C-level executive.  Dashboards, reports, and interactive lists that are stylish, attractive, and informative are presented in the BIAnalytix RIA presentation layer in a manner that captures attention and delivers the information necessary to make critical business decisions on time, accurately, and with the confidence that the information is housed in a sophisticated, top-end enterprise class data warehouse: BIAnalytix.

"We're very pleased to see companies like Decentrix utilize Microsoft technologies such as Silverlight in such an innovative way," said Gabriele Di Piazza, managing director for the Media & Entertainment business in the Communications Sector at Microsoft. "Solutions such as the BIAnalytix Data Warehouse Solution are a great example of how Microsoft technologies are helping media companies gain greater insight into content and business systems."

Decentrix is a technology and consulting company specializing in Media Business Intelligence (MBI(TM)) and Media Data Warehouse Solutions tailored specifically to the needs of Media, Telecommunications and Advertising companies. Founded by technologists with decades of experience in media transactional systems, Decentrix offers a fast track, fully working solution for Media BI built on Microsoft SQL Server 2008. The BIAnalytix Solution(TM) was purpose built to help media companies solve the challenge of readily accessing the large amount of data locked up in their "transactional" systems, in a fast, meaningful and strategic way, by consolidating that data into a single corporate media data warehouse.

For more information visit http://www.BIAnalytix.com or call Nancy Pennica at 303-899-4000 x 200.

Source: Decentrix, Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Nancy Pennica, +1-303-899-4000, ext., 200, for Decentrix, Inc.

Web Site:  http://www.decentrix.com/
http://www.bianalytix.com/

Decentrix Announces New BIAnalytix(TM) Tools Addressing the Mapping of Massive Amounts of Historical Data to Master Data Records

BIAnalytix(TM) delivers powerful Media Business Intelligence analysis specifically designed for TV and Radio station groups, Broadcasting, Cable Networks, and Cable MSOs, implemented on Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

DENVER, April 12 -- Decentrix, Inc. today announced their new Master Data Management tool called BIAnalytix(TM) MDM Mapper, which targets mapping large amounts of historical data within a warehouse to master data lists.  For corporations with large amounts of historical data that has been collected in a data warehouse, the BIAnalytix(TM) MDM Mapper software is truly a major breakthrough to transform this asset so that meaningful reporting and analysis can take place.

"Media Companies, Telecommunication companies and Advertising Agencies today are overwhelmed by the challenge of the large amount of data they collect about their business on a daily basis and their inability to readily access that data in a meaningful and strategic way," said Wayne Ruting, CEO and President of Decentrix.  "In order to access these strategic insights that lie buried in the data, it is necessary to transform the granular historical database to conform to master data naming conventions.  This is precisely what Mapper does. What historically may have taken years to accomplish, can now be accomplished very rapidly with the BIAnalytix(TM) Mapper tool."

"We use the Decentrix Mapper Tool here at Comcast and it has solved, in just a few short weeks, a very challenging problem that we have wrestled with for many years," said Bob Rittler, VP of Information Systems and Technology. "The amount of data elements we deal with are massive and Mapper deals with this elegantly and easily."

"Decentrix is a great example of how partners are utilizing Microsoft technologies to power solutions that solve real business needs for their customers," said Gabriele Di Piazza, managing director for the Media & Entertainment business in the Communications Sector at Microsoft Corp. "Solutions such as BIAnalytix MDM Mapper provide media and entertainment companies with the level of insight necessary to compete in today's market."

Decentrix is a technology and consulting company specializing in Media Business Intelligence (MBI(TM)) and Media Data Warehouse Solutions tailored specifically to the needs of Media, Telecommunications and Advertising companies. Founded by technologists with decades of experience in media transactional systems, Decentrix offers a fast track, fully working solution for Media BI built on Microsoft SQL Server 2008. The BIAnalytix(TM) Solution was purpose built to help media companies solve the challenge of readily accessing the large amount of data locked up in their "transactional" systems, in a fast, meaningful and strategic way, by consolidating that data into a single corporate media data warehouse.

For more information visit http://www.BIAnalytix.com or call Nancy Pennica at 303-899-4000 x 200.

  Contacts:
  ---------
  Nancy Jean Pennica
  Executive Vice President
  303 899 4000 x200
  npennica@decentrix.com

Source: Decentrix, Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Nancy Jean Pennica, Executive Vice President of Decentrix,
Inc., +1-303-899-4000, ext. 200, npennica@decentrix.com

Web Site:  http://www.decentrix.com/

Decentrix and OpenTV Announce Collaboration Addressing Cable MSO's Business Intelligence Analysis Needs

OpenTV and Decentrix partner to implement Business Intelligence Solution for OpenTV EclipsePlus(TM) Client Base

SAN FRANCISCO and DENVER, April 12 -- OpenTV Corp., a leading software and technology provider of advanced digital television and advanced advertising solutions, and Decentrix, Inc., a technology and consulting company specializing in Media Business Intelligence (MBI(TM)), announced today that OpenTV's campaign management solution, OpenTV EclipsePlus(TM),  is now enhanced with a powerful Business Intelligence component powered by Decentrix. Enabling a new class of reporting for OpenTV EclipsePlus, the OpenTV EclipsePlus Business Intelligence solution allows near-instant access to snapshots of an operator's advertising business on any given day, enabling automated pacing, change, and churn reporting across time periods. It also enables users to analyze advertising revenue, operations, and inventory effectiveness across sales entities, product categories, regions, and networks at multiple granularities. OpenTV's EclipsePlus Business Intelligence solution powered by Decentrix is available to all OpenTV EclipsePlus customers.

"We are pleased to provide the analytic backbone for OpenTV EclipsePlus. This solution is based on the Decentrix BIAnalytix(TM) Media Business Intelligence technology which uses the Microsoft Business Intelligence tool suite.  This media-specific data analysis solution is based upon decades of experience in the complex workflow of media corporations.  The BI solution provides rich and rapid analysis capabilities within an MSO environment. Critical reporting is provided in a matter of seconds to management dashboards across a site-wide portal," said Wayne Ruting, CEO and President of Decentrix, Inc.

"This new business analytics and reporting component further demonstrates our commitment to providing "best-of-breed" solutions to our EclipsePlus clients," said Paul Woidke, OpenTV's SVP and General Manager, Advanced Advertising. "The Decentrix Business Intelligence layer provides powerful analytics with the ability to easily drill, filter and view transactional MSO data to provide valuable information and insights that will give our EclipsePlus clients a competitive advantage.  We're delighted to work with Decentrix in providing this solution to our clients as a natural extension to the feature-rich capabilities of EclipsePlus."

"This solution is further proof of the strength of partner solutions built on Microsoft technology," said Gabriele Di Piazza, managing director for the Media & Entertainment business in the Communications Sector at Microsoft Corp. "We're thrilled to have the opportunity to enable partners such as Decentrix to provide solutions for media and entertainment companies that span the entire media value chain."

OpenTV EclipsePlus is an end-to-end campaign management solution designed to support cable, satellite and telco advertising sales teams grow their revenues and meet the challenges of the ever-changing television advertising marketplace by maximizing yield on their advertising inventories while minimizing their operating costs.

The Decentrix BIAnalytix is a powerful Media Business Intelligence (MBI) and Media Data Warehouse Solution tailored specifically for the analytic needs of Media, Telecommunications and Advertising companies. The BIAnalytix Media Business Intelligence solution provides the indispensable source for data analytics for the well informed media professional and targets media enterprises that aspire to grow using analytics and the power of measurements.

About OpenTV

OpenTV is one of the world's leading providers of advanced digital television solutions dedicated to creating and delivering compelling viewing experiences to consumers of digital content worldwide. The company's software has been integrated in more than 145 million devices around the world and enables advanced program guides, video-on-demand, personal video recording, interactive and addressable advertising and a variety of enhanced television applications. OpenTV's campaign management solutions currently provide advertising services to more than 34 million cable subscribers across the United States representing more than 55 percent of the subscriber base of the top ten MSOs. OpenTV is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Kudelski Group. For more information, please visit http://www.opentv.com.

About Decentrix

Decentrix, Inc. is a technology and consulting company specializing in Media Business Intelligence (MBI(TM)) and Media Data Warehouse Solutions tailored specifically to the needs of Media, Telecommunications and Advertising companies. Founded by technologists with decades of experience in media transactional systems, Decentrix offers a fast track, fully working solution for Media BI built on Microsoft SQL Server 2008. The BIAnalytix(TM) Solution was purpose built to help media companies solve the challenge of readily accessing the large amount of data locked up in their "transactional" systems, in a fast, meaningful and strategic way. http://www.BIAnalytix.com  http://www.decentrix.com

  OpenTV Contact:                    Decentrix Contact:
  ---------------                    ------------------
  Christine Oury                     Nancy Jean Pennica
  Director, Communications           Executive Vice President
  1-415-962-5433                     1-303-899-4000 x200
  coury@opentv.comnpennica@decentrix.com

Source: Decentrix, Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Christine Oury, Director, Communications of OpenTV,
+1-415-962-5433 , coury@opentv.com; or Nancy Jean Pennica, Executive Vice
President of Decentrix, +1-303-899-4000, ext. 200, npennica@decentrix.com

Web Site:  http://www.decentrix.com/
http://www.opentv.com/
http://www.bianalytix.com/

NeoGames Team up With The Daily Mirror

ST JULIAN, Malta, April 12, 2010--

    - The First National Newspaper Launches an Online Customised Scratch
Cards and Instant Win Games Brand, Mirrorscratchcards.co.uk

    NeoGames, pioneers and global leaders of the online scratch and instant
win games platform, provide The Daily Mirror with a fully managed solution to
enhance its existing online entertainment offering.

    Targeting the UK market with a mainstream focus, Mirrorscratchcards.co.uk
is the new home to over 70 instantly gratifying games, fully operated by
NeoGames. Players will be able to play and win up to GBP200,000 with the
brand new scratch and instant win offering.

    Jonathan Bury, Head of Commercial Partnerships for MGN Digital stated:
"This is an exciting launch for us and Mirrorscratchcards.co.uk will fit
perfectly with our existing portfolio of online entertainment channels. We
are delighted to partner with NeoGames and to be the first national newspaper
to launch this type of online games brand. We look forward to a fruitful
working relationship moving forward."

    Shay Bar Joseph, Managing Director of NeoGames Network, said: "We feel
very honored to have entered an agreement with one of the UK's most esteemed
media brands and see this partnership as an important milestone. It also
shows the widespread appeal and diversity that our product range has and will
enhance the online entertainment of The Daily Mirror."

    NeoGames:

    NeoGames are the pioneers and global leaders of the online scratch card
industry, providing the leading platform of scratch and instant win games.
Since 2005, NeoGames has partnered with 1st tier operators and leading
marketing experts for customized integrations of its games platform and fully
managed operations of White Labels.

    With over 120 million scratch card games sold every month throughout the
NeoGames Network, NeoGames enables its partners to maximize revenue potential
on a global scale with a mass market product. National Lotteries, gaming
operators, and leading online marketing firms who seek for a comprehensive,
customized online solution find the ideal partner in NeoGames.

    sales@neogames.com

    http://www.neogames.com

    The Daily Mirror:

    The Daily Mirror is one of Britain's top selling newspapers and is part
of the Trinity Mirror group which is also home to five National newspapers
and over 150 regional titles across the UK.

    The Daily Mirror is complemented by a strong digital portfolio which
includes the paper's companion website mirror.co.uk, Mirror Mobile,
Mirrorfootball.co.uk and 3am.co.uk. Recently the Mirror launched an iPhone
app for its Mirrorfootball site with further apps in the pipeline.

    PR contact:

    Joanna Waitzman: Joannaw@neogames.com, Tel: +972-36072573

Source: NeoGames

PR contact: Joanna Waitzman: Joannaw@neogames.com, Tel: +972-36072573

Broadcast International to Showcase 4 Screen(TM) Solutions at NAB

- CODECSYS(TM) ON DISPLAY IN INTEL'S BOOTH -

SALT LAKE CITY, April 12 -- Broadcast International, Inc.  (BULLETIN BOARD: BCST) ("BI") (http://www.brin.com) extends an invitation to all visitors of the National Association of Broadcasters Show to come see CodecSys(TM)- the unified video optimization software platform driving all 4 Screens(TM) of the interactive video experience.  Broadcast International (BI) can be found in booth number SU 6207.  BI is unique in its ability to manage the 4 Screens of user interaction, which include the television, the pc or laptop, the smart mobile phone, and interactive digital signage and displays.

In addition to its own booth, BI is  showcasing CodecSys(TM) in it's real-time, multi-codec version in a collaborative demonstration in Intel Corporation's booth.  CodecSys(TM) showcases the power of platforms based on Intel's Intel® Xeon® processor 7500 series by managing multiple, live video broadcast feeds and applying its patented multi-codec management framework.  The result is unprecedented lower bandwidth delivery of cinema-quality video.  By relying on the never before available super-computing power of  Intels® Xeon® processor 7500 series, systems can support  32 cores and 64 threads enabling CodecSys to unleash HD-enabled video applications for low-broadband providers. For the first time in encoding history, CodecSys will run 8 codecs on a single processor.

"We believe platforms based on the Intel® Xeon® processor 7500 series with virtualization technology and the power of multi-core processing will revolutionize the economics of live, HD broadcasting and streaming applications.  CodecSys(TM) from Broadcast International is an excellent example of how software platforms can now harness the computing power that has yet to be available to the data-intensive world of IP video networks." said Dylan Larson, Director of Software and Technology Initiatives for Intel's Data Center Group.

CodecSys(TM) on the EX Server Platform(TM) can be seen live in the Intel Booth at N1323 of the NAB Show.

About Broadcast International

Broadcast International is a leading provider of video-powered broadcast solutions, including IP, and digital satellite, Internet streaming and other types of wired/wireless network distribution.  BI's patented CodecSys software is a breakthrough, multi-codec video compression technology that cuts video bandwidth requirements over satellite, cable, IP and wireless networks.  By slashing bandwidth needs, CodecSys enables a new generation of applications such as streaming video to cell phones, and offers unprecedented price/ performance benefits for existing applications such as HD video.

Broadcast International is a public company (OTC BB: BCST) headquartered in Salt Lake City UT.  For more information go to http://www.brin.com and http://www.codecsys.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

All statements in this news release that are not based on historical fact are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and the provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (which Sections were adopted as part of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995). While management has based any forward-looking statements contained herein on its current expectations, the information on which such expectations were based may change. These forward-looking statements rely on a number of assumptions concerning future events and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, and other factors, many of which are outside of our control, that could cause actual results to materially differ from such statements. Such risks, uncertainties, and other factors include, but are not necessarily limited to, those set forth under the caption "Additional Factors That May Affect Our Business" in the Company's most recent Form 10-K and 10-Q filings, and amendments thereto. In addition, we operate in a highly competitive and rapidly changing environment, and new risks may arise. Accordingly, investors should not place any reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results. We disclaim any intention to, and undertake no obligation to, update or revise any forward-looking statement.

Source: Broadcast International, Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Steve Jones of Broadcast International, Inc., +1-801-562-2252,
stevej@brin.com

Web Site:  http://www.brin.com/

Biggest Global Online Business Strategy Game
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Oxford College of Marketing Invites you to Join The Biggest Global Online Business Strategy Game

OXFORD, England, April 12, 2010--

    - Get in the Mood for a Summer of Sport by Playing the Big Marketing Game

    - The Game Will Run From the 4th - 21st May 2010

    To help get ready for a major sporting summer, Market2win, The Oxford
College of Marketing and the Chartered Institute of Marketing have teamed up
to run a special Big Marketing Game. We aim to give as many people as
possible the opportunity to develop their strategic marketing skills - a
vital requirement for business leadership.

   
    The prizes:

    - The captain of the winning team will get a FREE year of CAM
      studying membership from CAM Digital Qualifications (see
      http://www.camfoundation.com/) and become a Market2win Game Master
    - All players in the winning team will get a personal certificate
      signed by Professor Malcolm McDonald (see
      http://www.market2win.com/directors.php) as permanent proof of their
      success and a great differentiator for their CV
    - The captain of the second placed team will get GBP50.00 of book
      vouchers from the Chartered Institute of Marketing (see
      http://www.cim.co.uk/shop/home.aspx) and an opportunity to become a
      Market2win Game Master
    - The captain of the third placed team will get GBP100 off a
      Chartered Institute of Marketing course run by Oxford College of
      Marketing and an opportunity to become a Market2win Game Master
    - The captain of the team placed fourth will get a months free
      access to http://www.oxlearn.com - 21 hours worth professional
      marketing training videos
    - Only Marketing Jobs will offer the captain of the team placed
      fifth two VIP tickets to the most appropriate (geographically) Linkup
      events - networking for marketing professionals (
      http://blog.onlymarketingjobs.com/events/) AND a complimentary bottle
      of champagne of course!

    Everyone who plays the game will get vital experience in learning and
practicing the skills necessary for strategic leadership. The Market2win Game
is used with senior leaders in corporations as well as some of the top
business schools in the UK.

    The game will run from the 4th - 21st May 2010.

    Because it all happens online you can login at anytime, anywhere to fit
around your existing commitments. There is no minimum time requirement. The
more time you put in, the better your chances of winning!

    Please note, you will be working in teams and will be required to share
your email address with your other team players so that you can coordinate
your strategic thinking and decision-making. The players in each team will
choose their captain. This is a great way to network with top business
professionals and many of our players are senior marketing executives with
over 10 years of experience in business.

    To register, just spend GBP20.00 or more on the Market2win website by the
28th April 2010 and you will automatically be entered for free! The money can
be spent on some of the best videos, books, tools or articles you will find
on strategic marketing and strategic account management. Simply go to
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    Still not sure? This is what past players say about the game:

    "Market2win is a brilliant game which I would recommend to everyone in
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an in-depth understanding of SWOT, Segmentation, Key Buying Factors and Value
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decision you make have on your business. When I started the game I was job
hunting, the skills I learnt gave me the confidence to apply for a marketing
job which I got. I will be applying what I have learnt in my new job. Coming
from an IT background I must say the simulator interface is very impressive.
I like the feedback we received at the end of each week and also the reading
material you provided. Thanks!!!!"

    - Gathoni, CRM Executive, UK

    "Playing the game was a good experience for me and would be the same for
any strategic marketer or market strategy student. Comparing it to other
simulation games I did during my studies and training, I believe the
Market2win game is much more strategic and more customer oriented than
similar games which are more sales oriented in nature. This game makes the
player feel the importance of both long-term and short-term decisions and
focuses more on value propositions to customers."

    - Hussam, Marketing Manager, Jordan

    "The Market2Win game is an excellent tool for testing and developing your
marketing abilities at strategic level. Having only recently gained the CIM
Postgrad Diploma, it helped me use my new skills in a highly competitive
market and provided confidence in achieving a winning position."

    - Kevin, Special Markets Manager, UK

    "I truly recommend this game to all marketing professionals"

    - Pedro, Business Development Consultant, Poland

    "Market2Win is an excellent opportunity for anyone currently involved or
with an interest in strategic marketing. Players will benefit from actually
applying a SWOT analysis, BCG Matrix, DPM and Segmentation to their virtual
organisation. In an ever changing market and with competitors competing for
market share and profitability, Key Buying Factors and Value Propositions
must be consistently reviewed to stay ahead and satisfy your shareholders!
The simulator is very user friendly and intuitive and the feedback after each
period closes was exceptional. Highly recommended and great fun. Thank you."

    - Jason, Sales Manager, UK

    "What I liked about the game was mainly the competition and seeing the
results at the end of each period. That was pushing me to do more and to keep
on trying to catch competitors on their segments and to strengthen my
position on my own segments. The value proposition as much as other
information about the product, profitability of my company and its
competitors is very clear and understandable. It was easy for me to manage
and use."

    - Kaouther, Marketing Lecturer, Tunisia

    "This was a wonderful concept and an awesome opportunity for us. Thank
you Market2win!"

    "I had fun like anything and apart from that learned segmentation,
targeting, positioning and marketing education - all part of one
programme...10: 10!"

    - Rubradir Ghanti and Vipus Singal, MBA students, UK

    Notes to editors

    About Oxford College of Marketing

    Oxford College of Marketing is the largest CIM accredited Marketing
Colleges in the UK with Distance Learning students coming to them from all
over the world. With study centres in London, Birmingham, Uxbridge, High
Wycombe, Croydon, Gatwick, Milton Keynes, Liverpool, Reading, Brighton,
Sheffield, and of course Oxford, the College has been running qualification
Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) courses since 1997, with superb
student results. The College offers CAM courses including the new Digital
Qualifications, CIM Introductory Certificate, Professional Certificate,
Diploma and the Chartered Postgraduate Diploma qualifications through a
number of study options, including distance learning, as well as short and
one-day marketing courses and tailored in-house training programmes.

    For further information contact Janey@oxfordcollegeofmarketing.ac.uk
+44(0)1865-515255

    http://www.oxfordcollegeofmarketing.ac.uk

    About Oxlearn.com

    Oxford Learning Lab brings top business school professors and trainers to
you through an amazing series of marketing videos. Our speakers work on MBA
and Business Management and Marketing programs with establishments such as
Wharton, Madrid, Cranfield, Warwick, Aston, Portsmouth to mention just a few.
A number of them are consultants for FTSE100 and Fortune 500 companies.

    For further information email Giorgio Burlini at Giorgio@oxlearn.com

    For videos on marketing training go to http://www.oxlearn.com

    About Market2win

    Market2win Limited is a specialist in strategic sales and marketing. Its
Directors, Edmund Bradford and Professor Malcolm McDonald are recognized
leaders in this field and have provided research, training and consulting to
many of the world's leading companies. Malcolm is Emeritus Professor of
Marketing at Cranfield University and has written over 40 books on the
subject. Edmund has spent 15 years working with companies to develop and
deliver sales and marketing strategies. He is a regular writer and speaker on
the subject.

    Contact e.bradford@market2win.com +44(0)1527-542530

    http://www.market2win.com/

    About The Chartered Institute of Marketing:

    The Chartered Institute of Marketing is the leading international
professional marketing body with some 45,000 members worldwide. First
established in 1911 it has for almost a century defined the marketing
standards that operate in the UK and is the global champion of best marketing
practice. The Institute exists to develop the marketing profession, maintain
professional standards and improve the skills of marketing practitioners,
enabling them to deliver exceptional results for their organisations. It does
this by providing membership, qualifications and training to marketing
professionals and businesses around the world. For more information please
visit: http://www.cim.co.uk

    About Only Marketing Jobs

    Only Marketing Jobs is rated as the No.1 niche UK career website
displaying the latest marketing job vacancies from leading direct employers
and specialist recruitment agencies. More than just a job advertising site
though, they are prolific community builders and social media thought-leaders
offering tangible value through their online groups, (
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid80141) events and award winning
marketing blog. (http://blog.onlymarketingjobs.com/)

   
    Contact:

    Oxford College of Marketing rosie@oxfordcollegeofmarketing.ac.uk
    Market2Win e.bradford@market2win.com
    Oxford Learning Lab giorgio@oxlearn.com

Source: Oxford College of Marketing Ltd

Contact: Oxford College of Marketing rosie@oxfordcollegeofmarketing.ac.uk, Market2Win e.bradford@market2win.com, Oxford Learning Lab giorgio@oxlearn.com

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Telestream Defies the Economy with Record Growth and Major New Products

Record-breaking Q1 sales and major new encoding, transcoding, live webcasting and workflow automation solutions fuel significant business momentum

LAS VEGAS, April 11 -- NAB Show(TM)/booth SL3614 -- Telestream, a leading provider of digital media tools and workflow solutions, arrived at the NAB Show(TM) this week with three major new products and record-breaking revenue growth. Despite a volatile economy, Telestream cited Q1 2010 as the most successful quarter on record. Revenues for enterprise products were up 25% for the first quarter over the previous year, and desktop products finished with strong 45% growth. This follows more than a decade of strong, double-digit consecutive annual revenue growth. Today, more than 80% of the top broadcast station groups, media companies and Fortune 100 companies, along with millions of consumers rely on Telestream products. With the burst of new products being introduced at the NAB Show, Telestream's customers and business will be further augmented.

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"Building on our strength of growth and products, we are continuing to offer innovative new solutions to better meet the needs of our customers and to help build the digital media world of the next decade," said Dan Castles, CEO of Telestream. "We are launching major new products in our core file-based product areas, as well as a key new product for the live webcasting market. This follows two years of intense research and development, an acquisition to further expand our offerings, two global leadership awards in the video transcoder market in 2009, all topped by record first quarter sales and profitability."

Telestream's new products address major challenges and opportunities in the video industry. As companies continue to face cost reductions, declining revenues from traditional distribution channels, and the need to support a growing number of new channels, Telestream brings products to NAB that address all these needs. The new Telestream solutions improve operational efficiency, help facilitate the migration to IT and open doors to new business opportunities, including in the live streaming space.

  New Products Make their NAB Debut

  --  Vantage(TM) is a major new enterprise-class workflow design and
      automation software solution that revolutionizes video capture,
      transcoding, metadata processing, analysis, graphics assembly and
      video file management in IT video environments.
  --  Vantage(TM) Transcode is a powerful, affordable enterprise-class
      server transcoder. Built on the award-winning FlipFactory® transcode
      engine, Vantage Transcode offers the industry's broadest and deepest
      file format support for broadcast, cable, edit, web, mobile, VOD, and
      IPTV workflows.
  --  Episode® 6 is an industry-first, cross-platform, desktop-to-server
      software that takes video encoding to the next level by allowing users
      to pool resources to share encoding work across multiple computers in
      a mixed environment of Macs and PCs.
  --  Wirecast(TM) live webcasting software features a major 4.0 release and
      new Wirecast Pro product that allows anyone to easily create real-time
      or on-demand professional video broadcasts for the web.

  Existing Products: Record Sales and New Features

FlipFactory, which until today has been Telestream's flagship video transcoding and workflow product, achieved its highest sales on record in March 2010. Telestream continues to support FlipFactory with active product development. New features include support for Pitch Blue HD syndication delivery service with full Dolby E and closed caption support. Support is also added for Levels Beyond Inc. Reach Engine media platform, the new Pathfire HD DMG for syndication, and DG FastChannel SpotBox for ad delivery. Additional new spot delivery service support includes ExtremeReach, FastForward Digital, OnTheSpot Media, Radiance, Spot Genie, Hula and Yangaroo. New format support includes AVC Intra encode and decode for Panasonic P2 and Omneon Spectrum, JPEG-2000 for 360 Systems MAXX HD server, plus iPhone segmented file creation.

Telestream Pipeline(TM) network-based video capture devices also achieved record sales in the first quarter 2010. The product includes new playout-to-tape capability and full integration with Image Communications Compusat software. Footage from In Performance at the White House, a PBS program which was captured with Pipeline in February, is being featured in demonstrations at Telestream's NAB booth SL3614.

NAB Show and Conference Participation

Telestream Sr. Product Manager, John Pallett, is presenting a technical paper "Automating Workflows: Where's the ROI?" at the Broadcast Engineering Conference session Television Workflow and File Management on Tuesday, April 13 at 1:00 pm. in room S228, Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC).

Telestream Pipeline HD video capture system is being demonstrated by Producer/Director/Editor, Mitch Jacobson at the World Post Production Conference Keynote in room N250 on Monday, April 12, as well as during In-Depth sessions: Multi-Camera Editing on Saturday April 10 and Concert Workflows on Tues April 13.

Telestream Wirecast is being used to stream daily web broadcasts from the NAB show on Post Live via UStream.tv at http://www.postmagazine.com and http://www.filmmakingcentral.com - and by host Mitch Jacobson on NAB 2010 Special Reports via Livestream at http://www.editorsguild.com.

Telestream products are being featured and demonstrated at Telestream NAB booth SL3614; Streaming Media East booth 313; a series of webinars and roadshows; see http://www.telestream.net/events for details. More information is available at http://www.telestream.net.

About Telestream

Telestream provides world-class live and on-demand digital video tools and workflow solutions that allow consumers and businesses to transform video on the desktop and across the enterprise. Many of the world's most demanding media and entertainment companies such as CBS, BBC, CNN, FOX, CBC, Comcast, Direct TV, Time Warner, MTV, Discovery, and Lifetime, as well as a growing number of users in a broad range of business environments, rely on Telestream products to streamline operations, reach broader audiences and generate more revenue from their media. These companies choose to work with Telestream as they know they will get a trusted and highly skilled technical partner.

Telestream products span the entire digital media lifecycle, including video capture and ingest; live and on-demand encoding and transcoding; playout, delivery, and live streaming; as well as management and automation of the entire workflow. The company also partners closely with the industry's leading digital media companies across the entire digital media lifecycle, from consumer to enterprise. Telestream corporate headquarters are located in Nevada City, California. The company is privately held. For more information on Telestream and its products, please visit http://www.telestream.net. For press images, logos, screen shots and corporate materials, visit http://www.telestream.net/presskit.

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Telestream Revolutionizes Video Encoding with Episode 6

Industry-first, cross-platform encoding solution scalable from desktop to workgroup clusters adds new graphical UI, One-Click Clustering and publishing to YouTube

LAS VEGAS, April 11 -- NAB Show(TM)/booth SL3614 -- Telestream®, a leading provider of digital media tools and workflow solutions, takes video encoding to the next level with its announcement today of Episode 6. For the first time, users can pool resources to share encoding work across multiple computers in a mixed environment of Macs and PCs. Episode also brings cross-platform scalability from the desktop to the server, another industry-first.  Combining exclusive One-Click Clustering(TM) and integrated file sharing allows users to easily share work across multiple machines seamlessly for faster and more efficient video encoding.  A new, intuitive user interface with graphical workflow builder simplifies the encoding process. As part of its new deployment capabilities, Episode 6 automates uploading of completed videos to YouTube for greater audience reach. These groundbreaking features allow professional videographers, post-production houses and content owners to streamline operations and increase productivity, while reaching a broader audience.

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"Episode 6 offers an impressive combination of powerful new features that will help workgroups such as ours realize our vision of turning around high-quality encoding jobs more quickly for our clients," said Kenji Hayashi, producer at San Francisco-based Phoenix Editorial and Bonfire. "The depth of control that Episode allows us to achieve, combined with top-quality Main Concept H.264 and MPEG codecs, is unrivaled in the industry."

Episode 6 exclusive One-Click Clustering adds flexibility to processor-intensive encoding tasks by sharing the workload across permanent or ad hoc clusters as computers become available. With One-Click Clustering, users can easily join or setup a cluster of mixed Mac and PC computers to get the work done more quickly, maximizing productivity and equipment investment. Because of Episode's unique, built-in file sharing and ease of configuration, clusters can be set up without the need for IT assistance. Permissions-based clustering allows users to join a cluster, name clusters, view machines on the cluster, as well as the workload and determine status of each.

For time-critical workflows, unique Split-and-Stitch® technology and parallel encoding, allow users to saturate the processing power of a single machine or distribute files across a cluster of Mac or PC servers to achieve remarkable encoding speeds. In addition, Episode 6 adds format support for high-quality Main Concept H.264 and MPEG video formats.

"Major consumer brands have seen the success of Hulu.com and YouTube, and are now funding professional webisodes that market products out to online users and follow them onto their mobile devices. This requires the ability to encode for multiple display formats while keeping costs low," said Gerry Kaufhold, principal analyst with market research firm In-Stat. "Telestream's customers can follow this trend, and benefit from the new clustering and file sharing capabilities built into Episode 6 to achieve faster time-to-market and more efficient use of existing network computing resources."

Episode 6 also adds new deployment capabilities that allow users to automatically deliver their completed content using standard network delivery protocols, and upload content to popular video sharing websites like YouTube. All these new capabilities are easily accessible through the new graphical workflow builder that allows users to visually create and view the steps in their encoding process.

Episode is an all-in-one encoder that includes extensive presets and filters plus the ability to add bumpers, trailers and watermarks to enhance and protect video content. Combined best-in-class video processing, full 10-bit support and hands-on control with frame-by-frame video preview allow users to generate excellent picture quality. Episode provides extensive format support for post-production, new media, web and mobile encoding environments.

"We're seeing explosive growth in the distribution of video to the web and wireless devices," said Barbara DeHart, VP of Marketing at Telestream. "Episode 6 is a game changer that combines quality and encoding speed together with never-before-seen scalability and ease of use. This is a major step towards our goal of helping individuals, workgroups and large-scale businesses meet the growing demand of web and mobile video distribution."

Pricing and Availability

Episode 6 will be available Q2 2010. Episode1 priced at $495 includes support for Flash 8 & 9, H.264, Windows Media, MPEG1/2/4, VC-1, DV, 3GPP and much more, plus One-Click Clustering and file sharing, processing of one job at a time, and unlimited batch processing. Episode2 priced at $995 adds support for high-end professional formats plus parallel encoding of two jobs at a time. EpisodeX priced at $3,995 adds unlimited parallel encoding plus Split-and-Stitch distributed encoding for high volume throughput at maximum speed. All Episode purchases from April 1 are eligible for a free upgrade to Episode 6. The upgrade fee from Episode to Episode1 is $149, and from Episode Pro to Episode2 is $299.

Episode 6 is being featured and demonstrated at Telestream NAB booth SL3614; Streaming Media East booth 313; webinars and roadshows; see http://www.telestream.net/events for details. More information is available at http://www.telestream.net.

About Telestream

Telestream provides world-class live and on-demand digital video tools and workflow solutions that allow consumers and businesses to transform video on the desktop and across the enterprise. Many of the world's most demanding media and entertainment companies such as CBS, BBC, CNN, FOX, CBC, Comcast, Direct TV, Time Warner, MTV, Discovery, and Lifetime, as well as a growing number of users in a broad range of business environments, rely on Telestream products to streamline operations, reach broader audiences and generate more revenue from their media. These companies choose to work with Telestream as they know they will get a trusted and highly skilled technical partner.

Telestream products span the entire digital media lifecycle, including video capture and ingest; live and on-demand encoding and transcoding; playout, delivery, and live streaming; as well as management and automation of the entire workflow. The company also partners closely with the industry's leading digital media companies across the entire digital media lifecycle, from consumer to enterprise. Telestream corporate headquarters are located in Nevada City, California. The company is privately held. For more information on Telestream and Episode 6, please visit http://www.telestream.net.  For press images, logos, screen shots and corporate materials, visit http://www.telestream.net/presskit.

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CONTACT:  Janet Swift of Telestream, +1-530-470-1328,
janet_swift@telestream.net

Web Site:  http://www.telestream.net/

Telestream Debuts Vantage at NAB Show to Integrate Video Workflow Silos

Enterprise-class video workflow design and automation software revolutionizes video capture, transcoding, metadata, analysis and graphics assembly

LAS VEGAS, April 11 -- NAB Show(TM)/ Booth SL3614 -- Telestream®, the leading provider of video transcoding and workflow solutions, today announced Vantage(TM), the industry's first, enterprise-class software solution that integrates silos of digital video processing into a single managed workflow. Developed for media and entertainment companies and organizations with high-volume video processing needs, Vantage allows users to design and automate any number or type of video workflows. The modular nature of Vantage allows enterprises to simplify the migration to IT workflows, improve video operations, and more easily address new multi-platform business opportunities and revenue streams.

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"Vantage has the potential to automate some of the toughest workflows and alleviate a lot of manual labour out of the box for many of our customers," said Marc Risby, director of Technology at Boxer Systems, who represents Telestream products in the UK and whose customers include BBC, ITV, Thomson Reuters, Aqiva, Red Bee, BSkyB, Discovery Communications, The Travel Channel and Perform. "Large and small media companies alike can benefit from the standalone Vantage transcoding product as well as creation and automation of more sophisticated workflows."

Vantage is built from the ground up on a modular, future-proof platform that combines video capture, transcoding, analysis, quality control, metadata processing, graphics assembly and video file management into three solutions, Vantage Workflow, Vantage Analysis and Vantage Transcode. Where yesterday's video workflows frequently used discrete solutions for each step in the digital media workflow, Vantage offers deep integration between components in a unified framework. This in turn allows the creation of complete and seamless workflows that were previously impossible to automate.

Mukul Krishna, global director, Digital Media at Frost & Sullivan observes, "IT video workflows are getting more pervasive and prominent across verticals. It is important for the workflow to be nimble and accelerate cycle time through automated processes that are proactive and not just reactive. With Vantage, Telestream recognizes that the boundaries of transcoding have transformed from being a niche to become part of an entire workflow solution. The company has successfully merged it with other components, such as video and audio analysis, to provide customers with a comprehensive workflow solution that enables users to compete effectively in a very dynamic digital video environment."

Vantage Workflow

With Vantage's video workflow design capability, media, metadata, analysis data and process flows can be built independently of video file formats or video systems.  Flexible process design and an intuitive graphical user interface simplify the design, automation and management of a variety of workflows.  These unique capabilities allow fully-automated, self-adapting video workflows to be built without the need for costly software engineering or consultants.

Vantage integrates directly with today's existing video systems, web services, and supports all major video file formats out of the box.  This enables today's video operations to automate video workflows within existing environments, and makes the operational migration to IT-based infrastructure easier and more cost efficient.

"Following a decade of success with our industry-leading FlipFactory products, Vantage takes workflow automation to the next level," said Dan Castles, CEO of Telestream. "Vantage is built on a flexible, scalable new framework that makes it easy to deploy intelligent workflows on an as-needed basis. Vantage automates hundreds of common workflows or thousands of larger, more complex workflows. Like FlipFactory, Vantage allows our customers to reduce costs, improve operational efficiency and take advantage of today's multichannel revenue opportunities."

Vantage Transcode

Vantage Transcode offers the industry's most powerful, affordable, enterprise-class server transcoder that automates transcoding between all major video and audio files formats. Transcoding as part of the workflow provides the industry's broadest and deepest file format support for broadcast, cable, edit, web, mobile, VOD, and IPTV workflows, including MXF, VANC, timecode, captions, multiple audio streams and metadata. Built upon Telestream's award-winning FlipFactory® technology, Vantage transcoding is optimized for speed and reliability. When used as part of the workflow deployment, Vantage can automate "smart" transcoding workflows that incorporate adaptive decision-making and automated encode configuration.

Vantage Analysis

Vantage Analysis as part of the workflow allows users to create adaptive workflows that react to content properties and quality. Analysis supports any video file format and properties such as letterbox, curtains, black, slate, telecine and ITU 1770 loudness. Results can be fed directly to transcoding, reporting or web services; this allows the creation of self-healing workflows. Users can design workflows that detect and correct errors at any step in the workflow process and provide input to other tasks, including reporting and downstream video processing such as trimming and cropping.

Capture from tape or live sources can be added to the workflow using Telestream Pipeline(TM) which seamlessly integrates with Vantage to immediately automate workflow processes during capture. Graphics assembly can be added to the workflow using Telestream GraphicsFactory® to increase the value of media by branding, localizing and tailoring media for specific regions and audiences.

Robust and reliable, Vantage runs on Windows 2003, 2008 or XP Pro servers. Processing can take place on one or multiple load-balanced servers to provide high-volume processing. For critical workflows, Vantage provides 24/7 server reliability, auto failover, priority-driven processing and distributed control to ensure no single point of failure.

Pricing and Availability

Vantage will be available in Q2 2010. Basic Vantage workflow design and automation pricing starts at $8,500 per server. Vantage Transcode can be added or purchased as a standalone product for $5,500 per server; $10,500 per server for Transcode Pro. Vantage Analysis can be added for $7,500 per server. Additional pricing is available upon request. Vantage is also available as a paid upgrade for existing FlipFactory customers. Vantage products are available from Telestream's worldwide network of direct sales and distributors. Vantage is being featured and demonstrated at Telestream NAB booth SL3614; Streaming Media East booth 313; webinars and roadshows; see http://www.telestream.net/events for details. More information is available at http://www.telestream.net.

About Telestream

Telestream provides world-class live and on-demand digital video tools and workflow solutions that allow consumers and businesses to transform video on the desktop and across the enterprise. Many of the world's most demanding media and entertainment companies such as CBS, BBC, CNN, FOX, CBC, Comcast, Direct TV, Time Warner, MTV, Discovery, and Lifetime, as well as a growing number of users in a broad range of business environments, rely on Telestream products to streamline operations, reach broader audiences and generate more revenue from their media. These companies choose to work with Telestream as they know they will get a trusted and highly skilled technical partner.

Telestream products span the entire digital media lifecycle, including video capture and ingest; live and on-demand encoding and transcoding; playout, delivery, and live streaming; as well as management and automation of the entire workflow. The company also partners closely with the industry's leading digital media companies across the entire digital media lifecycle, from consumer to enterprise. Telestream corporate headquarters are located in Nevada City, California. The company is privately held. For more information on Telestream and its products, please visit http://www.telestream.net.  For press images, logos, screen shots and corporate materials, visit http://www.telestream.net/presskit.

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CONTACT:  Janet Swift of Telestream, +1-530-470-1328, or
janet_swift@telestream.net

Web Site:  http://www.telestream.net/

/C O R R E C T I O N -- O'Melveny & Myers LLP/

In the news release, Statement by Robert Schwartz, Attorney for Jason West and Vince Zampella, issued 09-Apr-2010 by O'Melveny & Myers LLP over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the 2nd paragraph, last sentence, should read "The conversations with IW employees, talent agents, and others during these negotiations with Activision were conducted to see if Activision's proposal could work, and not in disrespect of their obligations to Activision." rather than " The conversations with IW employees, talent agents, and others during these negotiations with Activision were not conducted to see if Activision's proposal could work, and not in disrespect of their obligations to Activision." as originally issued inadvertently. The complete, corrected release follows:

Statement by Robert Schwartz, Attorney for Jason West and Vince Zampella

LOS ANGELES, April 9 -- O'Melveny & Myers LLP partner Robert M. Schwartz, the attorney representing Jason West and Vince Zampella, provided the following statement in response to Activision's counterclaim in the West & Zampella v. Activision case:

The allegations Activision made today are false and outrageous.  Just one example is Activision's allegation that Jason and Vince conspired to spin off Infinity Ward.  Activision itself proposed spinning off Infinity Ward when, last year, it sought to renegotiate Jason and Vince's contract to induce them to forego developing a new game in favor of doing another Modern Warfare sequel. Jason and Vince had hired the Creative Artists Agency to advise them in their negotiations with Activision, not to breach their contract.  The conversations with IW employees, talent agents, and others during these negotiations with Activision were conducted to see if Activision's proposal could work, and not in disrespect of their obligations to Activision.

Activision's inaccurate and misguided allegations lose sight of the reality here:  None of the false claims of insubordination or breach of duties had any negative affect on Activision -- none.  Modern Warfare 2 has been the world's most successful video game.  And none of this changes the fact that Jason and Vince would still be at Infinity Ward developing new games except that Activision kicked them out.  This is just an Activision tactic to avoid paying Jason and Vince and everyone else at Infinity Ward the millions of dollars they all earned and that Activision owes them.  Since being fired by Activision, Jason and Vince have taken steps to regain control over their creative future and plan to have an announcement very soon.

About O'Melveny & Myers LLP

With approximately 1,000 lawyers in 14 offices worldwide, O'Melveny & Myers LLP helps industry leaders across a broad array of sectors manage the complex challenges of succeeding in the global economy. We are a values-driven law firm, guided by the principles of excellence, leadership, and citizenship. Our commitment to these values is reflected in our dedication to improving access to justice through pro bono work and championing initiatives that increase the diversity of the legal profession. For more information, please visit http://www.omm.com

Source: O'Melveny & Myers LLP
   

CONTACT:  Sonja Steptoe, +1-213-430-6384, ssteptoe@omm.com, or Piper
Hall, +1-202-220-5022, phall@omm.com, both of O'Melveny & Myers LLP

Web Site:  http://www.omm.com/

Statement by Robert Schwartz, Attorney for Jason West and Vince Zampella

LOS ANGELES, April 9 -- O'Melveny & Myers LLP partner Robert M. Schwartz, the attorney representing Jason West and Vince Zampella, provided the following statement in response to Activision's counterclaim in the West & Zampella v. Activision case:

The allegations Activision made today are false and outrageous.  Just one example is Activision's allegation that Jason and Vince conspired to spin off Infinity Ward.  Activision itself proposed spinning off Infinity Ward when, last year, it sought to renegotiate Jason and Vince's contract to induce them to forego developing a new game in favor of doing another Modern Warfare sequel. Jason and Vince had hired the Creative Artists Agency to advise them in their negotiations with Activision, not to breach their contract.  The conversations with IW employees, talent agents, and others during these negotiations with Activision were not conducted to see if Activision's proposal could work, and not in disrespect of their obligations to Activision.

Activision's inaccurate and misguided allegations lose sight of the reality here:  None of the false claims of insubordination or breach of duties had any negative affect on Activision -- none.  Modern Warfare 2 has been the world's most successful video game.  And none of this changes the fact that Jason and Vince would still be at Infinity Ward developing new games except that Activision kicked them out.  This is just an Activision tactic to avoid paying Jason and Vince and everyone else at Infinity Ward the millions of dollars they all earned and that Activision owes them.  Since being fired by Activision, Jason and Vince have taken steps to regain control over their creative future and plan to have an announcement very soon.

About O'Melveny & Myers LLP

With approximately 1,000 lawyers in 14 offices worldwide, O'Melveny & Myers LLP helps industry leaders across a broad array of sectors manage the complex challenges of succeeding in the global economy. We are a values-driven law firm, guided by the principles of excellence, leadership, and citizenship. Our commitment to these values is reflected in our dedication to improving access to justice through pro bono work and championing initiatives that increase the diversity of the legal profession. For more information, please visit http://www.omm.com

Source: O'Melveny & Myers LLP
   

CONTACT:  Sonja Steptoe, +1-213-430-6384, ssteptoe@omm.com, or Piper
Hall, +1-202-220-5022, phall@omm.com, both of O'Melveny & Myers LLP

Web Site:  http://www.omm.com/

Stories from the Golden Age Titles Now Available on Apple's iBookstore

L. Ron Hubbard Pulp Fiction Stories Now Bringing Adventure to Life in Fastest Growing Publishing Segment

LOS ANGELES, April 9 -- As more and more readers are finding their way to eBooks, the release of Apple's new iPad and iBookstore mark a new high point for the fastest growing book publishing segment.  The Association of American Publishers just announced that while overall book sales in 2009 fell 1.8%, the eBook category rose an amazing 176.6% to $313.2 million.

"We are very happy at Galaxy Press to have had our Stories from the Golden Age books available on the new iBookstore the very first day the iPad was released," stated John Goodwin, President Galaxy Press. "We're very pleased with iPad as it really emulates the look and feel of reading a printed book, which sets it apart from all other eReaders on the market."

Stories from the Golden Age (http://www.goldenagestories.com) is a line of 80 books and multi-cast, unabridged audio books, featuring 153 stories written by L. Ron Hubbard in the 1930s and 1940s in any of the several popular genres of the day--mystery, thriller, adventure, science fiction, fantasy and western--with tales appropriate for all ages from middle school and up.  The covers for the complete available library are displayed in iBookstore and purchasing is a breeze on the new iPad.

For more information on Stories from the Golden Age, go to http://www.goldenagestories.com.

Source: Galaxy Press
   

CONTACT:  John Goodwin of Galaxy Press, +1-323-466-7815,
jgoodwin@galaxypress.com

Web Site:  http://www.galaxypress.com/
http://www.goldenagestories.com/

Global Crossing to Participate in Goldman Sachs TMT Leveraged Finance Conference

FLORHAM PARK, N.J., April 9 -- Global Crossing (NASDAQ:GLBC), a leading global IP solutions provider, today announced that it will participate in the Goldman Sachs Inaugural TMT Leveraged Finance Conference to present the company's strategy and review its financial performance.

Global Crossing's presentation will begin at 2:30 p.m. EDT on April 14, 2010.  The conference will take place at the Goldman Sachs Conference Center at 200 West Street, Street Level, New York, NY.

The presentation will be posted online at http://investors.globalcrossing.com/.

ABOUT GLOBAL CROSSING

Global Crossing (NASDAQ:GLBC) is a leading global IP and Ethernet solutions provider with the world's first integrated global IP-based network.  The company offers a full range of data, voice and collaboration services with an industry leading customer experience and delivers service to approximately 40 percent of the Fortune 500, as well as to 700 carriers, mobile operators and ISPs.  It delivers converged IP services to more than 700 cities in more than 70 countries around the world.

Website Access to Company Information

Global Crossing maintains a corporate website at http://www.globalcrossing.com, and you can find additional information about the company through the Investors pages on that website at http://investors.globalcrossing.com/.  Global Crossing utilizes its website as a channel of distribution of important information about the company.  Global Crossing routinely posts financial and other important information regarding the company and its business, financial condition and operations on the Investors web pages.

Visitors to the Investors web pages can view and print copies of Global Crossing's SEC filings, including periodic and current reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, as soon as reasonably practicable after those filings are made with the SEC.  Copies of the charters for each of the standing committees of Global Crossing's Board of Directors, its Corporate Governance Guidelines, Ethics Policy, press releases and analysts presentations are all available through the Investors web pages.

Please note that the information contained on any of Global Crossing's websites is not incorporated by reference in, or considered to be a part of, any document unless expressly incorporated by reference therein.

  CONTACT GLOBAL CROSSING:
  Press Contact
  Michael Schneider
  + 1 973 937 0146
  Michael.Schneider@globalcrossing.com

  Analysts/Investors Contact
  Mark Gottlieb
  + 1 800 836 0342
  glbc@globalcrossing.com

  IR/PR1

Source: Global Crossing
   

CONTACT:  Press: Michael Schneider, +1-973-937-0146,
Michael.Schneider@globalcrossing.com, or Analysts/Investors: Mark Gottlieb,
+1-800-836-0342, glbc@globalcrossing.com, both of Global Crossing

Web Site:  http://www.globalcrossing.com/

Mercedes-Benz Financial Receives $2.5 Million in Lease and Loan Payments From Customers Who Manage Their Accounts With Mobile Devices

-- More than 11,000 downloads and 3,000 payments via Apple devices -- Mercedes-Benz Financial's iPhone app now available on iPad -- Convenience for customers; low-cost processing for lender

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., April 9 -- Mercedes-Benz Financial, the first auto finance company to give its customers the convenience and mobility to manage their accounts anytime, anywhere has received approximately $2.5 million in payments from customers via their mobile devices since launching its iPhone(TM) app last October.

(Photo:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100409/DE84051 )

"Our customers' response to the convenience of managing their accounts with their iPhone or iPod Touch(TM) was so overwhelmingly favorable, it convinced us to be ready for new iPad(TM) users who are also customers of Mercedes-Benz Financial," said Andreas Hinrichs, Vice President of Marketing for Mercedes-Benz Financial. "When the iPad officially launched last Saturday, an upgrade of the Mercedes-Benz Financial app compatible with the iPad was available for our customers and for Mercedes-Benz enthusiasts. Additional advantages for us include paperless transactions and the resulting cost efficiencies in processing payments."

Now, with more than 11,000 downloads and  3,000 lease or loan payments since the October iPhone app launch, Mercedes-Benz Financial is providing that same convenience and flexibility to owners of the new iPad who have accounts with Mercedes-Benz Financial.

The Mercedes-Benz Financial app is available for free from the App Store on the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch or at http://www.itunes.com/appstore/.

Mercedes-Benz Financial account holders must first register online at Mercedes-BenzFinancial.com to access the account management features of the app. Detailed instructions are available at http://www.Mercedes-BenzFinancial.com/mobile. In addition to making payments on either leases or retail loans, customers can also view their account summary and request payoff quotes.

All iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch users, even those who are not Mercedes-Benz Financial customers, will be able to locate the nearest Mercedes-Benz authorized dealer location, contact a customer service representative and see what's new from Mercedes-Benz Financial.

Just last month, Mercedes-Benz Financial announced expanded personalized and convenient account management features to all of its customers using smart phones like BlackBerry®, Droid® and other mobile devices with internet capability.  So far over 1,000 payments have been received and the mobile web site, http://www.Mercedes-BenzFinancial.com/mobile  has received over 7,800 visitors.

For more information visit Mercedes-BenzFinancial.com

Photo:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100409/DE84051
PRN Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.com
Source: Mercedes-Benz Financial
   

CONTACT:  Jack Ferry, +1-248-991-6610, john.r.ferry@daimler.com

Web Site:  http://www.mercedes-benzfinancial.com/

GoPro(R) to Showcase $299 Consumer HD Camera That Is Changing the Way Professional Action Sports Content is Captured. NAB 2010.

Company to Preview Upcoming Camera Technologies, including Wearable 3D(TM) HD Sports Cameras.

HALF MOON BAY, Calif., April 9 -- GoPro®, the world's leading HD activity image capture company, will exhibit for the first time at the 2010 NAB show: Booth #C7519.  The company will demonstrate how its globally best selling HD HERO® wearable sports cameras are enabling professional video content creators to capture immersive action sports video at a fraction of the cost of competing cameras costing ten to twenty times as much. Retailing for $299 MSRP, the HD HERO line of wearable HD sports cameras has become the tool of choice for professional film and TV action sports cameramen, displacing expensive competing cameras from companies such as Sony and Panasonic.

(Photo:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100409/SF83792)

If you cannot attend NAB (April 10 - 15, Las Vegas) visit http://www.gopro.com to view example videos captured with GoPro's game changing HD HERO line of cameras. Video samples include a slow motion, surfboard-eye view of professional surfer, Kalani Robb, powering his way through a gaping barrel at world famous Pipeline, Hawaii.

Since 2004, people all around world have been using GoPro's wearable cameras to capture video and photos of themselves during their lives' most exciting, and often hectic moments. Be it surfing, mountain biking, racing cars and motorcycles, or simply enjoying the odd base jump, consumers and professionals alike have looked to GoPro for the best in wearable sports cameras.

With the launch of its HD HERO line of full 1080p wearable cameras in November, 2009, GoPro became an action sports camera of choice for many broadcasters including FUEL.TV, Discovery Channel, National Geographic, SpeedTV, and more.  GoPro's powerful and convenient wearable cameras help professional content creators capture footage that would not be possible with larger, more expensive cameras. NBC recently relied on the HD HERO camera to capture "first person" HD perspectives of many of the competition runs, airing them live on their HD broadcast of the Winter Olympics.

In addition to broadcast quality 1080p video and audio, the camera's small size and durability allows content producers to place it in spots to capture unique shots and bring a whole new viewing experience to their audience. These capabilities have broadened the appeal of GoPro to a wider audience of professional content producers.

Victor Hammer, directory of photography for hit CBS television show NCIS Los Angeles, says, "I can put a GoPro HD HERO where I have never been able to put a camera before. With the mounts and accessories, I can put it anywhere I want. These cameras are very reliable and practically indestructible. After an explosion or getting run over by a car, my crew and I always laugh when we pick up the camera and it still works. When the word about GoPro gets out, every Director of Photography will have six of them in their bag."

Producer Rick McCallum of Lucasfilm Ltd., "When I saw the footage from the GoPro on our big screens at Skywalker Ranch, I was amazed something so small and affordable could deliver HD quality. GoPro has opened new doors for creativity in filmmaking. The versatility and price point equate to new shots that were simply not possible or would be very expensive to produce."

GoPro Booth  # C7519.

This is GoPro's first time exhibiting at NAB.  The company's 1600 square foot booth will feature GoPro's complete line of HD HERO wearable and gear mountable 1080p HD cameras and accessories as well as two of the company's racing cars that are used for R&D. Fifteen 55" LED flat panel TVs will showcase a wide range of dramatic HD footage captured with the HD HERO camera.

"We have seen a dramatic increase in the number of TV and film professionals using our GoPro cameras in their work," says Nicholas Woodman, GoPro founder and CEO.  "It's testament to the obsessive engineering and innovation at GoPro that we're able to produce a consumer priced camera that is so widely used by professional content producers. The HD HERO is a game changer and we're excited to showcase it at NAB."

GoPro will also be previewing its Wearable 3D(TM) technology, a full wearable 1080p activity content capture system based on it's award winning HD HERO camera.

"GoPro is leading the charge into immersive, in-sport 3D content capture that is simply impossible with larger, more expensive cameras," says Nicholas Woodman. "GoPro's Wearable 3D cameras will make it convenient for content producers to creatively capture 3D sports content in ways they wouldn't dare do with other cameras. Thanks to our leading image quality and revolutionary low cost, cameramen can get risky and capture perspectives that capture viewers' attention and applause. It's a GoPro, go for it."

  For more information or to book an appointment contact:
  Rick Loughery - rloughery (at) gopro (dot) com

  About GoPro

GoPro is the world's leading manufacturer of ultra-convenient wearable and gear mountable digital cameras.  Since 2004, GoPro has been designing cameras and accessories that make it easy for people to capture images and video during their favorite activities. Its products include the patented HERO line of shockproof/waterproof wearable cameras and gear-attachment devices.

                                  Be a Hero...GoPro

         All brands, names, or trademarks mentioned in this document are the
                         property of their respective owners.

Photo:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100409/SF83792
PRN Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.com
Source: GoPro
   

CONTACT:  Rick Loughery of GoPro, +1-415-738-2480 ext. 722,
rloughery@gopro.com

Web Site:  http://www.gopro.com/

Trizo21 Unveils Brand New Range of LEDs at Light+Building

DEINZE, Belgium, April 9, 2010--     The designer and manufacturer of contemporary lighting
fixtures, based in Deinze with outlets in Europe and the Arab Emirates, is
brightening the world's largest trade fair for lighting technology with two
new of its own LED creations: Bouly en Bucky. The acclaimed Trizo21 design
team is looking to prove its vision of LED lighting to the profession in
Frankfurt, namely, that: LED lighting is durable, flexible, eco-trendy and
offers a wide range of design possibilities.

    It was only a decade ago that Bruno Van Meenen founded his
design lighting and production business. Trizo21 stands now as it did then
for handcrafted designs and developed lighting fixtures of high quality:
simple but tastefully executed, with a twist of happy optimism. The Trizo21
designers have always been of the opinion that what makes technical
perfection shine the most are quality materials and finishes rather than
impressive designs. For example, Trizo21 makes use of solid aluminium instead
of folded plates. The result: solid and seamless fixtures for any interior.

    The question of whether this constant pursuit of refined
quality would sooner or later bear fruit, is answered by the recently won
Design Plus Award, also awarded in Frankfurt, for the "Code Out" fixture.

    To Trizo21, a firm commitment to LED technology presents an
extraordinary array of benefits and opportunities. LED provides maximal light
output at minimal engergy input. Trizo21 has also created a range of 9
different LED devices, both for installation and for construction. The two
stars of the Trizo21 Light+Building stand, Bouly and Bucky, are really
cutting loose with their "curves" although in every other respect, their
sober design fits perfectly with the company philosophy. Bouly and Bucky are
available as tabletop lighting, for wall and ceiling mounting, as well as for
installation and suspension.

    http://www.trizo21.com

   
    light+building
    Hall 1.2 B30
    11-16/04/10

Source: Trizo 21

Roeven Maerevoet, +32-477-67-03-73, graphics@trizo21.com

Cars.com Launches Live Broadcast Studio With VideoLink Readycam System

CHICAGO, April 9 -- Broadcast news outlets will now have access to Cars.com's expert editorial staff 24 hours a day, seven days a week through Cars.com's new live broadcast studio.

Cars.com, which is owned by the Tribune Company, The Washington Post Company, Gannett Co., Inc., Belo and The McClatchy Company, has an extensive editorial team that can offer unbiased, expert perspective on the automotive industry.  Areas of expertise include breaking automotive industry news, automotive business analysis, alternative fuels/drivetrains, consumer buying intent and demand, perspective on new car models, automotive technology, car shopping advice, car selling advice, family cars and more.

Cars.com has teamed up with VideoLink to install their Readycam® system at Cars.com's corporate offices.  The system offers live or taped interviews for your news broadcast, anytime.

Editorial experts at Cars.com that are available for interview include:

Patrick Olsen - Editor in Chief - Patrick heads the Cars.com editorial team and covers a wide range of topics in the automotive industry including industry news, analysis and consumer advice.  Patrick has been a regular on local and national television programs to discuss everything from the recent Toyota recall news and the government's Cash for Clunkers program, to original Cars.com site content and analysis including the Cars.com American Made Index.

Joe Wiesenfelder - Senior Editor - Joe joined Cars.com in September 1997 as one of its first employees and has more than a decade of automotive journalism experience.  Since he joined Cars.com he has been an integral part of the editorial staff, from new car reviews to expert advice on vehicle safety and green/fuel related technologies, Joe has covered a wide range of automotive issues in his career.  Joe has served as an expert automotive resource for countless newspaper and national television interviews.  He frequently appears on national networks in response to breaking industry news.

David Thomas - Senior Editor - David is in charge of Cars.com's consumer blog KickingTires, where he writes daily about the latest developments in the auto industry with an eye to what is most important to car shoppers.  He also oversees Cars.com's Ask.Cars.com web site, where he and the team answer consumer questions about cars and the car shopping process.  Before coming to Cars.com he was online editor for MPH Magazine, and was one of the forerunners of commercial blogging when he launched and edited Autoblog in 2004.

Kristin Varela* - Senior Editor /Chief Mom - Kristin is the Chief Mom at Cars.com's blog Mother Proof.  Mother Proof is dedicated to providing women in general and mothers in particular with useful and entertaining new-car reviews.  The site's innovative reviews are straightforward and casual, written by the Mother Proof mom-reviewers from one woman to another.

About Cars.com

Cars.com is the leading destination for online car shoppers, offering credible, easy-to-understand information from consumers and experts to help buyers formulate opinions on what to buy, where to buy and how much to pay for a car. With comprehensive pricing information, side-by-side comparison tools, photo galleries, videos, unbiased editorial content and a large selection of new- and used-car inventory, Cars.com puts millions of car buyers in control of their shopping process with the information they need to make confident buying decisions.

Launched in June 1998, Cars.com is a division of Classified Ventures, LLC, which is owned by leading media companies, including Belo (NYSE:BLC), Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI), The McClatchy Company (NYSE:MNI), Tribune Company and The Washington Post Company (NYSE:WPO).

Source: Cars.com
   

Web Site:  http://www.cars.com/

NOTE TO EDITORS:  To book one of Cars.com's editors for an interview, contact Steve Nolan at (312) 601-5163 - snolan@cars.com, or Jackie Brennan at (312) 601-6229 - jbrennan@cars.com.  To book the shot please contact VideoLink Operations at (617) 340-4300.      /CONTACT:  Jackie Brennan, Associate Public Relations Manager, +1-312-601-6229 (direct), +1-219-577-6106 (mobile), jbrennan@cars.com, or Steve Nolan, Public Relations Manager, +1-312-601-5163 (direct), +1-630-310-2468 (mobile), snolan@cars.com, both of Cars.com

Nokia Completes Acquisition of Novarra

ESPOO, Finland, April 9, 2010--     Nokia (NYSE:NOK) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of
Novarra, Inc., initially announced on March 26, 2010.

    Novarra's mobile browser and services platform will be used by Nokia to
deliver enhanced Internet experiences on Nokia Series 40 mobile phones.

    About Nokia

    At Nokia, we are committed to connecting people. We combine advanced
technology with personalized services that enable people to stay close to
what matters to them. Every day, more than 1.2 billion people connect to one
another with a Nokia device - from mobile phones to advanced smartphones and
high-performance mobile computers. Today, Nokia is integrating its devices
with innovative services through Ovi (http://www.ovi.com), including music,
maps, apps, email and more. Nokia's NAVTEQ is a leader in comprehensive
digital mapping and navigation services, while Nokia Siemens Networks
provides equipment, services and solutions for communications networks
globally.

    About Novarra

    Novarra, the Internet Mobility company, provides high performance mobile
internet browsers and platforms for operators, handset manufacturers and
internet brands to create new services and revenue streams for smartphones,
features phones and mobile broadband devices. The solutions deliver a high
quality mobile user experience for services including full rich web browsing,
search, widgets, apps, video and advertising. Global, commercial deployments
over eight years have proven consumer satisfaction, uptake and increased data
service revenues. http://www.novarra.com/

    FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

    It should be noted that certain statements herein which are not
historical facts are forward-looking statements, including, without
limitation, those regarding: A) the timing of the deliveries of our products
and services and their combinations; B) our ability to develop, implement and
commercialize new technologies, products and services and their combinations;
C) expectations regarding market developments and structural changes; D)
expectations and targets regarding our industry volumes, market share,
prices, net sales and margins of products and services and their
combinations; E) expectations and targets regarding our operational
priorities and results of operations; F) the outcome of pending and
threatened litigation; G) expectations regarding the successful completion of
acquisitions or restructurings on a timely basis and our ability to achieve
the financial and operational targets set in connection with any such
acquisition or restructuring; and H) statements preceded by "believe,"
"expect," "anticipate," "foresee," "target," "estimate," "designed," "plans,"
"will" or similar expressions. These statements are based on management's
best assumptions and beliefs in light of the information currently available
to it. Because they involve risks and uncertainties, actual results may
differ materially from the results that we currently expect. Factors that
could cause these differences include, but are not limited to: 1) the
competitiveness and quality of our portfolio of products and services and
their combinations; 2) our ability to timely and successfully develop or
otherwise acquire the appropriate technologies and commercialize them as new
advanced products and services and their combinations, including our ability
to attract application developers and content providers to develop
applications and provide content for use in our devices; 3) our ability to
effectively, timely and profitably adapt our business and operations to the
requirements of the converged mobile device market and the services market;
4) the intensity of competition in the various markets where we do business
and our ability to maintain or improve our market position or respond
successfully to changes in the competitive environment; 5) the occurrence of
any actual or even alleged defects or other quality, safety or security
issues in our products and services and their combinations; 6) the
development of the mobile and fixed communications industry and general
economic conditions globally and regionally; 7) our ability to successfully
manage costs; 8) exchange rate fluctuations, including, in particular,
fluctuations between the euro, which is our reporting currency, and the US
dollar, the Japanese yen and the Chinese yuan, as well as certain other
currencies; 9) the success, financial condition and performance of our
suppliers, collaboration partners and customers; 10) our ability to source
sufficient amounts of fully functional components, sub-assemblies, software,
applications and content without interruption and at acceptable prices and
quality; 11) our success in collaboration arrangements with third parties
relating to the development of new technologies, products and services,
including applications and content; 12) our ability to manage efficiently our
manufacturing and logistics, as well as to ensure the quality, safety,
security and timely delivery of our products and services and their
combinations; 13) our ability to manage our inventory and timely adapt our
supply to meet changing demands for our products; 14) our ability to protect
the complex technologies, which we or others develop or that we license, from
claims that we have infringed third parties' intellectual property rights, as
well as our unrestricted use on commercially acceptable terms of certain
technologies in our products and services and their combinations; 15) our
ability to protect numerous Nokia, NAVTEQ and Nokia Siemens Networks
patented, standardized or proprietary technologies from third-party
infringement or actions to invalidate the intellectual property rights of
these technologies; 16) the impact of changes in government policies, trade
policies, laws or regulations and economic or political turmoil in countries
where our assets are located and we do business; 17) any disruption to
information technology systems and networks that our operations rely on; 18)
our ability to retain, motivate, develop and recruit appropriately skilled
employees; 19) unfavorable outcome of litigations; 20) allegations of
possible health risks from electromagnetic fields generated by base stations
and mobile devices and lawsuits related to them, regardless of merit; 21) our
ability to achieve targeted costs reductions and increase profitability in
Nokia Siemens Networks and to effectively and timely execute related
restructuring measures; 22) developments under large, multi-year contracts or
in relation to major customers in the networks infrastructure and related
services business; 23) the management of our customer financing exposure,
particularly in the networks infrastructure and related services business;
24) whether ongoing or any additional governmental investigations into
alleged violations of law by some former employees of Siemens AG ("Siemens")
may involve and affect the carrier-related assets and employees transferred
by Siemens to Nokia Siemens Networks; 25) any impairment of Nokia Siemens
Networks customer relationships resulting from ongoing or any additional
governmental investigations involving the Siemens carrier-related operations
transferred to Nokia Siemens Networks; as well as the risk factors specified
on pages 11-32 of Nokia's annual report Form 20-F for the year ended December
31, 2009 under Item 3D. "Risk Factors." Other unknown or unpredictable
factors or underlying assumptions subsequently proving to be incorrect could
cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking
statements. Nokia does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or
revise forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise, except to the extent legally required.

    http://www.nokia.com

Source: Nokia Corporation

Media Enquiries: Nokia, Communications, Tel. +358-7180-34900, Email: press.services@nokia.com; Nokia Communications, North America, Tel. +1-972-894-4573, Email: communications.corp@nokia.com

CA Selects Digitas to Handle Digital Assignments

NEW YORK, April 9 -- CA Inc., the 2010 Network Computing "Company of the Year", has selected Digitas (http://www.digitas.com) to handle digital assignments including creative and strategy.  The world leading IT management software and solutions company made this selection following a formal review.

"Digitas brings a new level of understanding to our marketing.  They are diligent in listening to and deeply understanding the needs of our different customer and prospect audiences," said Marianne Budnik, Chief Marketing Officer, CA. "They get not just the buyers, but the formal and informal circles of influence that surround them and are very creative in how to compel those audiences into action.  We're excited to work with them to drive new levels of performance with our marketing and communications."

"The B2B space is evolving rapidly.  Customer expectations have changed, demanding ways to connect faster, more directly, in more places -- forcing all organizations to change the way they go to market, and creating more integration between marketing and sales," said Colin Kinsella, President of Digitas North America "We're proud to be partnering with the award winning world leader, CA to drive market leadership by evolving to meet these new expectations."

About CA

CA is an IT management software and solutions company with expertise across all IT environments; from mainframe and physical, to virtual and cloud. CA manages and secures IT environments and enables customers to deliver more flexible IT services.  CA's innovative products and services provide the insight and control essential for IT organizations to power business agility.  The majority of the Global Fortune 500 rely on CA to manage their evolving IT ecosystems.  For additional information, visit CA on the Web at http://www.ca.com.

About Digitas

Digitas is a leading digital marketing agency, helping the world's biggest brands develop, engage and profit from building profitable relationships with their customers. The Agency pairs media, marketing, technology, creativity, imagination and analytics to ignite emotional bonds between people and brands. Digitas also operates the brand content platform, The Third Act:, the independent healthcare marketing brand, Digitas Health, as well as Prodigious Worldwide, the world's only standalone, global digital productions company. With sister agencies Starcom MediaVest, ZenithOptimedia and Denuo, Digitas is a member of Publicis Groupe's VivaKi -- a global digital knowledge and resource center that leverages the combined scale of the autonomous operations of its members to develop new services, new tools, and new partnerships.

Paris-based Publicis Groupe S.A. (Euronext Paris: FR0000130577) is the world's third largest communications group, the world's second largest media counsel and buying group, and a global leader in digital and healthcare communications. With around the world activities spanning more than 104 countries on five continents, the Groupe employs as many as 44,000 professionals.

  http://www.digitas.com | Twitter: @Digitas | Facebook: Digitas Fan Page

  Press Contacts:

  DiGennaro Communications
  Samantha DiGennaro
  sam@digennarony.com
  212.966.9525

  Kathleen Ruane
  kathleen@digennarony.com
  212.966.9525

Source: Digitas
   

CONTACT:  Samantha DiGennaro, sam@digennarony.com, or Kathleen Ruane,
kathleen@digennarony.com, both of DiGennaro Communications, +1-212-966-9525

Web Site:  http://www.digitas.com/

Paylocity Launches Web Benefits

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill., April 9 -- Paylocity, America's leading independent provider of payroll and HR solutions, announced the launch of Paylocity Web Benefits. Web Benefits is a complete Benefit Administration solution including employee online enrollment, bill reconciliation, and carrier connectivity.

"Benefit Administration is one of the top priorities our clients have today," says Steve Beauchamp, President of Paylocity. Paylocity "Web Benefits automates many of the manual processes involved in administering employee benefits and provides tools to manage eligibility and carrier billing, saving our clients money. Paylocity is excited about adding this integrated solution to its existing SaaS platform for Payroll, HRIS, and Time and Labor."

"Adding an integrated Benefit Administration solution perfectly rounds out the Paylocity product portfolio for mid to large sized  U.S.employers," says Michael Haske, VP of Sales and Marketing for  Paylocity. "Many of our clients have expressed their need for such a system and we are happy to deliver a world class solution alongside our other industry leading applications."

About Paylocity

Paylocity, with more than 5000 clients, combines innovative web-based technology with award-winning customer service to provide unparalleled payroll and HR solutions nationwide. Paylocity has twice been named the IPPA Service Bureau of the Year and is a five time Inc 5000 company. Paylocity has also been named five times as One of Chicago's Best & Brightest Companies to Work For. Visit http://www.paylocity.com to learn more.

Source: Paylocity
   

CONTACT:  Lekas & Levine PR, +1-847-327-9530, for Paylocity

Web Site:  http://www.paylocity.com/

Phitek's Total Audio Solution Joins CSR eXtension Partner Program

Best-in-Class ANR(TM), Sound Stage Enhancement and Parametric EQ Now Available on CSR's BlueCore5-Multimedia

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, April 9 -- Phitek Systems Limited, a global leader in electro-acoustic technologies, announced today that its Sound Stage Enhancement and Parametric EQ is now available through the CSR eXtension Partner Program.  Together with Phitek's advanced active noise cancellation, these technologies form Phitek's Total Audio Solution (TAS(TM)).

The TAS(TM) is a wireless headset design with active noise cancellation.  It comprises the CSR BlueCore5-Multimedia processor together with Phitek's PH1024 Active Noise Reduction (ANR(TM)) Controller and PH1054 ANR(TM) Capsules. The hardware is combined with Phitek's Sound Stage Digital Audio Enhancement software which is now available as a plug-in on CSR's Kalimba DSP, under CSR's eXtension Partner Program.

Phitek's Sound Stage Control built on V3D(TM) technology makes it possible to enjoy natural, realistic 3-dimensional sound through a set of stereo headphones. V3D(TM) technology excels at providing the positional cues necessary to provide accurate quality sound with the realism required to provide both an enjoyable and fully immersive sound stage. Phitek's Digital Audio Enhancement solution, built on PEQ(TM) and LFX(TM) technologies, allows for the frequency response of a headphone, headset or earphone to be fully equalized and psycho-acoustically enhanced.

PEQ(TM) is a parametric IIR equalizer employing a variable number of bands. PEQ(TM) is combined with a linear FIR equalizer that operates across the full frequency spectrum, and enables the audio response of a product to be fully customized.

LFX(TM) is a unique technology that extends the bass performance of a product by applying psycho acoustic means based on the principle of "the missing fundamental." LFX(TM) technology applies a patented algorithm which reduces the level of low frequency power whilst creating a finely tuned sequence of harmonics that effectively "trick" the brain into perceiving more bass.

Mark Donaldson, CEO of Phitek Systems, said that TAS(TM) is currently being adopted by customers to take leading positions in the emerging market for premium mobile accessories.

"The Total Audio Solution(TM) available on CSR's industry-leading audio platform enables OEMs and ODMs to deliver cutting edge technology much faster to market than ever before with guaranteed performance and compelling cost of ownership," says Donaldson.

Ben Skelton, General Manager of Phitek's Component Technologies Business Unit, explained that Phitek has taken its best-in-class electro-acoustic solutions and packaged them into the smallest possible form factor.

"Engineers simply connect the parts to obtain instant stereo active noise cancellation functionality that can be completely controlled through software loaded onto the CSR device," says Skelton.

Jeremy Stark, CSR's eXtension Partner Manager, commented that CSR is committed to maximizing its customers' competitiveness by providing leading-edge solutions, and this made Phitek a strong partner for applications requiring complex electro-acoustic technologies.

"CSR's BlueCore-Multimedia technology is well established in supporting third party products. Phitek's Sound Stage Enhancement and Parametric EQ are capable of providing to the end user, clearly discernable improvements in the quality and fidelity of sound delivered by wireless headsets," said Stark.

About Phitek Systems Limited

Phitek Systems is the world's leading supplier of electro-acoustic technologies for audio enhancement and active noise cancellation. Focused on innovation and invention, Phitek provides global customers with creative solutions for the effective reduction of ambient noise based on its patented Active Noise Rejection (ANR(TM)) technology.

Phitek ANR(TM) was originally developed for use in commercial passenger aircraft where background noise is insidious leading to hearing loss, fatigue and stress. Today, Phitek ANR(TM) is used by more than 50 airlines worldwide, servicing more than 15 million passengers each year. The technology works by measuring the noise field close to the ear and then calculating an "antinoise" response which is sent to the headphone speaker. The noise and antinoise signals combine to yield near silence. Phitek ANR(TM) is very effective at reducing background noise and unlike alternatives tunes its response to suit prevailing noise conditions.

Beyond aviation, Phitek ANR(TM) technology is utilized by leading brands in audio and mobile music and has been recognised by leading publications including Wired Magazine, PC Magazine and Macworld as "best-in-class." Phitek's impressive portfolio of patented solutions spans commercial aviation, consumer audio and mobile telephone segments in both in-ear, and on-ear formats. The company is a member of CSR's eXtension partner programme and is active in developing world first solutions for Bluetooth monaural and binaural applications.

Phitek is headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand with offices located in Hong Kong, Shenzhen, California, Switzerland and Japan. For more information about Phitek Systems please visit http://www.phitek.com

Source: Phitek Systems Limited
   

CONTACT:  Steve Tomlinson, Phitek's Component Technologies Business Unit,
+44 7767 604766, steve.tomlinson@phitek.com, or Corporate, Mark Donaldson,
CEO, +41 78 612 4479, mark.donaldson@phitek.com, both of Phitek Systems
Limited; or Press and Media, Julien Leys of JML Communications, +64 21 655
598, julien@jmlcommunications.co.nz, for Phitek Systems Limited

Web Site:  http://www.phitek.com/

ThinkFun Launches Universal Rush Hour App For iPad(TM)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- Renowned game and puzzle manufacturer, ThinkFun Inc., is proud to announce the release of Rush Hour for the new Apple iPadTM.  Rush Hour for iPad is the latest addition to the suite of Rush Hour apps available across a wide range of mobile platforms.  The new iPad app is designed to take advantage of iPad's larger screen and Multi-Touch user interface to enhance the play experience.  The universal app costs $2.99 while existing Rush Hour for iPhone and iPod touch customers will receive free upgrades.

"It's fitting for Rush Hour to be one of the first apps launched on the iPad," said Bill Ritchie, CEO and Co-Founder of ThinkFun.  "Rush Hour is the original sliding block logic puzzle, and it is the granddaddy of all the 'beginner to expert' logic puzzles now on the market.  The iPad is a genuine game changer, and we are thrilled to again be at the beginning of a new era in game playing."

The Rush Hour iPhone App has received rave customer reviews on iTunes for its clever challenges and intuitive navigation.  For the iPad, ThinkFun has completely rebuilt the game graphics to take advantage of the iPad's innovative Multi-Touch interface and large screen.

  Rush Hour for iPad is packed with features, such as:
  --  The free application has 35 original challenges and the $2.99 full
      version has 2500 Challenges -- Challenges ranging from EASY to EXPERT
      will entertain novice players as well as test advance players with
      super-hard expert levels.
  --  Perfect Score -- Rush Hour tracks the distance that players move to
      get out of the traffic jams and compares it to the shortest path
      possible. You win when you get the Red Car out the Exit Gate... but
      you can't claim challenge mastery until you tally a perfect score.
  --  Hint Button -- If you feel a little lost and want a nudge in the right
      direction, you'll find a HINT button ready for you to press.  Again
      and again, if you want.
  --  Solve Button -- No matter where they are in their challenge, the solve
      button will show players how to solve it, and then put them back where
      they left off so players can learn and complete the challenge
      themselves.
  --  Multi-language -- In addition to English, Rush Hour is now available
      in German, Spanish and French.

"Rush Hour is a game that should be in every home, on every cell phone and on every computer," says Liz Deakin, Director of Marketing and Sales at ThinkFun.  "With digital distribution being the platform of the future, it was a company priority for ThinkFun to quickly introduce the universal Rush Hour application to the iPad market."

For more information on the ThinkFun Rush Hour iPad app, please visit: http://www.ThinkFun.com/RushHour

About Rush Hour

The story of Rush Hour began almost 15 years ago when famed Japanese inventor Nob Yoshigahara traveled to America to present his Tokyo Parking Lot puzzle to ThinkFun.   While the company's game designers created the Beginner to Expert system and added the Tail Finned Red Escape Car and the Rush Hour name, Nob and his collaborators supplied the Rush Hour challenges. The creative alliance lasted until Yoshigahara's death in 2004.

Rush Hour is one of the most successful puzzle games in history, having won Games Magazine Puzzle of the Year, a Mensa Select Award, Consumer Reports Top Game, and a Top 25 Toys of the Past 25 Years by Parents Choice Foundation as well as numerous international awards.  More than 5 million Rush Hour games have been sold since 1996.

Rush Hour has had an influence on popular culture as well.  Jerry Seinfeld used the Rush Hour vehicle color palette as the background colors for Bee Movie, released in 2007.

"Rush Hour was late to the mobile app market, and we knew we needed to do something special to make an impact," said Ritchie.  The company contracted with a master computer programmer to reimagine how to generate the puzzle challenges, developing a system that was able to create literally tens of thousands of fresh, new Rush Hour challenges, and to rate them by difficulty and other measures.  "Bringing that program up to speed was like discovering a gold mine; it brought a whole new dimension of play to what was already the world's most fun puzzle!"

So is having Rush Hour available at the launch of the iPad a pinnacle of success for this venerable puzzle game?  "Not at all," says Deakin.  "We are now working on a Multi-Player version of Rush Hour, slated for release this Summer, where players will compete for fastest times over the internet.  We are developing an online version of Rush Hour to help teach thinking skills as part of a disciplined program for families and schools.  For us, the Apple iPad release doesn't represent an end, it's more like a new beginning.  We are very excited!"

About ThinkFun Inc.

ThinkFun Inc., located in Alexandria, VA, is a leading designer, developer and manufacturer of innovative, educational games and services. ThinkFun understands the essential link between "Think" and "Fun" and is committed to developing products that ignite the mind, motivate learning and encourage fun play for all ages whether in school or at home. All of ThinkFun's products organically teach problem solving and critical thinking skills...preparing today's kids to be tomorrow's adults.

  Follow ThinkFun: Web: http://www.ThinkFun.com
  Blogs:  http://www.thinkfun.com/smartplayblog, http://www.thinkfun.com/bbp
  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ThinkFun
  Facebook: http://www.facebook.com   (ThinkFun Fan)
  YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/ThinkFunInc

Source: ThinkFun
   

CONTACT:  Liz Deakin of ThinkFun, +1-703-549-4999, ext. 3313,
ldeakin@thinkfun.com

Web Site:  http://www.thinkfun.com/

Vonage Delivers Worldwide Calling Savings to T-Mobile and AT&T Android Users

HOLMDEL, N.J., April 9 -- Vonage Holdings Corp. (NYSE:VG), a leading provider of high-quality voice and messaging services over broadband networks, today announced the expansion of its Vonage Mobile offerings to AT&T and T-Mobile devices that use the Android mobile operating system.

Vonage Mobile will be available to download for AT&T and T-Mobile Android devices at http://www.vonage.com later today and is already available for iPhone®, BlackBerry® and iPod touch® devices.  Vonage Mobile customers enjoy high-quality, outbound international calling over Wi-Fi and cellular networks as well as free domestic calls over Wi-Fi.

"We are focused on ensuring that our customers can enjoy all the benefits of their Vonage service from any location using any device that can access the Internet," said Michael Tempora, senior vice president of product management.  "We will continue to expand our offerings in 2010 to include a robust set of voice and messaging services that utilize Wi-Fi and 3G wireless networks."

The Vonage Mobile application gives customers the flexibility to choose between Vonage World Mobile, which includes unlimited international calling to more than 60 countries, or Vonage Mobile Pay-Per-Use.  Vonage Mobile Pay-Per-Use provides savings of more than 50% - compared to rates charged by wireless carriers - for calls to dozens of countries.

With Vonage Mobile, there are no access numbers or new phone numbers to give to friends and family.  Customers simply enter an international number or select a contact from the existing contacts on a mobile device and hit send.

To follow Vonage on Twitter, please visit http://www.twitter.com/vonage_voice.  To become a fan on Facebook, go to http://www.facebook.com/vonage.

*iPhone allows calls on both cellular and Wi-Fi networks.  BlackBerry allows calls over cellular networks.  iPod touch allows calls over Wi-Fi networks.  Service subject to minimum monthly usage fee, taxes and certain other fees.  Forfeiture rules apply.  See Terms of Service for details.  There are important 911 limitations when using Vonage for Mobile service.  See vonagemobile.com/tos for details.

About Vonage

Vonage is a leading provider of high-quality voice and messaging services over broadband networks.  Our award winning technology serves approximately 2.4 million subscribers.  We provide feature-rich, affordable communication solutions that offer flexibility, portability and ease-of-use.  Our Vonage World plan offers free unlimited calling to landline phones in all cities and locations in more than 60 countries with popular features like call waiting, call forwarding and voicemail - for one low, flat monthly rate.

Vonage's service is sold on the web and through regional and national retailers including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and is available to customers in the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom.  For more information about Vonage's products and services, please visit http://www.vonage.com/.  Vonage Holdings Corp. is headquartered in Holmdel, New Jersey.  Vonage® is a registered trademark of Vonage Marketing Inc., a subsidiary of Vonage Holdings Corp.

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Source: Vonage Holdings Corp.
   

CONTACT:  Mat Small, +1-415-365-0396, Mat.Small@bitecommunications.com

Web Site:  http://www.vonage.com/

Nokia Acquires MetaCarta Inc.

ESPOO, Finland, April 9, 2010--     Nokia (NYSE: NOK) announced today that it has acquired MetaCarta Inc.
MetaCarta, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a privately owned company
which employs over 30 people and has expertise in geographic intelligence
solutions. MetaCarta's technology will be used in the area of local search in
Location and other services.

    About Nokia

    At Nokia, we are committed to connecting people. We combine advanced
technology with personalized services that enable people to stay close to
what matters to them. Every day, more than 1.2 billion people connect to one
another with a Nokia device - from mobile phones to advanced smartphones and
high-performance mobile computers. Today, Nokia is integrating its devices
with innovative services through Ovi (http://www.ovi.com), including music,
maps, apps, email and more. Nokia's NAVTEQ is a leader in comprehensive
digital mapping and navigation services, while Nokia Siemens Networks
provides equipment, services and solutions for communications networks
globally.

    About MetaCarta Inc.

    MetaCarta Inc. provides powerful technology for finding anything written
about any place. MetaCarta unique technology combines geosearch and
geotagging capabilities allowing users to find content about a location in
internal and external data stores. MetaCarta's products make data and
unstructured content "location-aware" and geographically relevant for easier
organization and quicker action.

    FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

    It should be noted that certain statements herein which are not
historical facts, including, without limitation, those regarding: A) the
timing of product, services and solution deliveries; B) our ability to
develop, implement and commercialize new products, services, solutions and
technologies; C) our ability to develop and grow our consumer Internet
services business; D) expectations regarding market developments and
structural changes; E) expectations regarding our mobile device volumes,
market share, prices and margins; F) expectations and targets for our results
of operations; G) the outcome of pending and threatened litigation; H)
expectations regarding the successful completion of contemplated acquisitions
on a timely basis and our ability to achieve the set targets upon the
completion of such acquisitions; and I) statements preceded by "believe,"
"expect," "anticipate," "foresee," "target," "estimate," "designed," "plans,"
"will" or similar expressions are forward-looking statements. These
statements are based on management's best assumptions and beliefs in light of
the information currently available to it. Because they involve risks and
uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from the results that we
currently expect. Factors that could cause these differences include, but are
not limited to: 1) the deteriorating global economic conditions and related
financial crisis and their impact on us, our customers and end-users of our
products, services and solutions, our suppliers and collaborative partners;
2) the development of the mobile and fixed communications industry, as well
as the growth and profitability of the new market segments that we target and
our ability to successfully develop or acquire and market products, services
and solutions in those segments; 3) the intensity of competition in the
mobile and fixed communications industry and our ability to maintain or
improve our market position or respond successfully to changes in the
competitive landscape; 4) competitiveness of our product, services and
solutions portfolio; 5) our ability to successfully manage costs; 6) exchange
rate fluctuations, including, in particular, fluctuations between the euro,
which is our reporting currency, and the US dollar, the Japanese yen, the
Chinese yuan and the UK pound sterling, as well as certain other currencies;
7) the success, financial condition and performance of our suppliers,
collaboration partners and customers; 8) our ability to source sufficient
amounts of fully functional components, sub-assemblies, software and content
without interruption and at acceptable prices; 9) the impact of changes in
technology and our ability to develop or otherwise acquire and timely and
successfully commercialize complex technologies as required by the market;
10) the occurrence of any actual or even alleged defects or other quality,
safety or security issues in our products, services and solutions; 11) the
impact of changes in government policies, trade policies, laws or regulations
or political turmoil in countries where we do business; 12) our success in
collaboration arrangements with others relating to development of
technologies or new products, services and solutions; 13) our ability to
manage efficiently our manufacturing and logistics, as well as to ensure the
quality, safety, security and timely delivery of our products, services and
solutions; 14) inventory management risks resulting from shifts in market
demand; 15) our ability to protect the complex technologies, which we or
others develop or that we license, from claims that we have infringed third
parties' intellectual property rights, as well as our unrestricted use on
commercially acceptable terms of certain technologies in our products,
services and solutions; 16) our ability to protect numerous Nokia, NAVTEQ and
Nokia Siemens Networks patented, standardized or proprietary technologies
from third-party infringement or actions to invalidate the intellectual
property rights of these technologies; 17) any disruption to information
technology systems and networks that our operations rely on; 18) developments
under large, multi-year contracts or in relation to major customers; 19) the
management of our customer financing exposure; 20) our ability to retain,
motivate, develop and recruit appropriately skilled employees; 21) whether,
as a result of investigations into alleged violations of law by some former
employees of Siemens AG ("Siemens"), government authorities or others take
further actions against Siemens and/or its employees that may involve and
affect the carrier-related assets and employees transferred by Siemens to
Nokia Siemens Networks, or there may be undetected additional violations that
may have occurred prior to the transfer, or violations that may have occurred
after the transfer, of such assets and employees that could result in
additional actions by government authorities; 22) any impairment of Nokia
Siemens Networks customer relationships resulting from the ongoing government
investigations involving the Siemens carrier-related operations transferred
to Nokia Siemens Networks; 23) unfavorable outcome of litigations; 24)
allegations of possible health risks from electromagnetic fields generated by
base stations and mobile devices and lawsuits related to them, regardless of
merit; as well as the risk factors specified on pages 11-28 of Nokia's annual
report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2008 under Item 3D. "Risk
Factors." Other unknown or unpredictable factors or underlying assumptions
subsequently proving to be incorrect could cause actual results to differ
materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Nokia does not
undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise, except to the extent legally required.

    http://www.nokia.com

Source: Nokia Corporation

Media Enquiries: Nokia, Communications, Tel. +358-7180-34900, E-mail: press.services@nokia.com. MetaCarta, Ali Smith, SpeakerBox Communications, Tel. +1-703-2877812, Email: asmith@speakerboxpr.com

GOSO President Adam Boalt Releases E-Book: Social Media Best Practices for Automotive Dealers

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- GOSO President Adam Boalt released the e-book, Social Media Best Practices for Automotive Dealers, this week. The book is an intuitive and insightful 30-page guide for automotive dealers looking to learn about and embrace social media.

Social Media Best Practices for Automotive Dealers will explain why social media is growing at such a rapid pace and what this social age means for auto dealers. The e-book discusses the benefits of social media, brand reputation, word of mouth or referral marketing, best practices, and the top channels for automotive branding and customer reach. There is a section on the most popular social tools -- Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and blogs.

In the e-book, Boalt will address some of the most commonly asked questions from dealers regarding social media such as how to measure progress, retain customers and develop a content plan for social media channels.

Boalt has over a decade of experience as a new media innovator, making waves both as an individual and an entrepreneur. He is well suited to the task when it comes to social media as he has won numerous awards and accolades and was just recently interviewed on the Speed Channel.  As well as masterminding the GOSO project, Adam is the founder and owner of BOALT, an interactive agency that's worked with over 30 of the Fortune 500 companies in building high-end, bespoke web solutions.

On April 20, 2010, Boalt will be a panelist at the Direct Marketing Association of Detroit's 14th Annual Automotive Integrated Marketing Symposium. Sitting on the panel with Boalt will be Michelle Morris, Automotive Industry Director at Google; Larry Bruce, Vice President of Managed Marketing Solutions for Reynolds and Reynolds; and Lonnie Miller, Vice President of Marketing and Industry Analysis at R.L. Polk & Co. Later that day, Boalt will also be presenting the session "Integrating Social Media with Marketing."

The next day, on April 21, 2010, Boalt will be attending the 8th Digital Dealer Conference and Exposition in Orlando where he will be presenting "Evolution of a Social Media Dealer." During Boalt's presentation, YouTube celebrity Judson Laipply will perform his viral video phenomenon with over 140 million views, "Evolution of Dance."

Download the free e-book and learn more about social media best practices for automotive dealers at http://bit.ly/aAryjr.

About GOSO (http://www.goso.com/)

GOSO, an automotive social media management system, is a combination of unparalleled service, technology and an intuitive platform with a complete suite of application for the automotive industry. GOSO is a solution that also integrates seamlessly with inventory, pulling data from trusted sources to generate rich, dynamic content that can be used to broadcast across the web, reaching out to millions of potential customers.

  Media Inquiries:

  Liz Presson
  tel: 202-684-7161 x310
  email: Liz@goso.com

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Source: GOSO
   

CONTACT:  Liz Presson, GOSO, +1-202-684-7161 ext. 310, Liz@goso.com

Web Site:  http://www.goso.com/

ChemImage Issued 100th Patent

PITTSBURGH, April 9 -- ChemImage Corporation announced today the receipt of its 100th U.S. patent, number 7,692,776 for a chemical imaging explosives optical sensor that detects explosive compounds.

Over the past 16 years, ChemImage has invested substantial resources in building a robust patent portfolio which includes patents for chemical imaging instrumentation, image analysis, threat detection, forensics tools, pharmaceutical analysis, particle sizing, and biomedical diagnostics.

"Issuance of our 100th patent represents a significant milestone in ChemImage's development," said Dr. Patrick Treado, ChemImage Founder and Chief Technology Officer. "As a technology company that is addressing critical measurement needs across a variety of industries, we have secured substantial protection of our intellectual property that will assist in fostering partnerships with market leaders worldwide."

ChemImage Corporation, a leader in Chemical Imaging technology, provides instrumentation, software and expert consulting to government, industrial and academic organizations for numerous applications, including defense, security, pharmaceuticals, forensics and biomedical diagnostic research. The company's proprietary, state-of-the-art Chemical Imaging technology can reveal critical chemical and biological information from a variety of material systems.

ChemImage's headquarters is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where it houses research and development laboratories, as well as engineering and manufacturing facilities. For more information, contact ChemImage at +1 412-241-7335 or visit http://www.chemimage.com.

  Suzanne Cibotti
  Sr. Marketing Communications Specialist
  ChemImage Corporation
  412.241.7335, ext. 291
  cibottis@chemimage.com
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Source: ChemImage Corporation
   

CONTACT:  Suzanne Cibotti, Sr. Marketing Communications Specialist,
ChemImage Corporation, +1-412-241-7335, ext. 291, cibottis@chemimage.com

Web Site:  http://www.chemimage.com/

Allvoices Launches First Citizen Journalist Global News Desk in 30 Cities

Citizen Journalists Will Provide In-Country Reports From Hot Spots Around the World

SAN FRANCISCO, April 9 -- Allvoices.com, the first open media site where anyone can report from anywhere, today launched a first of its kind Global News Desk where both professional and citizen journalists will provide regular in-country reports from 30 major cities around the world.

(Logo:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100316/AQ70267LOGO-b)

The Global News Desk leverages in-country reports through an innovative landing page process that enables the Allvoices to feature the best of the world on their front page. Each city represented by the Desk has an Allvoices landing page which features local news. Likewise each country and continent has their own landing page. An algorithm promotes the best of the city page to the country page and the best of the country page to the continent page. Finally, the best of the continent page will be promoted to the Allvoices front page.

"Our international news bureau operation integrates local and regional issues--that normally receive little to no media coverage--into the greater global conversation," said Aki Hashmi, Chief Marketing Officer at Allvoices.com. "At this point, only 50% of the world events are covered by major media. Of that 50%, 80% feature the western, developed world. Allvoices is committed to changing this and our News Bureaus are leap in filling this void."

Citizen reporters from around the world can now contribute reports directly or ask to receive assignments to report specifically about major issues within their hometowns. The Global Desk empowers citizen journalists with experience and authority while helping them build a body of work.

Cities that have appointed Global Desk citizen and professional journalists include:

  --  Baghdad, Iraq
  --  Beijing, China
  --  Beirut, Lebanon
  --  Cairo, Egypt
  --  Colombo, Sri Lanka
  --  Doha, Qatar
  --  Dubai, UAE
  --  Islamabad, Pakistan
  --  Johannesburg, South Africa
  --  Kolkata, India
  --  London, UK
  --  Manila, Philippines
  --  Nairobi, Kenya
  --  Shanghai, China
  --  Yerevan, Armenia

  Plus cities in:
  --  Canada
  --  Iran
  --  Israel
  --  Nigeria
  --  Palestinian Territories
  --  Turk and Caicos Island
  --  USA

What's more, the Global Desk brings a level of intimacy to international coverage by featuring reports from citizens actually experiencing the news, in contrast to an outside perspective being reported by a journalist. Today Allvoices is the largest citizen journalist site in history featuring stories, video and images from more than 300,000 contributors daily. This fresh approach to news and reporting has allowed the site to quickly build an audience of 4.5 million.

About Allvoices, Inc.

Allvoices' mission is to create a global community for sharing news, videos, images and opinions from multiple points of view that invoke an emotional connection between individual perspectives from around the world. A community of diverse, engaged and globally minded citizens serves as news reporters, opinion leaders and publishers to share with the world the realities on-the-ground. Allvoices.com brings together context, insight and diversity of opinions around a broad range of topics and issues on the global, national and local levels. Allvoices is the largest global community offering unbiased and relevant news and perspectives in one place. With its proprietary algorithms, Allvoices utilizes professional and online news sources, blogs, images and videos to determine relevancy, foster credibility and maintain openness with each contribution made to the site. For more information, visit http://www.allvoices.com/

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CONTACT:  Sarah Prejean of SutherlandGold Group, +1-415-608-4043,
sarah@sutherlandgold.com, for Allvoices, Inc.

Web Site:  http://www.allvoices.com/

Sony Terminates Its Direct Distribution Agreement With Alliance Distributors

NEW YORK, April 9 -- Alliance Distributors Holding Inc. (Pink Sheets: ADTR), a distributor of interactive video games and gaming products, today announced that Sony has terminated the Company's distributorship effective May 1, 2010. The Company believes that Sony's decision reflects a change in its general distribution strategy.

Jay Gelman, Chairman and CEO of Alliance, said "Over the last year Sony has reduced its allocation of console units to the Company. As a result, purchases from Sony which accounted for 44% of our total purchases in 2008 declined to 23% of total purchases in 2009. We have responded by purchasing increasing amounts of Sony products in the general market and by continuing our strategy of dedicating more purchasing dollars to higher margin value business. We will continue this strategy in 2010. "

About Alliance Distributors Holding Inc.

Alliance Distributors Holding Inc. (http://www.alliancedistributors.com), which does business as Alliance Distributors, is a full-service wholesale videogame distributor, specializing in gaming products and accessories for all key manufacturers and 3rd party publishers. Alliance Distributors offers support on: PS3, PSP, PS2, X-Box 360, Wii, DS and GBA SP, peripherals and software titles.  Alliance produces video game content through its new Metaversal subsidiary.

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Certain statements contained in this press release contain forward-looking statements including without limitation, statements concerning our operations, economic performance, and financial condition.  The words "estimate," "believe," "expect," and "anticipate" and other similar expressions generally identify forward-looking statements, which speak only as of their dates.

Investors are cautioned that all forward-looking statements, which are based largely on our current expectations, involve risks and uncertainty. Actual results, events and circumstances (including future performance, results and trends) could differ materially from those set forth in such statements due to various factors, risks and uncertainties, including without limitation, risks associated with technological change, competitive factors and general economic conditions, including the related impact on discretionary consumer spending, changes in marketing and distribution strategies by manufacturers, continued shortages of new platform systems, timely development and release of video game products we produce, potential cost overruns in our development of video games, ability to protect our intellectual property rights, potential claims that we have infringed the intellectual property rights of others, market acceptance of games we develop, ability to realize anticipated benefits of acquisitions, potential undiscovered liabilities of companies that we acquire, changes in our business or growth strategy, the emergence of new or growing competitors, various other competitive and technological factors. There can be no assurance that the results referred to in the forward-looking statements contained in this release will occur. The Company has no duty and undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

Source: Alliance Distributors Holding Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Alliance Distributors Holding Inc., Steve Gelman - VP of
Marketing and Communications, +1-718-536-2248, steve@alliancedis.com

Web Site:  http://www.alliancedistributors.com