C4-Sports Preview

Booth 2411

July 6, 2006

About Front Porch Digital
Front Porch Digital is the global market leader in total digital archive management and transcoding solutions. The company has long been an innovator in delivering unique software, services, and integrated hardware solutions for digital archive management to broadcasters and media companies worldwide. Today, Front Porch Digital's patented archiving technologies are found in more than 140 installations in more than 40 countries, representing 4.5 million hours of content and more than 30 PB of data under management distinguished for superior functionality, scalability, performance, and customer satisfaction. Front Porch Digital's award-winning DIVArchive technology manages the largest broadcast archives in operation for the world's best-known media brands. Visit the company's Web site at www.fpdigital.com.

Front Porch Digital Products

DIVAworks
Front Porch has assembled this robust plug-and-play archive management appliance, which includes a server and near-line storage with a ten-cassette data tape library, all operating under the control of DIVArchive 5.10. This turnkey single-chassis unit is offered at prices tailored to the needs of broadcasters making first-time investments in basic archive systems. It was designed specifically to meet the independent broadcaster’s need for a high-performance system at an economical price point.
 
DIVArchive 5.10
The focus of continuous investment and innovation, DIVArchive has become the archive management application preferred by the world’s leading media companies. The latest release, DIVArchive 5.10, continues to deliver powerful functionality to meet the evolving needs of global broadcasters. Key enhancements include broader interoperability with Front Porch Digital’s key partners’ emerging technologies, enhanced performance for network-based API clients, file-system interface refinements, and enhanced error messaging. 
 
DIVAdirector
This distributed, Web-based content-management application addresses the most fundamental asset management requirements for global broadcasters. It enables active tracking of all assets in the DIVArchive system, low-bit-rate proxy browse, frame-accurate EDL generation and export, and robust metadata search and management capabilities, among others.

 
DIVAnet V2.0
DIVAnet V2.0 allows customers to leverage the core power of DIVArchive to provide advanced content replication, disaster recovery, and business continuance functionality across multiple facilities. Not only can DIVAnet V2.0 intelligently replicate content between facilities, but it also provides a fundamental toolset for advanced content-lifecycle control for effective multisite archive management. This product is suited to meet the needs of Front Porch Digital’s 16 customers to date that have multiple DIVArchive site installations.

DIVAcomplete
Leveraging deep expertise obtained through the implementation of more than 100 global broadcast archives, Front Porch now offers DIVAcomplete, a complete digital archive solution that includes a set of products and services that deliver integration and ongoing support for complex storage and archive solutions. DIVAcomplete solutions include archive-layer workflow analysis, infrastructure assessment, specification, design, hardware procurement, installation, and commissioning. DIVAcomplete solutions also may include DIVAmonitor and 24/7 support for all associated storage hardware and software to complete a total end-to-end archive-management solution.
 
About C4-Sports
C4-Sports is the only exclusive exposition and conference dedicated to the sports content industry. Attracting athletic directors, facility managers, sports broadcasters, coaches, and athletes from across the nation, it will provide exhibitors with the unique opportunity to network with these professionals. More than 5,000 sports professionals are expected to converge in Las Vegas on July 17-19 for this dynamic marketplace of sports technologies, products, services, and ideas. More information about C4-Sports is available online at www.c4-sports.com.

Contacts:
PR Contact
Wall Street Communications                                               
Sunny Branson                                                                           
sunny@wallstreetcom.tv 
801-533-2669

Allen & Caron, Inc.
Jill Bertotti (investors)
jill@allencaron.com
Len Hall (financial media)
len@allencaron.com
949-474-4300 

Front Porch Digital, Broadcast & Media Div.
Michael Knaisch, President
mknaisch@fpdigital.com
303-440-7930