Newbury, UK, 3 March 2006: "Quantel will arrive at NAB 2006 on a commercial and technological high — with a great range of products that is enjoying wide commercial success across many applications. NAB will be a great showcase for us and our customers," said Ray Cross, Quantel CEO. Accordingly, Quantel has significantly increased its booth size this year to enable the full generationQ product line to go on show. The range now spans the DI, Color Correction, Post, Graphics and Broadcast businesses. Many major new developments are also on show for the first time at NAB.

DI Pablo, Quantel's next generation color correction that was previewed in late 2005 makes its full debut at NAB in a dedicated viewing theatre within the Quantel booth. Featuring genuine realtime 4K operation and Quantel's revolutionary new TimeMagic™ technology, Pablo brings together the best of hardware and software-based color correction technologies in a single system. As a result, Pablo has already achieved outstanding success in the market; it is a must-see at the show for anyone involved in color correction. Also on show in the DI area is the new all-powerful iQ4, which brings realtime 4K to the mainstream DI process.

Post New at NAB is TimeMagic™ technology for the eQ multi-resolution editing/ grading/ effects/ deliverables system — including the new Pay as you Go HD model - which gives every facet of the system's operation an enormous productivity boost. Also on show for the first time is Pablo on eQ, which brings the creativity and efficiency of the DI workflow to commercials post. Delivering better quality and fantastic looking hi res and SD commercials, the DI workflow is win-win for clients and post houses alike.

Broadcast

Even with the enlarged booth this year, it is still not possible to display the full gamut of possibilities offered by Quantel's sQ server-based broadcast technology. As well as showing the ever-expanding Newsbox family of cost-effective, 'plug-and-play' news systems, there will also be a second broadcast arena. Today, no broadcast system is an island; the second arena will be showing how sQ technology integrates perfectly with the real-world, end-to-end workflows demanded by broadcasters. That means handling many file formats and integrating a plethora of media streams - whether HD, SD, MPEG, video iPod ,AeP just some of the real-world challenges that broadcasters can find answers to on the Quantel booth. A number of technology partners will be participating.

Still in the broadcast arena, Quantel will be demonstrating integration with the new wave of HD acquisition technologies, including XDCAM-HD and P2-HD. Additionally, Quantel will be showing how its innovative ZoneMagic™ software for sQ systems enables broadcasters to benefit from a true collaborative workflow, whether departments are on the same floor, next door, or across towns, countries or continents.

Quantel's Paintbox and Picturebox sQ graphics creation and playout systems will be playing a major part in the presentations on the booth at NAB, both as part of larger systems and in a standalone graphics role. Once again, integration with real world workflows will be high on the graphics agenda.

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