Broadfield.com Re-Designed to Give Dealers the Latest Industry News & Information with One-Click

GLEN COVE, New York - Broadfield Distributing, Inc. has announced a newly designed web site at www.broadfield.com to service a growing number of dealers of video editing and production equipment.

One of the most revolutionary new features of the site is the updated “Dealer News” section and the integration of that resource throughout the site. Broadfield sales reps will be posting new product announcements, sales promotions and price alerts to this “blog” in a concise and easy to read format. These news articles will be referenced on the new Broadfield.com home page and a dealer may also subscribe to the syndicated RSS feed or have the news delivered directly to their e-mail address.

The navigation tools on Broadfield.com were also updated with one-click navigation to Products, Specials, Manufacturer pages and more. Plus, password-required access to Dealer Price Sheets with Inventory Levels, Academic Dealer Price Sheets and downloadable Marketing Materials are now easily found from any other page on the site.

Rich Bettan, VP of Sales for Broadfield Distributing, said “We are very proud of this new site because it is based on a lot of the feedback we have received from our dealers and now we have a vehicle to get them new information faster than ever. It’s nice to know that we can communicate with our dealers through our site and archive the information so it’s always available.”

The Broadfield.com News Engine uses the latest RSS 2.0 technology to distribute and archive industry news. The Broadfield staff recommends these options for subscribing to this information:

· Broadfield Home Page - Bookmark or add www.broadfield.com to your favorites and check back often for the latest news. The headlines for the last ten blog posts will automatically be refreshed on the home page.

· RSS Feed - If you’re already viewing RSS Feeds with Firefox Live Bookmarks, Internet Explorer 7 or an online reader like MyYahoo!, Bloglines, NewGator, etc. just add http://www.broadfield.com/blog/?feed=rss2 to your subscriptions

· Email Subscriptions - Register for free with Feedblitz.com and add the RSS feed above to have the newest posts automatically delivered to your Inbox

The Broadfield Staff is available to help you make the most of the new tools offered on the site and will gladly assist dealers with user name and password information, RSS subscriptions and more. Call 800-634-5178 for more information.

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Realtime native HDV 720p (JVC ProHD) editing now supported

Montreal, Canada, January 8, 2007 – Matrox® Video Products Group today announced that release 2.0 software for the Matrox RT.X2™ realtime HDV and DV editing platform is now shipping. Release 2.0 provides significant new features including realtime native editing of JVC’s ProHD HDV 720p format. Matrox RT.X2 is designed primarily for realtime native HDV and DV editing with Adobe Premiere Pro. It also provides a high-quality MPEG-2 I-frame codec so users can capture other HD and SD formats using RT.X2’s analog inputs and mix HD and SD material on the timeline in real time.

“Support for all the 720p formats used by JVC’s popular ProHD series cameras will make RT.X2 even more attractive to corporate communicators, event videographers, project studios, educational facilities, and digital filmmakers,” said Wayne Andrews, Matrox RT.X2 product manager. “The 720p format gives them an affordable way to get into HD production.”

Other new features in release 2.0 include:

Key features of Matrox RT.X2

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Jan. 4, 2007 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced that the next version of Adobe® Production Studio, the integrated video and audio post-production tool set that is part of the Creative Suite family, will be available for both the Macintosh and Windows® platforms. Film, video and web professionals currently using Adobe After Effects®, Adobe Photoshop® and Adobe Illustrator® on the Mac will soon be able to harness the power of completely new Macintosh releases of Adobe Premiere® Pro, Adobe Encore® DVD and Adobe Soundbooth™ — all key components of an upcoming milestone revision to Adobe Production Studio. The software will have its first public demonstration during the Macworld 2007 Conference and Exhibition at The Moscone Center in San Francisco, January 9 - 12 (Booth 901). The next release of Adobe Production Studio is expected to ship in mid-2007.

“Our customers wanted all the components in Adobe Production Studio to be available on both the Macintosh and Windows platforms,” said John Loiacono, senior vice president of Creative Solutions Business Unit at Adobe. “We listened and believe that an innovative new cross-platform video suite, anchored by powerhouse releases of Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe After Effects, will really shake up the industry.”

Adobe Production Studio creates an efficient post-production workflow enabling creative professionals to move smoothly between the full range of post-production tasks while remaining focused on their creative vision. The product combines Adobe’s award-winning applications, including Adobe After Effects for compositing, effects and animation, Adobe Premiere Pro for non-linear editing, Adobe Encore DVD for DVD authoring, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, as well as the time-saving workflow enhancements offered by Adobe Dynamic Link. Dynamic Link eliminates the need for rendering when moving motion graphics and visual effects from Adobe After Effects to the real-time HD, SD and DV editing environment in Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe Encore DVD.

Adobe Soundbooth is designed to enable creative professionals to produce high-quality audio. Offering the ability to quickly record, edit, and customize audio and music for web and video production, Adobe Soundbooth makes the delivery of pristine sound tracks fast and efficient. Adobe Soundbooth will take the place of Adobe Audition in the next version of Adobe Production Studio. Adobe Audition will continue to be developed for audio professionals as a stand-alone product for Windows.

“At Turner Studios Post, we are constantly modifying our workflows to gain the greatest efficiency while maintaining the highest quality and most creative end results for our clients,” said Ken Brady, director of technical operations at Turner Broadcasting Atlanta. “Supporting all of the Turner Entertainment Networks means we have to remain flexible and, most importantly, productive. Adobe Production Studio coming to the Apple platform moves us one step closer toward realizing an internal goal of having just one workstation per editing suite, with all of the creative tools available that our operators need. The tight integration of the components in Production Studio is a model that our editors really enjoy.”

Adobe video technologies — including Adobe Production Studio, Flash Media Server for streaming interactive media applications and Flash Video for easy video playback across the Internet — are having a profound impact on how broadcast and video content is being distributed. Today, thanks to Adobe’s Emmy-award winning Flash Video software, television shows such as Lost, Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy and Friday Night Lights are being delivered online, while the technology also powers the video capabilities of social networking sites like YouTube and MySpace.

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