• Demonstrating PayWizard, the powerful payment system that also captures valuable marketing information to help broadcasters and content owners provide a better service
• Launch of the eWallet top-up service to allow consumers to easily purchase digital media from various sources and across multiple platforms
• Example of PayWizard in action – Racing UK
• Partner announcement – KIT digital, Tangerine

NAB 2010, Las Vegas – 12 April 2010 – At NAB 2010 MGt, the leading provider of billing and customer management software, will be demonstrating its enhanced payment and billings service, newly branded as PayWizard, which helps digital media content owners to monetise content and build closer relationships with consumers by simplifying the payment process. At the heart is an eWallet that provides a simple and efficient payment gateway service, allowing consumers to purchase digital media from a variety of sources using a single ‘top-up’ account.

In today’s multiplatform world digital content owners have a wide variety of outlets where they can sell their products, whether online newspapers, music videos or online games, but managing the process while maintaining a good service can be problematic. PayWizard – which currently manages more than 10 million customer transactions and bills more than $400 million annually and is fully PCI compliant – not only deals with payment transactions but also provides the tools to enable content owners to collect valuable marketing data about consumers, provide critical reporting capabilities, and offer a range of customer support services.

Jamie Mackinlay, Commercial Director, MGt, said, “It might seem like the last and most obvious piece of the content monetization puzzle, but the payment system is really important in order to create a simple easy-to-use service and to build a close relationship with the customer. Unlike other payment and billing tools, PayWizard allows the content owner to keep, analyse and use vital marketing data – where the customer has been, what they have bought, what their purchasing habits are – in order to improve their service, personalise the customer viewing experience and provide additional opportunities to sell more content.”

PayWizard’s value-added service allows merchants to quickly set up their online offering by providing technical integration services in order to connect with multiple platforms, and the necessary operational infrastructure and services such as reporting and content tracking, which would require heavy investment in time and money to set up independently.

PayWizard also provides a top-up payment device for digital media consumption. Instead of having to register personal and bank account details on individual sites, the consumer would register with PayWizard for a single ‘eWallet’, nominate payment details and choose how much to top up and how often, and would then be able to use their account quickly and easily on any site that is signed up to the PayWizard service.

“PayWizard is an attractive offer for all sizes digital media companies, allowing them to offer an easy and secure billing service, with the additional benefits of PayWizard, for a relatively small outlay,” Mackinlay said. “We see PayWizard becoming the common currency for digital media transactions.”

In addition to PayWizard, MGt will also be demonstrating its Profile Software Suite, which provides robust support for specific end-to-end applications such as subscriber TV and IPTV. MGt can be found on Booth SU9506R in the Broadband Lifestyles Pavilion.

ABOUT MGt

MGt is a specialist provider of payment and billing services, media consumer software and outsourced solutions for global Telecommunications, Media, Technology, Entertainment and Retail markets.

For over ten years MGt has developed an innovative and unique Tier 1 managed service platform that, along with our staff of over 1,000, annually manages more than 10 million customer contacts, bills more than $400 million and fulfils more than 4 million items.

MGt today provides a unique services package that includes: hosted billing and payment solutions, subscriber management software for digital media platforms, end to end IPTV solutions and a full outsourced customer management capability.

Our client list includes BT Retail, Sony Entertainment, BT Vision, Digital UK, Discovery Networks, Freeview, Move Networks, Orange, Top Up TV and Five.

For more information visit www.mgtplc.com

NAB 2010, Las Vegas – 12 April 2010 - Autoscript, the world’s leading teleprompting company and a Vitec Group brand, will present a range of high performance prompting solutions on Booth C6025 at NAB 2010. Demonstrations will include high brightness LED TFT flat screens, and the first fully-featured demonstrations in the US of the Xbox Ultra and X-Lite portable prompting systems.

Autoscript’s LED TFT flat screens utilise recent advances in LED technology to provide superior brightness, higher contrast levels, improved reliability and energy efficiency.

Based on the successful XBOX USB external box solution, the Xbox Ultra connects via USB port to a laptop or PC and provides enhanced features and capabilities which make it particularly useful for portable prompting. Now featuring four outputs, it can power twice as many on-camera units, and also features a smooth on-screen scroll on the computer screen, eliminating the need for an external preview monitor. The video output is standard composite PAL or NTSC and is compatible with all Autoscript on-camera units.

The X-Lite, which replaces the WinPlus VGA unit, is an entry level prompting tool which incorporates one output, and is suitable for simple pieces to camera and for educational purposes.

“Autoscript’s constant innovation continues to provide real-world solutions for every type of broadcast, from LED TFTs used on live entertainment shows to executive systems for announcements by world leaders,” said Brian Larter, Managing Director, Autoscript. “We are delighted to bring the latest and greatest in our range to NAB 2010.”

About Autoscript

Established in the U.K. in 1984, with headquarters in the U.S. and the U.K., Autoscript is the world leader in the prompting industry. Autoscript provides a complete range of PC-based teleprompters, the best designed and built hardware, PC cards and software, and – with its expanding line of intuitive accessories – is the new definition in prompting. Autoscript is a member of the Vitec Group.

For more information visit www.autoscript.tv

A Snapshot of The Vitec Group
Vitec is an international Group principally serving customers in the broadcast, photographic and military, aerospace and government (MAG) markets. Listed on the London Stock Exchange with 2009 revenue of £315 million, Vitec is based on strong, well known, premium brands on which its customers worldwide rely.  Vitec is organised in three divisions:  Imaging & Staging, Videocom and Services.

Imaging & Staging designs, manufactures and distributes equipment and accessories for photography, video and events.

Videocom designs and distributes systems and products used in broadcasting and live entertainment, film and video production and MAG.

Services provides equipment rental, workflow design and technical support for camera, video, audio, fibre optic and wireless technology used by TV production teams and film crews.

More information can be found at www.vitecgroup.com

Press Release:

Irvine, California–December 15, 2009) Fast Forward Video (FFV) today announced the release of its new Micron HD digital video recorder (DVR), a highly cost-effective yet powerful solution for recording and playout of broadcast-quality digital SD and HD video.

The Micron HD offers many of the features of FFV’s industry-leading Omega HD DVR, in a single rack unit and at a price point specifically targeted to today’s most budget-conscious broadcast-grade operations.

“The Micron HD is a direct response to many of our customers who requested an inexpensive, entry-level HD DVR that could still measure up to the superb picture quality of the Omega HD,” said Harry Glass, vice president of sales for FFV. “The single-channel Micron HD is an ideal solution for broadcasters seeking to migrate to HD operations at a low cost per channel while maintaining SD capabilities.”

It records using the high-quality JPEG2000 compression at speeds up to 100 Mbit/sec, making it an excellent replacement for SD-only DVRs and analog tape decks. The Micron HD offers up to five hours of record time, and its removable, non-proprietary 2.5-inch SATA drive is fully compatible with FFV’s Elite HD camera-mounted DVR. Users can record, play, and store multiple SD and HD video files. With a simple machine controller, the user can access a larger set of functions and command multiple units with one key stroke. The suggested retail price is $4,995.

For more information about FFV’s award-winning DVR solutions, visit http://www.ffv.com

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