Amsterdam, Netherlands — September 11, 2005 -- NewTek Europe, today announced the availability of TriCaster™, a new class of production and presentation tool for enterprise and corporate communications professionals, in its multistandard international version. Newtek Europe is taking the opportunity of the IBC show to demonstrate at the Meridien Apollo, during a dealer meeting, the portable live production suite in Tri-standard version PAL/NTSC 3.54/4.43. TriCaster provides a complete suite of tools for creating and delivering live video presentations at the highest professional production quality, in the most easy to use, compact and affordable package ever created — essentially a live production studio in a box that will fit into a backpack. PowerPoint support, easy template-based creation of graphics and titles, and television production tools labelled in plain English rather than video jargon allow the user to begin producing professional-quality video within minutes of opening the box.

NewTek's TriCaster allows the presenter to mix live and recorded video sources with titles and graphics, including full-screen graphics and video brought in from another system across the local network. The presenter can simultaneously stream the resulting live presentation to the Internet, output it to video and to a high-resolution video projector, and record it as full-resolution digital video on the TriCaster's internal media. Output to each destination is pristinely scaled for uncompromised image quality using new technologies developed by NewTek that eliminate the need for expensive hardware scaling solutions.

TriCaster Features Include:

• Portable live presentation from a compact box less than 30 cm³/one cubic foot and only 4.5Kg/10 pounds.
• Designed for professionals who may be video novices, with all functions in plain English, not video jargon
• Connect up to three live cameras, which are immediately ready for use
• Exclusive networking technology allows TriCaster to pull in PowerPoint™, graphics, or even full-screen animations from any computer screen on the same network
• Hundreds of templates for easy creation of graphics and titles
• Mix your graphics with live video using the TriCaster's keying functions
• Dozens of video transitions
• Virtual VCR cues up digital video clips and plays them back the instant they are selected for live output, boosting the production value of your presentations
• Integrated real-time video editing allows for on-site changes and client approvals
• XGA projector output of all sources means high-resolution computer graphics and animations are always sent at the best quality possible
• Video signals are scaled to match the size of projected computer imagery
• Live streaming to the corporate Intranet or the World Wide Web at the touch of a button
• Output to video in Y/C or composite
• Archive your presentation to hard drive for later playback or editing.

Pricing and Availability

TriCaster public price in Europe is 5995 EUR +VAT (UK RRP: 3999 GBP + VAT). For more information see http://www.newtek-europe.com

To find your nearest reseller, visit
http://www.newtek-europe.com/uk/purchase/resellers.html

For more information on our products visit
http://www.newtek-europe.com

or call NewTek Europe on +33 557 262 262.

About NewTek and NewTek Europe.

Sited near Bordeaux in the southwest of France, NewTek Europe has been the European branch of NewTek, Inc. since 1999 for distribution, communication, and the technical support of NewTek products throughout Europe, Russia, Africa and the Middle East.

NewTek, Inc., based in San Antonio, Texas, is one of the main players in the animation and special effects markets with LightWave 3D®, winner of the "2003 Primetime Emmy® Engineering Award" as well as the producers of video editing solution Video Toaster™.

NewTek was the instigator of the desktop video revolution with the launch of the legendary Video Toaster™ in 1990. This product has been in continuous use since then for video aficionados as well as for professional applications in the world of film.

Recent projects using NewTek production tools include Access Hollywood, Entertainment Tonight, ManiaTV, Battlestar Galactica, Children of Dune and The Final Cut. Clients using NewTek's video production products include NBC, MTV, Paramount Pictures, Zoic Studios, Rainmaker Studios, Area 51, Nissan North America, FEMA, SBC Center — San Antonio Spurs, U.S Navy Reserves, Yale University Medical School, Tulane University, McDonald's, and Saxo Bank.

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Press contact:

Audrey-Jane Belin
Marketing & Communication Department
mail to: aj@newtek-europe.com

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