SeaChange Offers HD

AMSTERDAM -- SeaChange International's (Nasdaq: SEAC - News) widely deployed MediaClient/MediaLibrary platform is evolving further in support of rising High Definition (HD) television demands. At IBC 2006, the Company will unveil new software MediaClient codecs that solve broadcasters' High Definition challenges today and establish an HD-ready infrastructure for an economical migration path from Standard Definition.

SeaChange's new MediaClient software codecs harness the power of Intel's latest high-performance server technology to drive bitrates up to 80Mbp/s with MPEG2 4:2:2 Long GOP, bringing significant quality and storage savings for HD play-to-air. Consuming 70% less bandwidth than typically required by competitive solutions that use Intra-frame coding, broadcasters will realize the highest picture quality achievable today.

With MediaClient's HD-ready capabilities, SD broadcasters using the SeaChange MediaClient/MediaLibrary platform can turn on HD playout virtually anytime. It allows SD and HD simulcast from a single media asset, drastically minimizing storage requirements and providing optimal versatility for the transition to HD broadcasting.

MediaClient's 80Mbp/s Long GOP benefits are delivered by SeaChange's Broadcast MediaLibrary BML6000ex and the new BML24000ex, which will be demonstrated at IBC. These transmission storage systems suit the entire range of broadcast operations today, from the entry-level BML6000ex that can be scaled to meet mid-market demands, through the BML24000ex for extremely demanding multichannel environments and complex tapeless workflows.

"The availability of these HD-ready products marks an important new phase in the evolution of our scalable, open and modular MediaClient/MediaLibrary platform by bridging the gap that has separated SD and HD infrastructures," said Stephane Jauroyou, SeaChange's director of marketing, Broadcast. "Until now, many broadcasters have only hoped for some means to achieve a smooth transition to HD instead of enduring a disruptive or expensive migration. The BML6000ex and BML24000ex create an entirely new category of HD-ready products that define a clear path forward from current operations to future opportunities."

SeaChange International Inc. (Nasdaq: SEAC)