We are Anystream. The Agility system is an end-to-end solution starting from media ingest through transformation, programmatic editing, and

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2 We are Anystream Anystream enables the world s leading media and entertainment companies to unlock the value of their content libraries by satisfying the exploding demand for content for broadcast, Web, on-demand, mobile and personal media applications. We pioneered the concept of automated digital media production and publishing systems and our Agility systems have served the mission-critical needs of customers in over 40 countries since The Agility system is an end-to-end solution starting from media ingest through transformation, programmatic editing, and transcoding to final media and media packaging. Agility combines a modular architecture that scales to achieve unparalleled output capacity, state-of-the-art Web Services API that permits seamless integration of core enterprise systems, and a fault-tolerant architecture that is proven in demanding 24/7 media operations. With more than 500 installations, including over 100 high-capacity enterprise-grade multi-node systems, the Anystream Agility solution automates more media production tasks for the top media companies than any other digital media production and publishing solution.

3 How can I satisfy the exploding demand for content for today s what I want, when I want, how I want consumer? The world s top media companies have found the answer to this question in the Anystream Agility Digital Media Production and Publishing system. Anystream Agility replaces slow and costly manual processing operations with flexible, fast, automated workflows while freeing up post production equipment and personnel for more highlevel work. One Simple, Seamless and Powerful Multi-Platform Publishing Solution Anystream Agility is a media processing and publishing solution that can be used at all points of the content production value chain including: Film, television and spot productions Post-production Over-the-air broadcast Cable television Live web streaming Free and subscription on-demand video Mobile phone video IPTV Ad-supported and purchase-towatch portal services Agility can ingest files and live streams from all popular non-linear editing systems and broadcast servers, thus making tapeless operations a reality. In addition, it can capture media content from satellite or network feeds or tape machines. Agility brings easy-to-use manual or automatic operation, powerful media processing capabilities and reliable, scalable operation to bear on media production tasks.

4 Anything In, Anystream Out Anystream Agility provides the ability to capture, transcode, enrich, package and deliver media content in nearly unlimited combinations of end-use formats. Thanks to Agility's modular design, customer installations can be tailored with the right features for today s workflow requirements while additional capabilities can be added as business needs change. Automates repetitive manual tasks Scalable from single workstations to multi-node Enterprise class clusters High-volume throughput at faster-than real-time rates High reliability through distributed computing Fifth-generation design Agility enables processing on servers comprising multi-node clusters, ensuring efficient loadbalancing, reliable operation and extremely high capacity. Agility customers have established highly efficient, unattended lights out digital media production and publishing operations that produce thousands of video clips daily. Profile-Driven Simplicity with Powerful Automatic Operation Agility s automated capabilities are driven by job profiles. Users build profiles that include tasks both simple and complex. Once the tasks are defined in a profile it can be used repeatedly, reducing tedious, repetitive tasks to an automatic process. Simple but powerful, Agility accommodates all levels of users. Video editors, for example, need to focus on content creation, not media processing. Today hundreds of editors launch Agility jobs by simply dragging and dropping source files into folders. When Agility detects a file it opens the related profile, completes necessary operations and sends a completion notification. Of course, expert users can take advantage of Agility's interactive features to simplify unique, one-off processing tasks that previously required interaction with multiple systems. True Multi-Platform Publishing Processing and distributing content used to be easy when the end product was intended for only one format. Today media publishers often make hundreds of variants of every asset produced for distribution by video, web or podcasting. Traditional craft-based production requires a complete end-to-end project for every variant. Agility profile-based

5 processing helps media publishers cope with the growing number of platforms by automating the creation of multiple outputs from a single source file. For simple tasks such as substituting a different on-screen logo or brand, only minor differences exist in the two outputs. In more complex processing, output files could include variants for television network syndication, web portal viewing, mobile phone viewing and ipod viewing. Each output typically has different bit rates, frame rates, aspect ratios, audio formats, closed captions and overlay, logos, color gamuts, etc. By replacing manual postproduction tasks with automatic processing, Agility allows content owners to take advantage of these new efficiencies to aggressively pursue new media programming deals and business models. Enterprise-Grade Media Processing Anystream was the first company to recognize the need for fast, automated, enterprise-grade technology in media publishing. Anystream continues to be on the forefront of innovation with the Agility Web Services API, which harnesses industrystandard, platform-agnostic programming interfaces to enable highly efficient, streamlined enterprise operations. How can I cater to the ever-widening range of distribution platforms and standards? SOA (Service Oriented Architectures) and Web services technologies are revolutionizing the way media companies are integrating business functions to achieve new levels in productivity. Leveraging the power of Webservices technologies, customers can seamlessly integrate the time-tested Agility system with rights management, asset management, archival, automation and e-commerce systems. The Agility Web Services API opens the door to new levels of enterprise-wide integration, changing the way media publishing is managed.

6 How can I hold the line on content production costs? Start with any single Anystream Agility system Add other product options to the existing system Expand functionality by adding more Agility options to the original system. Then add another system for more capacity and Job Manager for central control and load balancing between servers. Flexible, Affordable Product Configurations Designed with modularity in mind, customers can choose from any of the Agility products. Each can be combined with any or all others for seamless integration in your enterprise. All product configurations include one of the Agility Enterprise Control Management modules. The Job Manager provides central command and control for multiple Agility units through a common Web interface, providing load balancing for individual or multiple jobs across available network resources for processing. The Batch Manager offers advanced load-balancing capabilities that optimize encoding and transcoding performance, recognizes failed jobs and enables quick resubmission to alternate network resources. The Resource Manager delivers ultimate scalability, load-balancing and fail-over management and sustains the highest throughput and fastest processing time by distributing components of a single job across multiple systems. Agility Web Agility Broadcast Automate web encoding Streamline digital media conversion and exchange with support for HD, MXF and more Scale to any capacity and functional need. Add Agility Batch Manager and Resource Manager for optimal throughput and system-wide failover protection. Agility VOD Agility Live Agility Web Services API Reliable and cost-effective video-ondemand processing and publishing All-in-one ingest, encoding, and web streaming solution Link core systems using Internetbased standards The Anystream Partner Program is dedicated to creating scalable and extensible solutions for future platform enhancements. Anystream partners provide a wide variety of complementary solutions including editing and video servers, system integrators, asset management and capture and encoding. To learn more about the Anystream Partner Program send inquiries to partners@anystream.com or call

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