KVBC Expands HD Newscasts to the Field with 18 Thomson Grass Valley Infinity Camcorders

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Paris, France/Nevada City, California, February 12, 2008 —Valley Broadcasting Company's KVBC in Las Vegas, a Sunbelt Communications Company subsidiary, has expanded the production of its high-definition (HD) newscasts with an order for 18 Thomson Grass Valley™ Infinity™ Digital Media Camcorders from Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS).

The Infinity camcorders are being used as part of KVBC's true file-based news acquisition workflow which includes REV PRO Removable Media, USB REV PRO Digital Media Drives, and EDIUS^® nonlinear editing workstations.

"As the number one news team in the Las Vegas Valley, KVBC's News 3 relies on journalistic excellence and the latest broadcast technology to be a leader in local newsgathering," said Lisa Howfield, General Manager of KVBC. "The Infinity Digital Media Camcorder gives us the competitive edge to bring high-quality HD news stories to our viewers fast."

"The Infinity was the perfect choice to bring HD acquisition into the field for News 3," said Richard Gacovino, Chief Operations Photographer for KVBC's News 3. "It's easy to operate, makes fantastic pictures, and brings an entirely new level of efficiency to our ENG workflow."

On August 11, 2007 KVBC began broadcasting its local news in high-definition, upconverting standard-definition field footage. KVBC currently broadcasts six hours of live news coverage each weekday plus five hours of live news coverage each weekend for a total of 35 hours of HD news each week.

"With Infinity, REV PRO, and EDIUS, KVBC and News 3 are at the forefront of newsgathering technology and workflow efficiency," said Jeff Rosica, Senior Vice President of Thomson's Broadcast & Professional Solutions business unit. "Broadcasters the world over realize just what the Infinity family can bring to their operations, whether it be HD news, SD news, or newsmagazine programs—the absolute highest quality pictures with the fastest workflow possible—all with no compromises."

About the Infinity Digital Media Camcorder

Infinity digital media camcorder, with its uncompromised image quality, format agility, and nonlinear flexibility mean that, whether you are shooting with a single camera in the field or working a multi-camera shoot in the studio, it works the way you want to work.

As the first camcorder to use removable-storage disks and professional solid-state memory as the recording and playback media in the same device, the Infinity Digital Media Camcorder provides a choice of HD and SD video formats and standards that are selectable within the camera using three Xensium™-based CMOS 2/3" imagers with advanced image-processing functions including a full 1920x1080 active-pixel matrix. This capability makes the camcorder ideal for multi-format acquisition and for a straightforward migration within a facility from SD to HD, with a choice of compression schemes, including DV25, JPEG 2000, and MPEG-2.

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About Thomson — World leader in digital video technologies

Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) provides technology, services, and systems to help its Media, Entertainment & Communications clients — content creators, content distributors and users of its technology — realize their business goals and optimize their performance in a rapidly changing technology environment. For more information: www.thomson.net.

Thomson's Systems division develops video and film technologies, products and services sold to all major Hollywood studios, all major television, satellite, and cable broadcasters under the Thomson Grass Valley brand-name for the delivery of analog and digital entertainment. The division also includes the Thomson Premises Systems Business Unit,, a leading supplier of residential gateways and digital entertainment decoders to the world's major telecom service providers, cable operators as well as satellite and terrestrial broadcasters and the Network Intelligence Solutions organization, one of the leading suppliers of VoIP and IPTV service delivery platforms enabling telecom operators to deploy broadband telephony, IPTV, Triple Play and Fixed-Mobile Convergence services.

For information about Grass Valley products from Thomson please visit www.thomsongrassvalley.com.

Media Relations:

Denise Williams
Grass Valley
Phone: +1 (503) 526 8160
Fax: +1 (503) 526 8109
E-Mail: denise.williams@thomson.net
http://www.grassvalley.com

Kelly Smith
WhiteOaks
Phone: +44 (0) 1252 727313
Fax: +44 (0) 1252 727314
kellys@whiteoaks.co.uk
http://www.whiteoaks.co.uk

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