NewTek Wins Radio World's "Cool Stuff Award."

TriCaster STUDIO™ is recognized by Radio World newspaper

San Antonio, Texas -- May 16, 2007 -- NewTek, Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading video and 3D animation products, today announced the TriCaster™ STUDIO, a live production system received the “Cool Stuff Award”. The Radio World “Cool Stuff Award” is given by a panel of engineering judges at the NAB 2007 convention in Las Vegas. The “Cool Stuff Award” is one of radio’s most prestigious technology honors.

“It’s a sign of the time that increasing numbers of radio stations see the need to be able to shoot video of special events in and out of their air studios to post on their Web sites and live streams.” says Radio World U.S. Editor in Chief Paul J. Mc Lane.” Our “Cool Stuff” judges liked the NewTek TriCaster STUDIO—equipped with pizzazz Productions’ Auto-switch to make it hands-free for the DJ—as an affordable video capture unit complete with effects, editing, storage and streaming capabilities.”

Only a small number of products were chosen for radio World “Cool Stuff” awards at the convention from among hundreds of new products on display.

TriCaster STUDIO offers the power of a live television truck in a turnkey appliance the size of a backpack.  It includes 6 live video inputs, advanced switching features, multiple upstream effects, dual DDRs, animated alpha channel and more.

“Radio stations around the world are looking for ways to create more inventory and increase sales.” says Vice President of Sales and Video Marketing Philip Nelson. “TriCaster STUDIO allows anyone to become an instant internet broadcaster and gives radio stations a reliable and affordable solution that brings their programming to the internet with streaming video and audio.”

TriCaster STUDIO Features include:

• Live Switching of 6 component, Y/C or composite inputs
• Virtual Set support with numerous sets included
• Live windowed 2-shots for host and guest on-screen together
• 16:9 wide-screen support
• Dual DDR playback, with each assignable to downstream key
• 500 video transitions
• iVGA™ graphics import – able to choose between 3 client displays
• Live Windows Media® and VC1 streaming
• Simultaneous output to video, projector and Internet
• Much more.

Pricing and Availability
TriCaster STUDIO will be available Q2 2007 for $9,995 US. $11,995 International For more information, please visit http://www.newtek.com or call NewTek Sales at 1-800-368-5441, international callers dial +1-210-370-8000.  To locate an Authorized NewTek Reseller, please visit http://www.newtek.com/dealers.

About NewTek
With headquarters in San Antonio, Texas, NewTek is a leading provider of full-featured video editing, live production, presentation and visual effects tools including TriCaster™, VT[4]™, SpeedEDIT™, 3D Arsenal™ and LightWave 3D®.

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