SeaChange International Promotes John Pittas to Vice President of Broadcast Products / IBC '99, booth 11.632

(Nasdaq: SEAC), a leader in digital video server systems for television, has promoted John Pittas to Vice President of Broadcast Products. Joining SeaChange as Broadcast Products Manager in 1996, Pittas was instrumental in the company's development and launch of its Broadcast MediaCluster product family. Today, television operators worldwide rely on these MPEG- 2 solutions for the delivery of their commercials and programs. "John's product management expertise and insight were leading influences in the development of the Broadcast MediaCluster, a product that has affected a significant change on the broadcast industry. This promotion is emblematic of the tremendous effect John has had on SeaChange," said Bill Styslinger, president and CEO, SeaChange International. "Through his influence, Broadcast MediaCluster, for many broadcasters, has become the key to digital video storage and delivery with the highest degree of reliability and cost- effectiveness. And with these standards, SeaChange has established a profitable and rapidly growing business in broadcast." John Pittas has over twenty years of experience developing technologies and products for video and film. Prior to SeaChange, he served as senior engineer at IBM Watson Research Center and was principle video I/O subsystems designer for the IBM Power Visualization System supercomputer. Prior to IBM, he held staff engineering positions at Dubner Computer Systems and at the CBS Technology Center. He currently holds four patents for video data manipulation and transmission technology. Pittas is a member of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers and the IEEE. He earned a BA in arts and letters from the University of Delaware, and an MA in arts and letters and a BS in electrical engineering from SUNY Buffalo. SeaChange will demonstrate the Broadcast MediaCluster product family at IBC '99, booth 11.632. About SeaChange International Serving approximately 23,000 television channels for broadcast and cable television companies worldwide, SeaChange International, Inc. (www.schange.com) is the leading provider of MPEG-2 digital video systems. SeaChange's products, incorporating the Company's patented software and hardware technologies, automate the management and distribution of video streams including advertisements, movies, news updates and other broadcast- quality video programming requiring precise execution. Founded in 1993, SeaChange is headquartered in Maynard, Massachusetts. MediaCluster is a registered trademark of SeaChange International. All other products are trademarks of their respective companies. ots Original Text Service: SeaChange International, Inc. Internet: http://www.newsaktuell.de Contact: John Coulbourn of SeaChange International Tel.: (USA) 978-897- 0100 x3098 e-mail: johnc@schange.com Web site: http://www.schange.com Subscribers please note that material bearing the slug "PROTEXT" is not part of CTK's news service and is not to be published under the "CTK" slug. Protext is a commercial service providing distribution of press releases from clients, who are identified in the text of Protext reports and who bear full responsibility for their contents. PROTEXT