San Francisco, CA- December 6, 1999 - AV Video Multimedia Producer magazine has partnered with MediaSite, the technology leader in making video interactive(TM) , to showcase interactive video created by this year's Top 100 Producers. Through this partnership, visitors to the AV Video Multimedia Producer (AVVMMP) web site www.avvideo.com can view the video of the Top 100 producers, accessing video by keywords or images.

The Top 100 Producer award is presented to an elite group of corporate in-house and independent producers selected by an independent panel of judges sponsored by AVVMMP. Selection is based on outstanding accomplishments in the areas of creativity and technical innovation. The winners of this prestigious award represent the very best in their profession. The Top 100 will be honored at an exclusive gala awards reception at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Winners’ achievements are profiled in the November 1999 issue of AVVMMP, which is posted on the magazine's web site.

"We are excited by this venture with MediaSite to make the work of these exceptional producers widely accessible," said Patricia Casey, Editorial Director of AVVMMP. "Through their complete service offerings, MediaSite is helping us deliver the video in new and innovative ways."

"Winners of the Top 100 have raised the standard for non-entertainment video and what better way to acknowledge these pioneers than by making their innovations visible over the web," said John Zappa, vice president of marketing at MediaSite. "Using our automated solution for indexing and posting video we are able to make their content easy to search and browse for any number of users."

About AV Video Multimedia Producer
Published by Knowledge Industry Publications, White Plains, New York, AV Video Multimedia Producer magazine is edited and published for more than 100,000 professional corporate and independent producers. Its readers create the content for business and corporate communications, meetings and presentations using digital media.

Each month, AV Video provides a respected forum for the exchange of information and ideas the business media marketplace for individuals whose responsibilities include production, editing, audio, animation, graphics, authoring, delivery and presentation.

About MediaSite
MediaSite Inc. is the technology leader in making video interactive™. Leading content providers increase their revenues and extend their brands by creating interactive video websites using MediaSite products and services. MediaSite offers a total, integrated solution through its Publisher Suite™ and services to deliver a flexible, automated approach for publishing searchable video on the Web. Users can navigate the video to search, browse and  summarize specific video segments and purchase video through MediaSite's V-commerceÔ (Video e-commerce) capability. Customers include Time Warner Cable (NY1), Warner Brothers, CBS Affiliates (WCBS, KDKA), Internet Broadcast Systems, US. Air Force, US Holocaust Museum, and HealthInfo among others. MediaSite solutions are based on patented ISLIP technologies – Integrated Speech, Language and Image Processing. For more information, visit www.mediasite.com.