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Date: March 10, 2003
MedioStream and BHA Announce Key Strategic Partnership
Companies join forces to provide all-in-one optical storage
recording solutions
SAN JOSE, CA (March 10, 2003) – MedioStream, Inc.,
a leading provider of PC-based consumer software for recording
video to DVDs and CDs, and B.H.A Corporation, a pioneering
developer and supplier of recording software for all major
optical storage technologies, today announced the formation
of a strategic partnership.
BHA has supplied CD and DVD recording software for Windows
and Macintosh since 1993, and their CD and DVD recording
solutions are marketed to the world’s leading optical
storage OEMs and to end users through distributors and
retailers worldwide. In Japan BHA holds a commanding position
with a majority share of the OEM market. BHA’s key
customers and development partners currently include Sony,
Ricoh, TEAC, Panasonic and Plextor.
“Partnering with BHA is a natural fit for MedioStream,
especially since we are already working with some of the
same OEM partners, including Sony and Ricoh,” said
Gordon Doran, Vice President of Sales and Marketing of
MedioStream, Inc. “This strategic partnership with
BHA will enhance both companies’ position in an industry
that’s looking for an integrated, easy to use solution
that allows users to take advantage of both DVD and CD
media for the creation and storage of video, data and audio
content.”
“BHA is excited to work with MedioStream since we
both share the same strategic direction and commitment
to ease of use,” said Masaharu Yoshihara, President
and Chief Executive Officer of B.H.A Corporation. “By
partnering with MedioStream, we add strength to our product
range and aim to better satisfy the demands from our customers
and users for leading-edge and usable consumer DVD Video
products.”
This partnership brings together complimentary product
lines for OEMs and consumers: MedioStream develops and
markets the consumer-oriented neoDVD, which offers the
fastest and easiest way for users to create their own DVDs
or VCDs via the distinctive NEO TaskBar. neoDVD is the
only DVD authoring software that provides true Direct-to-
Disc Recording; it is also the first to offer industry-standard
Video Recording (VR) support for DVD+RW drives, which allows
users to update finished DVDs directly on DVD+RW discs
created on the PC using a +RW DVD burner or recorded from
a +RW digital video recorder (DVR).
BHA’s extensive product line-up is led by B's Recorder
GOLD5, an CD/DVD recording software application with innovative
functionality to write any type of content to all current
writable DVD and CD formats: DVD+RW/+R, DVDRW/- R, DVD-RAM
and CD-R/RW. Preview versions of the two companies’ products
working together were showcased at COMDEX 2002, including
MedioStream’s All-in-One integrated DVD solution
featuring B’s Recorder GOLD5 for audio and data recording.
About BHA
B.H.A Corporation is a pioneering developer of recording
solutions and has supplied Windows and Macintosh recording
software for all major optical storage technologies since
1993. BHA’s CD and DVD recording solutions are
marketed to the world’s leading optical storage
OEMs and to end users through distributors and retailers
worldwide. Founded in 1991, BHA employs 58 full-time
staff and develops its technologies for CD/DVD recording,
UDF packet writing, and video encoding in-house. The
company is headquartered in Osaka, Japan and has sales
offices in Santa Ana, California. For more information,
please visit B.H.A Corporation’s web site at http://www.bhacorp.com
(English) or http://www.bha.co.jp (Japanese).
About MedioStream
MedioStream, Inc. delivers the latest digital video technology
to the consumer market through innovative, simple and
easy-to-use software solutions. MedioStream's digital
video solutions include real-time authoring software
and multiformat conversion options. As a leader in Host
Signal Processing (HSP) technology, MedioStream pioneered
the first real-time software MPEG-2 and DVD codecs, which
can greatly enhance the functionality and features of
digital VCR, DVD authoring, vi deo streaming, and video
editing applications. MedioStream is the first company
to offer a complete end-to-end software solution that
integrates real-time DV to MPEG-2 conversion with DVD
authoring and burning, revolutionizing the ease and speed
with which the average camcorder user can capture, edit,
compress, author and burn DVD files onto their recordable
drives. Founded in September 1998, MedioStream is based
in San Jose, California. For more information, please
visit www.mediostream.com.
MedioStream, neoDVD, NEO TaskBar, Direct-to-Disc and Smart
Buffering are trademarks of MedioStream, Inc. Other product
names are either trademarks or trade names of their respective
holders.
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