ManagedStorage Delivers Digital Content Management Solution For Switzerland's Teleclub TV

Toulouse, France and Broomfield, Co (ots) -

Teleclub Increases Productivity And Quality Of Its German-Speaking
Pay-TV Services With DIVArchive, A Distributed Intelligent Video
Archiving Solution

ManagedStorage International, Inc. (www.managedstorage.com), today
announced it has completed the design and implementation of their
DIVArchive (Distributed Intelligent Video Archive) solution for
Teleclub, Switzerland's first German-speaking pay-TV broadcaster.
DIVArchive better enables Teleclub to manage their main video content
repository, resulting in streamlined operations and improved quality
of programming services on their advanced digital network.

"Teleclub has established its leadership in the pay-TV market and
provides its viewers throughout Switzerland with the highest quality
television services," said Andy Heiniger, Technical Manager at
Teleclub, based in Zurich. "ManagedStorage's DIVArchive solution
enables us to automatically archive and restore thousands of hours of
video content, thus increasing our competitive position."

Teleclub uses DIVArchive to manage hundreds of movies and TV spots
for its 85,000 subscribers' movie selections. DIVArchive tightly
couples video servers and management software with the entire digital
play-to-air system. This functionality enables Teleclub to streamline
its operations and gain new efficiencies not possible in their former
analog tape environment.

"We knew a central video archive was what we needed and the
DIVArchive solution proved to be ideal for its reliability, openness,
and ease-of-use," said Teleclub's Heiniger. "We also chose
ManagedStorage due to the breadth and depth of their knowledge of
storage management and broadcast technologies."

"We're pleased to help transform television services for another
best-in-class broadcast customer with our DIVArchive solution," said
Daniel Coetsier, ManagedStorage International's European President.
"The DIVArchive solution gives Teleclub an optimal foundation for
accommodating video content archive needs as it grows."

Teleclub's DIVArchive implementation is running on redundant NT
and UNIX platforms. DIVArchive manages tape resources on StorageTek
equipment, connects to Leitch video servers, and interfaces with an
automation system via the VACP protocol from Harris Automation
Solutions.

About ManagedStorage International:

ManagedStorage International, Inc., (MSI) the global provider of
guaranteed data protection storage solutions, enables companies and
leading Service Providers to strategically manage storage as a
critical corporate resource. Its suite of turnkey Data Protection
Services enables Service Providers and Value Added Resellers to offer
guaranteed storage services to their customers. Additionally, MSI's
Digital Content Management solutions help broadcast and healthcare
companies efficiently manage the growing complexity of today's
digital archives. ManagedStorage enables businesses to focus internal
IT resources on initiatives that drive competitive performance.

The company was founded in 2000, with funding from Great Hill
Partners and strategic investments from StorageTek and EMC Corp.
Other investors include Providence Equity Partners, Inc., First Union
Corporation, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Incorporated, and Equity Pier
LLC. ManagedStorage is headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado, USA.
For more information, visit www.managedstorage.com or call
1-800-397-1719.

About Teleclub:

Based in Zurich, Switzerland, Teleclub, German-speaking Swiss's
leading pay television service has been beaming the best contemporary
films to its subscribers in Switzerland for fifteen years. In 2000,
it took the business decision to equip itself for the move from a
single channel to multiple channels, including two current title
movie channels and services such as sport, Crime, Comedy, and Science
Fiction, from Premiere World and Disney and Discovery.

Teleclub has an established customer base of more than 85,000
subscribers. For more information, contact www.teleclub.ch or call
+41 (0) 1 947 8787 or fax +41 (0) 1 947 8700.

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Contact: Kevin Thomas
Company: ManagedStorage International, Inc.
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Phone: 303-449-8279
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Contact: Rino Petricola
Company: ManagedStorage International, Inc.
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