Spielberg's Shoah, CNN's Castle Win Awards

Awards Recognizing Pioneering Work in Entertainment Asset Management
To be Handed Out January 21 at the Bel Age Hotel in West Hollywood
During the Second Annual Entertainment Asset Management Conference

NEW YORK, January 7, 2003 - The 2nd Annual Entertainment Asset Management (EAM) Conference announced today that its First Annual Pioneer Awards will go to Steven Spielberg's Shoah Visual History Foundation for the system its uses to archive more than 120,000 hours of footage and testimony from World War II Holocaust survivors and to Gordon Castle, Senior Vice President of CNN Technology for his work on implementing the complex system at the news giant. The EAM Awards will be presented during a ceremony at the Bel Age Hotel in West Hollywood on January 21 at 7 PM during the 2nd Annual Entertainment Asset Management Conference.

The EAM Pioneer Awards were created to recognize the achievements of individuals, organizations and manufacturers who have made significant contributions to the development and deployment of entertainment asset management strategies and systems. The awards are decided on by a judging panel of trade journalists and industry professionals, coordinated by United Entertainment Media, producer of the Entertainment Asset Management Conference and founder of the EAM awards.

Outstanding Institutional Achievement: The Shoah Foundation
The Shoah Visual History Foundation has taken on the monumental ongoing task of preserving the stories of the more than 300,000 World War II Holocaust survivors. What began as a project to record a riveting oral history on videotape has evolved into an impressive effort to create a more permanent record by digitizing more than 120,000 hours of video and storing it in a readily accessible digital archive. Steven Spielberg launched Shoah in 1994 shortly after he finished filming Schindler's List. It differs from many other corporate asset management efforts because digitization was a priority from the start, rather than an afterthought, according to Sam Gustman, executive director of technology at the Shoah Foundation. The project has received $15 million in donations to set up the 400 TB digital library. The Shoah videos have been used "in eight documentaries, two CDs and one book," according to Gustman, and Shoah has spent an incredible amount of time trying to get the digitized information properly cataloged so interested parties can do keyword searches to find the video they request. To date, Shoah has taken the testimonies of 50,000 Holocaust survivors and put nearly half into its 400 TB digital archive.

Outstanding Individual Achievement: Gordon Castle
CNN's Gordon Castle will be recognized with the EAM Pioneer Award for Individual Achievement for his role in leading the pioneering team at CNN that implemented one of the first digital asset management systems installed at a television network. Castle - who is responsible for the analysis, acquisition, and implementation of the technology that CNN employs for the gathering, production, and distribution of news - is a leading executive behind the creation of an all-digital production environment at CNN. This multi-year, multi-million dollar digital project is a cornerstone of CNN's technology plan. Castle initiated the planning for the CNN project in 1997, recognizing early on the inherent value of the preservation of important news footage of national and international interest. The system was up and running in 1999. Castle's quick recognition and early adaptation of the concept and technology make him a true EAM Pioneer.

To register for the EAM conference, please contact Katie Conover at (212) 378-0468 or via email at kconover@uemedia.com. You can also visit www.uemedia.com/eam for more information. The 2nd Annual Entertainment Asset Management (EAM) Conference - a two-day senior-level networking and educational event dedicated exclusively to tackling the issues of digital storage and networking for the entertainment industry - will be held January 21-22, 2003 at the Bel Age Hotel in West Hollywood, CA. The conference provides how-to archiving and asset management solutions for senior executives of music, film, video and broadcast companies. Event sponsors include Sony, WAM!NET, Harris Corporation, Avalon, Adam Systems Group, DSA (Data Systems Analysts), Blue Order, Macrovision, Ciprico, J. Fleming & Associates, MAI (Musik Tech Advisors Inc.) and Storage Visions.


	FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Anthony P. Montesano United Entertainment Media (212) 378-0404 amontesano@uemedia.com ASSET MANAGEMENT AWARDS GO TO SPIELBERG'S SHOAH FOUNDATION AND CNN'S GORDON CASTLE Awards Recognizing Pioneering Work in Entertainment Asset Management To be Handed Out January 21 at the Bel Age Hotel in West Hollywood During the Second Annual Entertainment Asset Management Conference NEW YORK, January 7, 2003 - The 2nd Annual Entertainment Asset Management (EAM) Conference announced today that its First Annual Pioneer Awards will go to Steven Spielberg's Shoah Visual History Foundation for the system its uses to archive more than 120,000 hours of footage and testimony from World War II Holocaust survivors and to Gordon Castle, Senior Vice President of CNN Technology for his work on implementing the complex system at the news giant. The EAM Awards will be presented during a ceremony at the Bel Age Hotel in West Hollywood on January 21 at 7 PM during the 2nd Annual Entertainment Asset Management Conference. The EAM Pioneer Awards were created to recognize the achievements of individuals, organizations and manufacturers who have made significant contributions to the development and deployment of entertainment asset management strategies and systems. The awards are decided on by a judging panel of trade journalists and industry professionals, coordinated by United Entertainment Media, producer of the Entertainment Asset Management Conference and founder of the EAM awards. Outstanding Institutional Achievement: The Shoah Foundation The Shoah Visual History Foundation has taken on the monumental ongoing task of preserving the stories of the more than 300,000 World War II Holocaust survivors. What began as a project to record a riveting oral history on videotape has evolved into an impressive effort to create a more permanent record by digitizing more than 120,000 hours of video and storing it in a readily accessible digital archive. Steven Spielberg launched Shoah in 1994 shortly after he finished filming Schindler's List. It differs from many other corporate asset management efforts because digitization was a priority from the start, rather than an afterthought, according to Sam Gustman, executive director of technology at the Shoah Foundation. The project has received $15 million in donations to set up the 400 TB digital library. The Shoah videos have been used "in eight documentaries, two CDs and one book," according to Gustman, and Shoah has spent an incredible amount of time trying to get the digitized information properly cataloged so interested parties can do keyword searches to find the video they request. To date, Shoah has taken the testimonies of 50,000 Holocaust survivors and put nearly half into its 400 TB digital archive. Outstanding Individual Achievement: Gordon Castle CNN's Gordon Castle will be recognized with the EAM Pioneer Award for Individual Achievement for his role in leading the pioneering team at CNN that implemented one of the first digital asset management systems installed at a television network. Castle - who is responsible for the analysis, acquisition, and implementation of the technology that CNN employs for the gathering, production, and distribution of news - is a leading executive behind the creation of an all-digital production environment at CNN. This multi-year, multi-million dollar digital project is a cornerstone of CNN's technology plan. Castle initiated the planning for the CNN project in 1997, recognizing early on the inherent value of the preservation of important news footage of national and international interest. The system was up and running in 1999. Castle's quick recognition and early adaptation of the concept and technology make him a true EAM Pioneer. To register for the EAM conference, please contact Katie Conover at (212) 378-0468 or via email at kconover@uemedia.com. You can also visit www.uemedia.com/eam for more information. The 2nd Annual Entertainment Asset Management (EAM) Conference - a two-day senior-level networking and educational event dedicated exclusively to tackling the issues of digital storage and networking for the entertainment industry - will be held January 21-22, 2003 at the Bel Age Hotel in West Hollywood, CA. The conference provides how-to archiving and asset management solutions for senior executives of music, film, video and broadcast companies. Event sponsors include Sony, WAM!NET, Harris Corporation, Avalon, Adam Systems Group, DSA (Data Systems Analysts), Blue Order, Macrovision, Ciprico, J. Fleming & Associates, MAI (Musik Tech Advisors Inc.) and Storage Visions.
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