Da Vinci Wins Engineering Emmy Award for Color Enhancement System

North Hollywood, CA. - In ceremonies held at the Goldenson Theatre,the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS) presented da VinciSystems, Inc. of Ft. Lauderdale, FL the Emmy Award for OutstandingAchievement in Engineering Development for their 2K Color EnhancementSystem. The 2K is used by leading video postproduction facilitiesworldwide as the primary tool for color correcting film- andvideo-originated images for television. The majority of prime timeprogramming in the U.S. is enhanced by the da Vinci 2K as is the bulkof digital cinema feature length releases along with DVD and otherconsumer formats.

Of the 826 da Vinci systems installed around the world, 178 are2K's. Along with high-end post houses in the Los Angeles, New York, andChicago markets using da Vinci almost exclusively, 2K's are installedin virtually all major international video production centers.

"Our engineering staff has worked very hard to make the 2K thefinest color enhancement technology available," said Robert Silva,President of da Vinci. "We are very proud of them."

"To have the Academy bestow this engineering award is a greathonor," said Henry Gu, vice president engineering. "Being recognized byyour industry peers is a tremendous vote of confidence."

The da Vinci 2K can be seen at the International BroadcastersConference(IBC) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 14-18,2001.

da Vinci Systems, Inc., an Acterna Corporation company(Nasdaq.:ACTR),provides digital film, HDTV and SDTV color enhancementtechnology, uncompressed digital disk recording, and film restorationto the worldwide postproduction marketplace. Further information can befound on the Web at www.davsys.com.