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Real Digital Media introduces NEOCAST media player K-series

February 22, 2009

SARASOTA, Fla. — Real Digital Media (RDM), a provider of next-generation digital signage products for establishing point-of-purchase marketing, promotions and corporate communication networks, has announced the official release of the NEOCAST Media Player K-Series. The new product line will serve as the standard digital signage media player for the NEOCAST platform, complementing the high definition and advanced functions offered by the NEOCAST Media Player Z.

A significant development with the K-Series product release is the fanless design with the option for solid state drives. The solid state option reduces the potential number of moving parts to zero, further enhancing the reliability and stability of the media player appliances.

"The NEOCAST Media Player K-Series represents Real Digital Media's continued efforts to provide network operators with the most stable, flexible and cost effective tools for building digital signage networks," said Michael Baron, president of Real Digital Media. "Combined with the NEOCAST Media Server management application and industry-unique functions such as On-Demand and SpotSwap, network operators have access to the most advanced features supporting networked digital signage."

NEOCAST Media Players, together with the NEOCAST Media Server software, transform displays into powerful, networked digital advertising, promotional and corporate communication networks. With NEOCAST media players and software, customized content and programming can target individual displays or scale across entire narrowcast networks, providing the ultimate flexibility to reach customers with targeted messaging at the right place, at the right time.

The NEOCAST family of digital signage and narrowcast network products include:

NEOCAST Media Player K-Series: The NEOCAST Media Player K-Series is the latest network media appliance designed to store and play digital signage promotions and corporate communications. The product offers extreme reliability, hours of content storage and supports a variety of video, graphical and audio formats, including WMV, QuickTime, MPEG 1, 2-4, Divx, VOB, PNG, JPG, GIF and Macromedia Shockwave and Flash.

NEOCAST Media Player Z: The NEOCAST Media Player Z is the next generation network media appliance designed to store and play digital signage promotions and corporate communications. The product offers extreme reliability, hours of content storage, DVI output and supports a variety of video, graphical and audio formats, including HD, WMV, QuickTime, MPEG 1, 2-4, Divx, VOB, PNG, JPG, GIF and Macromedia Shockwave and Flash.

Both media players incorporate a flexible zone system for partitioning content within a display screen, support satellite, broadband and cellular connectivity, support landscape and portrait modes, and include a sleep mode function for a wide range of displays without requiring an extra RS232 serial connector. RS232 power and volume control of displays is also available.

NEOCAST Media Server: The NEOCAST Media Server is powerful server software for managing the delivery of digital media files across the Internet. The software offers centralized control, monitoring and content distribution to the NEOCAST Media Players, supporting both promotional and advertising networks. With NEOCAST Media Server software, digital content can be served across entire digital signage networks down to individual units and displays, providing the ultimate flexibility when delivering tailored content and messaging to targeted audiences.

Real Digital Media will showcase the K-Series in their booth (#1113) at the Digital Signage Expo 2009 in Las Vegas, Nev., Feb. 24-26.