FOXTEL IMPLEMENTS DUBSAT SYNDICATE - CLOUD-BASED TVC MANAGEMENT SERVICES

SYDNEY, 22 November 2011: Dubsat today announced that it has fully implemented Dubsat Syndicate, its new broadcast media management software application, into FOXTEL's day-to-day TVC workflow. Syndicate enables FOXTEL to streamline its traditional, complex workflow requirements with media agencies MCN and Ignite Media Brands and take advantage of their modern broadcast environment.

Dubsat Syndicate is a new, fully integrated, cloud-based service, which automates and streamlines advertiser, media agency and broadcaster workflows, approvals and delivery of TVCs. This removes the need for any manual intervention or re-keying of data and improves business-to-business communication.

Grant Schuetrumpf, Dubsat CEO, said, "FOXTEL came to us with the challenge of developing and implementing an accessible way to handle TVC file transfers that would simultaneously involve their media agencies and broadcast channels. We met that challenge with Dubsat Syndicate, a new cloud-based service that encompasses airtime management confirmations with file-based material delivery through syndication. Essentially, this allows for TVCs to be spilt and made accessible to their respective media agencies and broadcast channels much earlier in the delivery process leading to better management and TVC fulfillment."

Dubsat Syndicate was developed in close collaboration with FOXTEL, MCN and Ignite Media Brands, who each contributed hands-on situations and experiences to ensure Dubsat Syndicate met each of the businesses requirements in the TVC booking confirmation and delivery workflow.

Adam Larter, Dubsat CTO, said, "Dubsat Syndicate now allows media agencies to access and manage their own material, whilst maintaining privacy and end-to-end data integrity. From a user perspective, Dubsat Syndicate is a fully customised, easy-to-install software application for the desktop synchronised with Dubsat's cloud services. It incorporates full-screen proxy replay and storyboarding of each TVC and allows for the allocation of internal house numbers to be made available across all channel partners, automating a previously manual process. In saying this, Dubsat Syndicate is customisable for any broadcaster's specific situation needing to provide access to their media agency before each TVC on-air date."

Schuetrumpf concluded: "Dubsat Syndicate is a key component of Dubsat's Digital Media Platform strategy, which is focused on continual R&D to deliver innovative, digital workflow tools and solutions for media agencies, advertising agencies, production companies, broadcasters and publishers who need to access and manage advertising and entertainment content."

Other key features of Dubsat Syndicate include:

• In-built workflow checks and balances, ensuring a high level of security when accessed by multiple stakeholders
• Push and pull delivery models, catering for the specific requirements of a diverse range of media receive sites
• High-speed turnaround to meet tight airtime deadlines
• High quality transcoding, dynamically, in any format, tailored to the specifications of the broadcasters
• Fully automated file-based hand-off provides a controlled process and removes the necessity for manual intervention

DUBSAT LAUNCHES NEW ADSEND 7.5 IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

SYDNEY, 11 October 2011: Dubsat today announced the launch of Adsend 7.5 the new, more powerful version of its advanced print advertising validation, delivery and workflow platform for the Australian and New Zealand markets following its release in the UK, USA and South Africa.

Adsend 7.5 offers many new key features that together serve to strengthen its position as the most advanced newspaper and magazine print advertising solution available.

New features include an optional commercial press colour conversion using ICC colour profiles, a unique publisher-branded online portal capability and seamless booking exchange integration which automatically reconciles advertising with booking instructions, so agencies don't have to rekey booking details and publishers don't have to chase advertising material.

Grant Schuetrumpf, Dubsat CEO said, "Adsend 7.5 further extends its capability from preflight to delivery and now to workflow. We provide the ability to loop advertising booking job ticket instructions from publisher to media agency to creative agency and back to the publisher, creating what we believe is the first fully automated multi-business workflow for the fulfilment of display advertising material."

The powerful new Adsend platform comprises a robust toolset that streamlines, integrates and automates advertising production delivery workflows, providing significant cost savings and production efficiencies regardless of the type or size of business.

Dubsat also announced even more destinations to Adsend's current 20,000+ publications by integrating with AdFast, the UK Newspaper Society's delivery service of over 1,700 UK regional newspapers.

Far more than a simple advertising delivery service, Adsend 7.5 is a complete pre-flighting, workflow and managed delivery cloud-based platform that streamlines the entire process of digital ad exchange with magazines and newspapers across the world. Adsend 7.5 transparently integrates with a company's existing production systems while presenting comprehensive management, tracking and auditing functionality. The result is an all-encompassing, enterprise-class advertising management solution.

This latest version of Adsend also demonstrates Dubsat's commitment towards delivering advertisements to more than just printed publications.

Schuetrumpf added: "Adsend 7.5 now not only supports PDF as a delivery file format but any format required to publish advertising, enabling our listed newspaper and magazine publishers to set-up and receive advertising specifically for their websites and portable device media strategies".

Adsend 7.5 is live and available for use now in Australia at www.adsend.com.au and in New Zealand at www.adsend.org.nz

Adsend 7.5 was also launched today in the UK, USA and South Africa.

Dubsat opens Perth office

Perth, 4 August 2011: Global cross-media asset management & content distribution company, Dubsat today announced the opening of a Perth office with the appointment of Sue Johnson as the new Senior Account Manager for WA.

Having previously worked with Red Bee Media for 14 years, Sue was an instrumental part of the first team to produce captions in WA. Sue became WA State Manager in 2005, working with agencies and broadcasters and was also charged with developing and managing national client services for new technology, including Live Remote Captioning - a first in the country offering access to deaf and hearing impaired university students.

Dubsat Global CEO, Grant Schuetrumpf said, "With the switch of major Perth agencies such as Marketforce to Dubsat and Adsend's latest validation, delivery and workflow management services, we are delighted to have Sue on the ground in Perth to service a rapidly growing WA client base. Her solid relationships within the Perth advertising community are testament to her outstanding client service and management skills."

Sue has also been Account Manager at media monitoring company, Monitoring Perth Media (now Media Monitors Australia) for 4 years looking after media needs of major corporate, mining and government clients.

Johnson said "The opening of a Perth office is the springboard for the company's future growth plans which include growing Dubsat and Adsend in the local market as well as The Substation's world-class captioning and DVD subtitling services. I'm really excited about bringing these offerings to the West and knowing that there is even more to come in the near future."

DUBSAT LAUNCHES CAPTIONFLOW: WORLD FIRST ONLINE TVC CAPTIONING SERVICE

SYDNEY, 19 May 2011: Global cross-media asset management and content distribution company Dubsat today announced that it has launched its world first online TVC captioning service, Captionflow, delivering a completely automated way for agencies and advertisers to reach an additional audience of over 3.25 million deaf and hearing impaired in Australia and over 250,000 in New Zealand.

Dubsat Global CEO, Grant Schuetrumpf said, "By integrating Captionflow into the Dubsat workflow TVCs can be captioned and delivered in as little as an hour. The entire captioning process is automated and streamlined with online captioning preview, acceptance and insertion for delivery to the broadcasters, as well as one simple online invoice for captioning. It really couldn't be any easier or more convenient."

As time is often of the essence in today's fast moving TVC environment, Captionflow is linked with Dubsat's highly acclaimed MediaPro to quickly and efficiently facilitate the conversion of material to accommodate STL caption files.

Linda Baker, The SubStation General Manager added, "When a client logs in online via mydubsat to book their TVC delivery, they simply select the 'Caption via The SubStation' option and an instruction is generated and sent to The SubStation. We then immediately caption and quality-assure the insertion of the caption file into the TVC, ready for broadcast approval and delivery with a confirmation also sent to the client."

Alex Varley, CEO of Media Access Australia said, "This service is a great example of how the captioning industry is maturing and developing. Processes that were considered specialist and difficult a few years ago are now being mainstreamed and made the norm. The smart companies always got ahead of the competition by putting captions on their TVCs and Captionflow is a brilliant innovation that makes the decision to caption even easier and faster."

Schuetrumpf concluded, "There is no longer a need to caption using traditional tape-based methods. Captionflow is simple, easy to use and above all else the client now feels more in control. It is also very much in keeping with the Dubsat ethos of providing our users with increased efficiencies through innovation and convenience."

Captionflow, Dubsat's world first online captioning service is live and available to all Dubsat users now.

Adsend, Dubsat's advanced web-based print advertising delivery brand announces the acquisition of Certifyle

New York, 14 March 2011: Adsend, Dubsat's advanced web-based print advertising delivery brand today announced the acquisition of Certifyle, a leading US-based provider of advertising validation and delivery services. The acquisition brings together two successful companies to better provide integrated print media services for corporations, advertising agencies and print publishers.

Adsend USA President Al Edwards said, "For those placing advertisements in newspapers or magazines, it takes tremendous time and commitment to prepare every ad to each publisher's specifications. Adsend has earned its reputation with customers for reliable and secure ad submissions to newspaper publishers. Customers appreciate the ease-of-use of our direct cloud-based service from their desktop. Now, with the addition of Certifyle's experience in magazine advertisement delivery and validation services, we represent even greater value to our customers."

Certifyle founder Larry Greybill, who will continue to work with Adsend said, "This is very good news for the industry. Adsend with Certifyle's added functionality, now represents a more advanced service for advertisers and agencies placing print advertising across newspapers and magazines."

Since its inception in 2002, Certifyle has focused on serving advertisers and agencies with the delivery of print advertisements in magazines worldwide. Over the past 17 years, Adsend has become one of the world's largest ad validation and digital delivery services with a stronghold in ad submissions to newspaper publishers. The acquisition will net Adsend a newspaper and magazine publisher database of over 15,000 publications globally, including Fortune 100 publishers. It will also further bolster Adsend's customer base.

Dubsat Global CEO Grant Schuetrumpf said, "Adsend is USA's largest print advertising validation and delivery network. The real beauty of this acquisition is providing our clients a greatly expanded service to source advertising specifications and reach as many national and international publications as possible, all from the desktop, from anywhere in the world".

Adsend and Dubsat are part of the AUD$100+ million turnover Omnilab Media group that specialises in managing and delivering rich media content for the advertising and entertainment industries. Today top agencies and brand owners in the USA, Europe, Africa and Australasia use Adsend to manage and deliver display advertising to over 15,000 newspapers and magazines, and Tracksend to securely deliver millions of digital assets every month.

Omnilab Media MD Christopher Mapp said, "Our vision for Omnilab Media is very much centred around smart acquisitions that make good business sense for our international client base. Adsend's acquisition of Certifyle further extends our footprint in the USA and is an excellent fit with Omnilab Media's global business strategy."

Further announcements on Adsend's future expansion and technical upgrades are expected in the near future.

Al Edwards concluded, "This is a very interesting time for the advertising and publishing industries. Ultimately this is good news for our customers who will quickly see the added value and benefits this acquisition brings them."

ADSEND ARRIVES IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
Most popular web-based advertising delivery system in USA and Europe launches in Australia and New Zealand

Following its recent acquisition of Vio Worldwide, cross-media asset management and distributed advertising and entertainment content company Dubsat today announced that it has launched Adsend, the world's most advanced web-based digital asset delivery system in Australia and New Zealand.

Dubsat CEO Grant Schuetrumpf explained, "Adsend has been a very successful part of Vio Worldwide's business for several years. Many of the world's top agencies and brand owners in the USA and Europe use Adsend to manage and deliver their display advertising to thousands of newspapers and magazines every day. With our acquisition of Vio Worldwide as part of our international expansion strategy, it was clear we needed to consolidate our brands in order to have one identity with a worldwide service offering. Thus, as of today, our existing Websend brand is now fully integrated into Adsend. We have also updated Adsend to be more advanced and efficient than ever. Adsend takes all the best features and functionality from Websend and improves on them. A new service called Adgate has also been launched with Adsend. Adgate is revolutionising the global market place by providing the ability to integrate and automate advertisers' and publishers' existing booking systems, including automating the creation of job tickets and ad delivery requirements."

Adsend is used by many of the world's top agencies including M&C Saatchi, Ogilvy, TBWA, Euro RSCG, Mundocom and Loveurope. Major publishers that use Adsend include News International, Associated Newspapers, Telegraph Media Group, Mirror Group Newspapers, National Magazines (Hearst), IPC, Bauer, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today.

Christopher Mapp, Managing Director of Dubsat's parent company Omnilab Media, concluded, "We made a long-term commitment to the industry through our acquisition of Vio Worldwide. Now, with the consolidation of all our web-based delivery brands into Adsend, we can provide our clients with a proven, established and truly global digital media management and delivery solution."

Adsend is live now in Australia at www.adsend.com.au and New Zealand at www.adsend.org.nz

DUBSAT ACQUIRES VIO WORLDWIDE
Extending Omnilab Media's global media reach into the USA and Europe

Dubsat, Omnilab Media's Australian-based cross media asset management and distributed advertising and entertainment content company, today announced the acquisition of London headquartered Vio Worldwide.

The acquisition unites two successful companies to provide integrated global cross media services for corporations, advertising agencies, production companies, broadcasters, and online/print publishers. Dubsat is part of the Aus $100+ million turnover Omnilab Media group that specialises in managing and delivering rich media content for the advertising and entertainment industries. Dubsat develops and provides Websend, the core technology driving Vio's successful online AdSEND service.

Today top agencies and brand owners in the USA and Europe use AdSEND to manage and deliver display advertising across 6,500 newspapers and magazines, and TrackSend to deliver millions of digital assets every month throughout the advertising, publishing and commercial printing supply chain.

"Vio Worldwide is the advertising service of choice for many of the world's blue chip advertisers and publishers and has an excellent reputation with longstanding market relationships," said Grant Schuetrumpf, CEO of Dubsat. "The acquisition is a natural evolution of our successful two year partnership. It allows us to provide a total global cross media management and delivery solution incorporating an extensive suite of applications and services. The aim is to provide ad agencies with full campaign management, booking, accessibility, repurposing, and managed delivery of content, and give publishers and broadcasters visibility and accessibility across all media type and format."

"Becoming part of Dubsat is an important strategic step allowing us to develop cross-media applications and offer our advertising agency and publisher customers a broader platform of services to keep pace with their evolving media needs. We have created a strong foundation and we are in a good position to now further innovate and extend the business across the traditional and new media markets," said Chris Friend, Managing Director of Vio.

"This is a tremendous boost for AdSEND, our customers and the US media market as a whole," said Al Edwards, President of Vio USA. "Our customers want the ability to manage and distribute multimedia as well as PDF content and we are now in the best and strongest position to support them into the future. Being part of the Omnilab Media group allows us to expand our family of products and our market reach considerably."

Omnilab Media has its sights set on growing its international presence across the entertainment and advertising content and media services sectors. The Vio Worldwide acquisition follows a recent partnership with IMD in the UK for radio ads, TV commercials and music video distribution announced last month.

Speaking just after celebrating the opening of the highly anticipated and big budget feature film Tomorrow, When the War Began, funded and produced by Omnilab Media and just released by Paramount Pictures Australia, Managing Director Christopher Mapp said: "Vio Worldwide extends our footprint in the USA and Europe and is an important part of our global expansion strategy. We will also support this strategy by further investment in innovative technologies and services for the entertainment and advertising markets."

Deliver your TVCs with ease to MTV Singapore & Nickelodeon NZ
ONLY with Dubsat!

Dubsat is the only media and distribution service in Australia that allows you to easily deliver your TVCs to MTV Singapore and Nickelodeon NZ. Simply log into your mydubsat account, place a booking and click on the 'World' tab for the MTV Singapore destination.

To register as a mydubsat user simply click here.

Congratulations to all 2010 MADC Award winners!

Victoria's advertising and design's brightest got their creative juices flowing for a night at the 2010 MADC (Melbourne Advertising & Design Club) Awards held on Friday 27 August, 2010 at the Central Pier Docklands, VIC.

Iloura won the 'Dubsat Award for Best Post Production Special Effects' for their work on 'Think Again', Clemenger BBDO took out 'The Complete Post Award for Best Of Show' award for their work on 'Dry Dreams' and the 'MADC Mentor Award' went to the great work of Michael Kay. With over 70 award categories there was much fun and champagne had by all!

Dubsat is proud to be supporting a fantastic organisation and congratulates the award winners on such a great achievement.

To see the full list of winners click here.

MADC is a professional organisation dedicated to representing and embracing the entire creative community of Victoria and is responsible for organising Australia's largest advertising and design annual awards show. For more information, visit www.madc.com.au

IMD and Dubsat join forces to offer global cross media management and delivery services to over 90 countries worldwide

Europe's leading media logistics specialist IMD and Australian-based media asset management and distributed advertising company Dubsat today announced that they have joined forces to offer global cross media management and delivery services.

This new long-term partnership enables both companies to benefit from each other's internationally recognised cross media management and delivery services. The new global partnership now provides a workflow to book, manage and quality check to ensure accurate and efficient asset delivery to local destination specifications across 90 countries including broadcasters, outdoor display networks and online publishers. The partnership further enables IMD and Dubsat clients to access the extensive local traffic knowledge, expertise and advice available within both companies, which is crucial to managing global campaigns efficiently.

Simon Cox CEO of IMD says 'IMD and Dubsat have worked together for a number of years on a variety of projects and there has always been a strikingly similar commitment to innovation combined with the highest quality customer service. As a result both companies saw the opportunity to take the existing relationship to the next level and in the process enable our clients in their own local market to access the full range of IMD and Dubsat services globally."

Grant Schuetrumpf CEO of Dubsat said, "Dubsat's partnership with IMD immediately furthers the global destination reach for all of our clients. Advertising agencies can now conveniently and efficiently manage their international distribution needs using a local point of contact. By integrating our workflows and service capability with IMD we are providing a true global media exchange network that considerably expands our international destination reach. This also reaffirms our commitment to developing innovative solutions that are relevant in any country. It is also very much in keeping with the Dubsat vision of providing advertising and entertainment technologies that are the most convenient and efficient in the market place today."

IMD and Dubsat are both long established market leaders in the distribution of radio, TV commercials and music video's as well as providing many ancillary services such as closed captioning and copy clearance. IMD operates domestic TVC and radio delivery services in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and France while Dubsat provides the same services in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Christopher Mapp, Managing Director of Dubsat's parent company Omnilab Media said, "Omnilab Media continues to fully support Dubsat's initiatives to extend its capabilities in overseas markets. This kind of partnership fits perfectly within Omnilab Media's global strategy as we continue to expand our international presence."

The partnership of IMD and Dubsat provides a Global Media Network and TVC Delivery Service, which is now able to digitally deliver TVCs and radio advertising to broadcasters across 90 countries. IMD and Dubsat's Global Media Network enables the secure management and speedy movement of cross media advertising assets and other media assets throughout the world.

Dubsat launches My Media online TVC asset repurposing solution and the new mydubsat version 9.0 web portal

Access, repurpose, and share TVCs in any video format anytime from any desktop

Sydney, 29 July 2010 - Following on from their hugely popular MediaPro desktop application, distributed advertising and media asset management company Dubsat, today announced the launch of My Media, a revolutionary new online service that uniquely repurposes TVCs and mydubsat version 9.0 the latest version of its online portal.

Grant Schuetrumpf, General Manager of Dubsat explained, "My Media and mydubsat version 9.0 are available and live now. My Media is another first in the market for this level of desktop functionality and is all about efficiency, speed, accuracy and quality. By utilising the My Media services in our web portal, mydubsat version 9.0, users can immediately access their TVCs and now repurpose and retrieve versions in any video format for DVD, podcasting, online and mobile on their desktop with the simple click of a mouse."

My Media is part of the new mydubsat version 9.0 and extends Dubsat's online tool palette giving users the power to search for their TVCs, play TVCs back within their browser at full screen, create JPEG storyboards, see extended media booking information and destinations relating to the TVC and add comments and messages which can be shared securely with their clients.

Schuetrumpf continued, "My Media is a convenient service within our cloud computing offering, allowing users to request and process file conversions offline, freeing up the desktop to do other tasks simultaneously."

My Media repurposes a new file format from the user's secure online library 24x7 from any desktop using 'real-time processing' so the user can see the progress as it happens. By accessing a simple menu in mydubsat 9.0 the user simply chooses their required file types and is given a cost estimate to accept. Once accepted the order is then fulfilled in real time.

One of the particularly popular features now made possible by My Media is the option to repurpose assets and make them accessible in Apple iTunes®. In this instance, once the TVC has gone through the simple repurposing process, My Media launches iTunes® and a TVC version of the asset is automatically downloaded ready to be played.

Schuetrumpf added, "This is a very convenient feature because most people have iTunes® as part of their desktop suite of applications. Users can also subscribe to an RSS feed and share the podcast with their clients by simply providing them with the subscription URL and a unique user name and password. This is another good example of how Dubsat is giving more power and functionality to its users and their clients via their own desktops."

My Media and mydubsat 9.0 are the result of many months R&D and a significant amount of research and planning.

Schuetrumpf concluded, "Our aim with My Media was that it be powerful, versatile and efficient for all users. We have achieved this by making it more convenient than ever to manage TVCs and their history on one screen with all relevant information and data instantly available. My Media is a real step forward and brings even greater efficiency and convenience to the desktop. There is also a lesser need for dedicated hardware and proprietary servers to be purchased. The real efficiency of MediaPro and My Media is that they are convenient, online, cloud computing services immediately accessible by any desktop computer with Internet access. Dubsat is committed to providing all of our solutions in this way and on following the Software as a Service model."

The My Media TVC asset repurposing service is now available via mydubsat version 9.0 at www.dubsat.com.au

Christopher Mapp, Omnilab Media's Managing Director makes Encore's 'Australia's Power 50' list!

Encore magazine's 'Australia's Power 50' list has been revealed and Christopher Mapp, Managing Director of Omnilab Media has hit the #1 spot.

Encore magazine wrote, "His creative ambitions have never blurred his desire to reduce risk by understanding the market and clearly identifying bankable projects. He's one of the voices championing for a stronger business sense within the Australian screen industry".

The list included professionals working across all areas - film, television and TVC production - as well as the leaders and decision-makers that determine the direction of the industry.

Encore consulted with the main agencies and organisations, and also asked their readers to nominate their candidates to create the final 50.

For the full story click here

Congratulations to CHE and M&C Saatchi - TV Ad of the Month Award winners!

Dubsat congratulates CHE in Melbourne on being the first winner of the TV Ad of the Month Award with their Earth Choice ad, and M&C Saatchi in Sydney on winning this month's award with their Optus ad featuring the Socceroos.

Both fantastic ads!

To enter your ad for next month's award, please go to www.mumbrella.com.au

Dubsat's new collaboration with The MediaHub

Dubsat is pleased to be working in collaboration with The MediaHub, the joint venture between WIN and the ABC for a new consolidated Broadcast Centre in Ingleburn, Sydney.

This collaboration, implemented on Wednesday 4th May, came from the need for an additional Dubsat delivery site at the newly established MediaHub to receive all Dubsat traffic that is currently booked to WIN Wollongong. The system has been configured to ensure that all spots delivered to Win Wollongong are automatically delivered to The MediaHub.

If you have any questions regarding bookings, please contact the AAV Dubsat Client Services Team on (09) 309 4433

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Dubsat & AAV launches New Zealand website including LIVE bookings!

AAV are pleased to announce the launch of the Dubsat New Zealand website and new live bookings feature today. The new website means Dubsat is now able to offer New Zealand users the same seamless workflow solutions that Australian users have been experiencing. Live bookings now allows users to instantly book and manage their media in real time on the desktop. This is a very exciting time for the New Zealand market, and there’s plenty more exciting new features and services coming.

For more information, please contact the AAV Dubsat Client Services team.

Dubsat - official sponsor of Mumbrella's 'TV Ad of the Month'

We are pleased to announce that Dubsat has partnered with Mumbrella - a leading media and marketing online publication - to become the official sponsor of 'TV Ad of the Month' which launched today, 7 April.

The monthly award has been created to recognise Australia's best television ads.

Each month's winner will be selected through a vote by Mumbrella readers and revealed during an episode of The Mumbo Report. A monthly shortlist will be drawn up based on self-nomination and Mumbrella's own selection. This shortlist will then go to a reader vote.

In order to be eligible, ads must have first gone to air during the month being judged.

For more information, please visit www.mumbrella.com.au