Las Vegas, NV, NAB 2000, Booth #L6061, April 10, 2000  — Rorke Data, a leading supplier of fibre-channel SAN systems for the broadcast and streaming video markets, has announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Media 100 (NASDAQ: MDEA), the pioneer and market leader of streaming media production tools for the Internet.  At NAB 2000, Media100 will demo Rorke's StudioNet-FC, a high bandwidth Fibre Channel work group solution designed to optimize the streaming media production workflow, in NAB booth #L6587.

"High-performance, high-bandwidth networked environments are integral to the streaming media production workflow," said Mike Savello, Director of Marketing for Media 100. "Integrating Rorke Data's StudioNet-FC SAN with Media 100's streaming media production solutions ensures that the quality and integrity of streaming content created on our systems is maintained as it's shared across the network."

"Rorke Data's long standing relationship with Media 100 has allowed us to integrate  state of the art networking topology that incorporates the ultimate in workflow efficiencies" said Bob Herzan, Vice President of World Wide Sales, Audio/Video division, Rorke Data.  "Rorke's ability to deploy both a heterogeneous Storage Area Network (SAN) for A/V applications, and back it up with installation and professional service worldwide, are key the components in developing our strategic partnership with Media 100."

Rorke Data's storage systems are certified and compatible with Media 100's family of streaming media production tools, including iFinish for Windows and Media 100 for the Macintosh.

About Rorke Data

 Rorke Data is a full digital storage solutions provider with expertise in SAN-connectivity, FC RAID, high performance tape and optical libraries, Unix, NT and Mac environments, high bandwidth networks, digital asset and document management, and engineering and maintenance services. Founded in 1985, Rorke Data is a privately held Minnesota corporation.  Together with its European subsidiary, Rorke Data Europe, located in Emmen, The Netherlands, the company is composed of six divisions: Audio/Video, Prepress, Imaging, Document Management, Digital Media Supplies, and Engineering and Installation Services.  More information about Rorke Data can be found at www.rorke.com.

About Media 100

Driven by the singular vision of enabling anyone with a personal computer to become a potential Internet broadcaster, Media 100 Inc. (Nasdaq:MDEA) builds the tools that simplify the creation and delivery of video on the Internet.   Media 100 is the pioneer of Streaming Media Production Tools, providing the market's most comprehensive set of solutions -- ranging from video/audio acquisition and editing to dynamic media compression, from MPEG-2 encoding to real-time transcoding.  Since 1993, its award winning Media 100^® and Finish^™ digital video solutions for Macintosh and WindowsNT have redefined the digital video industry by making content creation easier, more productive and more affordable for traditional video customers. Now, Media 100 brand is more powerful and comprehensive than ever, with its newest streaming media innovation (iFinish) — as well as an expanded solutions suite developed through recent acquisitions of industry leaders Terran Interactive and Wired, Inc.   

 Based in Marlboro, MA, Media 100 currently boasts over 24,000 systems installed in more than 50 countries worldwide – including at such industry leaders as AT&T, Nike, Intel and Microsoft.   Media 100's digital video systems are used in a wide array of industries for the creation of programs for broadcast and cable television, education, corporate training, animation, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM and streaming media for the Internet.  For more information, visit www.media100.com.