Leitch and Rorke Data Enter Into Digital Archive Alliance
Rorke to Provide Integrated Digital Video Archive Solutions for Leitch Users Worldwide

TORONTO — Leitch Technology Corporation (TSX:LTV; NASDAQ:LVID) and Rorke Data, a subsidiary of San Jose-based Bell Microproducts (NASDAQ:BELM), today announced that they have entered into an agreement to deliver integrated digital archive solutions compatible with Leitch’s broadcast video server platform, VRnet ™ . The archive solution will be shown in the Leitch booth(#SU4525) during the NAB show, April 5-10 in Las Vegas.

Per the agreement, Leitch will leverage Rorke Data’s expertise in deploying fully integrated and tested server/archive solutions on a worldw ide basis. Rorke Data’s solution approach is specific to broadcast workflow requirements and is designed to function seamlessly in today’s complex, heterogeneous digital video environments. With this global alliance in place, Rorke Data joins a select group of companies approved to work with Leitch in providing fully integrated broadcast solutions.

Extensive product testing has demonstrated both companies’ interoperability, fault tolerance, and easy-to-use applications. Carsten Baumann, director of product management for Leitch, commented, “Archiving digital broadcast content has become one step easier. The alliance with Rorke Data allows us to offer our customers the ideal archive solution to match their needs. Rorke Data is well-known in the broadcast industry, and this alliance is a perfect fit for our broadcast products and strategy.”

Joe Rorke, vice president of marketing for Rorke Data, added, “In a solution-driven market space we are excited to have Leitch, one of the most respected names in broadcast manufacturing, as a strategic partner. With the excellent management cooperation and technical assistance provided by Leitch, we can offer VRnet ™ users a wide range of archive solutions in a wide variety of formats tailored to the customer.”

About Leitch
LeitchTechnology Corporation is a global leader in the design, development and distribution of high-performance audio and video infrastructure to the professional video industry. Applications for Leitch products span the marketplace and include broadcast, post production, telecommunications, cable, Internet and business to business. Leitch's main operating segments are Video Processing and Distribution, Video Servers and Post Production, which together provide products and solutions that address every aspect of the professional video production process. With more than thirty years in the industry, worldwide offices and distributors, and a broad, Emmy ® award-winning portfolio of products, Leitch is helping deliver high-quality video to viewers in every corner of the globe.

About Rorke Data
Rorke Data is a full digital storage solutions provider with expertise in Fibre-Channel RAID, SAN, DVD, tape and optical libraries, Unix, NT and Mac environments, high bandwidth networks, and related professional servic es. Founded in 1985, Rorke Data, is a subsidiary of Bell Microproducts, San Jose, CA, and is composed of four divisions: Medical Diagnostic Imaging, Digital Video & Broadcast, Digital Prepress & Publishing, as well as a Technical Services division. More information about Rorke Data can be found at www.rorke.com. Rorke Data is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bell Microproducts, Inc. (Nasdaq: BELM)

For more information, contact: Rorke Data, Inc., 7626 Golden Triangle Drive, Eden Prairie, MN 55344; 800/328-8147 or 952/829-0300; fax: 952/829-0988; website: www.rorke.com.

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