MediaSite and Leading Edge Team to Exhibit at NAB 2001.

Business Editors

NAB2001

PITTSBURGH & HANOVER, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2001

MediaSite, the global pioneer in providing automated rich media publishing, management, and access solutions, and Leading Edge Design & Systems (Leading Edge), a full-service

The companies share complementary strengths in providing multimedia information solutions. MediaSite and Leading Edge have the same customer-centric focus of providing end-to-end solutions. MediaSite develops the world-class software technology and Leading Edge provides the enterprise-wide system expertise to design and deliver total multimedia content solutions to customers.

Both companies are highly regarded in the field and the partnership will give customers a new choice of solutions by matching MediaSite's recognized products with Leading Edge's technical expertise. Leading Edge will be demonstrating its complete Broadcast Studio Workflow solution, as featured in Government Video magazine.

This demonstration will incorporate MediaSite's Rich Media Product Suite to show the ease of managing, searching, and sharing video content. In addition, the solution will also demonstrate other features that Leading Edge has created, such as a bar coding program for inventory tracking.

Please visit the companies at MediaSite's booth (Sands M10145) for complete demonstrations.

About MediaSite, Inc.

MediaSite is the only provider of enhanced streaming tools that enable users to view time-based rich media faster than real-time over the Web. MediaSite's patented technology and tools deliver quantum gains in automated workflow, search and navigation helping organizations realize the full potential of their rich media resources.

The Company has offices in the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe. Founded in 1997, MediaSite derived its core technology from a Carnegie Mellon University research effort funded by leading government agencies and private corporations, including Bell Atlantic, Boeing, CNN, Intel and Microsoft.

Today, MediaSite has customers in the media and entertainment, financial services, education, consumer products, government and advertising industries in the U.S. and abroad. Additional information about the company and its product offerings is available at www.mediasite.com.

About Leading Edge

Founded in 1984, Leading Edge Design & Systems is a network systems integration and design company involved in some of the most cutting edge projects, including high-level network security and media asset management applications for federal and commercial customers.

Its breadth of experience spans both wired and wireless networks and a broad array of software solutions. The company is partnered with leading software companies, like RealNetworks (NASD: RNWK), to develop customized media asset management systems for its clients. Additional information about the company and its offerings is available at www.leadingedgedesign.com.

Statements in this press release regarding the Company's beliefs, intentions, expectations, plans or estimates (or similar expressions) constitute forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially.

Factors which could affect the Company's actual results include general economic conditions, competitive factors, seasonality of our business, timing and integration of future acquisitions, dependency on public sector contracts and funding, exposure to fixed price contracts, labor relations, regulatory changes in the rail and transit industries, cyclical nature of the rail system industry and commercial construction, availability and terms of financing for our business, our ability to meet obligations under debt instruments and changes in laws that impact the way in which the Company conducts its business.

Management believes these statements, which are based on currently available information, are reasonable; however, undue reliance should not be placed on these statements.

SOURCE Leading Edge Design & Systems, Inc.