Sauder's session, on Tuesday, November 11, at 2:15 p.m. PST, is entitled "Doing DAM Right -- Maximizing Your ROI." North Plains' founder will address attendees concerns about how they can leverage DAM to overcome changing and challenging conditions to get the most out of their DAM investments.

The company will host live demonstrations of its award-winning TeleScope(TM) platform at Booth #118. Customers and interested parties are encouraged to make appointments to get a first hand demonstration of how TeleScope helps organizations from small businesses and design studios to global enterprises leverage the benefits of DAM technology.

In addition, representatives from North Plains customers Warner Bros., Playboy Enterprises and SONY Pictures Entertainment will discuss how DAM technologies have helped drive new efficiencies in their businesses. These presentations will take place on Monday, November 10.

North Plains' TeleScope(TM) Digital Asset Management (DAM) Platforms

TeleScope(TM) is an award-winning digital asset management platform that provides foundational support for North Plains' entire suite of products. This platform enables the secure access, management and distribution of all digital and rich media content across an entire organization. With its distributed and modular architecture, TeleScope is designed to meet the diverse range of rich media needs from small and mid-size businesses and design studios, to the complex business challenges of global enterprises.

The TeleScope product portfolio consists of four distinctly different solutions, including its Enterprise, Professional, Studio and OnDemand systems. Regardless of whether you are a new creative "shop" just starting out, growing so quickly that your asset inventory is getting out of control, or a globally distributed organization with millions of assets to manage, North Plains has a digital asset management solution to meet your business challenges.

About North Plains Systems, Inc.

Founded in 1994, North Plains Systems, Inc. is the leading provider of digital and video asset management solutions. With a portfolio of over 475 satisfied customers, North Plains' TeleScope platform streamlines the complexity of managing increasingly challenging digital asset environments. From centralized workflow optimization, asset creation, production and virtual collaboration, to delivery and distribution, North Plains provides end-to-end digital asset management solutions that scale to meet your business requirements. Benefit from North Plains' proven deployment expertise and join its growing list of global customers, including: AOL, Boeing, Bowling Green State University, Gallaudet University, Harcourt, HarperCollins Publishers, Microsoft, Ogilvy and Mather, Playboy, Publicis Groupe, Publishers Clearing House, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Thomson Learning, The Utah Education Network, Viacom, and Warner Bros. For further information, visit www.northplains.com.

SOURCE: North Plains Systems, Inc.

North Plains Systems 
David Martinek, 416-345-1900 
dmartinek@northplains.com 
or 
PAN Communications 
Ashley Thomas, 978-474-1900 
northplains@pancomm.com

Digital Hollywood is the premier entertainment and technology conference in the country. Attendees will include executives from the entertainment industry, broadcast media outlets, information and entertainment content publishers, advertising agencies, and the technology press.

Naideau's track will discuss the content that the entertainment and media industry produce, and the organizations' ability to manage, control and distribute the content while making it readily available to an ever larger customer base. The DRM technology industry's job is to make the film, music and mobile technology delivery systems safe for mass use. Naideau's session will explore the possibilities and potential of DAM in DRM across an evolving content landscape.

About North Plains' TeleScope(TM) Digital Asset Management (DAM) Platforms

TeleScope(TM) is an award-winning digital asset management platform that provides the foundational support for North Plains' entire suite of products. This robust platform enables the secure access, management and distribution of all digital and rich media content across an entire organization. With its distributed and modular architecture, TeleScope is designed to meet the diverse range of rich media needs from small and mid-size businesses and design studios, to the complex business challenges of global enterprises.

About North Plains Systems, Inc.

Founded in 1994, North Plains Systems, Inc. is the leading provider of digital and video asset management solutions providing full workflow support from creation, to production, to delivery. Its pioneering technology, focus and vision have been recognized throughout the industry and are evident in innovative products such as TeleScope Enterprise and TeleScope for Video Management. With its platform agnostic approach to managing digital assets, more than 450 customers benefit from North Plains' expertise in delivering industry defining solutions for video asset management, digital media management & distribution, centralization, workflow optimization and virtual collaboration. Customers include AOL, Boeing, Bowling Green State University, Gallaudet University, Harcourt, HarperCollins Publishers, Microsoft, Ogilvy and Mather, Playboy, Publicis Groupe, Publishers Clearing House, Rodale Inc., Sony Pictures Entertainment, Thomson Learning, The Utah Education Network, Viacom, and Warner Bros. For further information please visit www.northplains.com.

Discover why industry experts think North Plains is Leading the Digital Asset Management Evolution(TM).

SOURCE: North Plains Systems, Inc.

North Plains Systems, Corp. 
David Martinek, 416-345-1900 ext. 406 
dmartinek@northplains.com 
or 
PAN Communications 
Ashley Thomas, 978-474-1900 
northplains@pancomm.com

Captioning for the historic broadcast is being provided by WGBH's Media Access Group.

Nearly 7 million people in the United States are either deaf or hard of hearing, and more than 28 million Americans report having trouble with their hearing, Gallaudet University said.

The radio broadcast will be shown at private demonstrations at NPR's international headquarters in Washington and four NPR member stations -- WTMD in Baltimore, WGBH in Boston, KJCC in Phoenix and Colorado Public Radio in Denver.

"NPR is proud to play a role in bridging the gap that exists between the deaf and hard-of-hearing community and the unique experience that radio provides," Mike Starling, chief technology officer and executive director of NPR Labs, said in a statement. "This presidential election will not only be historic because of its diversity of candidates, but because of the diversity of people who will be able to access radio broadcasts. The deaf and hard-of-hearing population will finally be able to enjoy NPR's extensive coverage of a presidential election."

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--  Arizona State University, Business School
--  Gallaudet University
--  George Washington University
--  Kettering University
--  Madison Area Technical Colleges
--  South Arkansas Community College
--  Utah State University

"In the state of Arkansas, the legislature once again looks at making major changes to the funding formula for higher education. These changes would reward retention and graduation rates, not how many students are in the classrooms," said Terry Patterson, director of distance learning, South Arkansas Community College. "I see Starfish EARLY ALERT as a major plus to increasing (and keeping) anyone's enrollment up and most importantly helping change and assist the educational lives of our students. We are excited to be part of the Beta program."

Many students are not even aware that they are at-risk. For some, they may know they are having trouble but cannot find the help they need. Sometimes the solutions are simple -- solving accessibility issues for students with disabilities, or scheduling a few appointments with a tutor. Sometimes the answers are harder to find -- requiring time with a counselor or a change in academic direction. Starfish EARLY ALERT will make these problems easier to solve by:

--  Enabling the campus community to raise flags when a student is in
    trouble;
--  Connecting the student to the people and services that might help
    them;
--  Determining which services are helping students the most so an
    institution can optimize its offering.

Starfish EARLY ALERT automatically detects students who are at-risk by reviewing grades posted in the institution's e-Learning system (e.g., Blackboard, WebCT, Angel), monitoring student participation in online portions of a course, and observing students who are not completing their course work by the assigned deadlines. The system also supports manual flag-raising by instructors, advisors, counselors and resident hall staff who observe poor attendance, academic trouble, social stresses, and even more serious concerns to a student's well-being.

"Starfish is fortunate to be working with such a committed group of academic institutions, each representing a very diverse perspective in the higher education landscape," said David Yaskin, founder and CEO of Starfish Retention Solutions, Inc. "The Beta program for Starfish EARLY ALERT demonstrates our commitment to delivering quality solutions that enable institutions to improve student retention -- an operational imperative in today's economic climate. Leveraging technology to empower the campus community in support of student success is a win-win for everyone involved."

About Starfish Retention Solutions, Inc.

Starfish Retention Solutions is a leading provider of student success solutions. The company offers a collection of software solutions that harness the power of the campus community to engage, motivate and graduate more students -- securing valuable tuition revenue through student retention. Specifically, the solutions help institutions identify at-risk students, promote engagement with instructors, manage tutoring services, improve academic advising, and facilitate relationships with mentors. Starfish Retention Solutions, Inc. headquarters are in Arlington, Virginia. For more information, please call 866.782.7035 or visit www.starfishsolutions.com.

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John Plunkett
Vice President, Marketing & Operations
703.795.9805
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SOURCE: Starfish Retention Solutions, Inc.

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