Bowie Live Concert to be Broadcast in DTS Digital Surround(R) To Cinemas Via DVB

[Gregg Lengling]

DTS Facilitates Exclusive Surround Sound Broadcast for Major Digital Cinema
                    Event Across Europe and North America

    TWYFORD, United Kingdom, Aug. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The latest
developments in DTS (Nasdaq: DTSI) digital broadcast and digital cinema
technology will be united in a unique 5.1 surround sound transmission of a
live concert by David Bowie, from the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, to
cinemas across Europe and North America.
    Broadcast live in 5.1-channel DTS 96/24 digital surround sound on
8 September in London, Paris, Munich and Zurich -- and re-broadcast on
15 September in the US and Canada -- the event will uniquely demonstrate DTS'
end-to-end solution for alternative E-cinema programming, by delivering the
highest possible audio quality available.
    DTS will be encoding the multi-channel audio feed at the concert venue,
using its CAE-5 professional broadcast encoder.  The DTS encoded signal will
be fed to TANDBERG MPEG2 encoding equipment for global satellite delivery
coordinated by leading live cinema events organiser Quantum Digital, together
with a consortium of technology partners around the world.  The signal
received at the designated cinema sites, using TANDBERG Integrated Receiver
Decoder devices, will be fed to DTS' new XD10 Digital Cinema Media player,
which will output the 96kHz 24 bit-quality surround sound audio.
    Ted Laverty, DTS director of business development for broadcast, comments,
"We were approached with the aim of delivering the highest possible audio
quality for the digital broadcast of this concert at prime sites in Europe and
North America.  Based on a number of convergent developments, including recent
initiatives with the DVB, Swedish Radio's surround sound broadcast and the
launch of our XD10 Cinema Media Player, we can offer a fully-integrated
engineering solution."
    Produced by Sony Music and digitally delivered globally by the UK-based
Quantum Digital Network, this broadcast event will mark the launch of David
Bowie's new album, "Reality," which will be released 15 September on Iso /
Columbia Records.  The 90-minute show will be broadcast simultaneously to
cinemas via satellite.  Cinemas presenting the broadcast in DTS Digital
Surround(R) in Europe include Odeon West End in London, CinemaxX in Munich,
Cinemax in Zurich and MK2 in Paris.
    Marc John from Quantum Digital ( http://www.quantumdigital.co.uk ), also head of
Digital Cinema at the UK Odeon cinema chain, said "DTS are taking digital
5.1 audio quality in cinemas to a new height, and their level of expertise and
logistical support must be unrivaled.  At these select cinemas you will hear
the future."

    About DTS XD10
    Engineered to deliver up to 10 channels of scalable digital surround sound
(expandable to 16 channels), the XD10 is an expandable media solution for pre-
show and feature film presentation.  The XD10 is compatible with both
traditional film playback and emerging D-cinema technologies.  An internal
hard drive is used as the film sound signal source while two DVD drives enable
download of film sound information to the hard drive.  Giving distributors and
exhibitors the flexibility of storing either multiple languages of one title
or multiple titles, the XD10 will automatically load and store up to 30 full
length film soundtracks.
    The XD10 is also capable of playing back enhanced video for alternate
media and has networking and pre-show programming features for an integrated
presentation.

    About DTS Cinema Division
    A preferred digital sound format on more than 20,000 screens in
99 countries, DTS quickly became a leading provider of premium, discrete,
multi-channel audio for motion pictures after the release of Steven
Spielberg's "Jurassic Park."  Since 1993, the company's award-winning
CD-ROM-based technology has set a standard for digital audio delivery in
cinemas and special venues.  In addition to supplying movie theaters with
hardware solutions, DTS also licenses its technologies for filmed content,
with DTS digital sound now featured on nearly 100 percent of films released by
all major Hollywood studios.

    About DTS
    DTS (Digital Theater Systems, Inc.) is a digital technology company
dedicated to delivering the ultimate entertainment experience.  DTS decoders
are in virtually every major brand of 5.1-channel surround processors, and
there are more than 100 million DTS-licensed consumer electronics products
available worldwide.  A pioneer in multi-channel audio, DTS technology is in
home theatre, car audio, PC and game console products, as well as 5.1 Music
Discs, DVD-Video, DVD-Audio and DVD-ROM software.  Additionally, DTS is
featured on more than 20,000 motion picture screens worldwide.  Founded in
1993, DTS is headquartered in Agoura Hills, California and has offices in the
United Kingdom, Japan and China.  For further information, please visit
http://www.dtsonline.com .