From: rogerdarnell@my-dejanews.com
Subject: News Release:

Secret's Out About Crest National's Role in Steve Vai's New DVD Hollywood, June 23, 1998:

The DVD music video release of Grammy Award winner Steve Vai's "Alien Love Secrets" is only a matter of weeks away and news of Crest National Digital Media Complex's starring role in its development is already spreading like wildfire. Beginning soon after the appearance of an ad in Billboard Magazine featuring Vai’s gracious acknowledgement of the full- service media services company, Crest National’s Account Executive for the project, Ed Mears, has been flooded with inquiries. “I’m hearing from a lot of people in the music industry who are very anxious to talk with us about helping them develop their DVD projects,” he said. Crest National provided all DVD services for the release in-house, including the development of full-motion menus, 5.1 surround and alternate audio mixes with commentary by Vai, alternate video angle content, replication and packaging. Crest National’s development team was lead by Bryan Rusenko, VP of Special Projects. The title is expected to ship within the coming weeks.

Located in the heart of Hollywood near every major film studio, numerous record labels and many major software companies, Crest National offers a wider range of services for DVD than any facility in the world. In addition to mastering, replication, printing and packaging for DVD 5, 10 AND 9, Crest National also offers complete DVD pre-mastering services in-house. These services are highlighted by: . VBR-MPEG 2 Encoding . Dolby Digital (AC-3) 5.1 Channel Audio Surround Encoding .

Complete Menu Graphic Design And Layout . Foreign Language Dubbing & Subtitling . Complete Authoring services . QC Disc Emulation According to John Walker, Crest National’s Executive VP of Sales and Marketing, “Our most important attribute is our unwavering commitment to the industry's highest standards of quality and service. Consequently, in addition to Steve Vai, our rapidly growing list of DVD clients now includes Polygram, Artisan Entertainment, Short Cinema Journal and New Line, among many others.” The “Alien Love Secrets” Audio CD is available on Epic Records. For more info about Steve Vai, check out www.vai.com. Crest National Digital Media Complex is on the World Wide Web at www.crestnational.com.

For more information, please contact:

Roger Darnell Marketing & Public Relations
Crest National Digital Media Complex
6721 Romaine Street
Hollywood, California 90038