"Your Video on the Web" Consumer Internet Video Product Available at CompUSA
$99 Package Allows PC Users to Share Home Videos Over the Internet
DALLAS (March 28, 2000) �Your Video on the Web, a consumer Internet video product developed by Viewcast (NASDAQ: VCST), a leading provider of Internet and networked video solutions, and Hauppauge Digital, Inc. (NADSAQ: HAUP), the leading developer of digital video TV and data broadcast receiver products for personal computers, is available at CompUSA stores nationwide. The $99.95 package makes it easy for PC users to stream their camcorder video over the Internet to friends and family.
�Your Video on the Web gives anyone with a computer and a camcorder the power to share video over the Internet,� said Neal Page, vice president of Viewcast�s Osprey Technologies Division. �And now, with the product at CompUSA stores all over the United States, the ability to share life�s special moments with friends and family via streaming video over the Internet has never been more widely available.�
Your Video on the Web is based on Viewcast�s Osprey video-capture products, the de facto standard for professionals in the streaming media industry and now available to consumers. Your Video on the Web enables people with home computers and camcorders to capture important events � weddings, graduations, soccer games, vacations, baby�s first steps, business presentations � convert the video to the streaming format, and share it with friends, family and co-workers via the Internet. Easy-to-use tools allow users to select the best parts of their videos, add titles, and even synch up a soundtrack.
The resulting streaming video files can then be uploaded with a �click� and stored at www.yourvideoontheweb.com. On the Web site, users can choose from a variety of online video album templates into which they simply drop their video, or they can design their own customized templates for use as a video greeting card or a link to their own web site. Friends, relatives or business associates anywhere in the world can then use the free RealNetworks G2 player or Windows Media player to view the video albums without lengthy download times or large cumbersome e-mail files.
Your Video on the Web is a complete home solution in a single package. It�s available in both PCI and USB versions and comes with RealNetworks RealProducer, MGI VideoWave, and free hosting and storage at www.yourvideoontheweb.com � making it easier for individuals to create and share video over the Internet.
The www.yourvideoontheweb.com Web site is designed specifically for consumers and businesses that wish to quickly and easily share video over the Internet, or incorporate rich media into their Web sites. The site features easy-to-use templates in a familiar graphic user interface that enables even the most novice computer user to create an attractive and inviting Web site with streaming video. And the hosting is free. Advertising, sponsorship, and subscription fees for upcoming premium packages will provide revenue sources for the site.
In addition to CompUSA, Hauppauge Digital has also arranged for Your Video on the Web to be distributed by Ingram Micro to retail, mail order and web-retailers. Your Video on the Web streaming video package is also available on www.yourvideoontheweb.com, Viewcast�s commercial Web site dedicated to hosting home and small-business videos.
About
Viewcast
Viewcast enables video communication over the Internet and corporate
networks through its components, systems, and turnkey solution products. The
company is known as a leading global provider of enterprise-wide, digital video
communications solutions for both real-time and on-demand applications. Osprey�
video capture cards and codecs, ViewCast� Streaming Video Solutions and
Viewpoint VBX System� products deliver a wide array of video solutions for
both analog and digital video communication systems. Viewcast�s "Your
Video on the Web�" was the first consumer product and hosting service to
bring streaming media capabilities to home users and allow small businesses to
easily add video to their web sites. Viewcast has the ability to deliver
cutting-edge networked video solutions while delivering systems to transition
legacy video communication equipment. Viewcast products are available either
directly from the company, or from leading OEMs, system integrators, leading
resellers and application developers worldwide.
Visit the company�s Web site (http://www.viewcast.com) for more information.
About Hauppauge Digital Inc.
Hauppauge Digital, Inc. is the leading developer and manufacturer of analog and digital video, TV and data broadcast receiver products for personal computers. Through its Hauppauge Computer Works, Inc. subsidiary in the U.S. and its Hauppauge Digital Europe Sarl subsidiary in Europe, the Company designs and manufactures analog and digital video boards for TV-in-a-window, digital video editing and video conferencing. The Company is headquartered in Hauppauge, New York, with sales offices in Germany, London, Paris, The Netherlands, Sweden, Italy, Singapore and California. Hauppauge Digital, Inc.�s Internet web site can be found at http://www.hauppauge.com.
This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which reflect Viewcast�s current judgment on certain issues. Because such statements apply to future events, they are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially. Important factors which could cause actual results to differ materially are described in Viewcast�s reports on Form 10-KSB and 10-QSB on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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