ViewCast.com Offers Streaming Greetings Via Company's "Your Video on the Web�" at Real Conference 2000
Attendees can send streaming video from ViewCast.com booth with Your Video on the Web
DALLAS (May 24, 2000) � ViewCast.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: VCST), a leading provider of Internet and networked video solutions, will be showcasing its products and solutions for streaming media and Internet video at the Real Conference� 2000 in San Jose, May 24-26. ViewCast.com is a Silver Sponsor of the Real Conference.
"We are thrilled to have ViewCast.com as a Silver Sponsor for Real Conference 2000," said Kevin Foreman, general manager, Media Systems, RealNetworks, Inc. "As a leading provider of Internet solutions for the streaming media market, we are pleased that ViewCast.com has taken a prominent position at our fourth annual conference."
"Our Silver sponsorship of the Real Conference reflects our position in the streaming media market as well as the longstanding and productive association between ViewCast.com Osprey Video capture cards, recognized as the streaming industry�s de facto standard for video capture cards and codecs, and RealNetworks� RealPlayer�," said Neal Page, vice president and general manager of ViewCast.com�s Osprey Technologies Division.
ViewCast.com will demonstrate the ease-of-use of its innovative consumer/small-business product, Your Video on the Web� (www.yourvideoontheweb.com), by allowing conference attendees to record and send a streaming video message from the ViewCast.com booth (Booth No. 901). Your Video on the Web enables users to share video with friends, families and co-workers over the Internet with FREE hosting for consumers and cost-effective packages for small businesses.
In addition, ViewCast.com will demonstrate its latest, professional-quality Osprey Video capture cards, including the Osprey-2000M MPEG card, which provides high-quality MPEG2 video and MPEG1 video and audio to network video applications such as streaming media on corporate intranets. This new Osprey Video product targets a growing trend toward broadband networks, particularly high-bandwidth Local Area Networks, the fast growing market need for TV-quality video over these networks. Demonstrations will showcase the Osprey-2000M with the MPEG streaming software of Digital Bitcasting, the exclusive provider of MPEG streaming capability for the RealSystem G2 server platform.
"We welcome Osprey�s entry into MPEG encoding, and look forward to seeing Osprey�s reputation for uncompromised quality applied in the world of broadband streaming," said Peter Dougherty, President of Digital Bitcasting. "Market demand for high-quality MPEG streaming is expanding exponentially. We�re partnering with leaders like ViewCast.com and RealNetworks to ensure that our customers have access to the best solutions available in encoding, streaming and playback."
"With rapid expansion of network capabilities, the demand for high-quality rich media content is growing extremely quickly for many real-world applications," said Page. "ViewCast.com�s exciting new products, like the latest Osprey-2000M, combined with Digital Bitcasting�s Thinned MPEG technology deliver TV-Quality video over intranets to meet this market need."
The Osprey-2000M works in a variety of platform environments, including Win2000, NT, Solaris and Linux. General availability is scheduled for September/October. Several configurations will be available, including the Osprey-2000M with analog video and audio inputs, the Osprey-2000M/Pro, with digital video and audio inputs, and the Osprey-2000M/DVPro, with both digital video and audio inputs, and DV inputs.
About ViewCast.com
ViewCast.com 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.com�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.com has the ability to deliver cutting-edge networked video solutions while delivering systems to transition legacy video communication equipment. ViewCast.com 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.
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 the Company'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 the Company's reports on Form 10-KSB and 10-QSB on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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