Viewcast Showcases Professional Streaming Media Products at Streaming Media East Conference

Attendees can send streaming video messages from Viewcast booth with �Your Video on the Web�

NEW YORK (June 13, 2000) � Viewcast, Inc. (NASDAQ: VCST), a leading provider of Internet and networked video solutions, will officially showcase its new Osprey500 WM/DVPro Windows Media capture cards as well as its other products for streaming media and Internet video at the Streaming Media East Show in New York City through June 14.

Osprey Video products will be showcased in Viewcast�s booth, and well as the booths of many other streaming media companies. On display will be a variety of Osprey Video cards for streaming content creation, the company�s line of ViewCast Streaming Media Systems, as well as Viewcast�s Your Video on the Web consumer streaming package and hosting service.

Viewcast makes the popular Osprey Video capture and compression cards recommended by top streaming media providers, Microsoft and RealNetworks. Prominently featured will be the recently announced Osprey-500 DVPro, the industry�s first video capture card designed specifically for the capture of broadcast-quality digital video for streaming media. The Osprey-500 was developed by Viewcast�s Osprey Technologies Division in close cooperation with Microsoft�s Digital Media Division. It has been developed and optimized exclusively to support the Microsoft Windows Media� format. It is the first capture card to be tightly integrated with the new Windows Media Technologies 7 Encoder, unveiled by Microsoft in April. It features a variety of high-end features and capabilities including DV and SDI digital video inputs, DV decoding and video scaling, an advanced temporal/spatial de-interlacing filter, and professional analog and digital audio inputs. The Osprey-500 WM/DVPro is the first capture and streaming card dedicated to Windows Media to incorporate DV digital video inputs with a IEEE 1394 interface to allow it to be connected to newest DV cameras and camcorders.

The Osprey-100 and Osprey-200 Video capture cards will also be demonstrated, and the Osprey-100 is featured in RealNetworks� RealVideo Creation kit both at the www.realnetworks.com/promos/creakit2.html.

site and was recently featured in a direct email promotion to millions of RealPlayer customers. The RealVideo Creation kit includes an Osprey-100 capture card, the RealProducer Plus authoring software and VideoFramer editing software from FlickerFree Multimedia.

"We like to say if you�ve seen streaming media, you�ve seen Viewcast because our Osprey Video capture cards are the de facto standard in the creation of streaming media," said Neal Page, vice president and general manager of Viewcast�s Osprey Technologies Division. "Many of the companies exhibiting at the Streaming Media East show, includingActivate.net, Excalibur, Lariat, Microsoft, RealNetworks, Virage, and others have Viewcast Osprey Video capture cards integrated in their streaming media systems for the creation of streaming content."

"eClipsNow! delivers high-quality webcasting solutions to our clients, and high-quality video starts with high-quality video capture," said Peter vanBeckum, CEO of eClipsNow!. "For that, we turn to Viewcast�s Osprey Video capture cards. Quality-in means quality-out and our clients expect nothing but the best from eClipsNow!."

In addition to its latest line professional-quality Osprey Video capture cards, Viewcast will demonstrate the ease-of-use of its innovative consumer/small-business streaming and hosting product, Your Video on the Web� (www.yourvideoontheweb.com). Viewcast will be allowing Streaming Media East attendees to record and send a streaming video message from the Viewcast booth (Booth No. 1500), and will be awarding prizes for the most humorous videos. 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 streaming media for small businesses.

Also featured at the show are ViewCast Streaming Media Systems. These systems are fully-configured, turnkey encoding stations and streaming servers that enable professional broadcasters, corporations, government agencies, schools and other organizations to quickly and easily add live and on-demand streaming media to their networks and Web sites. They feature "best of breed" software from companies such as Excalibur, Lariat, Microsoft, RealNetworks, and Virage. The ViewCast� Professional Encoding Station can support encoding of up to 6 independent video feeds for live broadcasts, archiving to a server for on-demand playback, or both.

Viewcast also develops and manufactures the Viewpoint VBX� System, a turnkey solution which provides a video distribution system to connect many video sources, including live video conferences, one to many streaming architectures, and can utilize a variety of industry standard codecs and streaming media encoders. The VBX can simultaneously handle both broadcast and two-way video and is used for intra-company video communications.

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.

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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