DALLAS (September 11, 2000) � Mark Fears has been named Director of Marketing Communications at ViewCast.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: VCST), a leading provider of Internet and networked-video solutions.

"Mark will be a keystone player in our marketing organization, and brings to us outstanding credentials and an established knowledge base of the professional video board and subsystem business," said Brian Dean, ViewCast.com vice president of marketing. "We have great products in our industry-standard Osprey boards and versatile Viewpoint VBX systems. Mark�s product marketing know-how will help us get the word out regarding ViewCast.com�s great products and services. I have worked with Mark before at both Optibase, Inc. and Vela Research LP and he is an outstanding talent and very creative person. I am excited about adding Mark to our talented marketing team."

"I am very pleased for the opportunity to be part of the ViewCast.com team," said Fears. "Drawing on my marketing background in the digital video industry, I hope to contribute to the company's continued success. I believe that aggressive promotional marketing, focused PR activities and active on-line presence are key to building market share and creating worldwide branding awareness."

Fears comes to ViewCast.com from Vela Research LP, in Clearwater, Fla., where he was vice president and general manager for European operations. Fear�s responsibilities in this position included strategic business alliances, establishing product feature requirements, OEM account management and sales channel management throughout Europe and Middle East. Fears also held positions at Vela as director of European sales and marketing manager. Prior to joining Vela in 1997, Fears was a product manager for San Jose, Calif.-based Optibase, Inc., where he championed the company�s product line for corporate Internet and Intranet applications for digital video. Fears also served as North American marketing manager for the company. In addition, Fears worked as a marketing manager for Microdynamics, Inc., in Dallas in 1991.

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 ViewCast.com�s main company web site (http://www.viewcast.com), or the new Osprey-centric web site (http://www.ospreyvideo.com) for more information.

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