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ViewCast
Introduces Video Solutions Portal, ViewCast Online
Web
site delivers end-to-end streaming solutions with point-and-click
ease for businesses
DALLAS
(May 8, 2001) – ViewCast Corporation (NASDAQ: VCST),
a leading provider of Internet and networked video solutions,
today introduced a new business concept – a video solutions
portal that allows businesses to add streaming video to
corporate Web sites with point-and-click ease. The portal,
www.viewcastonline.com,
offers a variety of new tools, packaged products and end-to-end
support which enable even small-to-medium-size businesses
to take advantage of the power of Internet video.
“Through
our systems and subsystems, including our industry-leading
Osprey Video capture cards, ViewCast has been providing
businesses the tools they need to create and deliver streaming
and networked video. Our new video solutions portal, ViewCast
Online, leverages our expertise in streaming video and couples
it with wide-ranging services and competitive pricing to
bring the power of streaming video to any size business,”
said John Caulfield, president of ViewCast Online.
“ViewCast
Online makes streaming video easy for companies that might
not have the technical or financial resources to incorporate
this effective and efficient communications medium as part
of their Internet initiatives,” Caulfield added.
Prior
to ViewCast Online, putting video on the Internet involved
numerous steps, technical and otherwise – video capture
and encoding, setting up delivery servers, negotiating bandwidth
with content deliver networks, configuring servers and complicated
Web site coding, to name a few. ViewCast’s video solutions
portal automates these steps into one simple online process.
With ViewCast Online, if a business has a Web site, Internet
access and an e-mail address, it can take advantage of streaming
video.
The company is currently offering two distinct packages
at its video solutions portal:
EZStreamSM, which combines software and specially
packaged services that enable businesses with content to
capture, edit, encode, publish, host and deliver streaming
video/rich media content on corporate Web sites.
StreamStorySM, which enables a business to
have its corporate message professionally produced and made
available on its Web site in one easy, low-cost step.
Both services take advantage of ViewCast Online’s
high-performance content delivery network. ViewCast Online
offers a variety of competitively priced hosting rate plans
for streaming content. Managing accounts is equally simple.
Business clients can change or renew hosting rate plans,
change account profiles and set up or change e-mail notification
flags for traffic and usage metrics information and alerts.
Further enhancements and offerings are planned for the
future, Caulfield said.
About
Viewcast Corporation
ViewCast
develops products and services that provide video networked
solutions. ViewCast maximizes the value of video through
its core businesses: Osprey� Video provides the streaming
media industry’s de facto standard capture cards; ViewCast
Systems integrates turnkey streaming and video distribution
systems; and ViewCast Online Solutions delivers complete
B2B solutions and video delivery for online video communications.
From streaming digital video on the Internet to distribution
of broadcast-quality video throughout the corporate enterprise
plus comprehensive “click, create and view” video
software applications, ViewCast provides the complete range
of video solutions.
Visit
the Viewcast 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.
All
trademarks are property of their respective holders.
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