ViewCast Provides Streaming Multimedia Presentation with Osprey Cards

User-friendly Fluition, a SMIL Authoring Program, Will Now be Bundled with Capture Cards

DALLAS (Oct 30, 2001) - ViewCast Corporation (NASDAQ: VCST), a leading provider of Internet and networked video solutions, today announced an agreement with Confluent Technologies Inc., to bundle Confluent's popular dual-platform SMIL authoring tool, Fluition™, with its professional-series of Osprey Video streaming capture devices.

Fluition combines video, audio, graphics, animations, and slides into one unified interactive SMIL presentation. SMIL, Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language, is the W3C recommended standard for Internet based multimedia presentations. SMIL is ideal because it allows concurrent and interactive streaming video with text and graphics.

"This arrangement puts Fluition in the hands of the type of people who can take full advantage of its power and versatility in creating interactive presentations," said Steven Dryall, president of Confluent Technologies, Inc.

"Fluition is a great tool for creating interactive presentations that include streaming video. As such, it perfectly complements our professional-level Osprey Video products and gives our customers an additional tool to take full advantage of the powerful communications opportunity with streaming video," said George Platt, president and chief executive officer of ViewCast Corporation.

ViewCast Osprey Video professional streaming capture cards include Osprey-210, Osprey-220, Osprey-500 and Osprey-2000. These premier products allow both analog and digital media professionals to enter the streaming market without sacrificing quality. The Osprey-210 and Osprey-220 provide ultimate flexibility and scalability for analog audio and video capture, while the Osprey-2000 is the industry's first product to combine the quality of industry standard MPEG with the power of streaming video.

In addition, the Osprey-500, originally designed in close collaboration with Microsoft, is now "streaming neutral" and supports all software applications requiring capture from digital and analog video/audio sources such as cameras and tape decks.

About Confluent Technologies, Inc.

Confluent Technologies Inc., a privately held Toronto based Streaming Media company, has pioneered interactive Streaming Media presentation creation through the development of Fluition. Fluition demonstration versions for Mac and Windows are available for download at www.fluition.com.

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 company's web sites (http://www.viewcast.com, http://www.ospreyvideo.com and http://www.viewcastonline.com) for more information.

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