| ViewCast®
Simplifies Security and Surveillance with
Practical, Powerful New CCTV System
Osprey®-based
i-Catcher CCTV system offers affordable, high-quality
solution for home and business security and monitoring applications
DALLAS
— February 24, 2004 — ViewCast Corporation
(VCST.OB), a leading global provider of high-quality video
communications for businesses and media enterprises, is
offering a powerful yet affordable CCTV solution that enables
easy installation of security, surveillance, and monitoring
systems in home and small-business environments. Bundled
with ViewCast’s award-winning Osprey®
Video capture card and i-Catcher
software, ViewCast provides a cost-effective solution
featuring versatile surveillance abilities and alerting
functions that typically are found only in the most advanced
security solutions.
“Implementation of security and surveillance
systems has become a must in today’s society, offering
a great many benefits - disaster prevention, theft
deterrent, and piece of mind - too significant to
be overlooked,” said George Platt, president and CEO
of ViewCast. “i-Catcher provides a practical, cost-effective
means of implementing a CCTV system based on common video,
computer, and networking resources, and the system’s
activity alerts and remote access to video images are among
a variety of powerful tools that can help to ensure the
safety and security of home and business.”
The new i-Catcher software solution operates
in conjunction with a home or office PC, a suitable camera,
and ViewCast’s Osprey Video capture cards to provide
users with an easy-to-install surveillance system ideal
for home security and surveillance, data center monitoring,
business and retail security and surveillance, wildlife
monitoring, and nursery monitoring.
ViewCast's line of Osprey capture cards
are the de facto standard in the streaming media industry.
Osprey Video cards capture and digitize full-motion video,
with flexible control functions managed by i Catcher software’s
three key elements: i-Catcher Sentry, i-Catcher Video Server,
and i-Catcher Console.
i-Catcher Sentry constantly compares images
received from the connected camera, using advanced motion-detection
techniques to sense activity. When activity is identified,
the system begins to capture images to disk for later review.
Sensitivity controls and user-defined masks help to eliminate
spurious motion detection, sophisticated alerting functions
can send captured images by email or upload them to a Web
site for remote viewing, and flexible recording configurations
allow the system to operate as a Web cam or in time lapse
mode, or to operate during specific times or dates.
i-Catcher Video Server works directly with
multi-port Osprey Video capture cards to allow a single
computer to function as the source for up to 16 video feeds.
The system also takes advantage of Osprey Video card features,
such as differing image sizes, video signal formats, interlaced/non-interlaced
images, and brightness and contrast, and because it runs
transparently and is not bound to any particular Internet
address or host port, it will not conflict with users’
existing software.
i-Catcher Console enables users to view
feeds from multiple cameras simultaneously. Feeds from one
or more i Catcher clients are displayed together on the
console PC, which typically runs one screen for feeds and
a second for playback windows. The console allows data from
many cameras to be collated, stored, and then retrieved
for playback. Other features such as loop playback make
the i-Catcher Console the perfect choice for a system monitored
by a security guard or production manager.
To
learn more about i-Catcher/Osprey security applications
and other video communication solutions from ViewCast, visit
www.viewcast.com.
About
ViewCast Corporation
ViewCast develops a variety of software, hardware and services
for network audio and video communications, including Osprey®
Video capture cards, Niagara® streaming encoders/servers
and Viewpoint VBX switches and gateway, and provides professional
IT services through its wholly owned subsidiary Delta Computec
Inc.
Visit
the company's Web site (http://www.viewcast.com)
for more information.
Safe
Harbor Statement
Certain statements, including those made by George Platt
and those regarding business outlook, contain "forward-looking"
information 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 the actual results to
differ materially include, without limitation, the following:
the ability of the Company to service its debt; continued
significant losses by the Company; the ability of the Company
to develop and market new products as technology evolves;
the ability of the Company to meet its capital requirements;
increased competition in the video communications market;
the ability of the Company to maintain current and develop
future relationships with third party resellers, manufacturers
and suppliers; the ability of the Company to meet governmental
regulations; and the ability of the Company to obtain and
enforce its patents and avoid infringing upon third parties'
patents. The company will not update the guidance or targets
given in these statements during the quarter or comment
on its progress in the quarter to analysts or investors
until after it has closed its books on the quarter. For
a detailed discussion of these and other cautionary statements
and factors that could cause actual results to differ from
the Company's forward-looking statements, please refer to
the Company's Prospectus filed on July 14, 2000 and its
reports on Form 10-K and 10-Q on file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
ViewCast
and Niagara are registered trademarks of ViewCast Corporation
Niagara SCX and SimulStream are trademarks of ViewCast Corporation
Osprey is a registered trademark of Osprey Technologies,
Inc.
All other trademarks are property of their respective holders.
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