| ViewCast Streaming Technology Supports TVWorldwide.com, an Official Webcaster for the 2004 Republican National Convention
TVWorldwide.com Enables People with Disabilities to Participate Through Interactive Open-Captioned Streaming Video
DALLAS
— Sept. 7, 2004 — ViewCast Corporation (OTCBB:VCST - News) today announced that it is an official technology supporter of TVWorldwide.com's webcasting of the 2004 Republican National Convention. The prime-time and archived webcasts, featured at http://www.tvworldwide.com/events/republican_conv/ through Sept. 2, rely on ViewCast's Osprey� video capture cards to stream the live video to Internet audiences worldwide.
Live closed captioned video brings individuals with disabilities into the midst of Madison Square Garden for instant access to the GOP convention speakers and sessions. Internet users can tune in via Windows Media� Player to watch proceedings as they take place, or to check out events recorded earlier in the convention.
"Our award-winning line of Osprey video capture cards and codecs is the streaming media industry's de facto standard for any user needing to capture, digitize, compress, transmit, receive, decompress, and display full-motion video," said Horace Irwin, vice president of marketing and business development at ViewCast. "We're very excited to see our Osprey cards at work during the GOP convention, bringing reliable coverage and direct access to viewers across the globe. These types of streaming initiatives help bring voters and individuals with disabilities closer to the political process, and it's very satisfying knowing that ViewCast technology plays a key role in making it possible."
ViewCast has long been a pioneer in the streaming media industry, working to develop and manufacture cutting-edge streaming media capture, encoding, and codec technology. A broad range of Osprey solutions is available to meet the specific needs of individual users in a variety of applications.
To learn more about video communications solutions from ViewCast, visit www.viewcast.com.
About
TV Worldwide
As a leading global Internet broadcasting and streaming media company, TV Worldwide (www.tvworldwide.com) is developing a network of video channels that is an affiliation of community-based Internet television stations, each underwritten by a strategic partner, "aimcasting(SM)" to targeted demographic audiences worldwide. TVWorldwide.com works with strategic partners to develop the latest in live and archived state-of-the art video streaming content applications. TVWorldwide.com was recently named one of the streaming video industry's "Hottest Streaming Companies" by Streaming Magazine, www.streamingmagazine.com, and CEO Dave Gardy was honored by the magazine as one of the 50 Most Influential People in Streaming Media. Mr. Gardy also serves as President of the International Webcasting Association.
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.
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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.
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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
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