Go Digital, Get Cash! Cash rebates on streaming capture cards and turnkey streaming systems!

Now is the time to buy an Osprey-500, or a Niagara Streaming System, or upgrade to digital input capability!

For a limited time, you can get cash rebates on streaming video products from ViewCast. These rebates can be as much as $250 on some products.

Here are the savings! Purchase an Osprey-500 DV and get a $50 rebate. Purchase an Osprey-500 Pro and get a $125 rebate. Trade in a capture card (ViewCast or competitor) and get an additional $50 rebate. Purchase an Osprey-500 DV Pro or a Niagara system configured with an Osprey-500 DV Pro and get a $200 rebate. Trade in a capture card (ViewCast or competitor) and get an additional $50 rebate.

If you are interested in learn more about the rebates available, click here for the rebate program rules and regulations or contact your local reseller.

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ViewCast will showcase its streaming media technology and streaming solutions at Streaming Media West in the Long Beach Convention Center, CA. ViewCast will demonstrate the high-quality video capture capabilities of its new Osprey-2000 MPEG codec and streaming capture board, as well as its new Niagara Streaming Systems. Additionally, ViewCast Online will be demonstrating EZStream and StreamStory services for businesses to get streaming content on thier web site. Stop by our booth at the show and get your own personal demo of all the new ViewCast products.

Osprey-500 Capture Card The Osprey-500 family of cards, provides unparalleled quality through end-to-end digital encoding and advanced pre-processing features. With these new features geared specifically towards Microsoft’s Windows Media format, the Osprey-500 provides the best video quality possible on the Microsoft Windows Media platform.

Osprey-2000 Capture Card The industry’s first product to combine the quality of MPEG with the power of streaming video. Digital or analog source feeds this powerful new MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 codec while integrating seamlessly with leading editing and streaming applications.

Niagara 2000 MXPro The Digital Webcasting Production Solution! The new Niagara 2000 MXProDV System is a portable, fully integrated digital webcasting production system designed for live broadcasting. It features the Niagara 2000 dual processor portable with the Osprey-2000 DV Pro capture card and complete MPEG codec, the Focus Enhancements MXProDV Digital Video Mixer and TitleMaker 3000 character generator.

Niagara SCX Remote Control Software
Now you can remotely control your Niagara Streaming System, even if you are not in the office. All you need is a laptop or PC, Internet connection and the new Niagara SCX Remote Control software. Come see how it can work for you!

EZStream™ is the ideal compliment for any Osprey or Niagara system hardware purchase. EZStream is an end-to-end service that takes all of the pain out of the capture, edit, encode and publish process. EZStream quickly and easily gets your corporate video message on the web. Come and hear about our flexible and inexpensive packages and find out how you can get started streaming right away!

StreamStory™ makes internet video easy for small to mid-size businesses. Have your corporate message professionally produced using professional speaking talent. All you need a web site and an email address. Just send your finished script and within a couple of days, you will have your corporate message streaming to the world!

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Streaming Media West Exhibition
Wednesday, June 20 – Friday, June 22
ViewCast Booth 1543
Long Beach Convention Center, CA
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Special Offers on Streaming Media Software Check out these great deals on RealNetworks software!

ViewCast and Real have joined efforts to provide our Osprey Video customers with these special software deals. Until June 30, 2001, you can purchase RealSystem Producer Plus, RealPresenter Plus and Real Slideshow Plus at discount price. You can save up to 50% on these great software packages!
	$149.95 - 25% Savings! ($50 off regular price of $199.95)
	$99.95 - 50% Savings! ($100 off regular price of $199.95)
	$69.95 - 30% Savings! ($30 off regular price of $99.95)
To obtain these great deals, simple click here or on the product logo above and you'll be directed to a special page to place your order. This page also contains valuable resource documents like the "Getting Started" guide that teaches you the fundamentals of streaming media. Check it out today because the offer expires soon! This special pricing from Real and ViewCast expires June 30, 2001.

ViewCast is very excited to 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:

EZStream(SM), 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. The EZStream wizard interface is shown here.

StreamStory(SM), 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.

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ViewCast introduced a new service for thier customers called StreamStory. StreamStory is the first service of its kind that enables small businesses to easily and inexpensively add professionally produced streaming videos to their Web sites without the need for technical knowledge or even hardware. StreamStory is available online at the company's video solutions portal, www.viewcastonline.com.

"StreamStory is for businesses that have a message but don't have the content, creation skills, management ability or video delivery infrastructure to get it done," said John Caulfield, president of ViewCast Online. "StreamStory enables businesses to do this, all online at the ViewCast Online video solutions portal, with point-and-click ease."

"If you have Internet access and e-mail, you can add streaming video to your Web site."

The StreamStory online service provides a total turnkey solution for small businesses and organizations by creating, capturing, editing, encoding and publishing video content at price points that are attractive and practical for any small company.

"StreamStory is priced in such a way that streaming video is now an attractive and affordable alternative to other mainstream Web site graphical enhancements, such as Flash animation," said Caulfield.

Adding streaming video to a Web site is simple with StreamStory. Once a business completes a simple online registration process at viewcastonline.com, it sends its message in script form and chooses from a variety of male and female speakers to deliver the message. The video is professionally produced and a link is provided to the business to be pasted onto the company's Web site within 72 hours - and the company's new professionally produced video is published and online for immediate viewing.

The video is hosted on ViewCast's high-performance content delivery network, which eliminates the need for additional storage capacity on a business's server, ensuring that the company's Internet or Intranet performance is not compromised. The StreamStory online service also provides the business with granular statistical tracking of views with online reports that can be broken down within divisions or departments of any given business.

"In evaluating the needs of business, we felt it was imperative to provide sufficient flexibility within our database to meet the needs of not only the enterprise, but also individual departments within the enterprise," said Caulfield. "By providing this level of granularity, a marketing department could have its own way to use the ViewCast Online service, distinct from the human resources department, with separate content and billing packages for each."

"As broadband access continues its rapid and exponential increase, StreamStory delivers the power of streaming video communications to an underserved and growing market of small businesses with an Internet or e-commerce presence," Caulfield said.

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ViewCast is pleased to announce its new corporate Web site (www.viewcast.com).

The newly designed Web site complements recent announcements by the company, including a new logo, and several new products and services including the Osprey-2000 MPEG video capture card, the Niagara Streaming System, and the debut of the ViewCast Online video solutions portal, with its easy and affordable, end-to-end streaming solutions and services for business.

The new site is powered by the company's ViewCast Online video portal and takes advantage of ViewCast Online's high-performance content delivery network

"The company has gone through some substantial changes in the last year and introduced a number of exciting new products and services. We now have a Web site that reflects our excitement about the new ViewCast," said George Platt, ViewCast president and chief operating officer. "The new site reflects our 'total solution' philosophy as it goes well beyond simply providing product information and becomes, instead, a valuable resource for anyone interested in the increasingly popular field of streaming video."

New site features include:

• Video Gallery, which demonstrates capture and encoding capabilities of a wide variety of ViewCast products, and highlights the many different formats to which ViewCast products can encode.
  
  
• Streaming Media Guides, which explains the technology and many applications of this powerful new medium.
  
  
• ViewCast Cool Site of the Week, showcasing the hottest streaming video on the Web.

In addition, the new ViewCast Web site features product overviews and specifications, downloadable software upgrades and drivers, online customer support, company news, upcoming trade show appearances and a complete listing of ViewCast resellers.

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Copyright 2001, ViewCast Corporation. This information is accurate at time of publishing and is subject to change without notice. Product names mention herein are used for identification purposes only and may be registered trademarks. All trademarks are property of their respective holders.