September 2001

Volume 7

In this Issue:


ViewCast's Acclaimed Osprey-500
Now 'Streaming Neutral',
Available To All Applications

Price Reduced on 'Rolls Royce'
of Video Capture Cards
.

We're very pleased to announced that the popular Osprey-500 video capture card, 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.

Effective Sept. 5, new drivers for the O-500 that enable "streaming neutral" will be available for free download from www.ospreyvideo.com.

In addition, new savings on the Osprey-500 are also available!

  • Osprey-500 DV, an analog/DV input only model, is now $895
  • Osprey-500 DV Pro, a full-featured analog/DV/SDI/AES EBU version, is now $1995

ViewCast's Osprey products have long been dominant capture cards in the streaming market thanks to outstanding technology and dynamic partnerships. The Osprey-500, with professional video and audio inputs, is a necessary tool for professionals who want the uncompromised quality of digital sources for their streaming content. The Osprey-500, a card hailed as the 'Rolls Royce of the industry' by Streaming Media World, is now truly streaming neutral to address the broader workflow and format requirements of the greater streaming market.

Previously, the Osprey-500 only enabled the Windows Media Encoder to create a Windows Media streaming format directly from a video/audio source and WMCap, an audio/video capture application, to capture raw media from the Osprey-500 to an AVI file. This limited the market for the Osprey-500, as some content-creation workflow environments utilize other applications for preprocessing, editing, and conversion to different streaming and archive formats.

This updated driver makes the Osprey-500 streaming neutral giving you the ability to use the Osprey-500 with a broader range of software applications - including Windows Media Encoder, RealNetworks' RealSystem Producer, Adobe Premier 6.0, Media 100's Cleaner 5, Sorenson Broadcaster and other leading applications - as well as streaming directly to Windows Media and Real formats.

Click here for more information about the Osprey-500 streaming capture cards!

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NiagaraMAX ProPAC,
Special Bundle Offer for the NiagaraMAX!

The NiagaraMAX ProPAC provides all the
professional tools needed for
a portable digital webcasting solution!

ViewCast is now offering a special Niagara package that provides bundled software and hardware at a low-price value. This entirely new offering is a complete Portable Digital Webcasting solution called the NiagaraMAX ProPAC.

The NiagaraMAX ProPAC includes:

  • The NiagaraMAX (model 3829BRW) - our latest edition to the Niagara family, a portable high-performance encoder housed in a rugged, all aluminum, "James Bond" like executive briefcase.

  • NiagaraSCX software - powerful software that provides the ability to control multiple encoders from a single interface PLUS remote control from a laptop computer!

  • SimulStream software - multi-streaming power from a single encoder, allows multiple bitrate and multiple format streaming simultaneously!

  • Focus Enhancements MXProDV Mixer Kit - A real-time DV production tool that preserves your DV signal from start to finish!

  • Accordent PresenterPRO software - an efficient and easy-to-use solution for creating rich media presentations for live and recorded distribution over the Internet.

Contact your local authorized Niagara reseller today and get the details on this incredible deal!

Or go to http://www.viewcast.com/products/niagara/niagaramax_propac.html and get full details on the bundle!

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Special Rebate Offer on Osprey-2000
Streaming Capture Cards
with MPEG Encode/Decode

Cash rebates available
on Osprey-2000 series
!

Until November 31st, 2001, ViewCast is offering rebates up to $200 cash back to customers that purchase an Osprey-2000 capture card. These high-end streaming video capture cards provide the best in digital capture and, best of all, get cash back from ViewCast!

All this and MPEG too!


Streaming Capture Card,
MPEG Transcoder & CODEC
with DV, SDI, & Analog A/V Inputs

Streaming Capture Card
& MPEG Trancoder
featuring DV & SDI Inputs
The Osprey-2000 cards also provide transcoding from MPEG into streaming media format "on-the-fly". This ability allows a myriad of VOD applications where content can be re-purposed and streamed from a central archive eliminating the need to retain multiple resolutions of the same video content.

This dynamic card includes professional-quality digital/analog video and audio inputs. Osprey-2000 bridges that gap between the streaming and professional video markets.

Save even more when you sign up for ViewCast Online EZStream video hosting service and get special discounts! Click here for EZStream discount details!


Streaming Capture Card
& MPEG Transcoder
featuring DV Input

Here's how the Osprey-2000 rebate works!

  • Purchase an Osprey-2000 DV, Osprey-2000 DV Pro, Osprey-2000 D DV and/or Osprey-2000 D DV Pro from September 1, 2001 to November 31, 2001, available from an authorized ViewCast reseller.
  • Register your Osprey online at http://www.viewcast.com/productReg.asp
  • After you register your Osprey-2000 card, download the Osprey-2000 Rebate form and follow the instructions on the form.
  • Mail in the completed form with a copy of your product receipt that shows date of purchase.
  • ViewCast will mail a rebate check direct to you!

Here are the savings!

  • Purchase an Osprey-2000 and/or Osprey-2000 DV Pro and
    get a $200 rebate.
  • Purchase an Osprey-2000 D DV Pro and get a $125 rebate.
  • Purchase an Osprey-2000 D DV and get a $50 rebate.

For additional rebate rules and restrictions, click here.

Now is the time to buy Osprey and go digital!

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ViewCast Online &
InfoGenerator Systems, LLC
partner to bring new capabilities
and tools to e-mail marketing!

Now you can add audio & video capability
to your E-mail marketing campaigns
and effectively track your responses!

The new partnership, combining ViewCast Online streaming and InfoGenerator Systems, LLC e-mail tracking, provides the ability to add audio or audio/video content to their e-mail marketing campaigns. In addition, you will be able to access InfoGenerator's autoresponder system, InfoGeneratorPRO, as an e-marketing tool to effectively track and manage your responses.

ViewCast Online offers two new content delivery services for small to medium-sized businesses. EZStream(SM) 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. StreamStory(SM) enables smaller businesses to have their corporate message professionally produced and made available on its Web site in one easy, low-cost step.

E-mail marketing is a major industry today. Integrating solutions seamlessly into business applications is fundamental to serving the market with rich media. In today's tight economic climate combining audio and video is an affordable and efficient medium. By adding rich media content to e-mail, quickly and inexpensively, you utilize a powerful marketing tool to increase your return on investment of your campaigns!

Market research firm Paul Kagan and Associates recently reported that adding rich media to e-mail marketing initiatives improved response rates to as high as 30% versus 1% to 2% from direct mail. Kagan further reported that rich media in advertising increases click-through traffic to as high as 7% versus 1% to 2% from traditional banner advertising.

You need a simple, inexpensive way to get audio and video content added to campaigns. Viewcast Online has the streaming solution and InfoGenerator Pro provides the e-mail management tools!

For more information about how you can utilize streaming video into e-mail, web sites or other marketing and communication mechinisms, contact us at [email protected] or call 1-800-250-6622.

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