Viewcast,Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and markets standards-based video and audio peripheral products and Codecs that video-enable individual PCs and workstations for multimedia applications.    viewcast products address every segment of the video marketplace -- from digital streaming video for the Internet to broadcast-quality NTSC and PAL video.

Viewcast's products include ViewCast^� Internet streaming video systems, Viewpoint VBX�  enterprise video PBX, Osprey^� video codecs and peripherals, and WorkFone^� desktop conferencing products.   The products are used in many popular video communication applications including videoconferencing, live broadcasting, video-based training, surveillance, distance learning, telemedicine and Internet and intranet video.

The Osprey^� and ViewCast^�  product lines set the standard for Internet video streaming applications with with RealNetworks^�  G2 System and with Microsoft's Windows Media technology.  These products have enabled Internet users to view live broadcasts of the NASA Mars Pathfinder expedition, the Indy 500 time trials, the Pope's visit to St. Louis and other live events from their respective Web sites through Microsoft and Netscape Internet browsers.

Osprey^�
The company's Osprey^� capture cards and codecs capture, digitize, compress, transmit, receive, decompress and display full-motion video. The Osprey is compatible with multiple video and audio compression standards and is available for PCs and workstations that are equipped with the standard PCI bus or Sun's S-bus. The Osprey supports Microsoft's Windows NT, Windows 95 and Windows 98, as well as Sun's Solaris operating systems.

Niagara
The company's Niagara product line provides the tools for capturing, compressing, storing cataloging and searching and serving streaming video.   The primary use of these products is for Internet Video delivery.  The Company's Niagara  streaming-video server works in conjunction with Web servers and browser software to establish connections between multiple users and a broadcast source allowing businesses to deliver live programs, commercials and other information over the Internet or over corporate Intranets. Some key applications in the Internet video marketplace include:

• Internet video broadcasting,
• Internet-based training and distance learning,
• Corporate Communications,
• Security applications.

Viewpoint VBX�
The Viewpoint VBX�  video product line provides high-quality native-mode NTSC and PAL video.  Unlike competing systems, the video moves over existing building wiring and employs a technology that does not impact performance on the customer's LAN.

Viewpoint VBX� is an enterprise-wide video distribution and switching system, which can video-enable hundreds of desktops with multiple video communications applications. The Viewpoint VBX switches and distributes video content throughout an organization in much the same way that a telephone PBX switches and distributes voice communications. The VBX provides workgroup video communications and connectivity via shared Codecs and WAN gateways to remote users equipped with stand-alone desktop computers, video tele-conferencing room systems or users on another VBX. The VBX, a PC-based WindowsNT system, employs a switched architecture to distribute uncompressed, TV-quality video within a building or campus using unshielded twisted pair (UTP) wiring (which typically already exists within the organization's infrastructure as part of its telephone system or which may be installed more cost-effectively than coaxial cable). The VBX can support hundreds of users and allows point-to-point, multipoint and broadcast modes of operation. The VBX is compatible with standard cameras, audio components, speakerphones, PC video peripherals, videoconferencing systems and other videocom products produced by third-party manufacturers. A typical VBX system includes a video switch, a shared codec server, WAN interfaces and desktop components. Video and audio signals are distributed with TV quality by utilizing the company's VBX transceiver technology to send video over existing UTP wiring at distances of up to 3,500 feet. An existing LAN or telephone system is used only for non-video communications between the multimedia switch and each user, requiring minimal use of the computer network.