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ORLANDO, FLORIDA - March 3, 2000 - LearningStation.com (www.learningstation.com) is strengthening its alliance* with USA Video Interactive (OTC BB: USVO; CDNX: US; www.usvo.com) by purchasing a downlink-satellite-ready USA Video Interactive "Hurricane" video server system that will be the first of many such systems to be installed by LearningStation.com as it expands its educational portal system worldwide. LearningStation.com will be utilizing USA Video Interactive's systems and expertise in this global deployment as it incorporates a streaming video component into its extensive educational offerings via the Internet.
The companies are exhibiting their technologies at one of the world's leading conferences for technology in education, the Florida Educational Technology Conference (www.fetc.org) held this week in Orlando, Florida. "LearningStation is a fast-moving leader in education via the Internet," said Edwin Molina, President of USA Video Interactive. "By strengthening our partnership and adding video to their already impressive offerings as they expand worldwide, we are helping bring E-education to the next level in terms of accessibility, effectiveness and timeliness."
"USA Video Interactive has established itself as the world leader in streaming video for education by boldly moving into a field that many others hadn't even considered," said Jim Kirchner, President of LearningStation.com. "They are breaking down the barriers traditionally faced by educators trying to bring lively Internet content into the classroom and we are excited to be joining them in establishing the new standard of excellence in education technology."
As part of the strengthened alliance, USA Video Interactive and LearningStation.com will collaborate on the creation of video and data "server farms" at strategic locations around the world; will develop new educational videos to supplement LearningStation's offerings; will digitize and prepare for Internet broadcast a series of training videos produced by LearningStation; and will begin integrating video libraries from third parties into LearningStation's curricula. LearningStation will make its extensive web capabilities and presence available to USA Video for specific projects, and the companies will continue exploring ways to bring ever-more effective education to a growing worldwide audience.
The Florida conference is the largest educational technology conference in the country with more than 13,000 attendees and hundreds of breakout sessions, workshops, and vendor exhibits. This year's program placed a strong emphasis on classroom practices that combine technology with educational standards, an area where USA Video Interactive's streaming video and video-on-demand technologies are especially well suited.
About USA Video Interactive
USA Video Interactive is an international designer and supplier of high-tech Internet streaming video and Video-on-Demand? systems, services and solutions. The USA Video Interactive technology gives users full-motion video; the unique flexibility of standard, VCR-like controls of play, fast-forward, reverse and pause; and the convenience of a standard internet-browser format for access. Its provides video images significantly faster and at a higher degree of resolution than with previously available methods; significantly overcomes bandwidth restrictions; and eliminates the blockiness and slowness of current technologies -- all at a lower cost and at or near broadcast quality. For more information on USA Video Interactive, visit www.usvo.com.
About The LearningStation.com:
The LearningStation.com is a corporation dedicated to providing schools with a cutting-edge technological solution to their hardware, software, content, and system administration needs. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, and founded in 1997, the innovative LSC mission and movement was conceived because of a desire to integrate this application delivery system, already proven in the corporate sector, into the education arena. As the leading Portal and Application Service Provider (ASP) in the educational market, The LearningStation.com provides access, on a rental/subscription basis, to instructional applications and content through its educational portal. The LearningStation.com has partnered with Sun Microsystems, The Learning Company, Microsoft, Computer Network Power, Citrix, MCNC, Cisco Systems and others to build the first "thin-client" computing network of its kind. The LearningStation.com is currently capable of supporting over 150,000 concurrent users and soon will double this capability.
USA Video Interactive Corporate Headquarters Office: 70 Essex Street; Mystic, CT 06355; (800) 625-2200; (860) 572-1560. Canada Office: 837 West Hastings Street; Suite #507; Vancouver, B.C. V6C 3N6. Trading symbol on the US NASD OTC BB: USVO;Trading symbol on The Canadian Venture Exchange: US. Standard & Poors Listed. CUSIP 902924208; USA Video, USA Video Interactive, Video-On-Demand and Video Yellow Pages are trademarks of USA Video Interactive. The Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX) has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. For more information contact: Tony Castagno, Media Relations, 860-572-1560; Kevin Yorio, Investor Relations, 860-572-1560; info@usvo.com
The LearningStation.com Corporate Headquarters: 5100 North I-85 Service Road, Suite 11, Charlotte, N.C. 28206.
Contact: Linda Schilling; Marketing Manager; 704-509-6600, Ext. 280; lschilling@learningstation.com; www.learningstation.com
*See USA Video Interactive Press Release December 16, 1999 for description of original agreement.
This press release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties.
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