ViewCast.com Launches its ViewCast Systems Into the Pan European Market
BUSINESS WIRE - August 16, 1999 10:19
DALLAS, Aug 16, 1999 (BUSINESS WIRE via COMTEX) --
ViewCast.com with Partners RealNetworks, Virage and Lariat Offering Integrated and Scaleable Solutions for Streaming Video
ViewCast.com, Inc. (Nasdaq:VCST), a leading provider of Internet video solutions, today announced that its popular ViewCast(R) streaming media system is now available in the Pan European marketplace. The announcement was made in conjunction with leading industry partners RealNetworks, Virage and Lariat at a recent Reseller event. The event attracted more than 25 resellers and distributors located throughout Europe.
ViewCast systems are fully-configured, turnkey encoding stations and streaming servers that enable corporations, government agencies, schools and organizations to quickly and easily add live and on-demand streaming video to their networks and web sites. With the new Osprey G2 Hardware Encoder, ViewCast Encoding Stations offer features and performance no other system can match - encoding up to six live video feeds in a single Windows NT workstation.
"We are excited about bringing the streaming solutions to the Pan European marketplace. The benefits of streaming technology are just now being explored and ViewCast.com is well positioned to help customers and resellers create well-integrated solutions for thousands of applications," said Peter Taylor, Director of European Sales at ViewCast.com.
ViewCast.com's partners further enhance the company's streaming media solution by offering integrated functions.
ViewCast.com and RealNetworks
ViewCast.com offers the industry's first hardware accelerated RealSystem(R) G2 solution for Internet streaming video applications, offering the performance and quality advantages of a hardware video encoder in a turnkey Internet or intranet video solution. ViewCast systems using RealSystem G2 offer a key advantage by encoding a single video feed at several different bit rates, all on the same encoding station, each at the optimal image size and quality for a particular connection speed. In addition, ViewCast can encode multiple video sources on the same system or perform other tasks on the same system. Coupled with RealNetworks software, ViewCast has broken new ground in streaming media ease-of-use and functionality.
ViewCast.com and Virage
The ViewCast Encoding/Logging station is an integrated solution including the ViewCast system and the Virage VideoLogger(TM) and AudioLogger(TM). Virage's VideoLogger "watches, listens to and reads" video in real time to intelligently extract information such as key-frames, time codes, closed captions and teletext. User-defined clips and annotations can also supplement the information. This produces a rich, frame-accurate index that provides immediate access to any part of the video, in the same way that a card catalog unlocks the wealth of knowledge in a library. The AudioLogger adds audio classification, speech recognition and speaker identification to the index. This allows multinationals, government agencies, universities and every organization with video content the ability to access a single, total solution to stream, store, search, analyze and catalogue their video content. ViewCast.com offers the only single system solution for encoding and cataloguing.
ViewCast.com and Lariat
ViewCast.com also offers Lariat's StationManager software, a desktop broadcasting application for consumers, corporations and providers of streaming media. It enables users to easily automate the production, management and distribution of streaming media for synchronous and asynchronous delivery over Internet and intranet sites. ViewCast and StationManager together offer the easiest, quickest way to turn an internal or external web site into a video web casting network.
About ViewCast.com
ViewCast.com enables video communication over the Internet and corporate networks through its components, systems, and turnkey solution products. The company is known around the world as the leading provider of enterprise-wide, digital video communications solutions for both real-time and on-demand applications. Osprey(R) video cards, ViewCast(R) streaming video solutions and Viewpoint VBX(TM) system products deliver a wide array of video solutions for digital video communication systems. ViewCast.com is unique inits ability to deliver cutting edge networked video solutions while delivering systems to transition legacy video communication equipment. ViewCast.com's products are available from leading OEMs, system integrators, leading resellers and application developers worldwide.
Visit our website at viewcast.com for more information. This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which reflect the Company's 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. Important factors which could cause actual results to differ materially are described in the Company's reports on Form 10-KSB and 10-QSB on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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