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To: BANCHEE who wrote (202)	4/13/1999 10:52:00 AM
From: nord	Respond to of 405

HELLO April 13, 1999 08:57 Visual Data Turns to Microsoft NetShow Technology to Broadcast High Bandwidth Content Online POMPANO BEACH, Fla., April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Visual Data Corporation (Nasdaq: VDAT), which creates and broadcasts original video content for the Internet, today announced that they will be converting their original video content libraries to Microsoft's new high-bandwidth NetShow format -- a new standard for multimedia content on the Web. Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) NetShow technology will be incorporated into all of Visual Data's broadband content sites including VideoViewer.com, (http://www.videoviewer.com) Visual Data's online broadcast network. Alan Saperstein, executive producer for Visual Data said, "This technology will provide high-bandwidth audiences the ability to see our content at 30 frames a second, something that was not previously possible. It is a significant picture and transmission improvement." "The encoding of our content into Microsoft's new media player will be done through our partner, InterVu," said Randy Selman, president & CEO of Visual Data. "The fact that NetShow is available as a plug-in with Windows 98 will make Visual Data's video libraries immediately accessible for millions of Web users." Visual Data provides InterVu (Nasdaq: ITVU) with global video production services for its clients. Visual Data's VideoViewer.com currently offers original video content under six categories, including Travel, Health/Medicine, Consumer, Business, Technology and Entertainment. Through these categories, users are able to: -- Take guided tours of hotels, resorts and attractions. -- Research healthcare information and medical issues. -- Look for video news releases, video business information and live audio and video events. The number of channels on the site will increase through Visual Data's growing video and multimedia libraries as well as agreements with other original content providers. To access VideoViewer.com, users should have broadband or high-speed access services. Visual Data Corporation (http://www.vdat.com) produces, markets and distributes original video and audio content for the Internet. Visual Data's extensive video libraries cover a wide range of topics, including travel, education, business, medicine and healthcare, entertainment and consumer products. Through its subsidiary EDnet, Inc. (Nasdaq: DNET), Visual Data has established relationships throughout the motion picture and recording industries. Visual Data's strategic partnerships include PR Newswire, a subsidiary of the United News and Media that provides breaking news and information; InterVu, which provides streaming media and Internet broadcast solutions; TravelWeb, a service of Pegasus Systems, Inc.; Interval International; Rezsolutions, a joint venture of Utell International and Anasazi Inc.; Physicians Online; Intellihealth, a joint venture of Aetna US Healthcare and Johns Hopkins University and Health System. <b/> This press release contains forward-looking statements which involve numerous risks and uncertainties. Actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including those set forth in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. SOURCE Visual Data Corporation