To: Logistics who wrote (68441 ) 4/13/1999 7:40:00 PM From: Hyperpy Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 119973
Dallas, Texas, April 13, 1999 – ViewCast.com, Inc. (Nasdaq:VCST), a leading supplier of components, systems, and turnkey solutions for video communications and Internet video streaming, announced today that it will support Microsoft's new Windows Media Technologies 4.0. The beta release of this software became available today. ViewCast.com delivers the ViewCast™ Video Streaming system – the industry's first turnkey solution for Microsoft Windows Media Technologies, the Opsrey™ -100 video capture card -- the industry's de facto standard for video streaming and the Osprey™ -1000 codec card. Microsoft Windows Media Technologies 4.0 enables high-quality Internet streaming and consists of Windows Media Player, Windows Media Services and Windows Media Tools. The new version offers several advancements including increased quality, better performance and improved ease of use. ViewCast.com's Osprey-100 video capture card has been widely used with earlier versions of Windows Media Technologies and is ideally suited for the new 4.0 version of the Windows Media Encoder. It delivers up to 30 frames per second of high-quality video for the most demanding video streaming applications and provides the quality and performance Windows Media Technologies 4.0 demands. "We eagerly support Microsoft Windows Media Technologies, a solution that promises to realize terrific acceptance in the exploding Internet streaming video market. The combination of ViewCast.com's ViewCast streaming systems, Osprey video cards and Microsoft Windows Media Technologies offer customers a high-quality, reliable, and cost-effective Internet streaming solution," said Bill Jobe, Chairman and CEO of ViewCast.com. "ViewCast.com's products are a great complement to the Windows Media Technologies," said Will Poole, senior director of marketing and business development, Streaming Media Division at Microsoft Corp. "We're pleased that ViewCast.com is taking advantage of the new features in Windows Media Technologies 4.0 to offer improved solutions for our mutual customers." About ViewCast.com ViewCast.com makes the Internet and corporate networks viable highways for video communications 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™ video cards, ViewCast™ streaming video solutions, and Viewpoint VBX™ systems deliver a wide array of video solutions for digital video communication systems. ViewCast.com is unique in its ability to deliver cutting edge networked video solutions while delivering systems to transition legacy video communication systems. 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.