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To: Ariella who wrote (222)	4/14/1999 8:38:00 AM
From: nord	Respond to of 405

Personally I am glad we had the good fortune and wisdom to recognize what the S's were building and how valuable a digital production company and content producer, storer, would be to the real time net. All the system needed to be in place from the cable/fiber wireless backbone carrier for broadband connections, to video server/storage, s/w [for caching /searching/streaming/ a distribution network for large volumes of broadbanded eyes, isp's and other connectors ie copper, cable, wireless, for [office, soho, and home] broadband before there would be a demand for content. I think VDATs lack of street recognition will end today before noon. The new pr firm is very good and active and VDAT's assets and ties to the entertainment industry would be very difficult to reproduce. UNEWY INKT ARTE MSFT NBC CNBC CNN CNNFN MSNBC ITVU are going to make a lot of people happt in the era of e media. We are still in the beginning stages of this media and this companies development Regards, Norden ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Visual Data shares rise on new tech strategy Net content provider adopts Microsoft technology By Lisa J Ulmer, CBS MarketWatch Last Update: 2:14 PM ET Apr 13, 1999NewsWatch Movers & Shakers POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (CBS.MW) -- Visual Data Corp. stock shot up as much as 14 percent Tuesday after the creator of original video content for the Internet said it's converting its content libraries to Microsoft Corp.'s new high-bandwidth format. VDAT NASD LastChg.40+8 1/2% Chg.Vol.+26.98%2,330,200Day Lo.Day Hi.33 1/440 3/16 OpenPrev.3631 1/2 As of Apr 14/99 8:16 am ET Last Trade Apr 13/99 4:01 pm ET 15 MIN. DELAY Visual Data (VDAT: news, msgs) said Microsoft's (MSFT: news, msgs) NetShow technology, whose use is increasingly becoming standard for multimedia content on the Web, will be incorporated into all of Visual Data's broadband content sites including its online broadcast network, www.videoviewer.com. "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," said Visual Data's chief executive Randy Selman in a statement. Visual Data's stock began the year hovering around $7 and has steadily crept up into the $30 range over the last several months, representing a 340 percent drive. Shares rose 3 1/2 to 35 in recent trading. Content-ed Today on CBS MarketWatchEuropean stocks fall on profit-takingIntel profit up, sales down from fourth quarter Cisco to buy GeoTel for $2 billionY2K day on Capitol HillFlorida Bank cheered for e-bank moveMore top stories...CBS MarketWatch ColumnsUpdated: 4/14/99 6:14:12 AM ET Launched in 1993, Visual Data hosts Web sites, which include www.hotelview.com, www.attractionview.com, www.resortview.com, and www.careview.com, that provide full-motion video previews of hotels and resorts, theme parks and nursing home facilities. Visual Data also contracts with PR Newswire to promote and distribute www.videonewswire.com, which turns client company press releases into video press releases. "The rise of Yahoo and CNET has cemented people's vision that content is back," Visual Data's spokesman Brian Posnanski of Middleberg & Associates told CBS MarketWatch. Posnanski said Visual Data is planning to release new video developments, most focused on health, travel and business information content. "We're looking at acquisitions to expand our capabilities," Selman told CBS MarketWatch. The company is also looking to add additional content to its repertoire, he said.Lisa J Ulmer is a reporter for CBS MarketWatch.