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To: Sir Auric Goldfinger who wrote (298)	4/20/1999 9:07:00 AM
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9:01 AM 04/20/99 DJIA10440.53-53.36NASDAQ2345.61-138.43S&P 5001289.48-29.52NYSE615.880.00 Russell 2000412.41-9.1730YR T-Bond55.40-0.25 PersonalizeNews & AnalysisQuotes & Research@NewsAlertQuotes & Research: Company Digest April 20, 1999 08:00 A 'Hole-in-One' for Broadband Internet Users: Visual Data to Put Hundreds of Golf Courses Online POMPANO BEACH, Fla., April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Visual Data Corporation (Nasdaq: VDAT), which creates and broadcasts original video content for the Internet, today announced a new video library which includes more than 200 golf courses and related information. The library of golf content, which is available to broadband and other high-speed Internet users, is the result of an exclusive licensing agreement with Airco Holdings, L.P. a Dallas-based company. Through VideoViewer.com, (http://www.videoviewer.com) Visual Data's online broadcast network, the golf videos will provide virtual tours of some of the world's golf courses and related attractions, including Pebble Beach, Innisbrook, and the Golf Hall of Fame. The video portfolio of golf information enhances Visual Data's existing libraries of travel, entertainment, business information and healthcare. "This acquisition strengthens Visual Data's position as a leader in the broadband content market," said Randy Selman, CEO of Visual Data Corporation. "This is the first time that anyone on the Web will be able to access full-motion video of a wide range of courses and resorts. According to the National Golf Foundation, there are over 28 million active golfers in the United States. The golf library will be able to provide diverse content from course views and instructional videos to golf products and services enabling them to make better informed decisions." 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, golf courses, 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 must have broadband or high-speed access services such as T1 lines, xDSL (digital subscriber line) lines, cable modems or ISDN lines. 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, business information, medicine and healthcare and entertainment. Through its subsidiary EDnet, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: DNET), Visual Data has established relationships throughout the motion picture and recording industries. Visual Data's strategic partnerships include PR Newswire, a subsidiary of United News and Media Group 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, the merger of Utell International and Anasazi Inc.; Physicians Online and Intellihealth, a joint venture of Aetna US Healthcare and Johns Hopkins University and Health System. 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 /CONTACT: Brian Posnanski of Middleberg + Associates, 212-699-2530, or brianp@middleberg.com, for Visual Data Corporation/ /Web site: videoviewer.com