Digital Media Software manages live video/event streams.

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Offered as standalone product, VMp Live lets users independently manage streaming media devices. Capabilities provide means of automating, scheduling, and delivering live events across enterprise or Web. Any number of video appliances may be remotely controlled while basic tasks - start/stop encoding, assigning encoding profiles, recording live feeds - are centralized and automated. Functionality also covers management of multiple encoders and profiles in each managed device.



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ViewCast Announces General Availability of Standalone VMp Live Module for Managing Live Video and Events



Independent VMp Live software module enables advanced digital media management capabilities

PLANO, Texas -- ViewCast Corporation (OTCBB: VCST), a developer of industry-leading solutions for the transformation, management and delivery of digital media over enterprise, broadband and mobile networks, today announced the immediate availability of the standalone version of VMp Live, a software module that is part of the ViewCast Media Platform (VMp(TM)) suite of products. VMp Live can now be purchased as a standalone product, to independently manage streaming media devices, or as an add-on to ViewCast's rack-mountable Niagara® 7500 series and Niagara PRO II streaming media appliances. It offers an easy to use, cost-effective solution for organizations seeking to schedule and manage their live video events.

"VMp Live extends the capabilities of our Niagara line of streaming appliances, and provides our customers with a cost-effective means of automating, scheduling and delivering live events across the enterprise, or across the web," said ViewCast President and CEO Dave Stoner. "Customers may choose to deploy VMp Live as a stand-alone video event management solution, or they may use it together with our VMp Portal and Production modules for complete media management capabilities."

VMp Live capabilities include:

-- The ability to remotely control any number of video appliances while centralizing and automating basic tasks, such as start/stop encoding, assigning encoding profiles, and recording live feeds.
-- A comprehensive event planning guide to easily create a programming schedule.
-- An intuitive web-based calendar to schedule, capture and deliver live video events to viewers anywhere on a private network or the public Internet.
-- Ability to manage multiple encoders and profiles in each managed device.
-- Performs functions manually or automatically based on pre-defined user options.

About VMp

Comprised of the VMp Portal, VMp Live and VMp Production modules, VMp provides a unified platform for collecting, managing, sharing and publishing media content to help organizations leverage the power of digital media. Supporting online video publishing, live video streaming, video on-demand and digital asset management, VMp enables users to streamline and automate complex video production processes, enhance collaboration and maximize efficiencies across the enterprise. VMp's modular architecture affords users the flexibility to choose the modules that address their unique requirements, and provides users with the flexibility to evolve their VMp implementations as business needs, objectives and applications change.

For more information about VMp, visit http://www.viewcast.com/products/viewcast-media-platform

About ViewCast

ViewCast develops industry-leading hardware and software for the transformation, management and delivery of professional quality video over broadband, enterprise and mobile networks. ViewCast's award-winning solutions simplify the complex workflows required for the Web-based streaming of news, sports, music, and other video content to computers and mobile devices, empowering broadcasters, businesses, and governments to easily and effectively reach and expand their audiences. With more than 400,000 video capture cards deployed globally, ViewCast sets the standard in the streaming media industry. ViewCast Niagara® streaming appliances, Osprey® video capture cards and VMp(TM) video management systems provide the highly reliable technology required to deliver the multi-platform experiences driving today's digital media market.

ViewCast (www.viewcast.com) is headquartered in Plano, Texas, USA, with sales and distribution channels located globally.

ViewCast, Osprey, SimulStream, VMp and Niagara are trademarks or registered trademarks of ViewCast Corporation or its subsidiaries.

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