ViewCast's New Niagara Streaming Media Appliances Set for European
Debut at IBC 2009
Low-Priced Niagara 2120 and innovative HD Niagara 7500 streaming
media appliances positioned for breakout success in fast-growing
European market
PLANO, Texas - Sept. 3, 2009 - ViewCast Corporation (OTCBB: VCST), a
developer of industry-leading solutions for the transformation,
management and delivery of digital media over IP and mobile networks,
will showcase the two newest entries in its Niagara® family of
streaming media appliances next week at IBC 2009 in Amsterdam. These
highly-anticipated systems - the Niagara 2120, a low-priced Adobe®
Flash® H.264 appliance, and the next-generation Niagara 7500 HD
appliance - are expected to achieve widespread adoption in the
European market because of their innovative features and growing
demand for ViewCast's world-class streaming media technology in the
Europe is experiencing unprecedented growth in Internet streaming
technology, voice-over-internet (VOIP), and television services
through broadband lines. Continued growth is expected particularly in
broadcast, telecom, education and corporate communications - all
sectors in which ViewCast's plug-and-play solutions stand out among
"Many of Europe's largest, most prominent broadcasting organizations
rely on ViewCast's Niagara appliances for powerful and intuitive
streaming media capabilities," said ViewCast President and CEO Dave
Stoner. "With the recent introductions of the Niagara 2120 and
Niagara 7500, ViewCast is extending our leadership in the streaming
media appliance market and equipping customers of all levels of
technical expertise with advanced, feature-rich streaming media
platforms to elevate the quality and impact of their Internet video
Both the Niagara 2120 and Niagara 7500 appliances come standard with
ViewCast SimulStream® technology, which enables a single video source
to generate several video streams simultaneously - in multiple
resolutions and bit rates - with each stream configured differently
for laptops, cell phones, or mobile devices. Stoner noted that the
rapidly expanding use of streaming video in cell phones, PDAs and
other mobile wireless electronic devices has created a significant
"Hand-held devices such as cell phones are proving to be a very
important streaming medium for which our products play a key
The Niagara 2120, a low-cost, easy to use streaming media appliance
that supports H.264 streaming via the Adobe® Flash® platform, is
designed for organizations in corporate, government, education,
worship and athletic settings seeking a plug-and-play platform for
streaming video content across enterprise networks or over the
Internet. Optimized for simplified set-up and operation and featuring
a built-in Web interface to enable streamlined management from
anywhere on the network, the compact, self-contained Niagara 2120 is
ideal for location streaming applications, and fits easily into any
production control room. Users simply set the desired streaming
parameters via the intuitive Web interface, then initiate one or more
streams simultaneously from the front panel "Stream" button.
The Niagara 7500 is a powerful, feature-rich streaming appliance for
Web-based delivery of high-definition video, designed for the most
demanding professional broadcasting and media distribution
applications. Combining dual quad core processing power with
ViewCast's advanced video processing and encoding capabilities, the
Niagara 7500 simplifies the complex workflows associated with the
transformation and delivery of live and on-demand HD video to IP and
mobile networks, and features a sleek, innovative touch control
interface with contextual menus that streamline and simplify system
operations. A key feature of its video processing capability is that
it can switch-on-the-fly between standard and high-definition sources,
without having to re-initialize the system. Users can stream live
content in multiple bit-rates and resolutions simultaneously in
Windows Media®, Silverlight® and Adobe® Flash® H.264, and take
advantage of powerful video pre-processing tools such as closed-
caption rendering, de-interlacing, and inverse telecine.
ViewCast is also featuring a new release of its Niagara SCX®
streaming media management software. Niagara SCX 6.0 enables
centralized set-up, monitoring and control over multiple systems
positioned anywhere on the network - all from a single desktop. The
new Niagara SCX 6.0 software release also includes Adobe®
Flash® H.264 streaming capability, as well as ViewCast's Intelligent
Stream Connect technology that allows multiple instances of a video
stream to be connected to a single CDN to ensure continuous and fail
ViewCast will be demonstrating the Niagara 2120 and Niagara 7500 at
IBC 2009 in Amsterdam, September 11 - 15. Visit ViewCast at IBC
More information about ViewCast video streaming solutions is
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 300,000 video
capture cards deployed globally, ViewCast sets the standard in the
streaming media industry. ViewCast Niagara® streaming appliances,
Osprey® video capture cards, and Niagara SCX® encoding and management
software provide the highly reliable technology required to deliver
the multi-platform experiences driving today's digital media market.
ViewCast, Niagara, Niagara SCX, and SimulStream are trademarks or
registered trademarks of ViewCast Corporation or its
subsidiaries. All other trademarks appearing herein are the property
of their respective owners.
