Web TV Viewers in North America Watch Live as Amir Khan Defended Lightweight Title in UK

Web TV Viewers in North America Watch Live as Amir Khan Defended Lightweight Title in UK

SHARNFORD, England and PLANO, Texas, July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Web TV-viewers in North America were able to watch live on June 21st as Amir Khan defended his Commonwealth lightweight title against Michael Gomez in the United Kingdom. Using advanced digital video encoding products from manufacturer ViewCast(R) Corporation (BULLETIN BOARD: VCST) , Garland Partners Limited (GPL) assisted client Ether Digital in the live video streaming of this encounter via the Internet, as Khan -- despite the Olympic silver-medalist being left bloodied by Gomez -- successfully defended his title.

"This was a very successful pilot trial covering a thrilling event," stated Malcolm Harland, Director of GPL. "Our technical support team worked closely with Ether Digital's engineers throughout the 8-hour event to ensure successful and continuous Web TV coverage for viewers in the United States and Mexico," continued Harland.

London-based Ether Digital, who's "Miomni" technology enables companies to communicate and amplify core marketing messages through their own dedicated global IPTV channels, plans to roll out full production services for streaming live sports events this year as an addition to their already popular Web TV services.

"We're extremely pleased with this pilot test," said Mike Venner, CEO of Ether Digital. "The technical support of our encoding partner, GPL, was key to ensuring we would be able to launch this service to our customers this year. We invested in the ViewCast Niagara(R)Pro platform after a detailed market evaluation, and this pilot solidified our commitment to using ViewCast solutions as we make more such events possible in the future."

Live Web TV coverage of this boxing event was made possible through GPL's provision of Niagara streaming encoders manufactured by ViewCast. "We are pleased that Ether Digital selected the ViewCast Niagara platform as their Web TV broadcast solution," said Gary J. Klembara, Senior Vice President of Sales for ViewCast. Klembara continued, "Utilizing our industry leading technologies, GPL and Ether Digital were highly successful in meeting their video content delivery requirements, and have developed a solid and sustainable method for future IP-based video delivery."

About Garland Partners Limited

Garland Partners Limited (GPL) is an expanding U.K. company working with several leading suppliers of digital video streaming and IPTV solutions to deliver professional end-to-end systems for many applications including internet TV, mobile TV, IPTV, and broadcast services. The company focuses on meeting customers' system requirements, providing a full package of technical and commercial support with the best available products. Customers range in size and application, and GPL's strength is its flexibility in matching the right technology to client needs. For more information, visit GPL at http://www.gpl-uk.co.uk/.

About Ether Digital Group

Ether Digital is a London based technology company with over 10 years experience providing digital media communication services and solutions to B2B and B2C marketplaces. The Miomni platform leads the world in syndicated on-demand video content delivery to multiple platforms and locations from a single content management system. http://www.etherdigital.com/

About ViewCast Corporation

ViewCast designs, manufactures and markets industry leading hardware and software solutions that enable users to capture and encode audio/video content for live video streaming and video-on-demand (VOD) delivery over IP and mobile networks. ViewCast products include the Niagara(R) Pro and portable Niagara GoStream(R) families -- all powered by renowned Osprey(R) video capture technology. ViewCast's software, including Niagara SCX(R), Niagara SCX SDK and Osprey SimulStream(R) provides remote system management, and enables Osprey and Niagara hardware to configure multiple, simultaneous multi-format, multi-bitrate, multi-resolution video streams. This array of tools empowers broadcasters, businesses, network service providers and government to expand their audience in the digital media market place. http://www.viewcast.com/

ViewCast(R), Osprey(R), Niagara(R), Niagara SCX(R), GoStream(R), SimulStream(R), and EZStream(R) are trademarks or registered trademarks of ViewCast Corporation or its subsidiaries. All other trademarks appearing herein are the property of their respective owners.

    Garland Partners    Contact:    Malcolm Harland    Director    Tel: +44(0)1455 221188    E-mail: Malcolm@gpl-uk.co.uk     ViewCast Contact:    Jeff Kopang    Vice President of Marketing    Tel: +1 (972) 488-7200    E-mail: jeffk@viewcast.com     Investor Contact:    Dan Matsui    Allen & Caron    Tel: +1 (949) 474-4300    E-mail: d.matsui@allencaron.com  

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Source: ViewCast Corporation; Garland Partners Limited

CONTACT: Malcolm Harland, Director of Garland Partners Limited,
+44(0)1455 221188, Malcolm@gpl-uk.co.uk; or Jeff Kopang, Vice President of
Marketing of ViewCast Corporation, +1-972-488-7200, jeffk@viewcast.com; or
Investors, Dan Matsui of Allen & Caron, +1-949-474-4300,
d.matsui@allencaron.com, for ViewCast Corporation

Web site: http://www.viewcast.com/
http://www.gpl-uk.co.uk/
http://www.viewcast.com/

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