Viking Media Announces Release of True Turnkey Web Casting System

Viking Media introduces the WebStreamer turnkey web streaming system, a feature-packed product that allows users to broadcast media rich events live over the Internet.

San Jose CA, May 30th, 2002 -- Viking Media (www.vikingmedia.com) , a provider of web casting hardware and streaming media software tools, has released the WebStreamer series of turnkey systems. It features multi-format encoding hardware, presentation software and web hosting services packaged into a true turnkey solution. WebStreamer allows the user to web cast live or on-demand multimedia events to a global audience via the Internet. The product is targeted towards corporate needs including marketing, training and financial communications.

What sets the Viking Media WebStreamer apart from other similar products is that it is true Turnkey", says Richard Zembron, System Architect at Eonware. There is no additional software, hardware or web hosting configuration necessary".

The WebStreamer system consists of an equipment rack containing the necessary hardware to monitor and encode the video and audio content. The encoder generates Windows Media and Real Media, with future support for QuickTime. The system ships completely pre-configured with all necessary web services. The user can tailor each live or on-demand presentation to a specific target audience by using simultaneous multiple video bit rates, audio, audience interactions, PowerPoint slides and graphics.

WebStreamer is bundled with the Webocaster authoring software from Eonware (www.webocaster.com). This authoring tool allows the user to setup and manage live and on-demand multimedia presentations from anywhere. It ships with over 60 layout templates and user-customizable layouts are available. Other features include audience interaction such as chat, Q & A, email, voting and polling. It also has built in security and viewer logon features. The user can create username and password lists to allow only invited viewers to attend. Various technical and viewer metrics are monitored and reported real-time and after a live web cast is completed.

The Webocaster application is server based and can run on virtually any networked Windows machine with PowerPoint 2000 installed. Viewers use Internet Explorer or Netscape browsers on PC, Mac or Linux platforms to view the live or on-demand presentation.

WebStreamer is also bundled with configuration and support of a web host and a Content Delivery Network. Viking Media will set up a license of the Webocaster authoring tool on the web host. This is where the application runs and the multimedia presentations are created and stored. Viking Media will also setup and configure all necessary information with its partner Content Delivery Network. This network distributes the live or recorded streaming video to the viewer.

John Demorest, CEO of Demorest Productions says that distributing information real-time is greatly enhanced by web casting. We have used Viking Medias solution among our corporate clients with great results".

Recent economic down turns have seen many companies reduce travel budgets. Meeting prospective clients and attending business events are still very important parts of conducting business and this is where streaming media can provide an enormously cost-effective way of communicating. We make web casting easy" says Viking Media Production Manager, Örjan Haugen. By simplifying the process to successfully web cast, we have made it a viable solutions for end-users and service providers alike". If you know how to navigate a web browser, you can use our product easily. We tell our viewers to Stay Home and Attend"

About Viking Media:

Viking Media is a web casting service and systems provider based in San Jose, CA. The company has been producing corporate communication events since 1990.