ViewCast.com Profile
ViewCast.com, Inc., doing business as ViewCast Corporation (ViewCast), develops hardware and software for the capture, management, and delivery of video over IP and mobile networks.
The company’s solutions simplify the complex workflows required for these tasks, allowing broadcasters, businesses, governments and various distribution entities to reach and expand their distribution of digital media effectively. ViewCast’s Niagara streaming systems and Osprey video capture cards provide high value through reliability and integration with third party applications.
ViewCast markets and sells its products and professional services worldwide directly to end-users or through indirect channels, including original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), value-added resellers (VARs), resellers, distributors and computer system integrators.
Products and Services
ViewCast solutions provide a bridge between digital assets and delivery networks. The ViewCast solutions family includes: Osprey Video line of capture cards, Niagara line of video encoding systems and related SimulStream and Niagara SCX software, and Professional services and support, and complementary products and technologies from third party providers.
Osprey Video Products: ViewCast Osprey Video has been a main player in the streaming media industry. Osprey Video products have enabled various companies to deliver on k applications like Internet TV, mobile streaming, Webcasting, and video signage. The company’s Osprey Video products are: designed for video acquisition/capture/streaming; capture cards for streaming from the first card for Web streaming to professional-quality cards for Internet TV: Analog /Digital Audio & Video, Standard and High Definition, PCI & PCI Express, Composite, Component & SDI Video, Y/C, S-Video, and Balanced and Unbalanced Audio.
Niagara Streaming Systems and Software: The ViewCast Niagara family of streaming media encoders have been designed from the ground up to provide pre-configured, plug-and-play solutions enabling the user to encode and stream premium quality audio and video over the Internet or corporate network. The Niagara systems are built upon the ViewCast Osprey Video streaming capture boards. These systems include a mix of Osprey analog and digital capture boards along with its remote encoder management software (Niagara SCX) and streaming productivity software (SimulStream) resulting in a streaming media platform.
Markets
ViewCast serves various markets including: broadcasters, content delivery networks, and narrowcasters; Federal, State, and Local Government; small, medium, and large enterprises; mobile and cable providers; education and training; retail and consumer package goods; digital signage integrators; and other industry verticals such as advertising, medical and insurance.
The company’s solutions are marketed to media and entertainment, Internet, corporate, financial, educational, security, healthcare, governmental and network enterprises. It also markets its products and services directly or via third-party distribution channels. During 2012, the company’s major distributor customers included Jeff Burgess and Associates, Inc. and Graphics Distribution, Inc.
Research and Development
The company focuses its research and development activities on digital media applications, process management and new features for expanded market opportunities. During 2012, the company expended approximately $3.0 million in research and development activities.
Government Regulation
The company is subject to Federal Communications Commission regulations relating to electromagnetic radiation from its products, which impose compliance burdens on the company. In the event the company redesigns or otherwise modify its products or complete the development of new products, the company would be required to comply with Federal Communications Commission regulations with respect to such products.
Patents and Trademarks
The company holds a U.S. patent covering certain aspects of compressed video and have two patents pending covering certain aspects of a confidence monitor and system and a media encoder system.
Competition
The company’s direct competitors competing with one or more of its products or applications are: VBrick, Digital Rapids, Black Magic and Matrox.
