ViewCast Makes Streaming EZ

ViewCast (www.viewcast.com) has launched EZstream, an end-to-end streaming video publishing service for small and medium size businesses. The product allows companies to capture, edit, encode, publish, host and deliver rich media content.

The all-in-one product is aimed at companies that want to deploy streaming video through a single solution. "ViewCast makes Internet video easy for small to mid-size businesses that might not have the time, resources or necessary skills to incorporate streaming into their site," said John Caufield, ViewCast president. The product is being demonstrated at NAB in Las Vegas.

EZstream processes video and publishes it to ViewCast's content delivery network, with client companies then pasting a link on their sites to the ViewCast stream. In addition, EZstream allows companies to change or renew hosting rate plans and review notification flags for usage metrics.

The product launch follows research from Jupiter Media Metrix predicting that business use of streaming video will grow from $140 million to $2.8 billion by 2005.