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NEWS
RELEASE
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ViewCast
Contact:
Laurie
L. Latham
Chief
Financial Officer
Tel:
+1 (972) 488-7200
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PR
Agency Contact:
Jessie
Glockner
Rainier
Communications
Tel:
+1 (508) 475-0025 x140
E-mail:
jglockner@rainierco.com
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Investor
Contact:
Matt
Clawson
Allen
& Caron
Tel:
+1 (949) 474-4300
E-mail:
matt@allencaron.com
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VIEWCAST
NAMES ADRIAN GIUHAT SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
OF
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, CTO
PLANO, TX, August 30, 2010 – ViewCast Corporation
(OTCBB: VCST), a developer of industry-leading solutions for the transformation,
management and delivery of digital media over enterprise, broadband, and mobile
networks, today announced that veteran digital media and information technology
executive Adrian Giuhat has been named Senior Vice President of Product
Development and Chief Technology Officer (CTO), effective September 6, 2010. He
will report directly to President and Chief Executive Officer Dave
Stoner.
Giuhat,
50, has more than 20 years of senior management experience with a variety of
technology and telecommunications companies including, most recently, Irving,
TX-based Nexstar Broadcasting Group, one of the nation’s top 20 broadcasting
companies. Starting in 2008, Giuhat was Senior Vice President and CTO at Nexstar
and helped define the company’s digital media technology strategy. He also
defined, deployed and supported the corporate IT infrastructure and data centers
used for application hosting and video streaming.
“Adrian
has the breadth of background, technical expertise, and strong performance
record that make him a key addition to our executive
team. Specifically, his background in software development and
digital asset management complements our current strategic focus and gives us
added applicable expertise as we continue along our technology roadmap towards
more integrated hardware and software solutions,” Stoner said. “He is
customer-focused, results-oriented and well versed in digital media technology
and video product development. Our new strategic initiatives have allowed us to
reach a much broader, world-wide market for the management and delivery of
digital media content and Adrian, with his global business orientation, will
play a key role in meeting this expanding demand for our products and
services.”
“With
ViewCast’s global market opportunity and an exceptional line of branded
products, combined with ongoing product innovations, makes now an exciting time
at ViewCast and an opportune time to contribute to the company’s future
development and success,” said Giuhat.
From 2003
to 2008, Giuhat was founder and CTO of Plano, TX-based AvantGuard Technologies,
a product development, data warehousing and technology company which defined,
developed, and marketed web-based products used in video distribution, print
advertising and pre-sales lead management. Concurrently, from 2007 to 2008 he
worked in product and business development for a start-up applications and video
codec technology company and from 2006 to 2007 he also co-founded and was CTO of
a start-up telecom technology company. During 2000 to 2003 he served as SVP of
Engineering for DG Systems (now DG FastChannel), a leader in content
distribution of digital media to TV and radio stations across the US and Canada,
where he was responsible for overall company technical direction, including the
development of the first web-based clearance product in the advertising
industry. Prior to 2000, Giuhat held senior level product development
and management roles with ADC-Teledata, an Israeli telecom company, and with
DSC-Alcatel USA, a multi-national telecom provider company.
Giuhat
holds bachelor’s and master’s of science degrees in Computer Science from the
University of Bucharest and an MBA from Ottawa University.
About ViewCast
ViewCast
develops industry-leading hardware and software for the transformation,
management and delivery of professional quality video over IP and mobile
networks. 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 350,000 video capture cards deployed globally, ViewCast sets the
standard in the streaming media industry. ViewCast Niagara® streaming
appliances, Osprey® video capture cards and VMp™ video management systems
provide the highly reliable technology required to deliver the multi-platform
experiences driving today’s digital media market.
ViewCast
(www.viewcast.com) is headquartered in Plano, Texas, USA, with sales and
distribution channels located globally.
ViewCast,
Osprey, SimulStream, VMp and Niagara are trademarks or registered trademarks of
ViewCast Corporation or its subsidiaries. All other trademarks appearing herein
are the property of their respective owners.