SAN
FRANCISCO, (FEBRUARY 18, 2000) -- Entertainment Digital Network, Inc.
("ednet") (OTC Bulletin Board: EDNT) announced that Telestream, Inc.,
a manufacturer of high quality video delivery systems, has named ednet
to be the U.S. Distributor for their ClipMail Pro products to the entertainment
and advertising market.
Tom Kobayashi, Chief Executive Officer, states, "Since last April, when
ClipMail Pro was introduced at the National Association of Broadcasters
Convention in Las Vegas, we have been in the forefront of introducing
this product to the entertainment and advertising community. Under this
new agreement, we will be expanding our sales force into regional offices
as well as implementing a representative sales channel throughout the
United States. We appreciate that Telestream has seen how our experience
and expertise in the networking business has contributed to the acceptance
of ClipMail Pro in these markets and have awarded us this distributorship."
"We're delighted with the success that ednet has achieved in bringing
ClipMail Pro to the entertainment community," commented Dan Castles,
President and CEO of Telestream. "ednet's seven year history in providing
reliable networking services to the entertainment industry allows them
to seamlessly integrate ClipMail Pro into their service offerings. This
agreement makes for a perfect match, since ClipMail Pro is a 'network
ready' appliance, and it's ednet's business to provision and manage
digital networks. Our customers will benefit from a simpler distribution
structure, which provides them with a complete solution that combines
our appliance with ednet's network connectivity."
Currently, ClipMail Pro is being utilized by production and post-production
companies in Australia, Canada and Europe, sending and receiving dailies
and approval video to and from cities around the United States. "We
have been pleased with Telestream's continued support to improve ClipMail
products, since its introduction. With the latest version of the software
for ClipMail Pro, users will now be able to send video files directly
to servers or desktops," said David Gustafson, President and COO of
ednet.
Telestream is a manufacturer of high-quality video delivery systems.
ClipMail(TM) Pro is Telestream's solution for the exchange of video
over Internet Protocol (IP) data networks.
ednet, a subsidiary of Visual Data Corporation (Nasdaq: VDAT), is a
systems integrator and network service provider, specializing in private
transmission of high-quality digitized audio and video over wide area
networks (WAN), and a provider of Internet hosting and web broadcasting
services.
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve
risks and uncertainties. The Company's actual results could differ materially
from those discussed here. Factors that might cause such a difference
includes, but is not limited to, those discussed in the Company's Form
10-QSB and Form 10-KSB, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.