ednet Named U.S. Distributor of Telestream's ClipMail(TM) Pro To The Entertainment Industry

 

 

 

 

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.