Salt Lake City, Utah — April 8, 2002 — Sorenson Media, the leading provider of high-quality video compression software and delivery services, announced today the availability of a vastly enhanced version of Sorenson Vcast, a live and on-demand media Webcasting service. The new version, built on the foundation of an industrial strength LDAP directory, brings new levels of security, scalability, and manageability for the delivery of all media formats and data types to viewing and listening audiences anywhere in the world.

Exploiting the power of Novell's eDirectory, Vcast 2.0 now enables content owners and producers to more easily upload, organize and manage their video and audio assets-whether live or on-demand. This directory-based foundation allows new security features for authenticated viewing access for any asset. Besides support for Windows Media, Real, Quicktime, and Flash MX files, the uploading and delivery of all files types including graphics, presentations, and virtually anything is also supported. Usage and asset view trending and tracking allows Vcast to intelligently distribute your content to the appropriate edge service. Integrated with several distribution networks, Vcast offers the easiest solution for anyone to deliver their content to the last mile for viewing by audiences on a regional or global basis.

"Considering the gains in quality of experience for the viewer at the last mile, plus the easing of bandwidth congestion upstream at the source Web site, I can't imagine why any organization, large or small, would want to or need to host and support streaming servers, and provision bandwidth on their own ever again" said Ed McGarr, vice president of sales and marketing for Sorenson Media. "For those who thought content delivery was either too difficult, or too expensive, Vcast is a dream come true"

Sorenson Vcast welcomes seamless integration within Sorenson Squeeze; an easy to use, yet highly sophisticated compression tool that now has the ability to instantly upload newly compressed video content directly to any Vcast account. Within Vcast are new tools like sort, search and detailed reporting capabilities, which make managing uploaded assets and account information extremely simple. URL and HTML code snippets are automatically created for each asset providing easy copy and paste placement into e-mail or Web content.

Pricing and Availability
A free 30-day trial of Sorenson Vcast is available now at www.sorenson.com/vcast/learn and monthly Vcast accounts are available for as low as $25.00* a month. Custom Vcast accounts are available by contacting Sorenson Media directly.

About Sorenson Media
Sorenson Media was founded in April of 2000 to provide streaming media solutions that enable people anywhere to easily stream quality Web video. Sorenson Media is the recognized leader in video compression and streaming services that empower people to more expressly entertain, educate and communicate over the Web. With these innovative products and services, Sorenson Media is in a unique position to drive mass-market adoption of Web streaming.

Public Relations Contacts:
Noelle Cahow
Meservy Wing Snapp
(801) 376-5522
noelle@mwsagency.com

Bruce Herbert
Sorenson Media
(801) 287-9400
bruce@sorenson.com

*$25 monthly plan will be available May 2002. This plan is a lower monthly rate than what is currently advertised on the Sorenson Media Web site.