USA Video Interactive Announces Key Technology Appointments
Friday, 31 March 2000
MYSTIC, Connecticut, March 31, 2000 - USA Video Interactive (OTC BB: USVO; CDNX: US; www.usvo.com) today announced the appointment of Dr. Albert P. Gerheim and Paul Brandon as key members of its Department of Applied Video Data Compression. Dr. Gerheim serves as Director, Advanced Compression Technologies and Brandon serves as Chief Architect of Databasing and Video Information Management.

The appointments are part of USA Video Interactive's planned strategy to maintain and extend the company's technological lead in providing live video streaming and Video on Demand™ total solutions for the Internet.

Dr. Gerheim is a theoretical and practical scientist specializing in the mathematics of digital signal processing and compression. He currently is assigned to expand his previous work in image processing to develop a patentable means of enhancing specific compression technologies. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology; Master's and Doctoral degrees in Electrical Engineering from Old Dominion University; and has done extensive coursework on acoustics, UNIX, neural computing and programming. Dr. Gerheim was a consultant to USA Video Interactive before joining the company full time. Previously Principal Analyst at Sonalysts, Inc. and a Senior Engineer at Raytheon Company, Dr. Gerheim has published numerous articles in technical journals.

Mr. Brandon holds a B.S. in Mathematics from the U.S. Naval Academy and an M.S. in Computer Science from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He comes to USA Video Interactive from Sonalysts, Inc., where he had over 20 years experience with communications and databases as a Principal Analyst and Project Leader. In addition to his responsibilities for databasing and video information management for USA Video Interactive, Mr. Brandon will handle implementation of network topologies and application development in the area of supporting architectures.

"Al Gerheim and Paul Brandon bring unique capabilities that will help USA Video Interactive provide the market with a continuous stream of innovative solutions," Molina said.

About USA Video Interactive
USA Video Interactive is an international designer and supplier of high-tech Internet streaming video and Video-on-Demand™ systems, services and solutions. The USA Video Interactive technology gives users full-motion video; the unique flexibility of standard, VCR-like controls of play, fast-forward, reverse and pause; and the convenience of a standard internet-browser format for access. It provides video images significantly faster and at a higher degree of resolution than with previously available methods; significantly overcomes bandwidth restrictions; and eliminates the blockiness and slowness of current technologies -- all at a lower cost and at or near broadcast quality. For more information on USA Video Interactive, visit www.usvo.com.

USA Video Interactive Corporate Headquarters Office: 70 Essex Street; Mystic, CT 06355; (800) 625-2200; (860) 572-1560. Canada Office: 837 West Hastings Street; Suite #507; Vancouver, B.C. V6C 3N6. Trading symbol on the US NASD OTC BB: USVO;Trading symbol on The Canadian Venture Exchange: US. Standard & Poors Listed. CUSIP 902924208; USA Video, USA Video Interactive, Video-On-Demand and Video Yellow Pages are trademarks of USA Video Interactive. The Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX) has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. For more information contact: Tony Castagno, Media Relations, 860-572-1560; Kevin Yorio, Investor Relations, 860-572-1560; .

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