USA Video Interactive Introduces New Wavelet Demo on Website
Friday, 15 December 2000
Beta Demo Provides Side-by-Side Comparison of Wavelet vs. JPEG

Mystic, Connecticut, December 15, 2000 - After unveiling its new, proprietary Wavelet compression technology at the StreamingMediaWest show in San Jose, California this week, USA Video Interactive (OTCBB: USVO; CDNX: US; www.usvo.com) has made a beta version of its "WaveletHQ™ Viewer" available free of charge on its website: www.usvo.com. The company also has revamped its website to feature its StreamHQ™ suite of services and to make it easier for customers and potential clients to review many of the products and services offered by USA Video Interactive.

"It is exciting to be able to see first-hand how well our new Wavelet compression technology works. Visitors to our website can test it and gauge for themselves its quality and effectiveness," said Edwin Molina, President and CEO of USA Video Interactive. "The side-by-side comparisons are compelling demonstrations of the advantages our Wavelet offers, particularly at highly reduced file sizes that accommodate dial-up modems and maximize storage capabilities."

The USA Video Interactive Wavelet being demonstrated in this beta (test) version is a still-image compression technology that competes with JPEG and similar compression techniques. The still-image technology has numerous applications, such as website design and digital photography where it is important to be able to download images quickly or to store them in less space and at higher quality levels than available with other technologies. The still-image product is an interim step in development of a fully operational streaming solution that will be introduced in 2001.

The WaveletHQ™ Viewer allows users to compress black & white and color still images using USA Video Interactive's proprietary wavelet compression techniques. It also allows images to be created using JPEG compression and allows wavelet and JPEG compressed images of the same file size to be compared side-by-side in one screen. After installing and opening the WaveletHQ™ Viewer, the user can incrementally modify the compression factor up or down, observing the effect of the different compression technologies on the image. This beta version is intended for test and demonstration purposes; its functionality has purposely been limited. A fully functional version will be available for purchase in the near future.

When development of the streaming Wavelet technology is complete, the USA Video Interactive Wavelet will be offered as WaveletHQ™, one facet of StreamHQ™, which is an umbrella of end-to-end media services that leverage the capabilities of the Internet while bypassing its latencies. StreamHQ™ is designed to be highly available, reliable, flexible, scalable and cost-effective; it embodies USA Video Interactive's media services vision by bringing the disciplines of video distribution, data management, and the web together in a unique way to meet customer requirements. StreamHQ™ is an enabling technology for media-driven corporate, education, entertainment, and other general business applications and can support countless specific applications, including rich media advertising, entertainment video delivery, video-enhanced websites, corporate training, educational portals (including www.k-12video.com), infomercials, merchandising, and many more.

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 innovative end-to-end solutions and features its StreamHQ™ suite of media delivery services. These services encompass the entire media experience from source to viewing, including content production, content encoding under the banner EncodeHQ™, asset management, media and application hosting, multi-mode content distribution, transaction data capture and reporting, and e-commerce. StreamHQ™ services leverage the capabilities of the Internet while bypassing its latencies and are designed to be highly available, reliable, flexible, scalable and cost-effective. USA Video Interactive holds the pioneering patent for store-and-forward video (#5,130,792), filed in 1990 and issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on July 14, 1992. It has been cited by at least 141 other patents. USA Video Interactive holds similar patents in England, France, Spain, Italy and Germany, and has patents pending in Canada and Japan. The USA Video Interactive patented video technology gives users full-motion video; the flexibility of standard, VCR-like controls; 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. USA Video Interactive is nearing completion of a patented Wavelet compression technology that will further enhance the company's ability to deliver Internet video to home modem users and reduce storage and download-time requirements for all users, including those with broadband connections. For more information, 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 OTCBB: 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; .

This press release may contain forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in any forward-looking statement. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainties, which may cause actual results to differ from those described.

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