Breakthrough Technology Delivers Accredited College Classes Live Over the Internet to Homes and Businesses.

Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers

YONKERS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 19, 2000

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The great promise of classroom education over the Internet is here and may radically redefine the way Americans go to college, thanks to a technology company based in Yonkers, New York.

Educational Video Conferencing, Inc. (Nasdaq: EVCI), headed by two Ph.Ds, has cracked the code for delivering a live classroom experience over the Internet. Their unique brand of live, interactive multimedia video conferencing, allows instructors to see and hear students separated by miles, states, and even continents. At the same time, students can see and hear the instructor, and communicate with their teachers and other students over video-enabled desktop computers at work or at home.

Already, EVCI can deliver more than 1,000 college and post-graduate courses--leading to more than 100 degree programs--to homes and offices from accredited colleges and universities such as St. John's and Adelphi University. When students enroll, they can receive a free Pentium III computer and free high-speed Internet access.

"We've opened the door for students to attend colleges anywhere in the world without leaving their homes or offices," says Arol Buntzman, Chairman and CEO of EVCI, whose Ph.D. dissertation served as a breakthrough study in educational video conferencing, and whose company has worked since 1997 to unravel the technology to deliver real time video conferencing to multiple points over the Internet.

Leapfrogging Tradition

EVCI's technology allows for far more than traditional distance learning, which often amounts to e-mail messages sent back and forth between students and teachers. EVCI's technology enables students to sit before their computers, view and hear their instructors and other students in real time. Small, inexpensive video cameras transmit the images at a broadcast quality of 30 frames a second, a huge improvement over "streamed" video with its synchronization problems and stop-frame action.

Professors and students at 20 to 30 separate locations can talk and interact with one another just as they would in a real classroom at any major university. The classes offered by EVCI are identical to those taught on campus, an important consideration for colleges and universities participating in the program.

As Peter J. Tobin, Dean of St. John's College of Business, an EVCI content provider, and formerly the chief financial officer of Chase Manhattan Bank explains, "As St. John's College of Business enters the new millennium, it's vital that we provide educational opportunities to a widening circle of students. At the same time, we must retain the same quality, richness and complexities inherent in St. John's live classroom experience. EVCI's technology provides just this opportunity. Students learn from St. John's world-class faculty, interact and communicate with them just as they would if they were sitting in one of our classrooms. The only difference is that the instruction is delivered live over the Internet."

How EVCI Works

EVCI works as an online educational content aggregator--developing relationships with world-class colleges and training institutions, working with them to provide their content live over the Internet, and providing the technology and know-how to deliver accredited degree programs live over the Internet direct to the home or office.

The steps in the process include:

1. Accredited colleges and institutions contract with EVCI to make

their coursework available through EVCI's proprietary technology.

2. EVCI and its partners work to market the courses to students and

prospective students in areas where broadband Internet or video

enabled conference rooms are available.

3. EVCI sets up a video-transmitting room on campus and trains

professors in the most effective video-conferencing teaching

methods.

4. Students choose and enroll in accredited degree programs and

courses, register and pay tuition, all online or by phone. Anyone

can browse a list of EVCI partner colleges and accredited

programs, as well as executive training courses at

www.evcinc.com.

5. Students who enroll in degree programs can receive free Pentium

III computers, video cameras, high-speed Internet access and

software.

6. Students "attend" classes at designated times. By logging on from

their video-enabled computers, between 20 and 30 students see,

interact and communicate directly with the professor during the

class.

7. The professor sees live, individual images of every student in

class, on a large television screen. Instructors can gauge every

students' reaction--from comprehension to puzzlement--just as in

a traditional classroom. Students may ask questions simply by

clicking a "raised-hand" icon on screen, and instantaneously the

on-screen image switches from the instructor to the questioning

student.

8. Professors can "place" digital information on the "board"--in

this case the students' computer screens--so they can view

spreadsheets, electronic documents, or even Web pages.

EVCI's live video conferencing is delivered via DSL, ATM, ISDN, cable modems, satellite services and other wireless digital telecommunications technologies. No other company currently has the technology to deliver live video conferencing to multiple students and their professor in real time over the Internet.

Endless Options and Opportunities

EVCI's unique technology opens unlimited educational opportunities. Already, EVCI's expertise is providing:

-- Educational access to the disabled. A marketing alliance between

EVCI and We Media, Inc., publisher of WE magazine, is providing

live, video conferencing educational opportunities to the

nation's 54 million disabled individuals, who can now enroll in

and attend accredited college programs on their computers from

their homes.

-- Educational Opportunities to Disadvantaged Americans. EVCI, in a

number of alliances with neighborhood church groups, has helped

establish community video conferencing facilities to deliver

accredited college courses to disadvantaged students. These

at-risk students, with few higher educational opportunities, are

showing greater success than otherwise expected due to the

technology that allows them to learn inside their community,

instead of on college campuses.

-- Training and College Courses for Corporations. A number of

Fortune 500 corporations such as Merrill Lynch, Citibank, N.A.,

Lockheed Martin Corp., and AIG are relying on EVCI and its

proprietary technologies to deliver college accredited programs

at their video-enabled facilities.

-- Continuing Higher Educational Opportunities and Training to

Professional Athletes. EVCI's newly launched Sport Division is

providing professional athletes the opportunity to continue their

college education while pursuing their playing careers. Headed by

former New York Giants linebacker Carl Banks, now Director of

Player Development for the New York Jets, the Division has signed

the New York Jets to an agreement that will allow players, their

families and staff to attended accredited college degree programs

from video-enabled Jet facilities.

-- Worldclass content to industry leaders. Under agreements with

Bell Atlantic, Excite @Work and @Home, EVCI is rapidly becoming

the preferred provider of college accredited courses to major

Internet broadband players. Their interest is firmly grounded on

educational content as a cornerstone of the new digital economy

that can deliver a range of information and services directly to

the home or office over the Internet.

About Educational Video Conferencing, Inc.

Educational Video Conferencing, Inc. is a leading high-bandwidth and Internet aggregator of educational content. EVCI delivers accredited college courses, certificates and degree programs, as well as professional development programs to corporations, government agencies, community groups, and the public at large. With live interactive multimedia video conferencing, the instructor can see and hear the students as the students see and hear the instructor, and communicate with the instructor and other students over video-enabled desktop computers at work or at home or over group room systems.

EVCI clients include Merrill Lynch, Citibank, N.A., Lockheed Martin Corp., AIG, Travelers, among other Fortune 100 companies. Educational institutions that provide content include St. John's University, Adelphi University, Manhattan College, The College of Insurance, Mercy College, Concordia College, Kaplan Educational Centers, Dearborn Institute, and Touro College/Touro University (including Touro Law School). EVCI also has multi-year co-marketing agreements with We Media, Inc. and Bell Atlantic, among others.

Information in this press release about implementing the business plan of Educational Video Conferencing, Inc. is forward looking and actual results could differ materially from expected results. Factors that could affect results include the risk that there may be insufficient demand for Educational Video Conferencing courses, competition and other factors discussed in EVCI's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.