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ViaVid Creates Advisory Board for Development of Motorsports Programming.


Business Editors

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2000

ViaVid Broadcasting, Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB

See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB).
:VVDB) today announced that it has created an advisory board to assist in the development of its motorsports program.

ViaVid Broadcasting is very pleased to welcome to this advisory board the following individuals who have been selected for their professional expertise in motorsport.

Gerald Forsythe, Chairman & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of the Indeck Group of Companies. The Indeck Group of Companies are among the world's premier privately-held energy companies. The group are industry leaders in the design, construction, and operation of state-of-the-art power facilities and a leading owner and operator of co-generation and independent power plants, including a facility at Enfield, Middlesex, England.

With a leading role in both the CART FedEx Championship Series and the FIA FIA

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 Formula One World Championship, Gerald Forsythe is one of the most influential entrepreneurs in world-wide open-wheel racing. He is an owner of two CART FedEx Championship racing teams, Player's / Forsythe Racing and the Forsythe Championship Racing Forsythe Championship Racing is a racing team in the Champ Car World Series owned by Gerald Forsythe. Team History
The team first operated as Forsythe Racing from 1983 to 1985 with moderate success, most notably with rookie driver Teo Fabi who won four races in 1983, and
 Team, and is also a director and an owner of the British American Racing British American Racing was a Formula One constructor that competed in the sport from 1999 to 2005. BAR began by acquiring Tyrrell, and used Supertec engines for their first year. Subsequently they formed a partnership with Honda which lasted for the next six years.  Formula One Team. He is also a member of Championship Auto Racing Teams Inc. (CART) Board of Directors.

Ron Dickson, President of Forsythe Racing Inc. Ron Dickson is a former world-class Touring car driver and the creator of Australia's Gold Coast Indy Car Grand Prix. A native of Sydney, Australia, Mr. Dickson is best known in the CART community for his work in organizing the first CART race outside of North America. He designed the Surfer's Paradise street circuit and served as Operations and Race Director of the Gold Coast Indy Car Grand Prix from its inaugural year in 1991 through 1994. In recent years he has continued his involvement with the race as a consultant overseeing the construction and maintenance of the circuit. Mr. Dickson's primary focus at Forsythe is the ongoing development of the Champ Car programs and the construction of race circuits around the world including projects in Mexico and England.

Paul Page, ABC ABC
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 / ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network  Sports, dubbed by his peers as "The Voice of Indy Car Racing Indy Car racing
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," holds indisputable credentials as a motor racing expert. USA Today calls Paul "Mr. Motor Racing". Since 1974, Paul has been a network television and radio sports host and anchor. He joined NBC NBC
 in full National Broadcasting Co.

Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network.
 in 1978 as a host on the network's "SportsWorld" show. There he covered all facets of sport, from play by play of the NFL NFL
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, to auto racing.

In 1987 he left NBC to become the lead announcer in ABC's motor racing efforts as the network began to emphasize racing. In this capacity, he hosts all of ABC's motor sports including their "EMMY" Award winning coverage of the "Indianapolis 500".

In the cable television world he is equally well known. He hosts all of ESPN's Indy Car coverage. He is the host/producer of "Paul Page's IndyCar World" on Prime Network. He also hosts the "Countdown to Indy," a national syndication by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Coordinates:

Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana (a separate town completely surrounded by Indianapolis) in the United States, is the second-oldest
, and he serves as a co-host on Nashville Network's "American Sports Cavalcade American Sports Cavalcade was an American Motorsports Show produced by Diamond P Sports, that ran on TNN (The Nashville Network) from 1983-1995. This show was hosted by 1st, Ed Bruce, then Paul Page, then the late Steve Evans. ".

Mr. Page has a shelf of Associated Press and Indianapolis Press Club journalism awards that point to his days in the late 60's and early 70's as a hard news reporter. For eight straight years he won the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters awards for both radio and TV. As a producer he has won two first place "Iris" awards from NAPTE NAPTE National Association of Television Program Executives . His work has been part of ABC's "EMMY" win and ESPN's and Nashville Net's "ACE" awards.

ViaVid is currently reviewing several other candidates for the Advisory Board and when selected will make an appropriate news release. We welcome Mr. Forsythe, Mr. Dickson and Mr. Page to the Advisory Board and look forward to their input as seasoned professionals.

About ViaVid Broadcasting Inc.

ViaVid Broadcasting Inc. is a leading edge technology company specializing in streaming media services over the Internet. The company has developed a state-of-the-art Digital Video Production Studio that is capable of being live to the Internet 24 hours per day. In addition, the Company has proven expertise in on-site production from numerous remote locations. ViaVid produces numerous programs for the Internet, including the live and interactive business news show VBC News1, VBC Sports, VBC Entertainment, and Health News. ViaVid has also covered events such as the PGA tour held in Vancouver, B.C. ViaVid is also a content partner for the Microsoft Windows Media portal WindowsMedia.com. In addition ViaVid is currently partnered with IBM, Play Inc., Channelseek, and OnNow.com.

For more information about ViaVid Broadcasting, Inc. please visit www.viavid.com.

Statements regarding financial matters in this press release other than historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995. The company intends that such statements about the Company's future expectations, including future revenues and earnings, and all other forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created thereby. Since these statements (future operational results and sales) involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time, the Company's actual results may differ materially from expected results.
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