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Exhibit 99.4

Bentley to Acquire Cutting Edge DVD Leader - BroadcastDVD...

MONDAY, MAY 14, 2001 8:02 AM - PRNewswire

LOS ANGELES, May 14, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Bentley Communications
Corp. (OTC:BTLY) announced today that it has reached a definitive agreement to
purchase closely held BroadcastDVD, the leading producer of advertising and
e-commerce supported promotional and corporate DVDs.

"We're excited to have the opportunity to bring a dynamic next-generation media
company such as BroadcastDVD into the Bentley Communications family," stated
Gordon Lee, CEO of Bentley Communications. "BroadcastDVD's broadband solutions
are tremendously synergistic with our growing sports related business
endeavors."

Even prior to the commercial release of DVD in the US, BroadcastDVD's innovative
founders, James Volk and Scott Epstein, emerged on the technological forefront
of DVD by developing one-of-a-kind advertising sponsored, short-content DVDs for
the film and entertainment industry. Volk and Epstein were among the first to
use DVD as an interactive video format, pioneering discs with multiple angles,
motion menus, seamless web-connectivity, and via it's partnership with visual
solutions leader iPIX, 360 Degree Immersive Video! BroadcastDVD worked with iPIX
and Warner Bros. on the film Driven, to produce a virtual 360-degree drive with
the film's star Sylvester Stallone, which recently debuted on AOL Moviefone.com.

BroadcastDVD is well established in the film and music arenas with its cutting
edge DVD titles. The company's Telly and DVD-A award winning "FILMFEST DVD" is
bundled with Toshiba's DVD players. The company's critically acclaimed hard-rock
DVD music magazine, "750mph DVD," which has content alliances with studios and
labels such as DreamWorks, Geffen, Universal, Warner Bros., Columbia, MCA, RCA,
A&M, Giant, Immortal and more, recently saw distribution of 250,000 copies of
its initial issue through a nationwide promotion at over 500 Wherehouse Music
stores. Advertisers in these titles have included such prestigious companies as
Kodak, American Express and Datek. BroadcastDVD envisions an enormous market and
the potential for significant future advertising and promotion dollars within
its critically acclaimed promotional DVDs.

In addition to the film and music arenas, in the 4th quarter of 2000,
BroadcastDVD branched out its webDVD production into the sports arena with the
DVD release of 2000 ESPN X-Games Tube Film Festival winner, "SETH: The Hard
Way."

"With Bentley's involvement in the NBRPA's China Tournament this fall and its
Las Vegas based "Celebrity Pro" Golf Tournaments, we anticipate a significantly
larger presence and substantial revenue opportunities in the sporting arena on
DVD," stated James Volk, CEO of BroadcastDVD. "This is, as yet, a relatively
untapped and under-exploited area for which we have great expectations."

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DVD, the "Medium of the Millennium," has been the most successful and fastest
growing product introduction in consumer electronics history. According to the
Consumer Electronics Association, "Launch-to-Date U. S. DVD-Video Player
Sell-In" now exceeds 16,500,000 units with "Year-to-Date Unit Sell-In" for 2001
seeing a 94.3% increase over last year. Industry wide statistics show that
web-connected DVD-ROM computers represent an additional 15,000,000-20,000,000
units and projected sales of Sony Playstation 2 and Microsoft's X-BOX DVD gaming
consoles will be in excess of 10,000,000 units by year-end, placing DVD firmly
in the mass-market category.

BroadcastDVD has been recognized within the industry for its webDVD expertise
with speaking engagements and panel participation at Digital Hollywood, DVD
Entertainment, DVD-PRO, and VSDA. The company's work has recently been featured
in current CTO of Sonic Solutions (former Microsoft DVD Evangelist and current
BroadcastDVD advisory board member) Jim Taylor's prominent DVD bible "DVD
Demystified."

In this rapidly changing technology market, BroadcastDVD has pioneered the
concept of "Portable Broadband." Recognizing that most consumers are still
limited to the constraints of 56k modems, and capitalizing on the slower than
expected rollouts of DSL and Cable Modems, BroadcastDVD deliverscompelling
web-connected full-screen video directly to the hands of consumers in their
homes, offices, consumer electronics boxes, and at the point of purchase. A
burgeoning market is emerging for devices that converge DVD, the Internet, PVR's
and other devices into one box, and BroadcastDVD is at the fulcrum of this
market with its unique "Portable Broadband" strategy.

This transaction, subject only to the receipt of current independent audited
financials within the next sixty days, is considered "fait accompli" as the
merged companies will soon reside at BroadcastDVDs' current headquarters in
L.A's prestigious Wilshire Courtyard.
Forward-looking statements:

Certain statements in this news release may constitute "forward-looking"
statements within the meaning of section 21e of the securities exchange act of
1934. Such "forward-looking" statements involve risks, uncertainties and other
factors, which may cause the actual results, performance or achievement
expressed or implied by such forward looking statements to differ materially
from the "forward-looking" statements contained herein. Corporate links:
www.BentleyCommCorp.com, www.BentleyBlvd.com, www.TwirlMe.com,
www.Celebrity-Pros.com, www.BroadcastDVD.com, www.750MPHDVD.com,
www.FilmFestDVD.com

SOURCE   Bentley Communications Corp.
CONTACT: Gordon F. Lee, Chairman & CEO of Bentley Communications,
         310-342-0760, or fax, 310-342-0704; or James T. Volk, President & CEO
         of BroadcastDVD, 323-302-0010, or fax, 323-302-0020