LA Group, Inc. "ONTVE" Announces Marketing Agreements With America On Line and Others ROCHESTER, N.Y., Feb 4, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- LA Group Inc., (OTC-BB symbol: ONTVE) today announced it has commenced marketing arrangements with several Internet companies. Mr. Daniel Fasano, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of LA Group, Inc. stated, "LA Group has entered into marketing arrangements with many of the leading Internet companies. Agreements have been signed with American On Line (AOL), Yahoo, Netscape, Digitalcity, Moviefone.com, Compuserve, ICQ, and Spinner. The agreements call for the utilization of keywords, banner and log-on pop up screen advertising to direct subscribers to the soon to be operating portal Website AsSeenOnTV.com. Fasano continued, "We are well along in our process of identifying entry partners and have begun negotiations with advertisers for positions on our new www.AsSeenOnTV.com site." Company President Frank Costanzo said, "These relationships with the premiere Internet companies are what we intend to be the first of several methods enabling their subscribers to explore our exciting site. The business model we are implementing also calls for web traffic to enter our new portal simply by entering "AsSeenOnTV.com". LA Group, Inc. recently acquired the Internet domain name www.AsSeenOnTV.com in a $5,000,000 transaction. AsSeenOnTV.com is the premier domain name for the direct response television industry. LA Group also recently announced that it had filed SEC Form 10-SB for the purposes of becoming a fully reporting public company. The company operates its own destination Website www.seenontv.com. In addition, the company operates the Ronco Website www.Ronco.com. The company anticipates the beta testing of its new portal site www.AsSeenOnTV.com to commence operation by March 1, 2000. Forward-looking statements in this press release are made pursuant to the "Safe Harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the continued popularity of the Company's Websites and product orders stemming therefrom, increased levels of competition, technological change, dependence upon third party suppliers, and other risks. Copyright (C) 2000 Business Wire. All rights reserved. Distributed via COMTEX. -0- CONTACT: LA Group, Inc. Tel. 716-426-5394 or Tel. 888-596-8476 Fax. 888-596-8476 www.lagroupinc.com E-mail: PublicRelations@LAGroupinc.com |