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Media Concepts Inc. Announces New Custom Home Theater/Home
Automation Installation Division
Business Editors
TEMECULA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2000--Media Concepts Inc. (NQB pink sheets:MDCE) (OTCBB:MDCE) today announced the establishment of a new division that will be dedicated to the design and installation of home automation systems, high speed Internet terminals, security, intercom, and custom sound and lighting for the residential market.
This division will initially concentrate on the Southern California new home market but is anticipated to expand nationwide.
Media Concepts Inc. intends to leverage management's vast experience in the high-end custom home building market to build relationships with large nationwide residential developers.
The new division will install home theater systems based on the HOMtheater.com blueprints as well as home automation systems. Systems will be targeted at large residential development tracks by coordinating with the developers design team.
With the advent of DSL and new cable applications that afford high speed delivery of the Internet, it is predicted that more than eight million home networks will be installed by 2002, coupled with a seven billion dollar home automation market. "We have received significant response from the design communities regarding the installations of Home Theater, home automation as well as high speed networks within large developments," stated Erik Vidrio president/chief executive officer of Media Concepts Inc. "By utilizing the same design principles of the HOMtheater.com plug and play concept, installations that would have taken weeks can now install in days, making them more cost effective for this type of builder."
Media Concepts Inc.'s custom install division will continue to develop packages for the residential market that will include demo programs for developers, pricing plans, wiring designs for multiple residential applications and wireless solutions for retrofit applications.
In addition, the company announced its new corporate offices located in Temecula. The new address is 27450 Ynez Road, Suite 318, Temecula, CA 92591. The new telephone number is 909/296-1780.
Please also visit the Media Concepts Inc. investor relations Web site at www.mdceinvestor.com.
Media Concepts Inc. is a diversified entertainment and media technology company that focuses on emerging technologies as they relate to consumer electronics, home automation, e-commerce as well as other entertainment products.
This release may contain forward-looking statements. Various factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in forward-looking statements, including but not limited to the timing and development of emerging technologies. Although Media Concepts Inc. believes that the forward-looking statements contained herein are reasonable; it can give no assurance that the expectations are correct. All forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by this Cautionary Statement.
Rob D |