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Tuesday June 16, 12:22 pm Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: TeleServices International Group Inc.
TeleServices International Group Inc. Enters Three Agreements to
Enhance its Compact Connection, Inc. Music Commerce Website
- Consumers Guaranteed 24- to 48-hr Shipment of Music Among Other Benefits -
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- TeleServices International Group Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board:
TSIG - news), a fully integrated provider for outsourced teleservices, announced today that it has chosen Valley
Media, Inc. as its Internet and Direct-to-Consumer Fulfillment Supplier for its music commerce subsidiary, Compact
Connection, Inc. (CCI). TSIG has also entered into License Agreements with MUZE, Inc. and ENSO Audio Imaging,
Inc. for use of their respective music databases to build content and marketing applications into CCI's music website.
Valley Media, Inc.'s ''Sound Delivery'' division is one of the largest direct-to-consumer fulfillment houses in the United
States for CDs, cassettes, DVDs and videos. The two-year General Agreement with Sound Delivery provides Internet
and Direct-to-Consumer fulfillment services to Compact Connection, Inc. that include guaranteed shipping of products
within twenty-four to forty-eight hours of being ordered and virtually hourly updates of available inventory. Valley
Media maintains a music inventory in excess of 250,000 titles.
TSIG has signed a one-year License Agreement with Muze, Inc. to use its ''Muze for Music'' database and its
''Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' for consumer content and marketing purposes. Muze for Music is one of the most
complete and comprehensive graphical music databases available in today's market. The newly introduced
Encyclopedia of Popular Music offers in-depth artist/label biography information and is one of a kind.
TSIG's one-year License Agreement with ENSO Audio Imaging will allow the CCI website to showcase audio music
samples. ENSO's database includes continuous digitizing of new releases, as well as a multitude of digitized catalog
titles. ENSO's database of audio samples supports the RealAudio Release 3.0 format.
''The new management team is diligently working on the design and functionality of the Compact Connection website
and its seamless integration with the TSIG call center, both scheduled to be launched within the next thirty days,'' said
Robert Gordon, Chairman and CEO of TSIG. ''The decision is indicative of our desire to provide consumers with a
cutting edge, user-friendly website, a professional customer service center, and the assurance of immediate product
delivery.''
CCI is well-positioned within the $35 billion global music market and the $71 million global online music market that
includes N2K (Nasdaq: NTKI - news), CDnow (Nasdaq: CDNW - news) and K-Tel (Nasdaq: KTEL - news). CCI
is the only direct music marketer in the world that can offer a combination of:
-- The lowest prices (including shipping and handling) to consumers on all
CDs/cassettes, including new releases;
-- 24 hour, seven day a week ordering capability, either via the Internet
or through CCI's toll-free 800 number, and;
-- Proven, turn-key, private-label music card
opportunities for its marketing partners.
CCI's state-of-the-art website is currently under construction. CCI's new online commerce site will be positioned on a
high-speed server capable of accommodating millions of customers who will have easy, direct access to the world's
best music prices. In addition, CCI's World Wide Website will have advanced web technology for searching, ordering
and reordering and will feature the latest in ''push'' technology.
TeleServices International Group Inc. is a fully integrated global provider of outsourced teleservices to companies who
are in the business of selling products and services through toll-free numbers and the Internet. Visit TeleServices
International Group's website at www.stockprofiles.com/tsig or e-mail TSIG at cci@TSIG.com.
SOURCE: TeleServices International Group Inc.
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