Tri-Vision International Ltd./Ltee will launch its v-chip product
line, V-gis(tm) (pronounced VEE'-jis), with a decoder set-top box
on September 8th.
Date: 8/24/98 7:34:47 AM
Dateline: TORONTO, ON
Stock Symbol: TVL Wire: ISDN
Tri-Vision International Ltd./Ltee will launch its v-chip product
line, V-gis(tm) (pronounced VEE'-jis), with a decoder set-top box
on September 8th. The launch will initially focus on the Midwest
and Southern United States and involve over 200 retail outlets.
Three nationally recognized retailers will participate. They are
Toys-R-Us, Sam's Discount Warehouse and H.H. Gregg.
Simultaneous with the regional start up, Toys-R-Us will launch
nationally with 700 retail outlets. Complete national
distribution is anticipated by the fourth quarter.
The V-gis(tm) decoder provides parents the ability to monitor
what television programming children watch based on an encoded
program rating.
Broadcasters and cable companies have started the process of
rating television programs and encoding signals. The signals will
enable parents at first through decoders, and then via v-chip
enhanced televisions, to determine which programming is available
to their children.
Tri-Vision International Ltd./Ltee is a public company founded in
1986 and trades on Canada's Toronto Stock Exchange and Alberta
Stock Exchange under the symbol TVL.
Tri-Vision Electronics Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Tri-Vision International Ltd./Ltee, holds the exclusive global
rights to the proprietary v-chip technology developed by
award-winning Canadian inventor, Tim Collings.
For investor information, contact Century Communications
Corporation at (888) 298-8551 (toll free), visit the Company
Website at tri-vision.ca or e-mail to
tri-vision@tri-vision.ca. For public relations information,
contact McGee Best Frank & Ingram at (615) 255-6234 ext. 129 or
e-mail to cc@mbfi-nashville.com. Visit the V-gis(tm) Website at
v-gis.com.
The Toronto Stock Exchange & The Alberta Stock Exchange have not
reviewed and do not approve or disapprove of the adequacy or
accuracy of this release. |
