ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 1999-- TeleServices International
Group, Inc. (OTC BB:TSIG - news), known as TSIG.com, announced today the launch of
myMusicCard.com, a totally new concept in purchasing music online.
myMusicCard.com (www.mymusiccard.com), which goes live today, enables consumers to
purchase music CDs and cassettes over the Internet at prices lower than all major retail or existing
online sources. Consumers receive discounts by purchasing membership cards from the site,
through affinity programs with corporations and retail stores, or as part of fund-raising drives from
non-profit organizations.
The site offers more than 250,000 music selections from a complete range of artists, and focuses
on serving the music needs of consumers. The site has the most robust searching ability of any
music-only site, enabling consumers to search by any combination of artist, title, release date, song
name and several other criteria. TSIG.com will personalize the appearance of myMusicCards to
meet the specific needs of corporations, retailers and non-profit organizations.
"myMusicCard.com creates win-win situations for all involved and we will expand the concept
beyond offering music in the future," said Robert Gordon, Chairman of TSIG.com. "Consumers
today can purchase music at our site for the lowest price available, corporations benefit by
providing an extra service to their customers, retailers and non-profit organizations gain a powerful
fund-raising tool."
TSIG.com has established myMusicCard relationships with Babe Ruth League Baseball, a
900,000 member organization; the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Ice Palace, a National Hockey
League franchise; Lifetime Learning Systems, the premier provider of corporate-sponsored
educational programs in more than 100,000 schools throughout the United States; the National
Music Foundation and The Entertainment Marketing Promotion Organization (TEMPO), which
serves as the exclusive marketing agency for AFIM (the Association For Independent Music) and
represents the corporate premium and incentive services of PolyGram Records and Philips
Electronics (the company that invented the CD).
The myMusicCard.com site has a three-tier architecture employing the latest Microsoft
(Nasdaq:MSFT) technology, including Site Server as the content management system to support
the presentation layer, IIS 4.0 and customized Active Server Pages to provide the application
layer, and SQL Server 7 to support the data layer. The site is supported by an array of Microsoft
NT servers.
Headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida, TSIG.com is a pioneer in providing comprehensive
outsourced e-business solutions. These services enable companies to develop, build and maintain
e-commerce web sites, create revenue-generating programs with corporations and non-profit
organizations that attract consumers to customers' sites and complements these offerings with
Web-based call center and related services that provide customer service and support.
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the
1933 Securities Act and Section 21E of the 1934 Securities Exchange Act. Actual results could
differ materially, as the result of such factors as (1) competition in the markets for online services,
for the products and services sold by the company, and for outsourced teleservices, (2) the ability
of the company to execute its plans, (3) the availability of financing at favorable terms, and (4)
other factors detailed in the Company's public filings with the SEC.
Note to Editors: Microsoft, Microsoft NT and SQL 7 are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
CONTACT:
TSIG.com
Paul Henry, 727/897-4000
phenry@tsig.com
or
Golin/Harris International
Sean Kauppinen, 415/808-9800 |
