(BSNS WIRE) TSIG.com Forms New Agreement With Lifetime Learning Systems
TSIG.com Forms New Agreement With Lifetime Learning Systems to Offer the
Perfect Pitch 2000 Family Package in the Nation's Schools
Business Editors/High-Tech Writers
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 8, 2000--
TeleServices Internet Group Inc. (OTCBB:TSIG), known as TSIG.com,
today announced that it has reached a new agreement with Lifetime
Learning Systems ("Lifetime Learning") of Stamford, Connecticut, to
offer its Perfect Pitch 2000 Family Package in over 100,000 schools
nationwide, with more than 50,000,000 students.
The Perfect Pitch Package contains both the myMusicCard, which
offers music CDs and cassettes at greatly discounted prices, as well
as an Internet Access Software Disc, which provides free lifetime use
of a powerful Internet Web browser with e-mail. The Package will be
sold for $10 and will benefit the participating schools and the
National Music Foundation, as well as TSIG.com.
This new program is made possible by TSIG.com's recent
affiliation with GeneralSearch.com, one of the most powerful and
accurate search engines on the Internet, with a database of more than
100 million links. GeneralSearch.com has more than 600 Internet-based
affiliates, including Amazon.com, AOL, Priceline, American Greetings
and eToys, and is a family-oriented site that is adult-content free.
Included in the package is free and unlimited Internet use for life,
and free e-mail as well.
To ensure high visibility for the program, the agreement also
provides that information describing the Perfect Pitch MusicCard
fund-raising program will be provided in the teacher's edition of the
Weekly Reader Magazine and its accompanying Galaxy Web site.
"We are pleased to expand our relationship with Lifetime Learning
Systems to offer the Perfect Pitch Family Package," stated Robert
Gordon, chairman and CEO of TSIG.com. "We have had a great response to
the myMusicCard program; and the addition of free and unlimited
Internet access and e-mail for life should make the Perfect Pitch
package appealing to many kids and their families, and should be a
great fund-raiser for the schools."
About Lifetime Learning Systems
Lifetime Learning Systems, a subsidiary of Primedia, Inc.
(NYSE:PRM), is the nation's recognized leader in the creation and
dissemination of corporate-sponsored educational materials. Since
1978, Lifetime Learning has created over 1,000 educational programs
for more than 350 leading corporations, including American Express,
AT&T, Coca-Cola, Delta Air Lines, Kodak, General Mills, GM, Hershey,
McDonald's, Microsoft, Nabisco, Pepsi, PolyGram Records, Sears, Sony,
TI, and Walt Disney. Lifetime Learning works with almost every school
in the country, from day care through college, and has over 2.2
million teachers and administrators in its database of the schools
where their programs are used consistently.
About TSIG.com
Headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida, TSIG.com created the My
MusicCard program (http://www.mymusiccard.com) to enable consumers to
purchase CDs and cassettes at the lowest prices, and to develop
revenue-generating programs with corporations and non-profit
organizations that drive consumers to customers' internet sites for
the lowest cost in the industry. Similarly, TSIG.com's My PhotoCard
programs provide the lowest cost film processing and Kodak film. These
unique marketing programs provide high margin returns and develop
strong brand loyalty and awareness within target communities. TSIG.com
also provides customer service and support with its Web-based call
center and related services.
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 the products and services sold by the company, (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.
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CONTACT: TSIG.com, St. Petersburg
Paul Henry, 727/897-4000
phenry@tsig.com
or
Richard Wheeler, 727/897-4000
dwheeler@tsig.com
KEYWORD: FLORIDA
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: ELECTRONIC GAMES/MULTIMEDIA INTERNET
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