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TRI-VISION INTERNATIONAL LTD/LTEE - PARENTS CAN SHOP FOR PEACE OF MIND ON QVC Article #: 24361 Date: 10/20/98 7:09:03AM Dateline: TORONTO, ON Stock Symbol: TVL Wire: ISDN Tri-Vision's V-gis(tm) V-chip Decoders Available for Sale Nationally on Major U.S. Television Shopping Channel Tri-Vision International Ltd./Ltee is pleased to announce that it will sell its V-gis(tm) v-chip decoders nationally via major U.S. television shopping channel QVC on Wednesday, October 21 at 4 p.m. eastern time. The V-gis(tm) decoder helps parents choose what television programs do and do not come into their homes and is also available at Sam's Clubs, H.H. Gregg's and Toys R Us stores nationwide. It can block out violent and inappropriate programming. "QVC serves as an additional retailer for us and one which precisely delivers our core target audience of moms ages 25 to 45,'' said Todd Grunberg, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for Tri-Vision. "For those customers who want a bargain on a v-chip decoder, I would suggest they call QVC on Wednesday, October 21 at 4 p.m." The Tri-Vision segment on QVC will be highlighted by the live appearance of the award winning Canadian v-chip inventor, Tim Collings. Collings invented the v-chip after the massacre of 14 female Canadian engineering students. He will display the v-chip, V-gis(tm) software and demonstrate how it easily blocks programs with excessive violence, sex, dialogue and language. Tri-Vision International Ltd./Ltee is a public company founded in 1986 and trades on Canada's Toronto 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. 116 or e-mail to cc@mbfi-nashville.com. Visit the V-gis(tm) Website at v-gis.com .