TSIG **NEWS**
Wednesday January 20, 11:57 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
TeleServices International Group Teams With the
Tampa Bay Lightning and the Ice Palace to Form
Revenue-Sharing Partnership Using the MusicCard
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 20, 1999-- TeleServices
International Group, Inc. (OTC BB:TSIG), announced today a partnership agreement with the Tampa Bay Lightning of the
National Hockey League and the 19,500-seat Ice Palace to generate revenue and raise funds through the sale of customized
MusicCards. The collectible MusicCards enable the purchasers to purchase all CDs at discounted prices. The Ice Palace is
both the home stadium of the Lightning and a multi-purpose entertainment facility hosting more than 140 events per year.
TeleServices will provide the Lightning and the Ice Palace with customized MusicCards for Lightning home games and other
events at the Ice Palace.
The agreement provides that TeleServices and the Lightning Ice Palace will share in the revenues from all MusicCard sales
generated at Lightning home games, as well as concerts and other events held at the Ice Palace. In addition, MusicCards will
be sold to benefit the Lightning Foundation and other charities.
TeleServices, a fully integrated provider of outsourced teleservices, provides the MusicCards and CDs through its wholly
owned subsidiary Compact Connection, Inc. Compact Connection sells CDs and cassettes online via its website
(http://www.compactconnection.com) at discount prices competitive with other leading online music retailers such as
MusicBoulevard (Nasdaq:NTKI - news), CDNow (Nasdaq:CDNW - news), K-Tel (Nasdaq:KTEL - news), and
amazon.com (Nasdaq:AMZN - news). Unique to the Internet is Compact Connection's MusicCard, which enables purchasers
to buy CDs at even greater discounted prices.
In addition to serving as the home of the Lightning, the Ice Palace hosts more than 140 events per year as a multi-purpose
entertainment facility hosting such events such as concerts, ice shows, basketball, rodeo, circus, indoor soccer and lacrosse,
arena football, and trade shows. Completed in the fall of 1996, the Ice Palace is considered one of the premier sports facilities
and concert venues in the United States.
Phil Esposito, former NHL hall-of-famer and now a consultant to TeleServices, stated: ''We are very excited about teaming up
with the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Ice Palace. We think the MusicCard is going to be great for sports promotion and for
fund-raising for our favorite charities. We are already talking to other NHL teams.''
Added Robert Gordon, Chairman of TeleServices, ''We are thrilled about our new partnership with the Tampa Bay Lightning
and the Ice Palace. With the able help of Phil Esposito, we are looking to expand the MusicCard to other NHL teams and then
to football, baseball and other pro sports. Because the MusicCards are collectible and offer great value to the consumer, they
are a natural for sports promotion.''
TeleServices International Group, Inc. is a provider of fully integrated global teleservices to companies focused on selling
products and services through toll-free numbers and the Internet. The Company's wide array of teleservices includes telephone
sales/order capturing, customer service and product support as well as direct-response advertising. Visit TeleServices web site
at stockprofiles.com, or e-mail info@tsig.com.
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
competition in the markets for outsourced teleservices and for retail compact discs, the availability of financing at favorable
terms, the ability of the Company and its partners to reach their goals, and other factors detailed in the Company's public filings
with the SEC.
Contact:
TeleServices International Group, Inc., St. Petersburg
Paul Henry, 813/897-4000
or
VistaQuest Financial Public Relations
Mark Kabbash, 212/551-7874
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