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To: Stock Watcher who wrote (2256)	2/6/1999 6:44:00 PM
From: Andrew H	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 52051

I would like to officially suggest that TSIG be considered for the index, since I am aware that it is on the watchlist. I have copied the Yahoo summary below, but would like to suggest that the past financials (which really suck) are not relevant to the future of the stock, since it is under entirely new management which has been leading the company in an exciting new direction. TSIG is a fully reporting company and all of its filings are available on Edgar. I have a large position (for me) in this company, so I am clearly biased. TSIG has been under new management for about 8 months now and has acquired Compact Connection, which has a novel business concept, called The Card. Basically, an idividual pays $10 for a music card which then enables him to buy 10 CDs over the Internet or by phone for a maximum price of 10.99/CD plus shipping. Some of the CDs are cheaper. The company makes money both on the sale of CDs and on the card sales. Furthermore the company partners with various charities, business and sports organizations to sell the cards in order to raise funds for these groups. Let me give an example. The company has recently inked a deal with the Babe Ruth League, which has 900,000 youthful memebers throughout the USA. These kids do fundraisers each year to cover expenses for their uniforms, equipment, etc. This year they will be selling TSIG's music cards, with $5 going to the BR League and $5 going to TSIG for each card sold. People will then use the cards to buy CDs at the discounted price. In addition, TSIG also has signed deals with the National Music Foundation and hockey hall of famer Phil Esposito to use the card. Many more deals are rumored to be awaiting the new state of the art website being developed by Cohesive.com who has worked on the Amazon website and is well recognized for their web expertise. This new website is scheduled to be ready for business by March 1. Comprehensive DD can be done by visiting: Subject 20637 Recent releases can be found at: biz.yahoo.com Consider what the company has announced in the last 2+ months and some of the companies they have partnered with. The company also owns a state of the art teleservices center which has just signed a contract with Signature Group, recently acquired by General Electric. Meanwhile the well known Internet Stock Review has announced that it will add 2 Internet music companies to its watchlist. There is speculation on the thread that TSIG may be one of these. On the downside, the past financials are terrible and the new company is just starting to generate significant revenues this Q, with the BR deal. Furthermore, there are a large number of shares OS (about 57M) and a substantial float of about 36M. In addition to selling CDs, the company is planning to use the card concept to sell books, videos, and other items over the Internet and through their teleservices operations. The Yahoo business summary is outdated. Alos I suggest a visit to the site containing their registered domain names which indicates a deal with Kodak may be coming soon. Sorry I do not have that at my fingertips. The stock has increased about 30% in the last few days. I think that with the new website opening soon for business and a number of new deals rumored to soon be announced, that TSIG could do extremely well over the next several months. Yahoo Business Summary TeleServices International Group, through its VSI subsidiary, is a teleservices company specializing in the travel and tourism segment, providing automated hotel and airline reservation services on an outsourced basis. For the nine months ended 9/30/98, total revenues fell 63% to $900 thousand. Net loss decreased 24% to $6.6 million. Results reflect reduced commissions earned on the sale of airline tickets, offset by lower telephone, travel and entertainment costs. More from Market Guide: Highlights -Performance - Ratio Comparisons Statistics at a Glance -- TSIG Last Updated: Nov 23, 1998 Price and Volume (updated Nov 23, 1998) 52-Week Low $0.043 Recent Price $0.19 52-Week High $2.283 Beta N/A Daily Volume (3-month avg) 45 Share-Related Items Market Capitalization $10.9M Shares Outstanding 57.5M Float 36.2M Dividend Information Annual Dividend none Per-Share Data Book Value (mrq) -$0.09 Earnings (ttm) -$0.49 Sales (ttm) $0.02 Cash N/A Valuation Ratios Price/Book N/A Price/Earnings N/A Price/Sales (ttm) 8.64 Income Statements After-Tax Income (ttm) -$16.2M Sales (ttm) $846.0K

To: Stock Watcher who wrote (2256)	2/6/1999 7:27:00 PM
From: StocksMTTM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 52051

SW - take a look at GROW and HOEN

To: Stock Watcher who wrote (2256)	2/6/1999 9:12:00 PM
From: FJ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 52051

SW: XYBR; Valuations post. See last paragraph. post.messages.yahoo.com@m2.yahoo.com Regards, FJ

To: Stock Watcher who wrote (2256)	2/6/1999 10:48:00 PM
From: hoffy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 52051

This was on the IATV message board today concerning news from the Rocky Mountain Conference. I haven't seen an official release. Excellent Article from Rocky Mountain News by: WhitePhosphorus 4446 of 4455TELEVISION YOUR WAY ACTV'S INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS VIEWERS TO CONTROL EVENTS ON TV SCREEN Sleek remote controls, resplendent pictures and state-of-the- art sound - standard in the television-junkie community. ACTV Inc.'s Individualized Programming is coming soon to a TV near you and could send a couch commandointo rapture. In conjunction with FOX Sports Net and Liberty Media Corp., ACTV is putting sports fans at the production console. The technology, already launched in Tele-Communications Inc.'s digital cable systems in Dallas, lets viewers control instant replay and camera angles and call up statistics and player profiles during games. At halftime, viewers can analyze the game with sportscasters or analyze choreography as cheerleaders gyrate through intermission. All with four big buttons on a stock digital cable TV remote control. ''We are trying to create a more enjoyable television experience,' ' said Brent Imai, vice president of ACTV Entertainment. ''It's very user-friendly for something people already enjoy watching. We're not pioneering some new weird programming genre. We're doing sports.'' A theoretical basketball fix: Chicago Bulls guard Michael Jordan is lighting up the Denver Nuggets in the first half. Jordan, tongue wagging, twists down the lane, shifts the ball from his right hand to his left and spins a soft lay-up off the glass for his 32nd and 33rd points. At home, Joe Blow, who was twisting the cap off the second bottle in a six-pack, misses the play. No problem. Button on the left: replay. Button on the right: isolation camera, pointed right at No. 23. Button on the bottom: could be statistics, could be a game recap. Top button: back to the network feed. And when showing replays, statistics or game recaps, a separate picture showing the live action appears in the left corner of the TV screen. ACTV applies the technology to major sports such as basketball, football, baseball and hockey. ''We're not going to do enhanced tractor pull,'' Imai said. ACTV began testing Individualized Programming at TCI's Ventura County, Calif., system in 1996. ''The genre we wanted to focus on was sports for a number of reasons, '' said David Reece, ACTV Entertainment president. ''One, male heads of households are not averse to technology. Two, some of the highest rated programming on the cable system is local sports.''