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To: Bill Fortune III who wrote (2376)	5/19/1999 10:47:00 AM
From: Robert G. Hanah	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2662

MODS/NEWS Modern Computer Systems -- CFCF12's Fall Launch in Montreal a Boost for IC Television's Upcoming CD ROM Magazine, TV Miles Business Wire - May 19, 1999 09:31 MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 1999--Management of Modern Computer Systems Inc. (OTC BB:MODS) (Berlin Stock Exchange:MPU.), through its wholly-owned subsidiary IC television, is pleased to announce the launch of the TV Miles concept in Canada during the Fall Launch of CFCF TV12's programming. Tuesday, June 22nd, WIC (Western International Communications) and its subsidiary CF Television (CFCF12) will present its exciting Fall programming lineup at a launch gala to be held at Le Windsor in downtown Montreal. CFCF 12's annual launch gala is traditionally a high-profile and exciting evening. Guests for the evening include 350 local, national, and international media buyers, advertising agency representatives and CFCF12's own advertising clients. CF Television Inc President and CEO Rene Desmarais will address the audience, and introduce special guest speaker, Robert Vivian, president and CEO of Modern Computer Systems. CFCF 12 will also unveil its new Millenium Project, the Cashfinger System by ICTV. The TV Miles webzine on CD ROM is the main strategic mass media penetration medium designed to capture a part of the emerging market of e-commerce sales. Such sales are estimated at $327 billion in North America for the year 2002 (Source: Futurist Paul Saffo). As predicted by Futurist Franck Feather, disciple of Marshall McLuhan, (Understanding Media), by the year 2000 advertisers will pay TV viewers to watch the commercials on TV in real time by creating motivations and value-added service to create loyalty in consumers at Point of Sales. The Cashfinger remote control will be the main gaming program on the CD ROM to educate Frequent Viewers in the new world of Forced Tuning benefits. In the U.S., of 100 million TV households, 99% are estimated to have color televisions, while 93% have a remote control. Daily home use is estimated at 7 hours and 40 minutes. (Source: Nielsen Media Research-98). (Signed) Pierre Michel Combaluzier Senior Vice President, Product Creation and Director A preview of ICTV's powerful new service and further information can be obtained at www.ictelevision.com About Modern Computer Systems Inc. As a subsidiary of Modern Computer Systems Inc., ICTV's is in the business of integrating SmartCard technology and MassMedia to ultimately bring the consumer market into the next millennium. SmartCard technology, virtually unknown few years ago, is now commonplace, with a variety of applications in the areas of marketing, financial transactions and security markets. ICTV's role is create synergy between SmartCard technology and all forms of media to develop a comprehensive, consumer-oriented, global system. CONTACT: Modern Computer Systems Investor Relations, 888/736-9008 www.modstv.com

To: Bill Fortune III who wrote (2376)	5/19/1999 2:16:00 PM
From: Jeffrey L. Henken	Respond to of 2662

IDTC creeping back up towards a 52 week high? Thanks, Jeff

To: Bill Fortune III who wrote (2376)	5/20/1999 9:53:00 AM
From: Jeffrey L. Henken	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 2662

HouseHold Direct Begins Development Of New Web Portal for "Varsity Shoppers" SOUTHBURY, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 20, 1999--HouseHold Direct, Inc. householddirect.com (formerly RDI Marketing, Inc.) (OTCBB:RDIM - news) announced on Wednesday that it will be launching a new web portal aimed specifically at affinity markets on the Internet. The niche portal is being developed as a gateway to the Internet for groups of individuals with specifically defined interests, and is being tailored to the requirements of intelligent shoppers. This stage of development offers tremendous profit potential for HouseHold Direct and our vendor partners, and will be expanded into communities of interest that further a consumer shopping experience. An Internet portal is a hub or gateway to the Internet, such as Excite (Nasdaq:XCIT - news), Lycos (Nasdaq:LCOS - news), Go2Net (Nasdaq:GNET - news) and Infoseek (Nasdaq:SEEK - news), that offers a range of features and services for web visitors. Rather than general interest portals, the Company will offer information and service to specific interest groups, which will be geared towards shopping content-rich web communities similar to geocities.com (Nasdaq:GCTY - news), chat information. These specific portal topics resemble iVillage.com and Women.com, which focus on the interests of women. When operational, the HouseHold Direct portal will also offer some of the web's most popular services, similar to: Hotmail (Nasdaq:MSFT - news) for free e-mail services, communities talkcity.com, and auctions, as those offered on e-bay.com (Nasdaq:EBAY - news) and ubid.com (Nasdaq:UBID - news). HouseHold Direct is working to create the largest single source of discounted consumer transactions in the world. This will be accomplished by harnessing the massive buying power of those smart consumers who have joined a membership organization into a cohesive network where HouseHold Direct can manage specific shopping requests and facilitate purchases directly from the manufacturer, thereby eliminating normal retail and wholesale mark-ups. As a publicly held corporation, HouseHold Direct combines physical member service locations with new technology that will bring existing interactive shopping right to the home. Using refined data warehousing and management systems, the Company can service each individual consumer as a personal entity, thus catering to their personal preferences. HouseHold Direct members are ''varsity shoppers'' who understand both value and service. They pay a fee to have access to specialized information, services and prices that are tailored to their own individual wants and needs, and that are not available to the general public. For additional investor or media information, or to have your name and address included on the Company mailing list, please address all inquiries to info@householddirect.com. Interested parties may contact Sierra Communications Corporation, toll free 877-797-7979 or e-mail to ely7@gte.net. For more on-line investor information, go to internetstockmarket.com. Safe Harbor for Forward-Looking Statements: Except for historical information contained herein, the statements in this press release are forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause the company's actual results in the future periods to differ materially from forecasted results. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, product price volatility, product demand, market competition, risk inherent in the company's domestic and international operations, imprecision in estimating product reserves and the company's ability to replace and expand its holdings. Contact: Sierra Communications Corp. Ely Alon 877-797-7979 biz.yahoo.com