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09-January-1996-press-release
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VIScorp (Logo)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
AMIGA TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENT COMPLETE
Alliance Between VIScorp & Escom AG Approved
Chicago, IL, January 12, 1996 -- Visual Information Services Corp.
(Nasdaq: VICP, Bulletin Board) an interactive TV developer
headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and Escom AG, a leading computer
manufacturer headquartered in Bersheim, Germany, have finalized an
international license agreement to adapt, utilize, license, and
distribute Amiga technologies within VIScorps interactive intelligent
set-top TV appliance - Electronic Device (ED). The license authorizes
VIScorp the right to use, re-license, and distribute the Amiga
operating system, and compatible parts of current versions and future
updates of the technologies where the Amiga products are used as, or
as part of, interactive television devices.
In 1995, Escom AG acquired all Commodore and Amiga licenses, patents
and trademarks. Amiga is an acknowledged leader in the computer
industry in the area of providing high quality graphics for monitors
and television broadcasts through their sophisticated chip sets. The
combination of the Amiga hardware/software technologies and intuitive
operating system makes them a viable contender in the development of
high speed delivery for complex graphic programming. The Amiga
technology can import and adapt software to the set-top box with
minimal changes.
By employing a sophisticated chip set, such as the Amiga technology,
VIScorp will have the ability to provide a complex set-top appliance
with multitasking functions to integrate affordably the TV set, phone
line and network service providers. This ability has not yet been
offered or available through existing systems, said Jerome Greenberg,
VIScorps, Chairman of the Board. By utilizing our unique set-top
appliance and incorporating the Amiga technology, VIScorp is able to
provide a complete practical solution for interactive TV services, and
now the ability to access the Internet through a standard TV set with
pricing that makes sense for the average TV viewer.
The integration of the Amiga system with the VIScorp set-top appliance
will allow access to the Internet, on-line services and voice chat
programs through the TV set. As planned, ED will access any on-line
services (e.g., CompuServe or AOL), local bulletin board services and
any address on the Internets superhighway. Access can be through a TV
remote, a computer keyboard, a touch-sensitive pen or the microphone
in the ED. Additional plans will enable consumers to play games (e.g.,
individually, against a networked opponent), or enable home shopping,
electronic banking, and enable a subscriber to gain access to
information services through a TV set.
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VISCORP
111 North Canal Street, Suite 933
Chicago, IL 60606
Corporate Information Contact: Florine Radulovic
Voice 312.655.0903
FAX 312.655.0910
www.vistv.com