AEI Music: Flipping the Switch On the First Direct Broadcast Service With the Rich Texture and Sound of Custom Programming.

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 21, 1998--AEI Music Network Inc. introduces new satellite broadcast offerings for businesses.

Constantly looking for ways to strengthen the impact of music in the retail marketplace, AEI Music flips the switch Sept. 23 turning on new direct broadcast via satellite service, DBS Soundscapes. DBS Soundscapes will take the place of AEI Music's previous satellite broadcast offerings by covering a full spectrum of emotions and energy levels giving customers seamless musical coverage for the type of ambiance and desired impact they want to create in their environment.

"AEI Music understands the frustration many satellite broadcast music customers feel regarding the overwhelming amount of satellite broadcast channel choices offered to them when they say, 'fifty-seven channels, and nothing's on'," says Kirsten Roth, AEI's director of Broadcast Services. "AEI Music's DBS Soundscapes will provide the rich texture and original sound of custom programming rather than the more 'canned' sound of programming found on other types of satellite broadcast options."

DBS Soundscapes takes the guesswork out of selecting the appropriate program for the ambiance a particular business wishes to establish for its customer. By ensuring a signature sound to each program that is constantly refreshed, AEI helps businesses create a distinctive and memorable business identity in today's cluttered retail arena. Businesses will also enjoy the ease of hands-free operation and remote program dayparting for different programs at different times of the day.

AEI Music draws on its twenty-seven years of business music programming experience and the world's most extensive library of original-artist recordings to craft DBS Soundscapes, helping business connect with its customers on an emotional level, forging lasting relationships and impacting sales.

Pioneering the use of original-artist recording in business music, AEI Music brings a wide range of music into the business marketplace and has established itself as one of the world's most progressive and powerful broadcasters of both well-known and cutting edge music. Tens of thousands of people listen to music from AEI Music each day in more than fifty countries around the globe. The 130,000 businesses playing music from AEI include leaders in the fashion, retail, specialty retail, restaurants, hotels and airlines industries. Additionally, AEI is one of the foremost authorities on the design, integration and installation of commercial sound and media systems.