AEI Music Announces Acquisition of Sight & Sound Entertainment; Action Extends AEI as World Leader for Custom Imaging and Video.

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 13, 1999--

AEI Music Network Inc., the world's leading provider of custom music programming for business, announced today the acquisition of Redmond-based Sight & Sound Entertainment, a leading provider of custom imaging and video services to retail and hospitality industries. This move solidifies AEI as the largest provider of both custom music and video imaging content for businesses worldwide.

Since 1982 Sight & Sound has provided demographically targeted music and video entertainment content to the fashion retail and hospitality industries. With more than 75,000 video selections and over 7,000 special interest features, Sight & Sound brings to AEI the nation's largest video library serving more than 6,000 retail locations nationwide with children, teen and young adult video programming.

Michael Malone, president and CEO of AEI Music defined this move as the first in a series of steps in bringing exciting new music and imaging concepts to businesses worldwide. "For the last two years we've been focused on the development of advanced, digital technologies that will provide our clients with new, exciting marketainment services based on the engaging power of music and imaging. The acquisition of Sight & Sound brings a strong foundation of video imaging products, expertise and customers that will provide a distinct advantage as we further expand the AEI Music Network digitally throughout the world." This announcement coincides with AEI's planned introduction of new digital distribution methods and alliances for audio and video content including internet, broadband and digital broadcast worldwide.

Sight & Sound Entertainment, which provides demographically targeted video services to many of the nation's most notable retailers including Nordstrom, Sears, May Company and Macys, will relocate its operations to AEI's worldwide headquarters in Seattle, Washington over the next few months. Included in the relocation will be Sight & Sound's key management staff, one of the world's largest music-based video libraries and Sight & Sound's multimedia production facilities.

Michael DuKane, president of Sight & Sound, will also bring his more than 20 years of entertainment experience to AEI as U.S. senior vice president, sales. According to DuKane, "This acquisition will provide our clients with tremendous ability to establish, communicate and reinforce their brand through music and video imaging on a worldwide basis. Whether our client has one business location or one thousand, the AEI Music Network will bring highly customized digital audio and video services to their selling floor."

AEI Music is the pioneer in the use of original-artist recordings in business applications. A global leader, AEI creates custom programmed music, "Soundscapes," and designs sound system solutions for more than 130,000 businesses in the fashion retail, specialty retail, restaurant, hotel and airline industries. Soundscapes programs created by AEI Music are heard by tens of millions of people every day in more than 50 countries around the globe.