CLI announces Markey's AudioVisual Inc. as new co-marketer of videoconferencing.

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 12, 1994--Compression Labs, Inc. (CLI) (NASDAQ/NMS:CLIX) Monday announced that Markey's AudioVisual Inc., a leading provider of audio/visual equipment and services in the Midwest and Central United States, will co-market CLI's videoconferencing systems by customizing them for hotels and boardrooms and by providing public rooms with videoconferencing.

Markey's will offer videoconferencing, an increasingly popular way to hold meetings and conduct training at multiple locations at the same time, as part of its audio/visual equipment and services. Using CLI's videoconferencing systems, groups at different locations can meet, conduct classes, show graphics, and hold interviews. They control these meetings with an easy-to-use remote control unit or touch screen interface.

Universities, schools, manufacturers, and all types of organizations increase their reach to many locations, increase the speed with which they make decisions, increase the speed of completion of projects, and decrease their travel budgets -- all through videoconferencing.

Markey's AudioVisual communication experts design systems for corporate board rooms that assist in presenting ideas, views and recommendations more effectively. Systems are available on a purchase or rental basis. The addition of videoconferencing to existing systems is now the focus of corporate communications. By working together, Markey's and CLI will conceptualize, design, build and implement state-of-the-art videoconferencing systems, tailored to a company's specific needs. In addition, Markey's plans to become a CLI certified service provider in Indiana.

Markey's is a participant in CLI's new STAR (Selling Together Achieves Results) program focused on providing new distribution channels for videoconferencing products. Members of the STAR program co-market CLI systems in specific markets with their own products or services. By combining their products with CLI videoconferencing products, they enhance the products or services they already sell.

CLI Vice President Bill Kashul said, "We are very pleased that a company as quality-conscious as Markey's will be helping us bring videoconferencing to the Midwest and Central United States. With their attention to the audio/visual needs of organizations, we are confident that CLI's videoconferencing systems will be chosen as a strategic part of companies' communications programs."

Chuck Markey, president of Markey's, said, "By adding videoconferencing to our offerings, we bring a new element to addressing the audio/visual needs of customers. CLI's systems -- from the entry-level eclipse to the top-of-the-line Radiance -- are easy-to-use and high-quality, thereby making them ideal for our customers. We look forward to building public networks throughout the central U.S. region."

Markey's Audio-Visual is a comprehensive audio and visual sales and rental company for professional and corporate applications. Technical services include corporate board room installations, business theater staging, outdoor venues and a full line of audio, video, lighting and technical support. Dedicated to quality, Markey's strives to continually improve their industry. Directed by the management philosophy of Dr. W. Edwards Deming, Markey's aims to meet and exceed their customers' expectations.

CLI is a leading designer and manufacturer of economical video communications products. Using its core technology, compressed digital video, the company provides a full range of group and dekstop videoconferencing products, as well as broadcast products for digital television and consumer video-on-demand. With headquarters in San Jose, CLI has regional sales offices across the United States, international offices in Canada, Europe and the People's Republic of China, and distributors serving more than 50 countries worldwide.

CONTACT: CLI Public Relations 

              Joyce Strand, 408/922-4610
              Mia Bradway, 408/428-6735
              Markey's AudioVisual
              Charles Markey or Vicki Perry, 317/783-1155