CNN.com and Foodvision.com Team to Offer Online Recipes, Integration of Content at CNN.com/food.

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 2, 1999--

CNN.com and foodvision.com, Inc. (OTC Symbol-"FVSN") have signed an agreement that makes Foodvision.com the premier recipe content provider for CNN.com's FOOD CENTRAL. Foodvision.com, which launched its Web site this week, is poised to be one of the leading online food portals in the United States.

CNN.com/food covers food, nutrition and the food industry, including news, features, recipes, cookbook reviews, dietary resources and an online forum for restaurant reviews and recipe swaps. Each day foodvision.com provides FOOD CENTRAL with gourmet recipes inspired by Chef Mark Coulton Pierce, vice president of culinary operations at foodvision.com. Pierce, who has more than 30 years experience in some of the finest restaurants in the United States, is

the former executive chef of MGM Studios and author of the cookbook, "Why Just Cook It? Make it Fool Proof."

All recipes come with nutritional facts, a low sodium, low fat or low cholesterol rating, suggested wines and a scale calculator that allows the user to convert the recipe to the number of required servings.

In addition, foodvision.com supplies five seasonal recipes to FOOD CENTRAL's recipe section and offers a dynamic recipe search function that allows users to search for recipes by ingredients, category, preparation time and nutritional information. To enhance its users' online experience, FOOD CENTRAL links through to foodvision.com for other interactive features such as "Ask the Chef" and "Ask the Wine Expert."

"CNN.com's FOOD CENTRAL targets the gourmet food lover, and foodvision.com's rich content and functionality significantly enhance our coverage and recipe offerings," said Scott Woelfel, CNN senior vice president, general manager and editor in chief, CNN Interactive. "These recipes appeal to those who relish the challenge of recreating at home the great dishes that they have eaten in restaurants. The site aims to educate and inform consumers about food and nutrition and to demystify those trendy ingredients, like chipotle, that are frequently featured on menus in first-class restaurants."

Raj Kalra, chief information officer of foodvision.com, said, "The partnership with CNN brings tremendous reach, resources and credibility to foodvision.com. It demonstrates foodvisions.com's commitment to provide its visitors with the highest level of content and functionality."

Foodvision.com Inc. is a food-specific Internet information provider and portal company that integrates traditional business systems in food and beverage operations with leading-edge technologies in Internet systems. The linking of substantial expertise in food establishment operations and state-of-the-art Internet business provides the shareholders and partners of foodvision.com with a solid financial base and exciting growth potential.

CNN Interactive is responsible for the award-winning news site CNN.com, as well as seven other Web sties and the distribution of CNN news content via other distribution platforms such as PageNet pagers, PointCast and iMagic's PowerPhones. In February 1999, CNN Interactive launched CNN Mobile, the most comprehensive and advanced 24-hour global and pan-regional news and information service for GSM mobile phones, with nine charter operators in Europe and Asia. The CNN Web sites, which include CNN.com, CNNfn.com, CNNSI.com and AllPolitics.com, generate more traffic and attract more unduplicated Internet users than any other company's general news and information Web sites. The CNN Web sites average more than 555 million page impressions a month during 1999 and have served a total of more than 5 billion page impressions during the first nine months of 1999.