Ceiva Logic, Inc. Announces Its First in a Series of Services to be Offered on Ceiva, the Critically Acclaimed Internet-Connected Picture Frame.

Business/High-Tech Editors

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20, 2000

In Addition to Digital Images, Ceiva Expands Its Offerings With

Local Weather, Lottery Numbers, Horoscopes and Comic Strips 

Ceiva Logic, Inc. today introduced new services to its premier product Ceiva. In addition to sharing photos of friends and family, Ceiva customers can now select from a range of branded content customized and delivered daily to their digital picture frame. The new services include extended local weather forecasts provided by The Weather Channel's Weather.com; daily winning lottery numbers provided by Lottery.com; horoscopes provided by Eugenia Last; and daily comics including Ziggy, Bizarro, and Real Life Adventures. In addition, the Ceiva recently increased online storage capacity for owners from 250 images to 1,000 images online.

The suite of content services is available to all Ceiva owners. To select one or all services, owners can log on to their account or call 1-877-MY FRAME to subscribe. When a service is selected, one of 10 possible slots, or channels, will be designated to showcase the chosen content. For instance, if weather is the selected service, every morning the local weather forecast will be displayed in the owner's frame among their other digital images.

Ceiva currently retails for $249 for the frame, plus a monthly service fee of $7.99. Discounts are applied when service fees are bought for a year or more in advance.

"Part of Ceiva's appeal is the immediacy of images that connect people to friends and family. We are also excited to extend that feeling of immediacy by applying it to people's other preferences like weather, lottery numbers, horoscopes or comics," said Dean Schiller, co-founder of Ceiva Logic, Inc.

"In offering additional content on Ceiva, we wanted to continue the quality of the product that our customers have come to expect. By teaming with such recognized brands as Weather.com, Ziggy and Bizarro, we're ensuring that our first priority continues to be creating a unique experience that delivers value to our customers," said Paul Yanover, co-founder of Ceiva Logic, Inc.

"The Weather Channel is excited about extending our reach to unique products like Ceiva Logic's digital picture frame. As we continue to expand beyond the Internet space, we welcome the opportunity to serve our consumers' weather needs through innovative and next generation products," said Mark Gathen, Sr. Manager Business Development, Next Generation Platforms.

About Ceiva

Ceiva operates simply by plugging an electrical cord and phone wire into the wall; there is no keyboard, no mouse or PC operating system to struggle with. To activate the Ceiva, an online account is set up with a user name, password and a buddy list that tells Ceiva from whom it can receive digital images. Authorized senders can then upload their photos to Ceiva's Web site and each night the frame automatically checks for new images and downloads any that were received. Magically, the pictures come to life featuring ten images from family and loved ones near and far. There is no cost for friends and family members of Ceiva owners to send pictures to the frame.

About Ceiva Logic, Inc.

Ceiva Logic is a Los Angeles-based company founded in August 1999, with Ceiva being its first product. Its mission is to produce and market both the Ceiva digital picture frame as well as its associated services. This will include the development of new products that are aimed at enhancing the digital photography experience. Ceiva Logic's partner is The Yucaipa Companies. The Yucaipa Companies is a Los Angeles-based investment firm with significant stakes in several cutting edge Internet media companies. Recent investments include Scour (www.Scour.com), a hub for multimedia content on the Internet, OneNetNow (www.onenetnow.com), an Internet community bridging the "digital divide," and The CheckOut Entertainment Network (www.CheckOut.com), a pre-eminent online entertainment destination. In addition, Yucaipa is a major investor in Alliance Entertainment (www.aent.com), whose assets include AMG, the world's most comprehensive music database, and Digital-On-Demand, a leading provider of digital content delivery.

About The Weather Channel, Inc.

The Weather Channel, Inc., headquartered in Atlanta, is the nation's leading weather information provider and an indispensable source for understanding and planning for weather. The only 24-hour weather network in the world, The Weather Channel's staff of more than 100 expert meteorologists use state-of-the-art systems to provide in-depth analysis of weather conditions around the globe. Seen in more than 75 million homes nationwide, The Weather Channel is owned by Landmark Communications, Inc., a Norfolk, Va.-based, privately held media company with global interests. The Weather Channel's Web site, weather.com, is the world's leading source of weather on the Web, and one of the fastest growing sites on the Internet. Consistently ranked the top single-content news site by Media Metrix, weather.com averages more than 300 million page views per month. The Weather Channel is the leading weather information provider for emerging technologies, with services for broadband and interactive TV (ITV) applications and wireless weather products.