Collectible Concepts and Wi-Fi TV Launch
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Wednesday May 9, 8:00 AM EDT
DOYLESTOWN, Pa., May 09, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Collectible Concepts Group, Inc. (CCNG), manufacturers of nationally branded and licensed sports memorabilia and entertainment related merchandise, and Wi-Fi TV Inc. (Pink Sheets:WTVI) jointly announced today the immediate launch of the Collectible Concepts Wi-Fi TV Station (www.Wi-FiTV.com). The broadcasting will extend the reach of Collectibles licensed sports items to the global youth market and take advantage of the Wi-Fi interactive auction. The company sees this as an opportunity to catch a significant portion the huge youth oriented Internet market.
"We see the Wi-Fi TV web site and its Social Internet TV as the perfect
arena to present the Collectible Concepts product line to a global youth marketplace
that spends a large amount of time interacting on the Internet. We plan to use
all the features of Wi-Fi TV, including the amazing Wi-FiParty technology where
Internet users can see and hear each other as well as chat by text. We are going
to use the Wi-FiPhone to get people to call for free to discuss our products.
And, in the course of the year, we are going to do a live Wi-Fi TV auction of
licensed sports items which are exclusive to Collectible Concepts," said
Collectible Concepts President Paul Lipschutz.
"We welcome Collectible Concepts to Wi-Fi TV and especially look forward
to integrating the licensed major sports collectibles, into the fabric of the
Wi-Fi TV lifestyle and Social Internet TV. We really hope to drive traffic and
consumer interest in Collectible Concepts and to break new ground in online
sports marketing," said Alex Kanakaris, Chairman, Wi-Fi TV Inc.
In addition, Collectible Concepts will also continue to distribute products
through its established nationwide network of supermarkets, convenience stores,
stadiums, catalogs and other retail outlets.
About Wi-Fi TV
Wi-Fi TV Inc. (www.Wi-FiTV.com) has long touted the coming convergence of TV
and the Internet, and provided the first online movie in December 1995. The
Wi-Fi TV web site is the only place on the Internet where you can watch hundreds
of TV stations and chat with others watching the same program in a live chat
box directly under the viewing screen, and get breaking news for each country
and category listed, and download a dialer and make free phone calls and host
live video parties all on one web site.
About Collectible Concepts, Inc.
Collectible Concepts Inc., in business since 1999, manufactures and markets
specialty sports and entertainment products under license agreements with major
sports teams and entertainment personalities. The company presently has license
agreements with the National Hockey League (NHL) and the National Basketball
Association (NBA).
Collectible Concepts Inc. is a fully reporting company whose stock trades on
the OTCBB under the symbol "CCNG". For information contact Investor
Relations at 215-491-1075.
This Press Release contains or incorporates by reference "forward-looking
statements." For this purpose, any statements contained herein or incorporated
herein by references that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed
forward-looking statements. Without limiting the foregoing, the words "believes",
"suggests", "anticipates", "plans", "expects",
and similar expressions are intended to identify forward looking statements.
There are a number of events or actual results of Collectible Concepts' operations
that could differ materially from those indicated by such forward looking statements.
SOURCE: Collectible Concepts Group, Inc.
CONTACT: Collectible Concepts Group, Inc., Doylestown
Investor Contact: Paul Lipschutz, 215-491-1075 www.collectibleconcepts.com