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(January 16, 2002, Los Angeles, California) Federal Hill Communications has signed an exclusive agreement with Tele Images International, a division of Tele Images Group, the leading French and European entertainment media company, to license its quality television programming to Video on Demand (VOD) providers in the Cable television, Telco and Hotel industries throughout the U.S. and Canada. The deal, which marks the first time that the Tele Images library has been made available to the North American VOD broadcasting segment, calls for Federal Hill to exclusively represent and distribute Tele Images’ award-winning programming in the following genres: telefilms, miniseries, science, nature, history and civilization documentaries, biographies, culinary lifestyle and children’s animated programming.

"During the past 15 years, Tele Images has built an extensive catalogue of award-winning programs. The addition of this catalogue to the Federal Hill library is an outstanding asset for the company and we are excited to move forward in this relationship," offered Bethany Gorfine, President of Federal Hill. "As distributors, we are committed to providing product that mirrors the top cable networks in North America. We achieve this by providing our clients with proven genres containing programming that is totally new, innovative and appealing to the VOD viewing audience. The addition of the Tele Images program roster serves to underscore that commitment to the VOD segment." Gorfine added, " We are confident that our VOD clientele will continue to recognize Federal Hill as a vehicle that provides high quality, visually stimulating content to viewers in general, as well as any targeted demographic audience."

Marie-France Han, COO of Tele Images added, "The need for viable VOD properties is escalating. It is only natural that we move forward with this new arena, and we are proud to have this partnership with Federal Hill as our first venture into the VOD market. We entrust not only Tele Images productions, but also content acquired from producers worldwide to be represented by such an innovative company as Federal Hill. North American viewers will appreciate the diversity of our programming; it is a window to the world."

About Tele Images - www.teleimages.com
The Tele Images Group is one of the leading French and European media groups that combine diversified television production and acquisition capability with a first-class worldwide distribution arm. Created in 1983 by Simone Halberstadt Harari, Chairman & CEO of the Group, they today produce a large diversity of programming and combine several production entities. The distribution arm, Tele Images International, ranks among the leading European distributors, with a library of over 6,000 hours of programs.

About Federal Hill Communications - www.fedhill.com
With a diverse library of programming, Federal Hill Communications is a rapidly growing, independent international firm specializing in the licensing and delivery of digital entertainment for the Video on Demand (VOD) industry. The company is known for its forward thinking and hands-on expertise in the burgeoning VOD sector. Federal Hill Communications clients include technology companies, systems integrators, cable operators, hotels and telephone companies worldwide.