AVerMedia Announces New Partnership with Tiger Direct, Inc.

MILPITAS, CA - (October 28, 2002) - AVerMedia Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of multimedia video convergence technology, today announced its newest partnership with Tiger Direct, Inc.

Tiger Direct is an integrated system of branded e-commerce web sites, direct mail catalogs, and relationship marketing companies. They sell private label and name-brand PC hardware, related computer products and industrial products to consumers and businesses in North America and Europe, with annual sales of more than $1.5 billion.

"AVerMedia has such an extensive range of products that working with them will benefit us in more ways than one," said Russ Strunk, Tiger Direct's Vice-President of Marketing. "Their products add value to our company by allowing us to reach further into existing markets as well as expand into new ones. I have no doubt that with AVerMedia's addition to our company will help our sales grow."

"Tiger Direct has shown such success in the consumer-oriented market, that their experience in conjunction with our quality products is sure to be a winning combination. We are very excited about this new partnership and look forward to our mutual growth," said Kathy Shih, Marketing Manager of AVerMedia.

Tiger direct has agreed to sell AVerMedia's entire family of products, including their computer-to-TV converters, their award-winning TV tuner/PVR products, their award-winning document camera line, as well as their new digital video maker, AVerMedia DVD EZMaker PCI.

For more product information, visit their website at www.avemediar.com or call AVerMedia Technologies at 408/263-3828 (fax 408/263-8132).

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About AVerMedia Technologies, Inc

Founded in 1991 and based in Milpitas, CA, AVerMedia is the technology leader in Multimedia Video Convergence Technology. In addition to its full line of TV Tuners/Desktop TV Personal Video Recorder products, AVerMedia also provides digital camera picture TV display devices, Document Cameras, and PC-to-TV Converters for both consumer and corporate/educational markets. The company's manufacturing facilities are based in Chung-Ho City, Taiwan.

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