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firmCHANNEL Now Available through Ingram Micro Canada
Innovative digital signage solution opens up opportunities in growing market for Canadian Solution Providers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: 05/07 - Posted: 06/19/07

Windsor, ON, May 14th, 2007 – eliquidMEDIA International Inc., a leading developer of innovative Web-based tools and equipment for the digital signage industry, today announced it has signed a distribution agreement with the Canadian operations of Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM), the world’s largest technology distributor.

“We are very excited about our relationship with Ingram Micro,” states Douglas McKay, president, eliquidMEDIA. “This exciting opportunity affords us a well established channel to introduce our digital signage solution to every small, medium and large enterprise in Canada.”

Under the agreement, Ingram Micro Canada will distribute firmCHANNEL™, an innovative digital signage solution that offers scalability and unprecedented end-user control, to solution providers throughout Canada.

“The digital signage market presents exciting opportunities for solution providers in Canada, but they need to act quickly,” says John Henderson, director, consumer electronics, Ingram Micro Canada. “By adding firmCHANNEL to our expanding CE portfolio, our customers have immediate access to an innovative solution that will help them gain traction in this up-andcoming market segment.”

Frost & Sullivan estimates the size of the North American Digital Signage Systems Markets comprising of revenues from sale of digital signage systems including displays, software, software maintenance, media players, design, installation and networking services at $148.9 million in 2004 and forecasts the market to reach $856.9 million in 2011⁽¹⁾. In November of 2006 Frost and Sullivan evaluated the firmCHANNEL digital signage solution and reported:

The firmCHANNEL solution is completely scalable from both the number of screens per location and the number of locations perspectives. The enterprise version of the firmCHANNEL solution provides the end-user unprecedented control of distributed digital signage systems from a central location. Content can vary by store location and by the location of the display within the store. Content creation is made incredibly easy and straightforward because graphic and content templates are professionally designed, produced, and provided by eliquidMedia and are included in the firmCHANNEL solution⁽²⁾.

For additional information contact:
Lynsey Fraser,
Communications & Marketing
1.800.561.7525
lynsey@eliquid.com

About Ingram Micro Inc.
As a vital link in the technology value chain, Ingram Micro creates sales and profitability opportunities for vendors and resellers through unique marketing programs, outsourced logistics services, technical support, financial services, and product aggregation and distribution. The company serves more than 150 countries and is the only global broadline IT distributor with operations in Asia. Visit www.ingrammicro.ca.

About eliquidMEDIA International Inc.
eliquidMEDIA is an O.E.M. developer of innovative web-based tools and equipment for the digital signage industry. In business since 1996 the Windsor Ontario based company has provided new-media solutions to customers worldwide. With Employees based in Canada, the U.S. and Italy the company supports a growing network of independent distributors and re-sellers who are licensed to sell their products.

(1) Frost & Sullivan. 2005. North American Digital Signage Markets F249- 74.California: Frost & Sullivan
(2) Frost & Sullivan. 2006. An Analysis of the Digital Signage Market: Challenges, Opportunites, Econometrics, Market Drivers, and the firmCHANNEL Solution. California: Frost & Sullivan.