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Contact: Bob Griffin, Griffin Public Relations & Marketing
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SAN CARLOS, CALIFORNIA, January 19, 2000 -- Building momentum for the April 2000 launch of three ImOn.comTV™ Instant Internet television packages at the National Association of Broadcasters Convention in Las Vegas, ImaginOn, Inc. (NASDAQ: IMON) (www.imaginon.com) today announced that it has made a special version of its WebZinger Online Research Engine available for free searches at www.WebZinger.com.

In addition, ImaginOn Chief Executive Officer David Schwartz announced that the company has entered into an exclusive agreement with the noted actress of stage, screen and television, Majel Roddenberry, to be the voice of WebZinger.  Visitors can now enjoy Roddenberry's voice as part of the user interface at www.WebZinger.com.

"Our objective is to create excitement, awareness, and interest in our ImOn.comTV Instant Internet television station product in the next three months leading up to the NAB Show," Schwartz said today.  "We will be supplementing this effort with print advertising in major television broadcast trade media as well as direct mail and Internet ads.  Plus, we believe there's no better way to attract potential licensees of ImOn.comTV than by offering them a taste of what the WebZinger Online Research Engine can do, especially now that one of the most famous voices in all of science fiction as part of the experience."

A noted actress of stage, screen and television, Majel Roddenberry (www.roddenberry.com) is perhaps best known to the world as the voice of the Federation Computer in every TV and film version of Paramount Pictures™ Star Trek (www.startrek.com), and its successors.  Mrs. Roddenberry's late husband, Gene Roddenberry was the creator of the series, in which Majel Roddenberry appeared many times -- as Number One in the pilot for the show, as Nurse Chapel in the original series, and then as Lwaxana Troi in Star Trek: Next Generation.  She can be heard currently in Star Trek: Voyager.

The WebZinger Online Research Engine is a key component in ImaginOn's recently introduced ImOn.comTV product.  The launch of WebZinger Online is intended to demonstrate to Internet users a key component of ImOn.comTV, without requiring a high bandwidth connection or a high performance computer.  WebZinger Online is the world's first and only online research engine, fully automated and hands-free.  Users simply type in the subject they need researched, and WebZinger does the rest.  It locates Web sites by topic, visits and analyzes each site, downloads graphics and text from qualified sites, and then formats it all into a clear, easy to read, printable report.  At the user's option, WebZinger research reports also include links to video and audio.  WebZinger reports are fully hyperlinked, enabling users to click through instantly to the source website.

According to Schwartz, the promotional version of the WebZinger Online Research Engine at www.WebZinger.com is not the complete version offered to licensees, such as the WebZinger Engine that runs behind the television content on an ImOn.comTV powered Internet TV station, or the WebZinger School Edition offered to educational institutions.  To meet the requirements of the largest number of possible visitors to the site during the NAB promotion, ImaginOn has reduced the feature set of WebZinger Online.  The number of sites in any research report is fixed at five.  Web site image sizes are restricted.  Video links and "deep mining" of Web servers are not available.  The age-appropriate content filter can not be turned off. "And yet, even with these limitations,"  Schwartz emphasized, "we believe this version of WebZinger Online is still the best and most flexible research engine available online today."

ImaginOn, Inc. is an information technology company focused on developing and marketing broadband Internet television products.  ImOn.comTV, ImaginOn's lead product, is a licensed turnkey package that enables any Website to present an interactive television console within a standard browser window on any suitably connected computer.  The ImOn.comTV Virtual Console offers its users video on demand, video that branches under user command, automated Web searching, and many additional features customized for individual licensees.  The company's objective is to deliver Internet television to anyone and everyone who wants to communicate, entertain, inform, educate or market in a new way for a new era of interactive communications.

Except for the historical information presented herein, the matters set forth in this press release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially. These risks include acceptance of ImaginOn software by developers and users, the successful development of competitive software to ImaginOn's, competitive pricing pressures for ImaginOn software and services, and the availability of financing to complete management's plans and objectives. In addition, other risks are detailed in the Company's periodic reports and in its Form S-3/A-2 registration statement declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 1999. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. The Company disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements.