January 3rd, 2000

SAN JOSE, CA -- Tam Communications announced today that it finalized a contract with the Discovery Channel to produce another one-hour documentary for airing in 2000. Upon completion, Sick Babies: The Fight for Life will be the eighth hour-long special that Tam has produced for the prestigious cable network.

The upcoming documentary complements the highly successful Preemies: The Fight for Life, which garnered substantial ratings when it premiered in September 1999. The new special, however, focuses on full-term infants in the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) instead of premature ones--babies who are born with critical, sometimes aberrant medical conditions. The documentary follows the infants, their families, and doctors and nurses through complex medical procedures and difficult decisions, taking an intimate look at their personal struggles as well as some of the incredible technologies--developed in the San Francisco Bay Area--that attempt to save these tiny lives.

Production for the documentary, led by Director Tam Fraser and Producer Michele Bertolone, took place over a year at three of the nation's top neonatal centers: Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at UCSF, and San Jose's Valley Medical Center. With principal photography complete, the special is in post-production, and is being written by Susan O'Connor Fraser. Fraser and O'Connor Fraser are executive producers.

Tam Communications is a leading digital media company, servicing corporate and entertainment clients by combining technical, creative, and communications expertise in the realms of video, interactive multimedia, and web. The company's expanding spectrum of original entertainment programming—developed for broadcast, cable, syndication, and other venues—airs worldwide. Tam Communications is a privately held company located in Scotts Valley, CA. Please visit our web site at www.tamcom.com.