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Raleigh, NC, USA, June 19, 2006 -- BulkTV.com [Bulk TV & Internet] continues to lower the price of television and internet services for condominium communities. Today the company successfully launched their digital bulk plan, combining their bulk television services with digital technology and high speed Internet.

“Most of the condominium boards we talk to want a fair priced bulk package and a high-tech digital living room for their residents,” said Matt Zemon, President, Bulk TV & Internet. “These days they almost always also want affordable high speed internet access. When a community comes together they are able to secure a price that is up to 70% less than what the local cable company charges. In this economy that type of savings is compelling.”

Bulk TV & Internet is now able to deploy their community system featuring a quality basic television package that feeds all television outlets on and a high-quality digital receiver for each unit. All the basic channels can be watched on the digital receiver as well as any upgrades the resident selects. The full range of Dish Network programming is available to all residents including movies, pay-per-view, sports, international channels, etc… All residents also receive blazing fast high speed internet service either wirelessly or through a cat-5 or coax modem.

“With our system a condominium board can pick from a large a la carte channel menu and put together bulk a package that makes sense for their residents,” said Matt Zemon, President, Bulk TV & Internet. “After that each resident can upgrade as they desire. Everyone wins with this program.”

Bulk TV & Internet is a nationally licensed wholesale distributor for both DIRECTV and Dish Network satellite and local television programming to as well as a nationally licensed distributor for GUEST-TEK, one of the largest providers of High Speed Internet covering more than 450,000 units in the U.S. and Canada. Bulk TV & Internet offers a la carte programming as well as comprehensive packages for apartments, condominiums, mobile home communities, hotels, assisted living facilities, correctional facilities, hospitals and student housing. For more information: www.bulktv.com.

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The new cruise line that pioneered affordable luxury cruise ship condominiums is already working on its next two medium-sized ships. Erin LeCel Jones, Executive Vice President of the company, says, "We sold almost 80 percent of the available condos on our first ship in about twenty weeks - more than enough to go ahead and start the re-design and renovation process.

"The ship will be drydocked in Singapore and the renovations should be complete by early December," she added.

The as-yet-unnamed ship will then be delivered in mid-January to its homeport in San Francisco where it will begin the first of its two-year-long worldwide voyages.

The young cruise line gained notoriety last January when it announced it was taking semi-retired cruise ships and converting about two-thirds of the staterooms into multi-room luxury condo suites.

Condo Cruise Lines has four more ships targeted for conversion to condos, and the next two are already being re-configured by its world-class maritime partners. To do the renovations the company has enlisted the talents of one of the most renowned maritime interior designers in the world. Tillberg Designs, the marine interior designers that created the luxurious interiors of the Queen Mary II and many more of the newest mega-ships, will develop the condo suites.

The first ship's condo prices started out at $349,000 and went as high as $529,000 last January, but after two price increases, the condos that are left range from $562,000 to $1,280,000, according to Thomas Blackburn, the company's Senior Vice President and director of finance. "We didn't sell a single $349,000 suite as most people were looking for the higher rental income from the larger suites," he said. "So we eliminated the small, single suites and converted them to larger three-room penthouses and sold out."

Many real estate investors are opting for this variation to the pre- construction condo purchase because the rental income is about five times higher than a beachfront condo on the Gulf of Mexico.

Plus the ships move out of the way of hurricanes!

More information on the company can be seen at its website: http://www.condocruiselines.com.

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