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Iomega And QVC Take CD-RW Products Into The Homes Of Millions
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Chris Romoser, Iomega Corporation, (801) 332-3678 romoser@iomega.com
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Jim Recob, Iomega Corporation, (801) 332-4430
recob@iomega.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ROY, Utah, December 1, 2000 - Iomega Corporation (NYSE:IOM), a global leader in data management solutions, today announced that Iomega's PC and Macintosh® compatible 4X4X6X CD-RW Drive will be featured this Sunday, December 3, at 7:00AM EST on QVC, the e-commerce leader.

Iomega joins a select list of manufacturers chosen to offer products on QVC, having passed QVC's stringent quality evaluation. QVC will feature Iomega's USB-based external CD-RW drive and Adaptec® application software, bundled with a six-pack of CDR media. The CD-RW bundle will be sold for $199 during a Gateway Computers products segment.

"With a North American reach of approximately 79 million homes, QVC allows us to demonstrate the outstanding features of the Iomega CD-RW drive to a large audience," said Bruce Albertson, president and CEO, Iomega Corporation. "Iomega's CD-RW is portable, easy to use, and compatible with Mac and PC. So it's appealing to a wide variety of people that want an easy way to protect all kinds of content, from music and photos to spreadsheets and presentations."

According to VisionQuest 2000 market research, Iomega is currently the No. 2 seller of CD-RW drives in US retail markets.

"Our relationship with Iomega helps QVC provide products that go beyond the computer," said Dennis D'Angelo, Director of Electronics for QVC. "We want to give our customers a selection of cutting edge products and the Iomega CD-RW drive allows us to do that."

About Iomega
Iomega Corporation (NYSE:IOM) manufactures and markets the award-winning Zip®, Jaz® and PocketZipTM drives and disks, the HipZipTM digital audio player, the FotoShowTM digital image center, LifeWorksTM and Iomega Quik Sync 2 software; Iomega also markets Iomega CD-RW drives and discs. Iomega's products help people to save, share, manage and create important information such as Internet downloads, audio files, personal photographs, spreadsheets, and slides, while protecting that content from viruses and hackers. Used in homes, businesses, government and educational facilities and by creative professionals everywhere, Iomega storage solutions are the enabling technologies preferred by millions. The Company can be reached at 1-888-4-IOMEGA (888-446-6342), or on the Web at http://www.iomega.com.

About QVC
QVC, Inc., a $3.3 billion company, is an e-commerce leader, marketing a wide variety of brand name products in such categories as home furnishing, licensed products, fashion, beauty, electronics and fine jewelry. QVC reaches over 75 million homes in the United States. Other divisions/subsidiaries include iQVC, Q Direct, QVC Publishing, Q Records, QVC Local, QVC ProductWorks and Pioneer Studios. The QVC Studio Tour is located at the company's world headquarters in West Chester, PA.

NOTE: The statements contained in this release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, including statements regarding the expectations, beliefs, hopes, intentions or strategies of both Iomega and QVC regarding the future. All forward-looking statements included in this document are based upon information available to QVC and Iomega as of the date hereof, and neither QVC nor Iomega assumes any obligation to update any such forward-looking statement. Actual results could differ materially from current expectations. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, changes in programming, and/or unforeseen delays and other risks as identified in the reports filed from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission by Iomega, including Iomega's Annual Report to Stockholders for 1999 on Form 10-K and its most recent quarterly reports filed with the SEC.

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Copyright© Iomega Corporation. Iomega, Zip, Jaz, PocketZip, HipZip, and FotoShow are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Iomega Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Macintosh is either a registered trademark or trademark of Apple Computer Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Adaptec is a registered trademark of Adaptec Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Certain other product names, brand names and company names may be trademarked or designations of their respective owners.