Azureus Strikes Deal with Ministry of Sound to Deliver TV, Music and Lifestyle Shows from around the World

Business Wire, May 22, 2007

Dance Music Fans Can Experience Nonstop Ibiza Party Season With Exclusive Access on Vuze

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Azureus, a global leader in aggregating and distributing long-form, high quality video via the Internet's most popular media peer-to-peer (P2P) application, today announced a content agreement with Ministry of Sound TV (MoSTV), the first digital content provider for dance music entertainment. Content from MoSTV including behind the scenes access to music videos, exclusive interviews and footage from the Ibiza party season will be available on Azureus' video sharing site, Vuze (www.vuze.com), a premier broadband distribution platform that enables a global community to share and discover unique high quality content.

Vuze will feature a MoSTV channel with hours of exclusive content created specifically for this platform. Users can also gain access to the hottest parties in Ibiza with 24/7 coverage and VIP access to every club, D.J. and party. Ministry of Sound will have the only crew with this unlimited island access and Vuze's community of users can experience all the action in High Definition in Azureus' download environment.

"With a built-in global user base of millions, Vuze is the perfect destination for MoSTV to share its content with fans of dance music from around the world, enabling them to comment on and rate their favorite segments," said Gilles BianRosa, CEO, Azureus. "Ministry of Sound has an impressive history and we are proud to further extend the brand by making its content available digitally to more people and allowing them to interact with others who share similar interests."

Launched in November 2006, MoSTV is an IPTV content offering. The channel is dedicated to dance music and lifestyle programming, featuring music videos, mini-documentaries, interviews with DJs and exclusive event coverage. MoSTV has an in-house production team, but also acts as an aggregator of content.

"With more than 15 years in existence, Ministry of Sound certainly understands longevity," said Assia Grazioli-Venier, Head of MoSTV. "We recognize that to continually engage current fans and also attract new ones requires us to deliver the latest entertainment in innovative ways. Vuze is the perfect platform to do this with its social networking tools and millions of users. We look forward to continuing to move our brand forward with this partnership."

Launched in April 2007, Azureus' new platform, Vuze serves as an alternative, low-cost distribution and marketing platform to distribute compelling, High Definition content to a fast growing global audience of millions of active users. Both large and small content owners can promote their works to their fan base through comprehensive discovery tools including search, browsing, channels and tagging, as well as gauge market interest in specific territories. The entire experience, from search and discovery to payment, download and play, is tightly integrated into the application. Publishers can also distribute their work directly from the application.

Further demonstrating the platform's success, Azureus recently announced partnerships with several high-profile content providers, including the BBC Worldwide (including BBC HD), Showtime Networks, A&E Networks (including A&E, The History Channel, and The Biography Channel), Nelvana Enterprises, Bennett Media Worldwide, G4 TV, National Geographic, Starz Media, more than 20 other media companies and thousands of self-publishers. Additional content from other premium partners will be made available on Vuze throughout the year.

About Azureus Inc.

Azureus Inc. is the provider of the most popular P2P application for the transfer of large media files. With more than three years of technology innovation, proven robustness, and more than 140 million downloads of its application, Azureus users connect with one another from more than 100 countries and 40 languages.

Today, Azureus operates Vuze, a leading global video aggregation and distribution platform driven by the exchange of long-form, High Definition or DVD quality videos, as well as licensed digital content from leading media companies. The company has recently announced content partnerships with Showtime, A&E Networks (including A&E, The History Channel and The Biography Channel), BBC Worldwide, Bennett Media Worldwide, G4 TV, National Geographic and Starz Media.

The new commercial-grade platform is supported by powerful peer-sharing technology, enabling its vast global community the ability to browse, share, search and discover unique multimedia entertainment in a high-resolution format. Visit www.vuze.com for more information.

About Ministry of Sound TV

Founded in London in 1991 Ministry of Sound has last year celebrated its 15th Birthday. The Ministry of Sound nightclub was one of the key locations in the development of dance music and superclubs in Britain in the early 90's and has since become an iconic name and the leading brand in dance music throughout the world. Having expanded into the record business Ministry of Sound is now the most successful independent record company in Europe with a prolific output of hit singles and number of leading compilation brands including Hed Kandi, The Annual, Clubbers Guide, Sessions, Dance Nation, Housexy and The Chillout Session. Ministry of Sound has expanded globally including nightclubs in Singapore, Delhi and Egypt. Ministry of Sound also runs high profile radio, TV and online operations in addition to producing a range of hugely successful Ministry of Sound hi-fi equipment and other branded consumer items. In addition, Ministry of Sound Tours runs over 2000 global events a year. The company's annual turnover is in excess of PS50m.