Azureus Partners With Cinequest Film Festival To Promote Festival Events And Content To Online Global Audience

Azureus to Create Festival Branded Channel on its Digital Media Platform Currently Code Named Zudeo

March 8, 2007

Azureus,a premier media company that distributes long-form, high quality files with one of the Internet's most popular peer-to-peer applications, today announced a partnership with Cinequest to promote festival events, filmmakers, and films through a branded channel on its digital media platform currently code named Zudeo. The deal underscores Azureus' commitment to leveraging its technology to help filmmakers expose their work to film fans around the world. The channel is available today at www.zudeo.com/cinequest With today's announcement, Azureus extends the experience of the Cinequest Distribution Label and the Cinequest Film Festival to a vast global audience who can easily access information on festival events, includingpanels, workshops, films and filmmakers. A diverse selection of feature films and shorts will also be available after the festival on April 1, 2007. Additionally, Azureus' CEO, Gilles BianRosa, is scheduled to speak on the Day of Distribution: How to Sell Your Movie panel on March 2. The Cinequest Film Festival takes place in San Jose, Calif., and runs through March 11. For more information, please visit www.cinequest.org "Cinequest shares our vision of connecting filmmakers directly with their audience, so it was a natural fit for us to partner with the festival," said Gilles BianRosa. "We are excited to help Cinequest artists gain greater exposure for their work during the festival and beyond through our unique community tools which facilitate content discovery and interactivity." "Cinequest proudly partners with Azureus in a Maverick quest to bring top independent and international films to the world via sophisticated and dynamic Internet distribution," said Halfdan Hussey, Director and Co-Founder, Cinequest. Azureus provides an alternative distribution platform for content providers focused on genres for which there is an avid following. Azureus' new platform, currently code named Zudeo, enables content providers to publish, showcase, and distribute high resolution, long-form content easily, securely and at minimal cost. This includes video and games in High Definition or DVD quality over the Internet. Innovative service features also include content discovery through search, browsing, channels and tagging, as well as easier integration with firewalls, and a completely revamped, easy-to-use interface.

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