[September 13, 2005]

FIBA Europe and MediaZone Partner to Provide Live Internet Broadcast of the EuroBasket 2005 Basketball Championship Competition Live Online

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Sept. 13, 2005 -- MediaZone

-- NBA's Stars Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker, Andrei Kirilenko, Radoslav Nesterovic, Nenad Krstic, Gordan Gircek, Dante Calabria and Hedo Turkoglu compete at EuroBasket Championship in Belgrade for their National Teams!

MediaZone, a leading global online broadcasting provider of licensed video and audio content, and FIBA Europe, today announced their partnership to offer EuroBasket 2005 Basketball exclusively live online at www.MediaZone.com/eurobasket.

MediaZone is presenting the live broadband broadcast of 36 games including all of the First Round and Elimination Round games, as well as the Quarter-finals, Semi-finals, Bronze and Gold Medals games of this year's EuroBasket from Serbia-Montenegro.

Basketball fans will be able to watch the premiere European basketball teams representing 16 countries compete for this year's championship title. MediaZone is the exclusive broadband distributor of the competition in many countries, including: the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, China, Japan and many other countries. For a complete list of territories which are unable to purchase this event, please go to http://www.mediazone.com/channel/basketball/jsp/faq.jsp#faq_3.

All 36 games can be pre-ordered for the price of $19.99 (USD) prior to September 16, 2005. The price will increase to $24.99 on September 16, 2005. The high-quality live stream and download of the event will also be available for $4.99 (USD) per game for the First Round and Elimination Round games, $7.99 (USD) for each Quarter-final game and $9.99 for each Semi-final game, the Bronze medal game and the Gold medal game.

FIBA Europe has chosen MediaZone as its broadband distribution partner because of its ability to offer a complete turnkey solution of delivering and marketing paid media coupled with full content security, billing and customer care.

"We are very happy to have the chance to work with market leader MediaZone. EuroBasket 2005 is the highlight of our calendar and promises to be a great event. This partnership will allow us to share that with a global audience and we are very excited at that prospect," said Nar Zanolin, FIBA Europe Secretary General.

"MediaZone is thrilled to partner with FIBA Europe to bring the live coverage of this prestigious competition on a global basis," said Michelle Wu, Chief Operating Officer of MediaZone. "EuroBasket 2005 is an exciting addition to our library of live sports programming. We look forward to deepening our partnership with FIBA Europe on future broadcasts and providing more high-quality live sporting events to our ever growing audience."

About MediaZone

MediaZone is a leading global provider of licensed video and audio content distributed securely via broadband networks to personal computers. MediaZone offers both subscription services and pay-per-view access to live event broadcasts, and an extensive library of content in sports, film, TV entertainment, lifestyle, music, health, fitness, religious, international, how-to, and personal development video and audio media. The company is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in China and Europe. MediaZone is a division of MIH Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Naspers (Nasdaq: NPSN.) For more information, please visit: www.mediazone.com or send email to info@mediazone.com.

About FIBA Europe

FIBA Europe is the governing body for basketball in Europe. FIBA Europe is responsible for the administration and organization of all international competition for all age groups in Europe. In addition, FIBA Europe regulates the international transfer of players, player licenses and eligibility, doping control and oversees the education of international referees from Europe. In 2005, FIBA Europe has organized and presided over 1,500 basketball games, featuring 147 club teams in four separate club competitions for men and women, as well as 16 national team competitions for 278 men's and women's teams from Under 16 to senior level. For more information please visit: http://www.fibaeurope.com or send email to media@fe-properties.com.

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