[May 28, 2008]

Zed Tallies Up More Than 76 Million BREW Downloads, Allows People Across the U.S. to Discover and Enjoy Content on Their Phones

(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) DENVER, CO, May 28 / MARKET WIRE/ --

Zed, the world's leading mobile entertainment
company, today announced that more than 76 million downloads have been
delivered to U.S. consumers through its family of BREW? applications
since 2001. Zed in the U.S., formerly 9 Squared, also announced several
significant milestones it achieved in the last year, including the launch
of three BREW applications, U.S. Cellular's Tone Room, Univision Tonos and
Voicemail MAX, and has continued to broaden its flagship offering, RealTone
JukeBox.

"Zed's success is a testament to the BREW ecosystem that incorporates major
handset makers, developers, mobile entertainment companies and operators,"
said Kathy Braegger, head of developer relations for Qualcomm Internet
Services. "Zed is an innovative partner in our developer program and we
look forward to watching the new ways they'll utilize the BREW platform."

A piece of mobile content, including music ringtones, polyphonic ringtones,
voicemail greetings and wallpapers, is downloaded every 1.5 seconds from
Zed's BREW application catalog on operator decks throughout North and South
America. Contributing to the extraordinary success of music-related BREW
downloads are Zed's long-standing industry relationships with more than 30
tier one, two and three wireless operators, and some of the most
recognizable names in the media and content industry.

"We've always thought of ourselves first and foremost as a media company
and have leveraged the BREW platform to develop applications that deliver a
first class content and consumer experience," said Brian Casazza, chief
executive officer for Zed in the U.S. "Our ringtone business grew by 90
percent last year and we see significant opportunity to keep growing our
business, boosting ARPU for our operator partners and providing new revenue
channels for our friends in the music industry."

Specific product milestones include:

-- Bilingual RealTone JukeBox: Zed's flagship product for previewing,
downloading and discovering ringtones was updated with the ability to view
content in Spanish or English to serve the growing Spanish-speaking
audience in the US.

-- Taking Univision Content Mobile: As a key element of its on-deck
strategy for distributing Univision M?vil's content, Zed launched Univision
Tonos, a BREW? discovery, search, preview and purchase ringtone
application for top-tier carrier customers.

-- New tunes for U.S. Cellular: Zed launched Tone Room, a new real music
ringtone service exclusive to U.S. Cellular. The service offers several
unique features which make it easy for consumers to discover, preview and
purchase content. The service is accessible on-deck as a BREW application
and through the Tone Room Web site (http://toneroom.uscellular.com/), where
consumers can purchase ringtones and send them directly to their handset.

-- Personalizing Voicemail Greetings: With the launch of Zed's latest
edition to its BREW family, the company pioneered a new type of mobile

content. Voicemail MAX enables customers to personalize outgoing voicemail
greetings with the voices of Hollywood stars, comedians, celebrity
impersonators and top-selling music artists.

Zed's family of BREW applications delivers real music ringtones, polyphonic
ringtones, voicemail greetings and wallpapers through the RealTone JukeBox,
Univision Tonos, RingTone JukeBox, mTat2 Wallpapers, Voicemail MAX, Musica
Real and GAC Country Ringtones.

Zed

Zed in the U.S., formerly 9 Squared, is a mobile entertainment company with
solutions that span the entire mobile media value chain, including mobile
applications, content distribution, technology licensing and
direct-to-consumer services. Equipped with a deep catalog of premium mobile
content and extensive wireless distribution partnerships, Zed is the #1
independent distributor of mobile content in the United States. Zed's U.S.
operations are backed by the parent company Zed Worldwide, the leading
mobile entertainment company in terms of revenue and geographical presence.
Zed's U.S. headquarters are in Denver, Colorado. To learn more visit
www.zedusa.biz.

Qualcomm and BREW are registered trademarks of Qualcomm Incorporated. All
other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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Zed
Megan Moody
Marketing Communications Coordinator
Phone: 1.303.567.6352MediaRelations@9Squared.com
Weber Shandwick for Zed
Jaclyn Ruckle
Phone: 1.425.452.5432jruckle@webershandwick.com
Zed Worldwide
Eduardo Romero
International Communications Coordinator
Tel:(+34) 91.640.48.00eromero@zed.com

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