Mediaport Selects IBM Kiosk Services to Deliver Music, Ringtones, Software and Games

IBM has signed an agreement withMediaport Entertainment, Inc. to provide IT services, maintenance, andfinancing for an international retail kiosk rollout that delivers digitalcontent to consumers.

Mediaport is currently deploying its MediaATM™ kiosks at Sanity Musicand Virgin Music Entertainment retail stores in Australia and New Zealand,totaling 1,000 kiosks over the next two years.

Consumers can burn customized CDs or rapidly download any digital productto a USB, Bluetooth enabled, or MP3 device. Mediaport's robust contentcatalog features thousands of albums from Warner Music Group, EMI Music,Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Universal Music International, among others;games; videos; DVDs; e-books; ringtones; and software.

Brazin Ltd., the parent company for Sanity Music and Virgin MusicEntertainment, will lease the kiosks through IBM Global Financing; IBMInformation Technology Services will also provide ongoing warrantymaintenance for these store installations.

"IBM is helping us deliver the most profitable square footage within aretailer's environment," said Mediaport Chief Executive Officer HelenSeltzer. "Retailers know and trust IBM. Together, we're pioneering astore-within-a-store model that brings digital content to consumerson-the-go."

For future retail deployments, Mediaport has also contracted with IBMGlobal Services to build 500 MediaATM™ kiosks. Mediaport'spatent-protected software suite and its extensive catalog of digitalproducts will be combined with IBM IntelliStation workstations to form theunmannedpoint-of-sale kiosks.

The POWER5 microprocessor-based hardware supports Mediaport's highperformance requirements for a minimum of one terabyte of digital contentin a convenient, self-service environment. POWER5 defies historic focus onclock speed for performance by integrating multiple microprocessor cores insilicon with key elements of memory and task management.

About Mediaport Entertainment

Mediaport, a Delaware corporation, headquartered in Salt Lake City, wasfounded in early 2001 with a vision to be the digital distribution systemproviding entertainment content to consumers at easily accessiblelocations. As the first company to deploy unmanned point-of-sale kiosks,Mediaport's patent-protected applications allow customers to purchasedigital content by burning CDs/DVDs, or downloading media to MP3 players orUSB devices in minutes. For more information about Mediaport Entertainment,please visit: www.mediaport.com.

To learn more about IBM, please visit www.ibm.com.

Media Contacts:Clay HelmIBM415-545-2212clayhelm@us.ibm.com

Bob MerlisMFH for Mediaport323-962-6887bobmerlis@bobmerlis.com

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