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IMG Acquires Mobile TV Market Leader Nunet


    IMG, the world's leading sports, entertainment and media company,
    today announced that it has acquired Nunet AG, a leading provider of
    mobile media solutions for 2.5G and 3G mobile network operators.

    Nunet is one of the world's leading suppliers of Mobile TV
    solutions, and currently streams more than 200 channels for over 20
    mobile network operators in Europe, Africa and the Americas.

    Clients include Vodafone Germany, Vodafone Global, A1 Mobilkom in
    Austria, Swisscom in Switzerland and Vodacom in South Africa.

    In addition, Nunet provides both technology and editorial support
    to leading content owners to help them develop a wide range of mobile
    content products. From WAP sites, real-time tickers, to VoD services,
    to dynamic, linear channels with integrated advertising, Nunet has a
    diverse set of technical and editorial resources to support its
    clients ranging from HBO, Turner, Fujifilm and Sony BMG.

    Todd McCormack, IMG Media's Senior Corporate Vice President, said,
    "I am delighted to announce the acquisition of Nunet, which represents
    an excellent strategic fit with IMG Media. Nunet's capabilities
    perfectly complement those of IMG Media, leading to further synergies
    and the enhancement of the service we can offer our clients. Under the
    leadership of Ted Forstmann, Chairman and CEO, IMG is committed to
    investing in assets to help drive growth for our clients and we
    recognised that Nunet's executive talent, tools and infrastructure
    will add significant resources to capture value in the mobile content
    value chain."

    Nunet will continue to operate its content aggregation, content
    enrichment and distribution services under its own brand, and be run
    as an independent business within the IMG Media Group. However, many
    in the Nunet team have already re-located to IMG offices as the
    company plans to ensure that its mobile solutions can be integrated
    into the broader set of digital media solutions offered by IMG Media
    to its clients.

    Arnd Frohlich, Nunet's CEO, said, "Building on the seven year-old
    relationship that Nunet already had working together with IMG, the
    acquisition heralds an exciting new era for Nunet. Together this means
    that IMG and Nunet have become an even stronger team, capable of
    delivering our customers an even better service in the future."

    Nunet is based in Cologne, Germany and today employs 50 people.
    IMG plans to move its Cologne office into the NuNet facility,
    expanding the total presence of IMG Media in the German market to over
    100 people.

    About IMG

    IMG is the world's premier Sports, Entertainment and Media
    Company. IMG is a diversified global business with two major business
    segments: IMG Media and IMG Sports & Entertainment. IMG employs over
    2,600 people in 30 countries. Forstmann Little & Co. purchased IMG in
    2004.

    IMG Media, which includes our content production subsidiaries TWI,
    Darlow Smithson Productions (DSP) and Tiger Aspect Productions (TAP),
    is recognized as a global leader in the delivery of traditional and
    new media content and services, with Internet, broadband and mobile
    expertise, transforming how audiences access and interact with
    content.

    IMG Media produces and distributes over 10,000 hours of sports,
    documentary, drama, comedy, entertainment, popular factual and
    children's content annually, over multiple platforms across 200
    countries, including award-winning television and radio programming.
    It also represents the broadcast rights to many of the world's premier
    sporting events and has the world's biggest sports archive with more
    than 250,000 hours of footage.

    IMG Sports & Entertainment includes: consulting services; event
    ownership and management; fashion events and models representation;
    licensing; golf course design; client representation in golf, tennis,
    broadcasting, European football, rugby, cricket, motorsports,
    coaching, Olympic sports and action sports. In addition, IMG Academies
    are the world's largest and most advanced, state-of-the-art,
    multi-sport training and educational facilities, delivering
    world-class sports training experiences to over 12,000 junior,
    collegiate, adult and professional athletes each year.

    More information about IMG is available at www.imgworld.com,
    www.darlowsmithson.com and www.tigeraspect.co.uk.