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HandHeld Entertainment Announces European Strategy for Online Video and Content, As Well As its Plans to Grow its Localised User-Generated Media in Europe



    HandHeld Entertainment(TM) (NASDAQ:ZVUE)(NASDAQ:ZVUEW) a global
    digital-media-to-go company, today formally unveiled its strategy for
    becoming one of the largest providers of online videos and other media
    in Europe.

    "There are two aspects to our European strategy," said Jeff
    Oscodar, president and chief executive officer of HandHeld
    Entertainment. "First, by acquiring Putfile.com(TM),
    YourDailyMedia.com(TM) and UnOriginal.co.uk(TM), we immediately put
    our company into a leadership position to deliver online videos and
    digital content to our customers in both the United Kingdom and
    Europe. Second, because Putfile.com is structured as a utility, rather
    than an editorial site, it can be easily replicated into other
    languages. This will allow us to create local language versions of
    Putfile across Europe. We believe that local language implementations
    will accelerate our traffic acquisition throughout Europe and thereby
    provide an even stronger platform upon which advertisers can reach
    their customers."

    HandHeld Entertainment announced last month that it had acquired
    UnOrginal.co.uk, the third consecutive Web property HandHeld has
    acquired since mid-December 2006 that is based in Europe and the
    second site that is based in the U.K. These sites give the company
    significant European traffic, particularly in the U.K.

    In addition, the company will use Putfile.com - an England-based
    Web site that has been described by Arash Amel of Screen Digest (one
    of the top analysts in Europe) as one of the top two providers of
    user-generated online video in the U.K. - as a foundation for creating
    content upload sites for languages other than English.

    "When we announced the Putfile acquisition, we believed that
    Putfile.com would not only provide a large amount of traffic and a
    large library of videos, but that the site would become a platform for
    our European strategy," Oscodar said. "We are now announcing that
    strategy. Our European acquisitions have positioned us to take a
    leadership position in the European market for online video, both
    because we have acquired great sites and because we can use Putfile to
    expand into languages other than English. We believe that there are
    significant growth opportunities for us in the European market, and we
    are putting ourselves in a position to exploit them."

    HandHeld's Acquisitions Place Company in a Significant Position in
    Europe, Analyst Says

    Arash Amel, senior analyst and head of Broadband Digital Media
    research at Screen Digest, a market research firm based in England,
    has commented on HandHeld Entertainment's acquisition strategy.

    "By acquiring companies like Putfile, HandHeld Entertainment has
    put itself into a significant and unique position in the European
    user-generated video market," Amel said. "Creating localised Web sites
    in multiple languages is a positive step and can only help generate
    traffic from local users. Additionally, the fact that HandHeld has its
    own line of personal media players further sets the company apart from
    the rest of the pack, and I think they have developed quite a singular
    European strategy."

    In January 2007, Amel authored "User-generated online video:
    Competitive review and market outlook," a Screen Digest report that
    examines the current state of the online video marketplace, identifies
    selected leaders in the industry (at the time of the report), and
    projects future growth and revenue prospects for the industry. (See
    http://www.screendigest.com/reports/06usergeneratedvideo/readmore/view
    .html for more information on this report.)

    HandHeld Entertainment has also acquired two other Web properties
    since mid-November 2006 (FunMansion.com(TM) and Dorks.com(TM)), and
    each Web site by HandHeld (so far) is focused on delivering
    user-generated videos and other media to consumers around the world.
    The more than 500,000 videos on the HandHeld network of Web sites are
    available for online viewing, with many also available for use on a
    personal video player, such as HandHeld Entertainment's ZVUE(TM) brand
    personal media player (PMP), as well as other brands of PMPs.

    The premium and free content available on HandHeld Entertainment's
    network of Web properties include music videos, anime features,
    television shows, movies, cartoons, independent films, documentaries,
    and news, entertainment and sports programs from companies ranging
    from Sony BMG, Showtime and IMG Media to Canadian Broadcast Corp.,
    Egami Media and Fun Little Movies, as well as free user-generated and
    user-submitted video selections and other forms of media. Customers
    can also select from millions of songs that can be played on a PMP
    through HandHeld Entertainment's relationships with eMusic and
    Rhapsody (see http://www.zvue.com/html/music.php).

    About HandHeld Entertainment, Inc.

    HandHeld Entertainment (NASDAQ:ZVUE) is a global
    digital-media-to-go company. Its network of Web sites (Putfile.com,
    YourDailyMedia.com, FunMansion.com, Dorks.com, UnOriginal.co.uk and
    ZVUE.com(TM)) now house more than 500,000 user-generated and premium
    videos in total - videos available for purchase or free viewing. Its
    ZVUE personal media players are mass-market priced and available for
    purchase online and currently in more than 2,200 Wal-Mart stores
    throughout the U.S. For more information, visit www.hheld.com.

    HandHeld Entertainment, Putfile.com, YourDailyMedia.com,
    UnOriginal.co.uk, Dorks.com, FunMansion.com, ZVUE and ZVUE.com are
    trademarks of HandHeld Entertainment. All other trademarks are
    property of their respective owners.

    "Safe Harbor" Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation
    Reform Act of 1995

    This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the
    meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of
    the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and within the meaning of the
    Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results could
    differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking
    statements as a result of various factors including the ability of the
    company to successfully commercialize its new technologies as well as
    risk factors set forth from time to time in HandHeld Entertainment's
    filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission,
    including Annual Reports on Form 10-KSB, Quarterly Reports on Form
    10-QSB and Current Reports on Form 8-K and other reports filed by the
    company with the SEC. The company undertakes no obligation to publicly
    release the result of any revisions to these forward-looking
    statements, which may be made to reflect events or circumstances after
    the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
    As a result, investors should not place undue reliance on these
    forward-looking statements.