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DMGI to Offer Video Content Through Amazon Unbox

Posted on: Thursday, 5 April 2007, 06:00 CDT

SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Digital Music Group, Inc. , a content owner and global leader in the digital distribution of independently owned music, television, film and video catalogs, today announced it will begin offering its television and film content through Amazon Unbox (http://www.amazon.com/unbox). The Amazon Unbox video download service, which launched in September 2006, offers thousands of movies, television shows and other videos for download to PCs and any Windows Media Video-compatible portable device.

"We are very excited to be working with Amazon.com," said Mitchell Koulouris, Chief Executive Officer of DMGI. "Amazon.com is a leading online retailer, and we are particularly pleased to add Amazon Unbox to our expanding set of video channel distributors. This agreement will help bring DMGI's quality video content to the millions of loyal Amazon customers around the world."

DMGI currently controls the digital distribution rights to more than 4,000 hours of video content, ranging from classic television favorites such as "Gumby,""I Spy,""My Favorite Martian," and "The Mr. Bill Show" to comedy from Sam Kinison, Andrew Dice Clay, and Jamie Foxx, to contemporary content from superstar illusionist Criss Angel.

Amazon Unbox is the latest in a growing list of digital video services added to the DMGI distribution network that includes YouTube, the iTunes Store, Google Video, and In2TV, among others. DMGI is planning to make its video catalog available to Amazon Unbox starting in the summer of 2007.

For more information on the DMGI video catalog, please visit http://www.dmgi.com/video /.

About DMGI

Founded in 2005, Digital Music Group Inc. is a content owner and global leader in the digital distribution of independently owned music and video content. DMGI acquires the digital rights to media catalogs and digitally encodes them into multiple formats for distribution to digital entertainment services operating over the Internet and wireless, cable and mobile networks. Our digital entertainment service partners include: the iTunes Store, Google Video, YouTube, AOL/In2TV, RealNetworks, Napster, Wal- Mart Music, MusicNet, Verizon, Sprint, InfoSpace, Moderati, Zingy, 9 Squared, and many others. For more information, please visit http://www.dmgi.com/.

Digital Music Group is a trademark of Digital Music Group, Inc. Other names mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.

Forward-Looking Statements

This release contains forward-looking statements (including, without limitation, information regarding Digital Music Group's distribution of videos through digital entertainment services, including Amazon.com) that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause the results of Digital Music Group to differ materially from management's current expectations. Actual results may differ materially due to a number of factors including, among others: unforeseen difficulties assembling and processing the video content; the market demand for digital video recordings and potential changes in consumers' tastes and preferences in video; and our dependence on digital entertainment services for the distribution and sale of our video content. The matters discussed in this press release also involve risks and uncertainties described in Digital Music Group's most recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Digital Music Group assumes no obligation to update the forward- looking information contained in this release.

Press Contact Allen & Caron, Inc.: Len Hall, VP Media Relations, Telephone: (949)474-4300 e-mail: Len@allencaron.com Investor Relations Contact Digital Music Group, Inc.: Karen Davis, Chief Financial Officer, Telephone: (916) 239-6010 x2505 Allen & Caron Inc.: Jesse Deal, Account Manager, Telephone: (212) 691-8087, e-mail: Jesse@allencaron.com

Digital Music Group Inc.

CONTACT: press, Len Hall, VP Media Relations of Allen & Caron, Inc.,+1-949-474-4300, Len@allencaron.com, investors, Karen Davis, Chief FinancialOfficer of Digital Music Group, Inc., +1-916-239-6010, x2505, or Jesse Deal,Account Manager of Allen & Caron Inc., +1-212-691-8087, Jesse@allencaron.com

Web site: http://www.digitalmusicgroupinc.com/

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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