KIT digital and Media Gateway Partner to Distribute Video Content on Next Generation...

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Fri Jun 6, 2008 9:53am EDT

KIT digital and Media Gateway Partner to Distribute Video Content on Next
Generation Mobile Phones
KIT digital to provide programming and services for new handset launches

DUBAI, June 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- KIT digital (OTCBB: KITD) and
Media Gateway, the leading international digital media content clearing house,
have agreed to work together to provide a broad suite of video content for
various mobile TV launches in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region,
together with a global handset manufacturer. This new mobile content will be
made available on next-generation handsets first in the United Arab Emirates
and will then reach mobile consumers throughout the rest of MENA and in other
places around the world where mobile IPTV is becoming the most exciting
feature of cellular phone usage.
    KIT digital, a global provider of IPTV enablement technology and
video-centric interactive marketing solutions, has a wide selection of mobile
TV content, including a unique, daily, global sports programming, SportCall,
which gives subscribers access to sport news from the world's leading sports
news video agency, SNTV.
Adrian Wood, managing director of Media Gateway, said, "Working with over
400 content providers, we are focused on delivering the widest array of new
digital media to our customers and various platforms around the world.  In the
expanding world of mobile TV, sports content continues to take the lead.
Therefore, it is important to have the strongest partners on board.  KIT's
offering is a key differentiator for us and will play an integral role in
selling mobile TV to subscribers."
    "Video-over-mobile offerings are burgeoning worldwide.  Consumers want to
instant access to their preferred content and carriers and handset
manufacturers are looking for companies that can make this happen in a
localized and cost effective manner-both from a technical services and from a
content programming perspective," said Henrik Eklund, president of Kamera and
KIT digital's mobile solutions division.  "Through the recent merger of Kamera
and KIT digital, we have created a broad platform that meets the needs of the
mobile video consumer and the companies that serve them."
    Kaleil Isaza Tuzman, chairman & CEO of KIT digital, commented, "KIT
digital continues to create partnerships with leading corporations in
high-growth geographies. Anyone who has done business in the new media content
marketplace outside of the traditional North American and the U.K. context
knows and respects what Media Gateway has achieved over the years. We are very
pleased that our first enterprise partnership in the region involves another
Dubai-based industry leader, and look forward to revealing our handset
manufacturer relationships at a later date."
    About KIT digital
    KIT digital, Inc. (OTCBB: KITD) is a leading, global provider of
proprietary IP-based video distribution technologies and video-centric
interactive marketing solutions. Through its end-to-end platform, KIT digital
works closely with consumer brands, content providers and telcos to maximize
the value of video content via the Internet and mobile networks. The KIT
platform allows clients to publish, manage and distribute digital video
content, build online/mobile communities and integrate advertising. The
Company offers businesses a full range of interactive marketing solutions and
KIT clients can access approximately 100 KIT-syndicated channels and 40,000
KIT-syndicated videos. KIT digital clients include News Corp., Verizon, IMG,
China Mobile, Telefonica, Vodafone, K-Mart, Coles, NASDAQ, Hummer and RCS. KIT
digital has principal offices in Dubai, Melbourne (Australia), Stockholm, New
York and London. For additional information, please visit www.kit-digital.com.
    About Media Gateway
    Media Gateway is the leading international content clearing house for
digital media license rights of regional and international TV, film, music,
radio and games content.  Media Gateway ensures these rights are fully
exploited by securing alternative modes of distribution, with a focus on live
signal streaming or server-based play-out via IPTV, PC/broadband, Internet TV,
video-on-demand, mobile telephony, and PDAs. Media Gateway also has a
technology company providing technical services for mobile and IPTV, as well
as an events company, bringing both talent and producing events from start to
finish in areas including but not limited to music, sports, business and
corporate environments. For additional information, please visit
www.mediagatewayme.com.
    Certain statements in this document constitute "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual results,
performance or achievements of KIT digital, Inc ("the Company"), or industry
results, to be materially different from any future results, performance, or
achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The
Company's future operating results are dependent upon many factors, including
but not limited to the Company's ability to: (i) obtain sufficient capital or
a strategic business arrangement to fund its plan of operations when needed;
(ii) build the management and human resources and infrastructure necessary to
support the growth of its business; (iii) competitive factors and developments
beyond the Company's control; and (iv) other risk factors discussed in the
Company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which
are available for review at www.sec.gov.
SOURCE  KIT digital

Todd Fromer, Investor Relations, +1-212-896-1215, tfromer@kcsa.com, or Lewis
Goldberg, Public Relations, +1-212-896-1216, lgoldberg@kcsa.com, both of KCSA
Strategic Communications, for KIT digital
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