Neptune Expands Relationship with MSN to Provide MSN 8 Customers with Access to Mediashare Video Sharing Service; Subscription-Based Mediashare Service Gives MSN 8 Customers the Easiest Way To Share Videos Online.

KIRKLAND, Wash. -- Neptune, Inc., a leading provider of consumer broadband applications and services, announced today that MSN will provide all subscribers of the newly launched MSN 8 Internet service with access to Neptune's popular Mediashare service. With more than nine million subscriptions, MSN is a leader in providing consumers with Web services. In an effort to upgrade existing MSN subscribers to MSN 8 and entice new subscribers to sign up for the service, Microsoft will offer Mediashare as part of a collection of ancillary applications and services that are available only to MSN 8 subscribers. The subscription-based Mediashare service provides people with the easiest way to share videos online.

This builds on Neptune's current relationship with Microsoft. Neptune recently announced that Microsoft had selected Mediashare as an online video-sharing component of its Windows Movie Maker digital video editing software.

"We've designed MSN 8 to deliver the very best online experience to consumers," said Bob Visse, director of MSN. "Bringing together innovative services such as Neptune's Mediashare that have been built from the ground up specifically for high-speed Internet users is one way we're delivering on this promise."

"With the launch of MSN 8, Microsoft is demonstrating its commitment to providing customers with a superior broadband experience," said James Tippets, president and chief executive officer of Neptune, Inc. "Mediashare is a natural fit with MSN 8 as it allows people to take advantage of one of the great promises of broadband technology -- the ability to quickly and easily share personal digital media. With Mediashare, Microsoft is giving people one more way to make the Web more useful."

A Way to Easily Share Videos Over the Internet

With Mediashare, people can upload their favorite videos, build albums complete with music and audio tracks and share these images with family and friends in just a few minutes. There are more than 30 templates available to create themed albums for birthdays, holidays, vacations, sporting events and family occasions. Subscribers can create as many albums as they want and will get their own Web address so they can point people directly to their personal gallery. Mediashare is the first online video sharing service to offer advanced security features that give the user complete control over who sees what in their personal gallery.

About Neptune, Inc.

Neptune, Inc. is a leading provider of broadband applications and services. Mediashare, the company's popular subscription-based online service, provides the easiest way for people to share their digital videos with others over the Internet. Broadband ISPs, software companies and PC manufacturers, among others, can look to Mediashare to enhance their existing consumer offerings. Neptune has partnerships with Microsoft, DIRECTV Broadband and Verizon. Founded in 1999, Neptune, is based in Kirkland, Wash. For more information, please go to http://www.neptune.com/.

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CONTACT: Sunny Lauritzen of DDB Public Relations, +1-206-447-1213, or sunny.lauritzen@sea.ddb.com, for Neptune, Inc.

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CONTACT: Sunny Lauritzen of DDB Public Relations, +1-206-447-1213, or sunny.lauritzen@sea.ddb.com, for Neptune, Inc.

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