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Zodigo Spins off from Zodiac Interactive

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Posted April 30, 2008

Zodiac Interactive, a multiple Emmy-nominated and Emmy award-winning
developer of software for interactive television, today announced it
has sold its subsidiary, ZodigoTM, a new mobile content search engine,
in a management buy-out, led by Matt Johnston, formerly Zodiac's SVP of
strategy and Zodigo's CEO.

"This is a very good move for Zodiac Interactive and Zodigo.  The
proliferation, breath and depth of mobile content is enormous, and it
will continue as more people rely on their mobile phones for
entertainment and mobility in the workplace," said Alex Libkind
Zodiac's founder and Chief Operating Officer.   "Although, our
technologies can be complimentary, Zodiac is focused on Interactive
Television 2.0 applications and entertainment, and we need to continue
to focus on Interactive Television as it moves from native to On Ramp
to OCAP/ tru2way.  We will continue to support the demand from
operators for the next level of interactivity and entertainment from TV
subscribers.  Whereas Zodigo is very mobile centric and requires a team
that can focus specially in this area, which is quickly becoming one of
the fastest growing markets in the world.  We launched Zodigo as a
subsidiary just a few months ago, and we're pleased the company has
already reached this point. "

"We recognized the explosion the mobile market is facing today, and
will continue to face as more and more people rely on their mobile
phones and portability to stay connected, personally and
professionally," said Matt Johnston, Zodigo's CEO.  "Mobility is not a
trend; it's the future. In order for Zodigo to be truly successful as
the prominent source for mobile content discovery, it needs to be a
complete entity and focus solely on the mobile content sector, which is
huge and continuing to grow rapidly. With this move, we believe that
Zodigo will have all the opportunities to become the #1 place where
people can easily find and download exciting new content for their
mobile devices."

About Zodigo
Zodigo, the only cross-platform mobile content discovery solution,
gives consumers a much better mobile phone shopping experience, from
anywhere.  Zodigo makes it easy for consumers to discover and download
mobile content instantly to their mobile phones, either from their TV,
PC, DVD or gaming console.  Zodigo is an intelligent system that
quickly and automatically learns about users' preferences and their
mobile phone types, and recommends content by like-minded people.  For
more information, visit www.zodigo.com.

About Zodiac Interactive
Zodiac Interactive, the Interactive Television 2.0 Companyâ„¢, is a
multiple Emmy-nominated and Emmy award-winning developer of software
for interactive television.  The company also runs one of the world's
premier studios for interactive television games and applications.  For
more information, visit www.zodiac.tv.


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