SAN FRANCISCO & NORFOLK, Va. -- Content licensing agreement with TotalVid to include snowboarding, skateboarding, surfing and kiteboarding titles

HandHeld Entertainment(TM) today announced it will add hundreds of hours of video content to its ZVUE(TM) video download store through a licensing agreement with TotalVid (www.totalvid.com), the world's largest video download store for action sports, anime, martial arts, travel and instructional videos.

The agreement with TotalVid will give ZVUE users access to a massive downloadable library of extreme sporting videos and productions including skateboarding, inline skating, kiteboarding, mountain biking, paintball, skiing, snowboarding, snowmobiling, surfing, wakeboarding, motorsports and windsurfing videos. ZVUE users will also have access to anime, martial arts, how-to and travel videos.

"TotalVid offers mobile video catered to mobile lifestyles, which makes it a great fit for ZVUEers," said Jeffrey D. Oscodar, chief executive officer and president of HandHeld Entertainment. "The amount of videos available for the ZVUE just keeps growing and growing, and we will continue to provide users with the content they want."

The ZVUE gives digital media lovers the ability to take their favorite video, audio and digital picture content on the go. About the size of a pack of playing cards, the ZVUE plays full-color video and clear audio sound that gives users a robust, on-the-go digital experience when coupled with downloadable content from the ZVUE Web site, http://www.zvue.com/downloads/.

TotalVid's extreme sporting videos will be available for download from the ZVUE download site in ZVUE-compatible form, as well as for other portable devices.

"The ZVUE is great because it gives its users the ability to do things like watch a new skateboarding trick at the skate park and then try it moments later," said Karl Quist, founder and president of TotalVid. "When you couple the mobile ZVUE with mobile entertainment from TotalVid, you have a hit on your hands."

HandHeld Entertainment also recently announced that it is introducing a new ZVUE at the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. HandHeld will be displaying the new ZVUEs in booth 70454 of the Sands Convention center. The upcoming next generation ZVUE will feature on-board flash memory, a rechargeable lithium-ion battery, and will be compatible with Windows Media Video (WMV) and Windows Media Audio (WMA) through the use of Microsoft's secure Digital Rights Management (DRM) software.

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The next generation ZVUE (visit http://ftp.hheld.com/zvue_photos/ for digital photos) will utilize a thinner housing than the original ZVUE and will be available in new colors. HandHeld will publicly unveil the next generation ZVUE in January at the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show held in Las Vegas. The company plans to have multiple ZVUE models available for purchase in 2006, including both the original and the next generation ZVUE models.

About TotalVid Inc.

TotalVid unleashes the power of broadband to deliver the video that matters most to consumers, yet cannot be found on TV, cable or video rental. With thousands of titles across 50-plus categories, TotalVid's content represents the collective interests and passions of more than 150 million people. For as little as $1.99, consumers can "Try Before You Buy," which allows them to preview the video first.

Headquartered in Norfolk, Va., TotalVid is a wholly owned subsidiary of Landmark Communications Inc., which also owns The Weather Channel, CoolSavings.com, and a variety of other media businesses. Partners of TotalVid include Akimbo, America Online, Blinkx, D-Link, DaveTV, Microsoft Windows Media (MSFT), ThePlatform, W-Cities, Weather.com, and Yahoo.

For more information, visit www.totalvid.com or call 757-446-2272.

About HandHeld Entertainment

HandHeld Entertainment is the world's first portable digital entertainment company to offer mass-market portable media players at mass-market prices via mass-market distribution at more than 1,500 retail locations across the United States. ZVUE users can download thousands of free media titles at www.zvue.com/downloads. For more information, visit http://www.zvue.com or call 415-495-6470.

HandHeld Entertainment and ZVUE are trademarks of HandHeld Entertainment.

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