Broad Street Digital Signs its 500th Label


NEW YORK, September 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- Nu Urban Selects Rightsrouter(R) to Distribute over 100 of its Record 
Labels

Broad Street Digital Ltd., a leading license management company
specializing in intellectual property rights and digital content
distribution, announced today that more than 500 record labels throughout the
world have signed to use its patented Rightsrouter(R) platform for digital
distribution. The list includes Music Response, CLS, Benbecula, Music Factory
(Tidy), 3Beat Label Management, Dome Records and Groove Collection, among
others.

The most recent of these signings is Nu Urban, one of the world's leading
distributors of drum 'n' bass and underground music. Nu Urban and Z Audio
Distribution and Records are a few of a number of recent niche signings for
Broad Street Digital. Nu Urban selected Broad Street Digital to digitally
distribute over 100 of its own record labels which include artists such as
Mickey Finn (Finn People), Black Sun Empire (BSE Recordings), J Majik &
Wickaman (Infrared), Rebel MC, Mampi Swift's Charge imprint and the seminal
Basement Records.

The patented Rightsrouter(R) digital content licensing management and
distribution system will allow Nu Urban to catalogue, transact, distribute
and manage licensing of its content directly with the world's major online
and mobile retail services. By utilizing the Rightsrouter(R) platform, Nu
Urban can now manage its own digital distribution of releases, including the
storage, encoding, and delivery of tracks; contract management, billing
reconciliation, and settlement. This is enabling the company to expand its
revenues and simplify operations.

Andrew Neill, Digital Media Manager for Nu Urban commented, "Broad Street
Digital's Rightsrouter(R) platform enables us to distribute our labels across
the world to an expanding network of stores ranging from major platforms and
key independents to niche specialists and dance portals, which is becoming
increasingly important for the drum'n'bass community. The system allows us to
immediately enter the digital world in a simple and streamlined way,
increasing our digital revenue streams substantially. It also helps us to
reach DJ's across the globe, who have a demand for high quality drum'n'bass
music."

Scott Campbell, General Manager at Broad Street Digital notes, "We are
pleased with the rapid interest and endorsement of our Rightsrouter(R)
platform by both record labels and online stores throughout the music
industry. In today's maturing digital marketplace, online stores are
increasingly searching for content that can be delivered immediately and in
the correct format. The response to Rightsrouter(R) has been overwhelming and
we are thrilled with the success distributors are realizing as they
seamlessly deliver their content to the growing number of retailers."

About Broad Street Digital Ltd.

Broad Street Digital is a global license management company specializing
in intellectual property rights and digital content distribution.

Broad Street Digital developed and operates the patented Rightsrouter(R)
license management platform that enables a music, video or photo rights
holder to catalogue, transact, distribute and manage licensing of its content
with the world's major online and mobile retail services. Online music and
video retailers ranging from major platforms to key independents and niche
specialists, are able to view their existing purchased inventory, review
current contractual requirements, and determine monies owed collectively for
all content purchases.

Broad Street Digital is a division of Arbinet Digital Media Corp., a
wholly owned subsidiary of Arbinet-thexchange, Inc., (Nasdaq: ARBX), the
leading provider of solutions to simplify the exchange of digital
communications.

For more information about Broad Street Digital, visit
http://www.broadstreetdigital.com. For more information about Arbinet, visit
http://www.arbinet.com.

Carolyn Robertson
    STC Associates
    +1-212-725-1900 ext. 204
    carolyn@stcassociates.com

    Scott Campbell
    Broad Street Digital
    +1-732-509-9236
    scampbell@arbinet.com

    Web site: http://www.arbinet.com
              http://www.broadstreetdigital.com

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