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Monday, January 22, 2007

CBS Affiliate WHIO-TV 7 and ABC Affiliate KQTV Renew 'SweepsFeed' News Stories Service From Connected Media

CBS Affiliate WHIO-TV 7 and ABC Affiliate KQTV Renew 'SweepsFeed' News Stories Service From Connected Media

Stations Owned By Cox Broadcasting and Nexstar Broadcasting Group Extend Their Agreements for Original News Content Delivered Each Month

MIAMI, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Connected Media Technologies, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: CNCM.OB) , a digital media and content provider, announced today that WHIO-TV 7 in Dayton, Ohio and KQTV in St. Joseph, Missouri have renewed their market exclusive subscriptions to the "SWEEPSFEED" news service. SweepsFeed(TM) is a premium news service that delivers eight in-depth special reports every month. Produced and distributed by Connected Media's wholly-owned subsidiary under the NewsProNet brand, the "SWEEPSFEED" stories are designed to be easily localized by the broadcasting station, delivering a cost effective, local, high impact, promotable story. WHIO 7 has renewed their agreement for two years and KQTV for one year.

Izzy Gonzalez, President of Connected Media stated, "We are very pleased that broadcast stations such as WHIO 7 in Dayton and KQTV in St. Joseph have extended their agreements to continue to receive our NewsProNet stories. We are committed to continuing to produce and deliver network quality short form news stories for the broadcast, digital and mobile markets."

WHIO-TV 7 is the CBS Affiliate in the Dayton market and the home of the NewsCenter 7 team. WHIO is owned by Cox Broadcasting, a division of Cox Enterprises, Inc. In addition to 14 television stations, Cox owns 75 radio stations, 18 cable systems, 50% of GEMS Television, 24.6% of Discovery Communications, 10.4% of E! Entertainment Television and 10% of Primestar. Cox Enterprises also owns Cox Newspapers, Cox Interactive Media, and Mannheim Auto Auctions -- the world's largest auto auction company. KQTV is the ABC affiliate in St. Joseph, Missouri. Known as "Your Hometown News" station, KQTV is part of the Nexstar Broadcasting Group. Headquartered in Irving, Texas, Nexstar is a Top 20 television broadcasting company focused exclusively on the acquisition, development and operation of television stations in medium-sized markets in the United States.

About Connected Media

Connected Media is a digital media and content provider offering content and marketing solutions across a broad spectrum of current and emerging media platforms. Connected Media produces and owns a content library of short form broadcast news stories, as well as the NewsProNet, SweepsFeed, HeadsUp!, KnowMoreTV, and Impacto brands. In addition to serving the broadcast television market, Connected Media provides news stories and other content for all digital platforms, including the internet, IPTV and mobile devices. Through NMI, a wholly owned subsidiary of Connected Media, the company creates patented interactive training applications and digital media solutions for clients such as Tourism of Madrid, Argent, Miami Herald Media Company, Skyauction.com and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The Company holds exclusive licenses to US Patent #6,101,534, "Interactive, Remote, Computer Interface System," and US Patent #6,952,697, "A Media Validation System." Additional information about Connected Media is available on the Company's web site at www.connectedmedia.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, regarding the company's business strategy and future plans of operations. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, both general and specific to the matters discussed in this press release. These and other important factors, including the company's ability to prosecute and defend its patents, attract new licensees, maintain the company's relationships with strategic partners and acquire new strategic partners, the company's ability to raise additional capital and other factors mentioned in various Securities and Exchange Commission filings made periodically by the company, may cause the company's actual results and performance to differ materially from the future results and performance expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date hereof and the company expressly disclaims any obligation to provide public updates, revisions or amendments to any forward- looking statements made herein to reflect changes in the company's expectations or future events. The Connected Media Technologies, Inc. logo is a trademark of Connected Media Technologies, Inc.

Source: Connected Media

CONTACT: Jeffrey W. Sass, CEO, Connected Media Technologies, Inc.,
+1-786-425-0028, Fax: +1-786-425-0067, jsass@connectedmedia.com

Web site: http://www.connectedmedia.com/

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