The Music Kitchen Selects rightsrouter(R) Platform To Distribute X-Factor Finalists 'The MacDonald Brothers' Debut Album

The Music Kitchen Selects rightsrouter(R) Platform To Distribute X-Factor Finalists 'The MacDonald Brothers' Debut Album

Broad Street Digital Adds 127 New Record Labels in Q1

NEW YORK, May 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Broad Street Digital Ltd., a leading license management company specializing in intellectual property rights and digital content distribution, announced today that it's been selected by The Music Kitchen, an independent European record label, to digitally distribute the 2006 X-Factor finalists MacDonald Brothers' self titled debut album. The MacDonald Brother's album, produced by former Bay City Roller and Music Kitchen Director, Stuart 'Woody' Wood, includes the remake of the 1974 Bay City Rollers hit, "Shang-A-Lang".

The MacDonald Brothers' debut album was number one on the Scottish album charts for two straight weeks in April and is currently in the Top 30 on the UK music charts. It is one of only two independent record label artists currently listed on the UK Top 30 music chart.

Gordon Campbell, Managing Director of The Music Kitchen, said, "We have chosen Broad Street Digital's rightsrouter(R) platform because it enables an independent record label like The Music Kitchen to immediately distribute the MacDonald Brothers album to the world's leading online retailers, creating a significant new revenue stream with little effort. As a small label, this platform is a God-send, allowing us to compete with the major record labels without the up front expenses and resources typically needed to successfully market albums overseas and reach a global market. We are in process of putting our whole catalogue on the rightsrouter(R) system, as we view this as a huge growth opportunity for The Music Kitchen to share our music with the world."

Broad Street Digital Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Arbinet- thexchange, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARBX). In December 2006, Arbinet acquired Flowphonics, a UK firm that developed rightsrouter(R), a platform for licensing and distributing music and video. This patented online system allows a music or video rights holder to catalogue, transact, distribute and manage licensing of its content with the world's major online and mobile retail services.

Bob Barbiere, Chief Operating Officer for Arbinet Digital Media Corp. commented, "We are pleased to be working with The Music Kitchen, as The MacDonald Brothers' album achieves skyrocket success throughout the world. Our newest version of rightsrouter(R) has been met with incredible market acceptance, as evidenced by signing 127 labels in just three months. We continue to bring on new labels and artists daily. For independent labels, like the Music Kitchen, our platform provides immediate access to the world."

Broad Street Digital offers both fully managed and self managed solutions to independent record labels, allowing them to generate revenues and market their catalogues to a broader fan base universally without upfront manufacturing costs or set up fees. For rights owners who opt for the self managed solution, the platform provides simple, online tools for contract management, encoding, distribution, billing reconciliation and centralized settlement functions.

Former Bay City Roller and Director for The Music Kitchen, Stuart 'Woody' Wood, remarked, "The MacDonald Brothers have been playing instruments and performing since they were 5 years old, have amazing natural ability and people's reaction to them so far can be likened to my own days as a Bay City Roller. We are thankful that Broad Street Digital is helping us to bring these talented artists to the world."

About The Music Kitchen

The Music Kitchen launched onto the Scottish music scene early 2003 hitting the Scottish charts with "Scottish Chillout Album". The brains behind such a concept are Gordon Campbell and Stuart Wood. Their mission statement - to produce music with accessibility coupled with an innovative charm. As the name suggests, The Music Kitchen create a recipe of music related projects aimed at the cross over market - It is a meeting place for the unusual, not so obvious ideas and concepts, each product delivering innovation.

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

Chris Reid
Arbinet-thexchange
1.732.509.9160
creid@arbinet.com

First Call Analyst:
FCMN Contact: kristen@stcassociates.com

Source: Broad Street Digital Ltd.

CONTACT: Carolyn Robertson of STC Associates, +1-212-725-1900, ext. 204,
carolyn@stcassociates.com; Chris Reid of Arbinet-thexchange, +1-732-509-9160,
creid@arbinet.com

Web site:

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

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