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SEATTLE and BRISTOL, England, April 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Loudeye Corp. (NASDAQ:LOUD), a worldwide leader in business-to-business digital media solutions, announced today that digital music services powered by Loudeye's OD2 services scored highest in independent reviews of online digital music services in the U.K. and Sweden, and also received high marks in France. In the U.K., the Panasonic music store (panasonic.co.uk/musicstream) powered by Loudeye received the best all-around ranking in a test of six digital music download sites by Which?, an independent consumer advice service. The Which? review praised the Panasonic music store's ease of use, clearly stated digital rights management (DRM) restrictions and extensive music catalog. In Sweden, the Home Entertainment download store (homedownloads.se) powered by Loudeye also received top marks in a recent survey of six digital music download services by PC For Alla, a publication of IDG, an independent IT data and research group. In France, digital music stores for Wanadoo (music.wanadoo.fr), Cora (coramusic.fr), MSN Music (msn.fr/musique) and M6 Music (m6music.fr) were ranked second through fifth in a comparative study of France's nine largest digital music services appearing in l'Ordinateur Individuel, a publication of 01net, an independent research group of professional journalists. "These independent endorsements confirm the quality of Loudeye's services and the strength of our position in the European market," said Mike Brochu, Loudeye president and chief executive officer. "This validates our position as the leading business-to-business music service provider in Europe," said Ed Averdieck, managing director for Loudeye in Europe. "Our service is flexible enough to be quickly and fully integrated into a client's existing services and brands, delivering a best in class experience." Loudeye combines innovative products and services with a broad catalog of licensed digital music and the industry's leading digital media infrastructure enabling partners to rapidly and cost effectively launch complete, customized digital stores and services. Loudeye's network of digital and mobile music stores globally has more than 3 million users and over 80+ music stores with close to 10 million unique users each month. Loudeye is the #1 seller of WMA formatted full track music downloads in Europe. About Loudeye Corp. Loudeye is a worldwide leader in business-to-business digital media solutions. Loudeye combines innovative services with one of the world's largest music archives, a broad catalog of licensed digital music and the industry's leading digital media infrastructure, enabling partners to rapidly and cost effectively launch complete, customized digital media stores and services. For more information, visit http://www.loudeye.com/. Forward Looking Statements This release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The forward-looking statements in this release are based on current estimates and actual results may differ materially due to risks, including the possibility of adverse changes in the market for distribution of digital audio and video that Loudeye serves; adverse or uncertain legal developments with respect to copyrights surrounding the creation and distribution of digital content; pricing pressures and other activities by competitors; the failure of Loudeye's hosting infrastructure; the complexity of Loudeye's services and delivery networks; any problems or failures in the structure, complexities or redundancies of Loudeye's network infrastructure; failures in third party telecommunication and network providers to provide required transmission capacity; lack of market acceptance for Loudeye's products and services; risks relating to Loudeye's ability to continue as a going concern; and other risks set forth in Loudeye's most recent Form 10-Q, Form 10-K and other SEC filings which are available through EDGAR at http://www.sec.gov/. These are among the primary risks we foresee at the present time. Loudeye assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements. DATASOURCE: Loudeye Corp. CONTACT: media, Karen DeMarco, , or Gil Lee, , both at +1-323-933-3399, of mPRm for Loudeye; or investors, Chris Pollak of Loudeye, +1-206-832-4000, or Web site: http://www.loudeye.com/

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