February 7, 2007

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Beringea portfolio company to executive produce WGA Awards show Feb. 11

LOS ANGELES — The Writers Guild of America West has selected Blaze TV's Conor MacAnally and Bart Peters to executive produce Sunday's awards gala at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. Blaze TV is a division of Shout! Factory, a portfolio company of Beringea, a global media venture capital investor. Beringea's Global Rights Fund II led a January 2005 equity funding round in Shout! Factory, an L.A.-based independent producer and marketer of DVD/video and audio consumer products.

Comedian Robert Wuhl will host the Writers Guild event, with presenters to include Steve Carell, Marc Cherry, Aaron Sorkin, Diane English, and Morgan Freeman, who will bestow Robert Benton with the Guild's Screen Laurel Award for lifetime achievement.

Shout! Factory is a broad-based pop culture entertainment label started by the cofounder and two long-term senior executives from Rhino Records (later sold to Warner Music Group under Time Warner). Shout! Factory's product offering includes a wide array of popular, sometimes niche video and audio entertainment across a variety of pop culture genres.

Examples of recent Shout! Factory products include the official 2006 World Series DVD (in partnership with Major League Baseball) and the DVD box set re-releases of memorable television programs such as "SCTV,” "Freaks and Geeks," and "The Jack Paar Collection." Shout! Factory's audio releases include titles and compilations from classic artists such as Marshall Tucker Band, Jim Croce, Bing Crosby, and Fats Domino. The company also recently released "Has Been," the critically acclaimed collaboration between pop culture icon William Shatner and Ben Folds. Shout! Factory DVDs and CDs are distributed by Sony Music Entertainment.

About Shout! Factory

Shout! Factory is a broad-based audio and home video entertainment company whose cofounders — Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos — share a passion for pop culture of the 20th century and beyond. Shout! Factory’s catalog features vintage and legendary performances from some of the greatest — and most eccentric — artists of our time. www.shoutfactory.com

About Beringea

Beringea LLC is an international private equity and investment banking firm with offices in Los Angeles, London Shanghai and Detroit. Beringea is the manager of Global Rights Fund II, a global media venture capital fund, among others. For more information, visit www.beringea.com