Avanquest Global Software Publishing Expands Relationship With CyberLink; Avanquest Client in German Retail Market Adds North American, Australian Distribution Rights.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 30, 2003

Avanquest Global Software Publishing(TM) today announced an agreement with Taiwan-based CyberLink Corp., a leading developer of digital video software and e-learning solutions, to expand CyberLink's worldwide retail presence. Avanquest is a network of value-added software publishers that maximizes sales across multiple channels and geographic regions which already distributes several of CyberLink's e-learning products in Germany.

Under the new agreement, Avanquest will provide retail distribution of CyberLink's products throughout the U.S. and Australia. Avanquest offers a range of services, from localization of software through package design, warehousing, order fulfillment and customer support, in markets covering over 80% of the world's total software sales. CyberLink, headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, is a world leader and pioneer in bringing advanced digital video and audio software applications to market. CyberLink offers Digital Multimedia Applications and E-Learning Solutions, including the worldwide bestselling software DVD player, PowerDVD.

"We are pleased to be expanding our sales territory through our relationship with Avanquest," said Alice H. Chang, CyberLink CEO. "Avanquest's global reach, especially its strength in the United States, is truly an asset for us as we seek to extend our product reach to end-users via the retail distribution channel." One key element for CyberLink was Avanquest's strong retail presence in the North American market, where its member company, personal productivity software maker and publisher Elibrium, Inc., reaches over 10,000 retail outlets, including Wal-Mart, Staples, Office Depot, Office Max and CompUSA.

Rated as the No. 1 software DVD player by c|net, ComputerBild and numerous other publications worldwide, PowerDVD delivers the best picture quality for viewing DVD movies. Features include creating snapshot images of favorite scenes, sharing bookmarked scenes with friends, adjustable display formats, changeable skins, and a wide variety of audio features, including DTS Digital Surround and extensive Dolby audio support. Other popular CyberLink products include PowerDirector, Medi@Show, VideoLive Mail and StreamAuthor.

"With its broad range of award-winning products in exciting, fast-growing sectors of the software field, CyberLink is an ideal Avanquest client," said Bob Lang, Avanquest's Director of North American Operations. "We are pleased that they appreciate the Avanquest concept and are expanding their relationship with us in order to broaden their sales channel and geographic coverage."

In Australia, Avanquest's member company is Manaccom, a leading software publisher and distributor that supplies resellers across Australia and New Zealand. Other Avanquest members include BVRP Software and ABSoft (France), Guildsoft and Kommunicate (U.K.), Questar (Italy), MicroBasic (Germany) and Phoenix Software (South Africa).

ABOUT CYBERLINK CORP.

Founded in 1995, CyberLink Corp. is a world leader and pioneer in bringing advanced digital video and audio software applications to market. The products are categorized into two major lines: Digital Multimedia Applications and E-Learning Solutions. Digital Multimedia products focus on Media Creation by advancing the technologies to capture, edit, author and record all types of media; as well as Digital Entertainment by perfecting state-of-the-art technologies to providing high quality media enjoyment on the PC. These award-winning software applications are ideal solutions for turning today's mainstream computers into home theaters and digital video centers. The company's E-Learning Solutions include authoring tools to creating training contents and training management systems that offer an easy and cost effective way to deliver and manage training programs over corporate intranets or the Internet. As a result of the company's solid growth and profitability, CyberLink became a public company in October, 2000 and is listed on the Taiwan Over The Counter Exchange (OTC: 5203). To keep up with market demands, CyberLink has operations in North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region including Japan. CyberLink's worldwide headquarters are in Taipei and the company website is: http://www.goCyberlink.com.

ABOUT AVANQUEST GLOBAL SOFTWARE PUBLISHING

Formed in June, 2003 and headquartered in Paris, France and Denver, CO, Avanquest Global Software Publishing is a coalition of companies offering worldwide publishing resources to software developers everywhere. Created by French software firm BVRP Group, Avanquest is a network of BVRP subsidiaries and partners with long-established relationships across all channels of distribution in markets covering over 80% of the world's total software sales. Network members include BVRP Software and ABSoft (France), Elibrium (U.S.), Guildsoft and Kommunicate (U.K.), MicroBasic (Germany), Questar (Italy), Manaccom (Australia) and Phoenix Software (South Africa). For additional information, please visit http://www.avanquest.com.

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