CNET, ScreenPlay, and CNE Provide CompUSA with Custom In-Store Video Featuring Expert Tech Buying Advice for Shoppers.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Hosted by CNET Editor-at-large Brian Cooley, "CNET's Tips for Digital Living" Helps Shoppers Pick the Best Products to Fit Their Lifestyle

CNET (www.cnet.com), the trusted, unbiased resource dedicated to helping consumers buy and use personal technology and a property of CNET Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:CNET), along with ScreenPlay, the leading designer and producer of customized audiovisual solutions for more than 25,000 business locations across North America, and Crow's Nest Entertainment (CNE), an audio/video systems provider, today announced a partnership to deliver valuable electronics buying expertise to consumers as they shop in the television departments of CompUSA retail stores nationwide.

The one-minute video segments, called "CNET Tips for Digital Living," will be shown numerous times throughout the day in high definition on television sets in CompUSA. Featuring CNET editorial expert Brian Cooley, the videos provide tips to help consumers choose the products and technologies that will best fit their lifestyles and budgets. Over the next few months, CompUSA will roll out the videos to 191 of their more than 240 nationwide stores.

"CNET is a recognized authority in providing consumers with trusted, unbiased advice about today's technology products, and we think CompUSA shoppers will benefit from watching these informational videos," said Brian Woods, executive vice president and general merchandising manager, CompUSA.

This alliance extends the CNET brand to new technology-interested consumer segments offline and is intended to drive further awareness among consumers of the site's editorial expertise and valuable content, which includes product reviews of thousands of consumer electronic devices as well as original help and how-to content.

"Technology products like high-definition televisions, digital cameras, and home theater systems are more popular than ever, and consumers want to learn as much as they can in order to make the smartest purchase decision," said Candice Meyers, senior vice president of CNET. "The brief, information-packed videos created by CNET for CompUSA give consumers insightful, easy-to-understand information about today's hottest products and technologies as they shop."

"With HD monitors becoming more prominent in the retail environments, it's been a natural progression for us to develop an HDTV in-store program. Our goal is to provide CompUSA with a program that entertains, engages and informs their customers, and the CNET informational videos, combined with the rest of our HD library, have been able to do just that," said Mark Vrieling, CEO of ScreenPlay.

The videos are distributed by CompUSA HD Network, a custom, private satellite network that delivers HD and standard definition content to large capacity media servers located in each store. The Network is managed by Crows Nest Entertainment in partnership with ScreenPlay Inc. and advertising sales partner, In-Store Media Networks of Dallas, Texas.

About CNET

CNET (www.cnet.com), a property of CNET Networks, Inc., is dedicated to helping people buy and use personal technology to enhance and enrich their lives. CNET's award winning editorial staff reviews thousands of products each year, providing expert and unbiased advice on what products to buy. The site also offers help and how-to features enhanced with video content that visually shows consumers how to get the most out of technology once they own it. And, with an extensive directory of more than 400,000 products and price comparisons, CNET also gives consumers the most up-to-date and efficient shopping resource on the Web.

About ScreenPlay, Inc.

Founded in 1989, ScreenPlay, Inc. designs and produces audiovisual environments for the retail, hospitality and business services markets as well as online content providers across North America. ScreenPlay offers complete video solutions including custom programming, advertising, streaming and on-demand video. Located in Seattle, ScreenPlay operates a state-of-the-art video production house. With the strongest label relations in the industry, the company receives virtually every release from the major and independent record labels as well as full service from movie studios and game manufacturers. Corporations such as Blockbuster, CompUSA, Journeys and Harley-Davidson partner with ScreenPlay to deliver the most effective video solutions.

About CNE, Inc.

Crows Nest Entertainment, Inc. designs, installs and manages technically advanced audio/video systems for national chains in the retail and hospitality markets. Since 1994, Crows Nest has installed systems for customers such as Nordstrom, CompUSA, Petco Animal Supplies, McCormick & Schmick's, and HMS Host.