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Devine Entertainment Completes Private Placement.


Proceeds to Accelerate Company's High Growth Strategy Capitalizing on Opportunities in Worldwide Entertainment Marketplace

TORONTO -- Devine Entertainment Corporation (OTCBB OTCBB

See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB).
:DVNNF), capitalizing on the burgeoning global demand for high quality film and television content, today announced that it has completed a private placement of 6,475,000 units to accelerate the Company's high-growth initiatives to generate revenue in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe and other international territories.

Each unit consists of one common share and one purchase warrant with a purchase price of CAN$0.10 per unit (all amounts in Canadian dollars Noun 1. Canadian dollar - the basic unit of money in Canada; "the Canadian dollar has the image of loon on one side of the coin"
loonie

dollar - the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents
). Each warrant is exercisable at any time on or prior to April 11, 2009, to acquire one common share at an exercise price of $0.10 per share. The proceeds of $647,500 are earmarked for investment in the development of the Company's new film and television production slate, the development of the Company's marketing and distribution activities and general working capital.

"We see the success of this private placement as a vote of confidence from our investors as Devine moves forward with plans to expand our production and distribution of award-winning television and film content through 2008 and 2009," said David Devine, President and Chief Executive Officer of Devine Entertainment. "Our recent progress attests to the strength and continuing potential of our business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets  to capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on`   

v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>.
 significant opportunities in the global entertainment marketplace."

Devine Entertainment recently announced an expanded distribution agreement with The Carrere Group of France to further capitalize on its film and television library in France and other French-speaking territories. The Company is also developing scripts for an anticipated second season of its new primetime series, "Across the River to Motor City This article or section contains information about a scheduled .
It may contain non-definitive information based on commercials, a website or interviews.
." In addition, pre-sale commitments from broadcasters France 5, TPS (1) (Transactions Per Second) The number of transactions processed within one second. TPS is a better rating for the performance of hardware and software than the common MHz and GHz rating of the computer.  Jeunesse and TVOntario are in place for the Company's approaching production of its new "Writers' Specials" series.

All units purchased in the private placement are restricted for a period of four months and one day in Canada until February 12, 2008, and for a period of one year in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area.  until October 12, 2008.

Mr. Devine and Richard Mozer, Chief Financial Officer, participated in the private placement by subscribing for 750,000 units each, or 23% of the offering cumulatively, for their respective investment purposes. Mr. Devine and Mr. Mozer, who were beneficial owners Beneficial Owner

A person who enjoys the benefits of ownership even though title is in another name.

Notes:
For example, when shares of a mutual fund are held by a custodian bank or when securities are held by a broker in street name, the true owner is the beneficial
 of 5,670,545 and 5,186,445 shares of the Company, respectively, before the private placement are beneficial owners of 6,420,545 and 5,936,445 common shares of the Company after this investment. Mr. Devine's and Mr. Mozer's percentage holdings of the outstanding common shares of the Company of 14% and 13%, respectively, remain the same after the private placement.

Revenue and Earnings Forecast

Devine recently announced revenue and earnings guidance for the first three quarters of calendar year 2007, projecting significant revenue growth of CAN $5.5 million, representing a 1600% increase over the $363,529 for the comparable period in 2006. The Company also projected earnings in excess of $1 million for the first three quarters of 2007, a significant increase over the $529,614 loss reported for the same period in 2006.

About Devine Entertainment

Devine Entertainment Corporation develops, creates, and produces award-winning television programming and feature films for worldwide distribution across multiple TV broadcast networks, cable and satellite networks, DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc.
DVD
 in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc

Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology.
 and Internet markets. Specializing in cultural and educational programming as well as prime-time drama and comedy entertainment programming, the Company's titles have garnered more than 120 international film and television industry awards, including five Emmy and five Gemini Awards The Gemini Awards are an annual awards ceremony in Canada.

First awarded in 1986, the Geminis celebrate the achievements of TV members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. Essentially, it presents awards for the best television productions in Canada.
. The Company partners with leading international distributors, broadcasters and co-producers, such as Sony BMG Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Inc. is the result of a 50/50 joint venture between Sony Music Entertainment (part of Sony) and BMG Entertainment (part of Bertelsmann) completed on August 5, 2004. , Rogers Media Rogers Media Inc is a subsidiary of Rogers Communications Inc., which owns Canada's largest publishing company, Rogers Publishing Limited, which has more than 70 consumer and business publications. Rogers Media Inc.  and The Carrere Group of France, to produce and distribute its award-winning film and television titles.

Among Devine's critically-acclaimed productions are its cultural and educational film series on history's landmark Composers', Inventors' and Artists', which have been broadcast in more than 50 countries. The Company continues to expand its proprietary library of high-quality film and television content. Among its general-audience primetime programming is the acclaimed one-hour mystery series, "Across the River to Motor City," delivered to broadcasters worldwide in 2007. Headquartered in Toronto, the Company's common shares trade on the NASD NASD

See: National Association of Securities Dealers


NASD

See National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD).
 OTCBB market in the U.S. under the symbol DVNNF. The Company's corporate website is www.devine-ent.com.

For investor-specific information and resources, visit http://www.trilogy-capital.com/tcp/devine.

To view current stock quotes and news, visit http://www.trilogy-capital.com/tcp/devine/quote.html.

To view an investor fact sheet about the company, visit http://www.trilogy-capital.com/tcp/devine/factsheet.html.

Forward-Looking Statements forward-looking statement

A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections.
 

This press release may contain forward-looking statements relating to relating to relate prepconcernant

relating to relate prepbezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc 
 the future performance of Devine Entertainment Corporation. Forward-looking statements, specifically those concerning future performance and the achievement of operating profitability are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially. These risks and uncertainties include the market acceptance of the Company's products and services; competition within the film and entertainment industry and the introduction of new entrants and/or products in the Company's markets; adverse changes in governmental regulations and policies affecting the film and entertainment industry; product development risks and risks of technological change; the risk of unanticipated expenses; and other risks and uncertainties all as described in the disclosure documents filed with securities regulatory authorities Noun 1. regulatory authority - a governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest
regulatory agency

administrative body, administrative unit - a unit with administrative responsibilities
 in accordance with applicable securities laws. Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. Although the Company believes that the expectations conveyed by the forward-looking statements are reasonable based on information available to it on the date such forward-looking statements are made, no assurances can be given as to future results, levels of activity and achievements. All subsequent forward-looking statements, whether written or oral, attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. The Company assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements should circumstances or management's estimates or opinions change.
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