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Devine Entertainment Releases CEO Letter to Shareholders Recapping Past Year's Accomplishments.


Letter Outlines Recent Financial Growth and Strategic Measures for Continued Progress in Coming Year

TORONTO -- Devine Entertainment Corporation (OTCBB OTCBB

See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB).
:DVNNF), seeking 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>.
 the burgeoning global demand for high quality film and television content, has announced the release of a Letter to Shareholders from David Devine, President and Chief Executive Officer. The text of the letter follows.

To Devine Shareholders,

With 2007 coming to a close, I wanted to take a few moments to express my appreciation for your past and current support for Devine Entertainment as we continue in our mission to produce and distribute award-winning film, television and home entertainment content. It has been a rewarding year for all of us at Devine, and we have been gratified grat·i·fy  
tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies
1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please.

2.
 to see our strategies result in numerous important business achievements, and strengthened our Company's foundation for further progress in the coming year.

Here are a few of the milestone events that have marked the success of Devine's business and creative initiatives during the last year.

* In Q3, we were proud to report substantial revenue and earnings growth, with our operations generating revenues of $5.6 million for the first nine months of 2007, a 1,550% increase over the same period last year. In the Q3 of 2007, we achieved positive earnings, gaining $.01 per share.

* Our first primetime television miniseries, "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.
," premiered on November 22 to critical acclaim and strong audience ratings, a notable achievement for Devine's first venture into the adult age demographic marketplace. At the same time, our family, children's and educational film library continues to grow in value.

* We expanded our international sales and distribution agreement with Carrere Group of France to include marketing "Across the River to Motor City" in France and French-speaking territories, as well as to distribute other Devine content globally outside 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. .

* To address technology transformations in the entertainment industry, we formed the Devine Digital Content Group to accelerate revenues in the burgeoning market for online distribution of entertainment content, including video-on-demand (VOD See video-on-demand.

VoD - video on demand
), wireless and other new electronic distribution channels.

* Devine listed for trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange Frankfurt Stock Exchange

The largest of Germany's eight securities exchanges, operated by Deutsche Borse AS.
 - the largest exchange in Europe and the third-largest worldwide - to help raise our exposure in large and important European finance and investment community. Additionally, last month I undertook a multi-city road show to meet personally with investment professionals based in the United Kingdom, Switzerland and elsewhere.

* We executed a far-reaching digital distribution agreement with NetMovies Inc. to make Devine's film content available for sale and download on demand directly to consumers via the Internet. NetMovies is 34% owned by Blockbuster Inc. and its founder and Chairman is John Fanning, who was also founding Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of the music download A music download refers to the transferring of a music file from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment if required.  pioneering company Napster Inc.

* We announced an updated valuation of our film and television library showings its estimated value increasing to $10 million, or $.20 - $.25 per share.

We believe our work to create and distribute high-quality film, television and home entertainment content has positioned us for continued growth in the months and years ahead. A close analysis of Devine shows a company that, in our opinion, is significantly undervalued Undervalued

A stock or other security that is trading below its true value.

Notes:
The difficulty is knowing what the "true" value actually is. Analysts will usually recommend an undervalued stock with a strong buy rating.
 today. Between the value of our library assets and that of current operations we believe Devine should be appropriately valued now at approximately $.50 per share, though the addition of anticipated operations could further increase that projected shareholder value.

Devine's business plan has already stood the test of the marketplace. With your ongoing support and continued investments, we anticipate the coming year will be our most exciting yet.
Best Regards,
David Devine
Chief Executive Officer


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, and on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the ticker 3TD. The Company's corporate website is www.devine-ent.com.

Investor-specific information and resources: http://www.trilogy-capital.com/tcp/devine.

View current stock quotes and news: http://www.trilogy-capital.com/tcp/devine/quote.html.

Investor Fact Sheet: 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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