MEDIASET: Mediaset Board Meeting

Press Release
Mediaset Board Meeting 6 November 2007
APPROVAL FOR REPORT FOR FIRST NINE MONTHS 2007
Consolidated Results
Net revenues: €2,816.1 million
Operating profit: €787.8 million
Net profit: €372.3 million

Italy
October sees sharp recovery in advertising sales
Television costs: -1.1%
Mediaset Premium: revenues doubled
Ratings: Mediaset channels and Canale 5 confirm leadership
in the 15-64 year-old audience

Spain
Operating profitability: 46.9%
Ratings: Telecinco Spain’s leading channel
The Board of Directors of Mediaset, which met today under the Chairmanship of
Fedele Confalonieri, has approved the Group’s report for the nine months to 30
September 2007.

MEDIASET GROUP: CONSOLIDATED RESULTS
Included, from July 2007, as a result of the acquisitions made in the current year, are the companies of the Medusa Group, which have been fully consolidated, and, on a
net equity basis, the 33.3% stake held, through Mediacinco in the consortium that
controls the Endemol Group.
Also taking account of the new area of consolidation, the performance of the group in
the first nine months of 2007 can be summarised as follows:
• consolidated net revenues rose to €2,816.1 million, compared with €2,671.5
million in the first nine months of 2006, an increase of 5.4%.
• EBIT rose to €787.8 million, an increase of €47.6 million on the figure for the same
period of the previous year (€740.2 million).
• operating profitability, operating profit as a proportion of consolidated net
revenues, went up to 28.0%, from the 27.7% recorded in the first nine months of
2006.

• profit before taxation and that attributable to third-party shareholders rose to
€756.5 million, compared with €727.1 million at 30 September 2006.
• net profit attributable to the Group, after estimated taxation, rose to €372.3
million, from the €369.1 million of the first nine months of the previous year.
• the Group’s net financial position went from -€568.3 million at 31 December 2006
to -€1,167.1 million at 30 September 2007. The deficit is mainly due to the
expenditure in the third quarter (for a total of €598 million) for the acquisition of the
Medusa Group and the capitalisation of the vehicle established for the acquisition
of Endemol. as well as the distribution of dividends by the parent company and the
subsidiary Telecino (for a total of €644.7 million).
• In the first nine months of the year, the group’s net cash generation amounted to
€681.3 million, up from the €356.4 million for the same period of last year: in fact,
2006 recorded expenditure of €290 million for the acquisition of a dedicated
network for mobile TV services (DVBH) and the acquisition of options on encrypted
football rights for the 2009/2010 season of a number of important Serie A clubs.
A BREAKDOWN OF RESULTS BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA
Italy
• In the first nine months of 2007 consolidated net revenues recorded an increase
of 3.7%, reaching €2,045.9 million compared with €1,972.4 million in the same
period of the previous year. The increase is largely the result of higher revenues
from the pay-per-view activities of Mediaset Premium, network operator activities
and the consolidation of the revenues of the Medusa Group.
Gross television advertising revenues came to €2,002.5 million, a fall of 3.1%
on the same period of 2006. During the first nine months, this result was affected
by a reduction in advertising investments by a number of key clients who had
already made marked reductions in their budgets during the closing months of
2006.
If the examination is extended to the first 10 months of the year, and consequently
including the brilliant start to the new autumn TV season, advertising sales show a
marked recovery that brings the cumulative figure essentially in line with that of the
first 10 months of 2006 (-0.4%).
Mediaset Premium showed a marked improvement in revenues with the first nine
months pushing the total up to €142.8 million, well over twice the figure of €61.0
million for the first nine months of 2006. The figure includes the figure of €48.7
million from the sale of encrypted football rights for use on other platforms.
The first nine months of 2007 also recorded sales of more than 1.8 million new rechargeable
cards and more than 4.4 million re-charges.
• EBIT rose to €426.3 million, compared with €423.3 million to 30 September 2006.

• total television costs saw a significant fall (-1.1% compared with the first nine
months of the previous year and on a like-for-like basis) and in the face of a 2007
target that was in line with the costs of 2006.
• pre-tax profit came to €385,6 million, compared with €402.8 million in the first
nine months of 2006.
• net profit amounted to €239,7 million, compared with €253.9 million in the first
nine months of 2006.
• The impact on the group’s consolidated results of the recently acquired activities
(Medusa and Endemol) already show a positive contribution, net of acquisition
costs).
TV ratings: were positive in the first nine months of 2007 with Mediaset channels
confirming their national leadership in all time bands among viewers in the 15 to 64
year-old age range (the commercial target): in fact, Mediaset recorded 42.8% in
primetime and 43.1% in the 24 hours.
Canale 5 is Italy’s most popular channel among the commercial target, with a 21.2%
share in primetime and 20.6% in the 24 hours.
Spain
• In the first nine months of 2007 consolidated net revenues generated by the
Telecinco Group rose to €771.0 million, compared with €700.9 in the same period
of the previous year.
• Telecinco’s operating profit rose to €361.5 million, on the €317.3 million of the
first nine months of 2006.
• operating profitability (operating profit as a proportion of consolidated net
revenues) rose to 46.9% (45.3% in the first nine months of 2006).
• pre-tax profit came to €371.0 million, compared with €324.6 million in the first
nine months of 2006.
• net profit amounted to €262.8 million, an increase on the €229.3 million in the
same period of 2006.
• Telecinco’s ratings were also up, consolidating its position as Spain’s absolute
leader with a primetime share of 20.5% and 20.3% in the 24 hours.

FORECAST FOR THE YEAR
In the current year, on a like-for-like basis and excluding the contribution generated by
changes in leaving entitlements, the company expects to confirm an operating profit
that is higher than that of the previous year, the extent of the improvement will depend
on TV advertising sales in Italy and Spain in the last two months of the year.
The effect of the consolidation of the companies of the Medusa Group and the
inclusion, on a net equity basis, of the 33.3% held, through Mediacinco, in the
consortium that controls Endemol are not expected to have a significant impact on the
consolidated result of the current year. Also taking account of the positive operating
results and the financial structure of the operations.
Italy
Ratings. At the end of the first ten months of 2007, Mediaset channels confirmed their
leadership in the commercial target (15-64 year-olds) in all time bands, with average
ratings of 42.9% in primetime and 43.1% in the 24 hours. Canale 5 consolidated its
position as Italy’s most popular channel and Italia 1 as the third.
Mediaset Premium. Sales were also excellent in the month of October: in fact, to date,
around 2.0 million pre-paid cards have been sold and 4.9 million re-charges.
Spain
Ratings. Also in October, Telecinco confirmed its leadership in terms of share, further
extending its advantage over its main competitors.
The executive responsible for the preparation of the Mediaset S.p.A. accounts, Andrea
Goretti, declares that, as per para. 2 art. 154-bis, of the Single Finance Bill, that the
accounting information contained in this press release corresponds to that contained in the
company’s books.

Cologno Monzese, 6 November 2007

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Highlights from the consolidated income statement (*)
Cumulative to 30 September
Q3
2007 2006 2007 2006
Consolidated net revenues 2,816.1 2,671.5 739.1 677.5
Labour costs 328.5 336.7 111.0 104.2
of which non-recurring charges (23.0)
Procurement, services and other costs 1,005.4 954.8 293.2 272.5
Operating costs 1,333.9 1,291.5 404.1 376.7
Gross operating profit 1,482.2 1,380.1 334.9 300.8
Amortisation and depreciations 694.4 641.1 247.1 212.4
Operating profit 787.8 739.0 87.9 88.5
((Losses)/gains from equity disposals - 1.3 - -
EBIT 787.8 740.2 87.9 88.5
Financial income /(charges) (34.4) (13.5) (14.9) (8.1)
Income/(charges) from investments 3.1 0.3 1.6 0.4
Profit before taxation 756.5 727.1 74.6 80.8
Income taxes (254.2) (243.7) (18.5) (23.0)
Net profit from operations 502.4 483.4 56.2 57.8
(Net profit from discontinued activities)
(Minority interest (profit)/loss
-
(130.1)
-
(114.3)
-
(24.7)
-
(21.2)

Profit for the Mediaset Group 372.3 369.1 31.5
36.6
Highlights from the consolidated balance sheet (*)
30/09/2007 31/12/2006

Television rights 2,323.8 2,388.2
Goodwill and consolidation differences 393.7 368.7
Other tangible/intangible assets 1,100.2 1,085.2
Financial assets 570.4 93.9
Net working capital & other assets/liabilities (414.8) (304.1)
Severance indemnity reserve (106.2) (130.3)
Net invested capital 3,867.0 3,501.7
Net Group assets 2,443.6 2,634.1
Shareholders’ equity and minority interest 256.4 299.2
Net assets 2,700.0 2,933.3
Net financial position (1,167.1) (568.3)

(*)The reclassified figures in the report are not subject to certification by the external auditors
in €m
in €m

MEDIASET: Financial results for the nine-month period ended September 2007 of Telecinco

Today Telecinco our controlled company has disclosed the following press release

Madrid, 31 October 2007

Financial results for the nine-month period ended September 2007

TELECINCO'S NET PROFIT UP 14.6%, UNDERPINNED BY AUDIENCE SHARE LEADERSHIP, COMMERCIAL STRATEGY AND COST MANAGEMENT

• Net profit is €262.82 million
• Telecinco is the leading television channel in 2007 in terms of audience share and the only one showing a share of over 20% in terms of total day share (20.4%) prime-time share (20.7%) and commercial target share (22.7%)
• Grupo Publiespaña had record gross advertising revenues of €750.54 million, an increase of 9.6% compared to the same period in 2006. Net advertising revenues up 9.5% to €717.92 million
• Net revenues up 10% to €770.95 million
• At €361.55 million, EBIT is up 13.9% on the same period in 2006


A consistent and stable programming with a strict control of costs, an audience share of 20.4% for the year to date and a 9.5% growth in net advertising revenues are the factors underpinning the 14.6% growth in Telecinco's net profit for the nine-month period ended in September. Despite more intense competition, Telecinco has managed not only to improve its financial results, but also to achieve a record outperformance compared with its traditional competitors, increasingly widening the gap with the second and third-leading operators.

With only one quarter left to end the fiscal year, Telecinco saw a new record profit for the January-September period, re-stating its position as one of the most profitable television networks in Europe and Spain's number one operator in terms of audience share, advertising sales, operating margins, cash generation and stockmarket value. Outperformance in these metrics has led Telecinco to obtain its all-time best results in revenues and operating margins (adjusted EBITDA and EBIT), as well as net profit.


Telecinco expands revenues, margins and profit
Telecinco has achieved new records in the first nine months of 2007 with net advertising revenues of €717.92 million, up 9.5% on €655.69 million for the same period in 2006.


The channel has again grown its EBIT and EBITDA operating margins on the back of the high figures reported in 2006 and despite new competition. The gross operating margin (adjusted EBITDA) reached €366.16 million, up by 13.7% on the first nine months of 2006. The company's EBIT was €361.55 million, up 13.9% on the same period in 2006 (€317.31 million).


Pre-tax profit leapt from €324.62 million in the first nine months of 2006 to €370.97 million, an increase of 14.3%.


Net profit totalled €262.82 million, representing an increase of 14.6% on the same period in 2006 (€229.30 million).


Grupo Publiespaña leads the market with a new record in gross advertising revenues
Between January and September 2007, Grupo Publiespaña has confirmed its leadership position in terms of turnover in Spain's television market with gross advertising revenues of €750.54 million, representing an increase of 9.6% on the same period in 2006 (€685.08 million). Telecinco's advertising operator has set new records and continues to lead the television advertising market in Spain.


Profitability-driven cost management
For the year to September 2007, total operating costs grew by 6.7% compared to the same period in 2006, to €409.40 million. This growth is in line with the channel's targets for its television operations and includes costs associated with the consolidation of Jumpy and the incorporation of Mediacinco Cartera S.L.


Telecinco heads the year-to-date audience share ranking with 20.4%, almost 3 percentage points more than its competitors
The broadcast of new programmes that attracted the audience, together with well-established serials and shows in which the company introduced innovations, have placed Telecinco's programming as the most robust and consistent in Spain's broadcast industry. Telecinco's strong performance in all time slots, particularly in the prime-time slot, has enabled the channel to remain as the only television with an audience share of over 20% - 20.4%, almost 3 percentage points more than Antena 3 (17.5%) and 3.2 percentage points more than TVE 1 (17.2%).


This figure places Telecinco as the best performer compared to the same period in 2006, showing a year-on-year decrease of only 0.9 points, compared with Antena 3’s steep decline of 2.1 points and TVE 1's decline of 1 point.


For the year to date, Telecinco has increased its daily average to 20.7% in the prime time slot, widening the gap with Antena 3 (17%) to 3.7 points and with TVE 1 (16.8%) to 3.9 points. Similarly, Telecinco’s prime time appears to be the least affected by increasing competition with a decline of only 0.8 points compared with the January-September period in 2006. TVE 1 dropped 1.4 points and Antena 3 showed again the greatest year-on-year decline, with its prime time down by a remarkable 2.4 points.


January - 30 October 2007
Telecinco Antena 3 TVE 1
Total day 20.4% 17.5% 17.2%
Prime time 20.7% 17.0% 16.8%


As for the commercial target, Telecinco maintains its traditional leadership both in terms of total day share with 22.7% - 5.2 points more than Antena 3 (17.5%) and 9.3 points more than TVE 1 (13.4%) - and prime-time share with 23.3%, widening the gap with Antena 3 (16.8%) to 6.5 points and with TVE 1 (13.4%) to almost 10 points:
Telecinco Antena 3 TVE 1
Commercial target - Total day 2007 22.7% 17.5% 13.4%
Commercial target - Prime time 2007 23.3% 16.8% 13.4%


Comments by Paolo Vasile and Giuseppe Tringali, chief executives of Telecinco
In the opinion of Paolo Vasile, “figures for the first nine months of 2007 are extremely rewarding and encourage us to further our content and business strategy. In spite of the dramatic changes in the industry, Telecinco has been able to tighten the loyalty bonds with its audience to create a notable distance with its rivals. We are very grateful to our viewers, who day after day demonstrate that they prefer Telecinco and its programmes, be they classical, new, entertainment or news. It is a reward for the daily efforts of a team that is truly committed to accompany viewers".

"We are very pleased with our strong results in the third quarter, which we hope will have helped us to increase our market share. Our results are the direct consequence of the entire company's commitment, of our work philosophy and our humble desire to improve day by day. For us, it is very clear that content and advertising leadership can only be achieved by constantly winning the confidence of the audience and the companies that select us as their channel of choice with their investments. This confidence is the driving force behind our ongoing efforts to continue offering best-in-class service to the market", said Giuseppe Tringali.

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On-line ethnic clothing

Visit our on-line clothes shop La Mamita; marketing and production firm of ethnic, hand crafted clothes.

On our web site you can buy on-line poncho, skirts, woollen sweaters and many other items and dresses in cotton and alpaca’s wool.

Discover our winter and summer ethnic clothing catalogue. Clothes for man, woman and for your children too.

In our on-line shop there is also a reserved area for merchants where it is possible to buy at wholesale our ethnic marketed clothing La Mamita.

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Our materials are made of alpaca’s wool, 100% cotton fibre, woven with hand looms and coloured with natural dyes. For a young and exclusive fashion: hand made sweaters, bolero, dresses, skirts and ponchos created by specialized craftsmen with a result that joins the old ethnic tradition with a young and up to date style.

Emzin seminar on graphic design, 20th and 21st November 2007

Days of British design

Domenic Lippa and Harry Pearce (Pentagram), Stephen Sorell and Damon Murray (FUEL)

Conference hall, Garni Hotel, Miklošičeva 9, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Domenic Lippa was born in 1962 in London, where he also studied at the London College of Printing, a prestige college that has gained worldwide fame for its research into the ways and aesthetics of creating visual ideas. Successful design projects (packaging, print, identity design, retail graphics, etc.) have won Domenic a worldwide reputation as well as invitations to work for prominent clients (including the furniture retailer Heal’s & Sons and the premium international spa company Espa) and global organisations such as TDK, Vodafone and Unilever. Thanks to his extensive knowledge in typography he found himself on the executive committee of the Typographic Circle for a number of years; he also co-edits and designs the Circular magazine. Domenic Lippa has been the recipient of many awards, his work has been featured in numerous design publications and exhibitions throughout the world, and his lectures have been extensive both in frequency and diversity of location. He is a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale.

Harry Pearce, born in London in 1960, studied at the Canterbury College of Art. His work touches a number of design disciplines, from spatial design and identity to print and packaging. His clients include Phaidon Publishing, Williams F1, Kangol, Shakespeare’s Globe, Science Museum, etc., while his corporate identity work includes Halfords and The Co-operative. Harry Pearce has won many national and international design awards including two D&AD Silvers. His work was exhibited at the show of excellence in New York at the celebration of British design and at the 50th anniversary exhibition of the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) in Paris, of which he is also a member.

Domenic Lippa and Harry Pearce founded their own design company Lippa Pearce Design in 1990 and after having worked together for 21 years they joined Pentagram’s London studio, an office of unique cooperation between 19 graphic designers with offices in New York, San Francisco, Austin and Berlin.

On the first day of the seminar, Tuesday, 20th November 2007, Harry Pearce and Domenic Lippa will discuss their mutual love of language and typography, which has been a constant cornerstone to them both. Harry Pearce will cover his work in spatial design, identity, print and packaging for clients such as Phaidon Publishing, Kangol, Shakespeare’s Globe, The Co-operative and the London Science Museum. Domenic Lippa will talk about his work as the co-editor and designer of the international magazine baseline as well as his work as the Chairman of the Typographic Circle for whom he designs their magazine Circular. Alongside this he will also discuss his commercial work for clients such as Heal’s & Sons, Espa, TDK and Vodafone.

The second part will be dedicated to the great change in their work after they joined Pentagram; Domenic and Harry will explain what is it like to suddenly have nineteen partners, five offices and have to walk in the footsteps of design legends.

Damon Murray (born in 1967 in London) and Stephen Sorrell (born in 1967 in Maidstone, Kent) studied graphic design at Central Saint Martins and the Royal College of Art. In 1991, while at the Royal College of Art, they started working together and established FUEL. From the outset FUEL combined varied commissions with their own projects, including a self-published magazine. Their projects often contained thought provoking graphic messages. In 1996 and 2000 they published Pure Fuel and Fuel 3000, two books that examined the accepted notions of graphic design, illustrating ideas and preoccupations that explored the themes of authorship. Their clients include Levi’s, Sony, MTV, Virgin Records, Marc Jacobs, XBOX, and Adidas. As well as their work in print, FUEL have also produced and directed short films, TV channel idents, film titles and TV commercials. In 2005 FUEL Publishing was formed within the group. This process involves close collaboration with the authors on the content, which together with their experience in book design, produces a broad range of beautiful and distinctive books. FUEL have also designed books and catalogues for Tracey Emin, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Sam Taylor-Wood and Juergen Teller. In 2006 FUEL were asked to produce a 60th anniversary Penguin Designer Classic alongside Sir Paul Smith, Sam Taylor-Wood, Ron Arad and Manolo Blahnik.

On the second day of the seminar, Wednesday, 21st November 2007, Damon Murray and Stephen Sorrell will talk about the first steps of FUEL, their early self-published magazines and books Pure Fuel and Fuel 3000. FUEL will show their self-published work alongside commercial commissions and explain how the two overlap. They will show experimental short films and graphic animations that have led to TV commercials, a series of thought provoking Sci-Fi channel idents and film titles.

In the last few years FUEL have become even more involved in books. In the afternoon FUEL will present their work as publishers - how the content of a book is just as important to them as the design. Since their group trip to Moscow in 1992 FUEL have had a growing interest in Russia. So far they have published four books on Russian subcultures, notably on Russian criminal tattoos. They will discuss these books as well as other books in the series.

The seminar will take place on 20th and 21st November 2007 at Garni Hotel, Miklošičeva 9, Ljubljana, between 9.30 am and 4.30 pm. The lectures will be held in English and will have no simultaneous translation. The fee for the seminar is 320 EUR (VAT excluded), and 110 EUR (VAT excluded) for students. Applications will be accepted every weekday between 9 am and 3 pm at Emzin, Metelkova 6, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia, telephone: +386 1 430 35 44, mobile: +386 31 685 067, fax: +386 1 430 35 40, e-mail: emzin@guest.arnes.si.

We would be most grateful if you helped us promote this seminar by publishing this announcement in your media.

Kind regards

Jasna Rackov, Tanja Hladnik, project managers

Special thanks for the realisation of the seminar go to the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, the Culture and Research Department of the City of Ljubljana and the British Council.

Shopping online in Italy: a growing sector

Finally, also in Italy, the market share of online purchases is growing progressively. To the increased demand of products for computing, Brandhardware responds with a new technological website.

Internet is becoming more and more a business tool, available to Italian companies, which may direct their attention to a user’s catchment area "potentially infinite"

The Italian e-commerce, although lagging behind North American and European, is progressing both in terms of demand (gradual increase of users connected to the internet) both in terms of quality of service and product offered (improved performance of e-commerce portals and advanced sales techniques of "Web Marketing").


How we explain this interest for on-line purchases?

Simply with a word, progress. The coverage of the entire nation with broadband (ADSL) has made it possible to navigate so much faster and safer (no danger on Dialer) compared to a few years ago with simple telephone plug. Moreover, usually those who offer goods and services online has more competitive prices than those who work with traditional sales: in fact there are less operating costs, advertising / visibility and human resources.

In addition, the vast amount of users 24 hours a day, 7 days a week allows online stores to have more merchandise possible with a significant fall in gross margins.

In any case, buy products online is convenient, easy, fast and very safe. The fact of security can still be the biggest obstacle that e-commerce will face for the boom that all expect in the following years. In fact Italian customers are very skeptical and always in search of "traps" to avoid (the distrust is a bit of our nature, fortunately). Then, as well as to grow in terms of numbers, the course and its traders should form Internet users about possible risks to purchase online and propose strategies and techniques that encourage protection of the user to place greater attention and confidence in what we are doing.

In this regard, a successful example of informatics shop online is Brandhardware.it, by proposing a site with pleasant graphics and very simple, able to "reassure" the visitor and transform it into a customer status, thanks to the competitive prices of products exposed.

The menu on the left, is a classic example of usability that allows with only 2 clicks to reach the product needed quickly and easily. The portal has recently inaugurated and is dedicated to offers LCD monitors and especially notebooks.

Then wishing the trend to continue and especially that those involved in e-commerce sector do not lose the opportunity to grow more and more the Italian e-commerce and perhaps to achieve, at least in qualitative terms the American model.

This article was written by Michele De Capitani (Posizionamento nei motori) with support from portatili vendita online. For any information, please visit Schede madri Asrock.

Apartments in Lignano: attractive offers for the summer season 2008.

The Bélanger real-estate agency works from 1969 in selling, buying and letting residential-properties and holiday apartments in Lignano, one of the most beautiful and renowned beach of the Upper Adriatic Sea.
The agency offers different sort of buildings, satisfying every desire of tourists.
Most of these apartments in Lignano are located in the city centre, but it is possible also to find flats or residences into the beautiful and quiet pinewood or in front of the golden beach.
After the positive end of the summer season, agency owners getting ready for the next summer, offering high quality apartments in Lignano.
Some of these apartments, which are selected by the Bélanger real-estate agency for the new season 2008, are in front of the beach and offer a breathtaking view of the sea, in addition to an excellent accommodation.
Apartments quality is a strong point of the agency, because it allows tourists to spend comfortably holiday, which will become unforgettable thanks to the view offered by flats in front of the golden beach.
Most of tourists aspire to these apartments in Lignano, because they are located near the beach and a few footsteps from the city centre, but they are often too much expensive for families.
For this reason the Bélanger real-estate agency is planning some attractive offers for its guests. It wants to give all tourists the opportunity to spend a delightful holiday in cheap, but high quality, apartments in front of the beach.

Verona, a city to discover loved from the tourists of all the world

Verona, is a splendid city of more than 260.000 inhabitants, in the northern of Italy. The capital it is one of the seven provinces that characterize the region of Veneto, risen on the sides of the Adige river and far from Garda lake about thirty kilometers.

Yield famous and popular all over the world from the famous tragedy of William Shakespeare " The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet" , it is a coveted destination from the tourists of every corner of the world.
Indeed, the capital of Veneto, offers a lot of opportunities starting from the cultural point of view, to the culinary and the entertainment.

In particolar, who wants to visit Verona for a short time (also of 2-3 days), cannot miss some fundamental appointments that characterise this laughing city in the heart of the Veneto region. In these terms, we can list what the tourist/visitor of the weekend must absolutely see and try for really living the spirit of the city:
• Arena di Verona: “small” masterpiece of the roman architecture, it is still in good conditions and is used for concerts and other manifestations
• Piazza delle Erbe(Square of the Grass): it rises where the ancient Roman Forum resided, is the heart of the city
• Palazzo del comune (Palace of the Municipality): with a nice romantic garden
• Palazzo della prefettura (Palace of the Prefecture): ancient residence of Scaligeri
• Santa Anastasia: ghotic church erected from the Dominicans
• Duomo (Dome): elegant construction dedicated to Santa Maria Matricolare
• Balcony of Giulietta: small, but somewhat evocative where also is found the famous statue of Giulietta
• Arc of the Giovi: another direct evidence of the Roman domination
• In the pauses, to be based calmly in a tavern and to savour a Recioto di Soave (typical white wine of Verona) with cold cuts and the typical polenta of Veneto region.

Where to sleep in Verona

Of course, there are many touristic structures that allow to sleep in Verona or near the city.
To such purpose, the Gardenia Hotel is situated in San Michele area, ideal for passing days or vacations around Veneto, above all for visiting Verona without having to spend the night in a hotel of the city center.
This 3 stars hotel, offers refined services like cable TV, safe in each room and air conditioning, a part from the prestigious inner restaurant.

The Gardenia Hotel has a comfortable private parking and offers cordiality and hospitality to all its customers, both to businessmen and families on vacation. Moreover, the hotel website (www.hotelristorantegardenia.it) offers the chance to the Internet customers to reserve on-line directly their own rooms for the night's passing also at the Hotel San Michele (at Verona periphery, near to the historical city center).

This article was written by Michele De Capitani (web marketing) with support from Hotel in Verona. For any information, please visit Hotel in San Michele.

Premier Booking Management Signs Fully Loaded Entertainment

Premier Booking & Management Co. (PBM) has recently signed Fully Loaded Entertainment (FLE) to the music management division. FLE is Philadelphia's critically claimed underground record label housing over 14 rap artists.

Shaamar Gandy, FLE's President and Co-Founder, expressed that his recent efforts in signing with Premier Booking Management, as a "triumph and nothing short of it." "We are happy to be apart of a company that has that much influence in the industry. I know great accomplishments will come of it."

Dave Kaplan, VP of Talent Management, has recently shared with us his appreciation with the management firm for backing his decision to sign a talent as strong as FLE. Mr. Kaplan had also mentioned a recent collaboration between Universal and Illumina. No further details have been given on the matter.

Efforts are currently underway to develop a series of music videos to air on such media outlets as, BET (Black Entertainment Television) and MTV (Music Television) in the spring of 2008. Other activities actively being pursued by Fully Loaded Entertainment include a self-named tour to promote the entourage of talent throughout the east coast and the development of an interactive website to expand their exposure and increase sales online, to include ringtones, DVDs, CDs, posters, and other fan merchandise.

Premier Booking & Management Co.
5482 Wilshire Blvd., #1501
Los Angeles, CA 90036
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Swimming pool on the roof and children safety.

The Hotel Vienna, located in Lignano Sabbiadoro, opens to the public its new and exclusive swimming pool on the hotel's roof with panoramic view. It offers a great overview on the entire seaside resort and also allow to relax inside the new solarium.
The key to success in tourist business is on the update ability, as demonstrated by the Hotel Vienna, which decided to add new facilities to its guests.
The modern concept of client service means, first of all, hotel facilities' accessibility.
From this perspective, guests can easily reach each floor by elevator, until the fifth and last level, where the swimming pool is located.
Recent studies show that Lignano Sabbiadoro is more appreciated and frequented by families.
Paying attention to these results, the Hotel Vienna Management decided to renovate its facilities to better accommodate family tourism: in addition to the swimming pool, where people can relax and have fun admiring Lignano, the Administration projected and realized a new children playground.
Give a leisurely holiday to parents, means that they must have the chance to let their children playing in safe places. This is the reason why the hotel offers big connecting rooms, that give more privacy but also the possibility to control the children.
The Hotel Vienna is located in a very good position: it is near the city centre and also to the beach, where the Hotel Management reserves every year an equipped private beach to its guests.
These features could be enough to attract tourist streams, but to rival other hotels in Lignano, the management must invest to suggest new features like the swimming pool on the hotel's floor.

Diet and the power of protein

Dr. David Heber M.D., Ph.D. Graduate at the Harward medical School and esteemed Director of UCLA Centre for Human Nutrition, championing a worldwide battle against human obesity to a life one dedication to a science of the human nutrition.
Three decades of researched and commitment of helping save people's lives.
Resulting of Dr. Heber's directions of the National Institute of Health and the National Cancer Institute.
Director of the Mark Hughes Cellular and Molecular Laboratories at UCLA, Chairman of the Medical Advisory Board of Herbalife International. And now hear directly form Dr. Heber how you can obtain your best possible Shape.

Today everyone is talking about obesity.
One of two Americans are overweight, one of three are obese. Countries like Japan who has always had an healthy diet, today finds that obesity has been increase to 5 % to 20 % of the population! This is a worldwide epidemic!
For the first time in human history there are 2 billion overweight people and 2 billion underweight people in the world with the two numbers equal for the very first time in human history.
So what's happened in the last 20 years?
I like to say: "it's not a fish, it's the aquarium", we haven't changed, our genes are the same, they have been in our body for 50.000 years, what's changed is our diet and our lifestyle.
We have fast food, we eat a lot of snacks, we spend a lot of time in our cars, we have sedentary job sitting at computers all day, if we can understand our body, understand how they work, we can solve this problem together.
So the first step is understanding your body shape, and understanding your body fat and understanding your body protein.
People comes out with all different shapes, man can get body fact mostly in the upper body, women get it either in the upper or in the lower body.

The upper body fat, is fat that allows you to hang on the calories while you search for food. You may resist whole days without food in the jungle with your upper body fat.

Women lower body fat is there to allowed them to breast feed infant. It responds to the female hormones. It too is an important organ in your body, just like your hearth, the kidney, or your brain.

Understanding how it works and understanding how your diet relates to your body shape, your body fat, your body protein, is the key of being successful.

I've got a lots of different patients in the last 30 years. Typically a big man with a lot of upper body fat tells me: " Oh, I can loose weight any time I want, I can cut my stake in half and I loose 20 pounds!"
The bad side of habits he thinks he can loose weight any time he wants. So he doesn't care of what he eats every day and he may continue to eat a 400 grams stakes with onions rings...
On the other hand of the spectrum, there is a small woman who wants to loose weight but can't. She follows all rules, eats the right food, but because her metabolism is slow, because of her low level or body protein, she is not able of loose weight as easily. Women usually loose weight more slowly than man.
So what's the key of understanding your body?

You have to know your body protein, match the protein in your diet to the protein in your body and understand that we each have a personal best shape.

One size is not for all. Understand your body shape is the first step for the loosing weight and setting your personal best shape in the most effective and easiest way possible.
So first thing is understanding your body, understanding your body shape, understanding your body fat and how it relates to your diet and life style.

The first thing I will do to teach you to understand your body is to determine the amount of protein that is in your body. Protein is extremely important, it helps to maintain healthy muscles and organs in your body. If you don't eat enough protein in your diet, your body steal your protein from muscles, leaver and other organs. If there is not enough protein in your diet you don't' have enough energy during the day. But if you eat enough protein you have a lot of energy and protein will help you to satisfy your hunger. So you won't be as tempted to eat the wrong foods.

Now, I am determining how much protein is in your body. I estimate your lean. For every pound of lean in your body, you need 1 gram of protein. So a woman with 100 pounds of lean will need 100 grams of protein a day, her husband with 150 pounds of lean, will need 150 grams of protein in his diet every day. And I can also determine the amount of calories you burn every day, with a very simple tool. Two electrodes on your hands and feet, fully painless, and in a few seconds using your electrical properties of your body I can determine how much lean and how much fat is in your body.
A woman with 100 pounds of lean burns 1400 calories per day since every pound of lean burns 31 calories per day.
Her husband with 150 pounds of lean burns 2100 calories per day.

So now I know how much protein you need in a diet and how many calories you burn per day.
How can I find out how quickly you loose weight on a diet? What turns out is, if I can give you a diet that's 500 calories lower I calculate to be resting calories burned per day, you loose 1 pound per week.
Finally I can determine your target weight, what will be your right weight for you at the proper range of body fat.
All of that information in a few minutes from this simple tools. So we are building a road map for you. If you are gonna go on a trip for a city for vacation, you'd like to know "which road do I take? How long will take me to take there? What's my final destination? Using this simple tool we found to map out your journey to your personal best body shape.

How many calories you burn per day? How much protein you need in your diet, how quickly you loose weight, your ultimate target weight should be.

Now you know how much protein and how much calories you will need to loose weight properly.
But how we do it? How it will do during the day?
Well, it's very difficult for you to eat the right number calories just try to eat less of your favourite foods.
What I found works the best in the ideal meal. An healthy protein fortified shake tastes good and moody. (...)

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

Herbalife, total wellness for your body

Here's some important advices about digestive and Cardiovascular system health.
Learn about the value of digestive health from Dr. Luigi Gratton.

Q: Why is digestive health so valuable?
A: Most people have experienced digestive issues at some point in their lives. Many modern diets lack the sufficient nutrition, such as fiber, for good digestive health. Fiber is essential for weight management and intestinal health but most people only eat half the recommended daily dietary fiber intake.

Q: What can I do to increase my fiber intake?
A: I always encourage people to eat 5-7 servings of fruits and vegetables each day to get their daily fiber intake. But I realize how challenging it is to do that with our modern diet and on-the-go lifestyle. That is why I recommend Active Fiber Drink Mix, Florafiber, Activated Fiber tablets and the 21-Day Herbal Cleansing Program to support your diet. These supplements can contribute to promoting regularity, a feeling of fullness and the growth of “friendly” intestinal bacteria. Another powerful product to support digestive health naturally is Herbal Aloe.

Q: How does Herbal Aloe promote digestive health?
A: Herbalife's Herbal Aloe formula is gentle and soothing because we filter out the laxative stimulant, alloin, to produce an herbal aloe with all of the organic nutrients of the aloe plant. The aloe plant contains over 75 substances known for their healing properties. Herbal Aloe assists your body's self-cleansing action and healthy elimination. Plus, you can support healthy digestion wherever you are with Herbalife's ready-to-drink form. To maintain a healthy digestive system, support your healthy diet with plenty of fiber and Herbalife's digestive supplements.

Learn about the importance of a healthy cardiovascular system from Dr. Lou Ignarro.

Q: Why is cardiovascular health so important?
A: Your cardiovascular system is literally at the heart of your overall health. Maintaining it is crucial for a variety of reasons. It gives you energy and the ability to keep up with the daily demands of life. A healthy cardiovascular system is also essential for mental clarity and protecting you against stress. Additionally, cardiovascular health contributes to overall vitality.

Q: What kinds of things can I do to improve my cardiovascular health?
A: There are several things you can–and should–incorporate into your life to maintain a healthy cardiovascular system. Exercise is crucial. Brisk walks, sit-ups, light weight training, swimming and biking are all excellent, low impact and efficient exercises for any fitness level. The important thing is to do something every day. Another important factor is proper eating–and that means getting the right amount of essential vitamins and other nutrients, as well as antioxidants.

Q: How does Herbalife's Core Complex help improve heart health?
A: Core Complex targets four key indicators of heart health: cholesterol, triglycerides, homocysteine and oxidative stress. Taking Core Complex is a great way to give your cardiovascular system the nutrition it needs every day. Whatever you do to maintain a healthy cardiovascular system, the important thing to remember is to make it a priority. Exercise regularly, eat right and keep stress to a minimum. Your health depends on it.

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MEDIASET: board approves results for first half 2007

Cologno Monzese, 11 September 2007

Mediaset Board of Directors’ Meeting 11 September 2007
BOARD APPROVES RESULTS FOR FIRST HALF 2007

Consolidated Results
Net revenues: €2,077.0 million
Operating profit: €699.9 million
Net profit: €340.8 million

Italy

Television costs: -3.1%
Mediaset Premium: revenues more than double
with growing operating profit
Ratings: Mediaset channels and Canale 5 confirm leadership
in the 15-64 year-old audience

Spain

Operating profitability: 51.2%
Ratings: Telecinco Spain’s leading channel
The Board of Directors of Mediaset, which met today under the Chairmanship of
Fedele Confalonieri, has approved the interim report for the first six months of 2007.

MEDIASET GROUP: CONSOLIDATED RESULTS

Performance in the first six months of 2007 can be summarised as follows:
• consolidated net revenues came to €2,077.0 million, compared with !1,994.1
million in the first half of 2006.
• EBIT came to €699.9 million, a !48.2 million increase on the same period of the
previous year (!651.7 million). This result was affected by non-recurring income of
!23.0 million resulting from legislative changes introduced from the beginning of
2007 regarding the destination of funds for severance payments.
• operating profitability, operating profit as a proportion of consolidated net
revenues, came to 33.7%, compared with 32.7% in the first half of 2006.
• profit before taxation and that attributable to third-party shareholders, amounted
to €681.9 million, compared with !646.3 million for the same period of 2006.
• net profit attributable to the Group, after estimated taxation, came to €340.8
million, compared with !332.5 million in the first half of the previous year.
• the Group’s net financial position went from -!568.3 million on 31 December
2006 to -€760.8 million on 30 June 2007. This deficit is mainly due to the
distribution of dividends by the parent company and the subsidiary Telecinco (for a
total of !644.6 million).
• In the first six months of the year the Group’s net cash generation amounted to
€451.7 million, compared with !165.8 million in the same period of the previous
year: in fact, in 2006 expenditure included !260 million for the acquisition of the
DVBH network and the acquisition of encrypted rights for the 2009/2010 football
season of leading Serie A clubs.

A BREAKDOWN OF RESULTS BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA

Italy

• In the first half of 2007 consolidated net revenues recorded growth of 2.3% to
reach €1,505.8 million, compared with !1,472.2 million in the same period of the
previous year. This increase was mainly the result of higher revenues from the
Mediaset Premium pay-per-view service and network operator activities.
Television advertising revenues came to €1,522.6 million, a fall of 3.4% on the
first half of 2006. This was the result of a shortfall in advertising investments by a
number of big groups that had already reduced their budgets in the last six months
of 2006. Starting in March, however, there was a recovery which led to an
improvement in sales for Mediaset’s channels which, in the second quarter, grew
by 0.4% compared with the same period of 2006.
• EBIT came to €407.0 million, an increase on the !387.8 million of the first half of
2006.
• total television costs were down in the period (-3.1% on the first six months of
the previous year) where the objective for 2007 is to be essentially in line with the
costs of 2006. This result was affected by extraordinary income of !21.6 million
generated by legislative changes introduced at the beginning of 2007 on the use of
funds for severance payments.
• pre-tax profit came to €379.9 million, compared with !377.6 million in the first
half of 2006.
• net profit amounted to €234.7 million, compared with !239.0 million in the first
half 2006.
• there were excellent results for the pay-per-view business, “Mediaset Premium”
which saw a marked increase in revenues in the first six months of 2007, which
reached €92.5 million, well over double the !36.3 million of the first half of last
year. This figure includes income !22.6 million for the sale of encrypted football
rights for use on other platforms.
Only two years since its launch, and for the second quarter in a row, Mediaset
Premium has recorded a positive operating profit.

In the first six months of 2007 more than 420,000 new re-chargeable cards and
more than 2.5 million re-charges were sold..
• TV ratings during the period were also positive: in the first six months of 2007
Mediaset’s channels confirmed their national leadership in all the time bands
among viewers in the 15 to 64 year-old age range (the commercial target) that
account for 70% of the Italian population: Mediaset had a 43.0% prime time
share and 43.3% in the 24 hours.
Canale 5 is Italy’s most popular channel in the commercial target with a 23.3%
prime time share and 22.9% in the 24 hours.

Spain

• In the first six months of 2007 consolidated net revenues generated by the
Telecinco Group came to €571.9 million, an increase on the !523.3 for the same
period of the previous year.
• Telecinco’s operating profit rose to €293.0 million, from the !264.4 million of the
first half of 2006.
• operating profitability (operating profit as a proportion of consolidated net
revenues) reached a record level of 51.2% (50.5% in the first half of 2006).
• pre-tax profit came to €302.0 million, compared with !269.1 million in the first
half of 2006.
• net profit amounted to €211.6 million, compared with !186.4 million in the first
half 2006.
• Telecinco’s ratings were also up, consolidating its position as Spain’s absolute
leader with a prime time share of 20.6% and 20.4% in the 24 hours.

FORECAST FOR THE YEAR

On a like-for-like basis and excluding the contribution generated by legislative changes
concerning the use of funds for severance payments, for the current year the Group expects to
generate a higher level of operating profit than last year. The scale of the increase will depend
of the trends in advertising sales both in Italy and in Spain.
From the beginning of the third quarter the companies of the Medusa Group will be fully
consolidated, on a net equity basis, as will the 33.3% stake in the consortium that controls
Endemol (held by Mediacinco). These factors are not expected to have a significant impact of
the consolidated results for the current year, given the positive operating results that will be
generated by the various businesses and the financial structure of the Endemol operation that
sustains the cost of the acquisition.

Italy

Ratings. At the end of the period January-August 2007 Mediaset channels confirmed their
leadership in the commercial target (15-16 year-olds) in all time bands, with an average prime
time share of 42.9% and a 43% share in the 24 hours. Canale 5 consolidated its absolute
leadership, while Italia 1 confirmed its position as Italy’s third most popular channel.
Advertising sales. The trend in sales for Mediaset channels in the two-month period
July/August was up on the figure for the same period of the previous year, confirming the
progressive improvement that began in March. As a result of this performance, advertising
sales, which at the end of the first half was down by -3.4%, after eight months were down by
about -2% compared with the same period of the previous year. A further increase in
advertising sales is expected in the coming months and should lead to consolidated
advertising revenues for the year in line with those of 2006.
Mediaset Premium. Excellent sales have been recorded since the end of June, coinciding with
the launch of the new pay-TV service. To date, around 1.1 million pre-paid cards and 1.4
million re-charges have been sold.

Spain

Telecinco confirmed, also in the two-month period July/August its leadership, both in terms of
share, with a further increase at the end of 8 months in the gap from its main competitors.
The executive responsible for the preparation of the Mediaset S.p.A. accounts,
Andrea Goretti, declares that, as per para. 2 art. 154-bis, of the Single Finance Bill,
that the accounting information contained in this press release corresponds to that
contained in the company’s books.

Department of Communications and Corporate Image
Tel. +39 0225149251
Fax +39 0225149286
e-mail: ufficiostampa@mediaset.it
www.mediaset.it/corporate/

Investor Relations Department
Tel. +39 0225147008
Fax +39 0225148535
e-mail: ir@mediaset.it
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Industrial cleaning machines: a constant growing sector

The business of cleaning machines and equipping is constantly expanding and Italian products are standing out for quality and competitiveness.

Industrial hygiene and cleanliness are fundamental in order to guarantee high quality production. In fact, they provide workers with a better environment thus enhancing productivity and wellness.

Thanks to the decennial experience in the industrial-cleaning sector of its firms, Italy is one of the leading countries with the highest number of machines, produced and distributed within its borders and abroad.

Particularly, the Italian product is very much appreciated in USA and Spain where exports and companies’ investments in industrial sweepers and mechanical vacuum cleaner are at their highest pick.

Just thanks to exports and focused investments on web marketing, these firms are widening their horizons and setting new markets that finally contribute to the growth of both, production and industrial sector.

In these terms, Eureka Srl is a market leader in Italy and worldwide. Thanks to its experience and professionalism in the industrial cleaning sector, Eureka sells and hires out cleaning machines featuring high performances with extremely competitive prices and maintenance costs.

Beside traditional promotion and marketing, more and more Eureka’s investments focus on the Web with a new graphically-intriguing website and an on-line first level promotion on Italian and international search engines ( in English and Spanish)

On this regard, you can easily look for its products on the Website, specifically developed to market industrial cleaning machines.


This article was written by Michele De Capitani with support from industrial sweeper manufacturer. For any information on, please visit industrial cleaning equipment or sweeping machines.

Web Promotion of Offshore Software Development Center

August 25, 2007

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Here are some of the practices used by our development team:

• Inspections
• Component Reusability
• Nightly build and Smoke test
• Change control board
• Top 10 Risk list

Now, when you face insistent needs to start a new IT development project, without a doubt, the most significant thing you can get wrong in running a project development is to mess up the requirements. Get this wrong, and every thing you do after that is doomed. Information needs right effort in gathering, documenting, agreeing and keeping to requirements. We at Hanu, make sure that, we offer you higher quality services at a lower cost. This makes the advantages of IT outsourcing development obvious. We provide both end-to-end solutions - from requirements gathering to application maintenance - and specific design and development expertise. We're the expert users of various software platforms such as Visual Studio (.NET){ we operate .net CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE to deliver unmated quality), Visual Age (Java Development tool from IBM), etc. Our teams employ industry standard tools, such as Rational Rose and Designer 2000, and technique.s during the software development life cycle. So, when you outsource Offshore Software Development Company India to an outside company, you can concentrate on your core activities.

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Positanolife: accommodations guide to amalfi coast

Positanolife, is a touristic guide full of info for anyone who wants to visit and know better positano and amalfi coast. This portal, born few months ago, is now the best touristic guide for accommodations in positano, here you will find descriptions of hotels (from 3 to 5 stars) b&b, holiday inn; suggestions about restaurants of fish cooking, about cooking schools in sorrento coast. Positanolife have also many info about history of positano, legends and traditions of all the little towns of the coast; The section dedicated to photos of Positano will make you discover the beauty of landscape and waterscapes and the page of Excursions descrived all the itineraries, by feet, by car of by boat to discover the real Positano.

MEDIASET: Telecinco our controlled company has disclosed the following press

Today Telecinco our controlled company has disclosed the following press
release

As, in accounting terms, Grupo Publiespaña’s integration occurred as from 1 April
2004, the 2004 results provided for comparison purposes are presented – and filed
with the Spanish stock market regulator (CNMV) – in combined format, that is,
including Grupo Publiespaña’s first quarter results.
The consolidated financial information provided for both 2005 and 2004 are in
accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), which are
applicable to Telecinco as of 1 January 2005 and in force at the date of publication.


Madrid, July 26 2007

Financial results for the first half of 2007
TELECINCO'S NET PROFIT GROWS BY 13.5% ON THE
FIRST HALF
• Telecinco leads in the annual accumulated audience ratings and is the
only channel with a share of more than 20% in terms of total day
(20.4%) and prime time (20.6%) audience, as well as commercial
target (22.7%)
• Grupo Publiespaña’s new record in net advertising revenues, which
grew by 7.8%, reaching €533.84 million, and the adjusted cost control
policy produce a net profit of €211.58 million
• The EBIT, at a record €293.02 million, has climbed 10.8% compared
with the same period of 2006
• Net revenue has grown by 9.3%, to €571.91 million.
During the first half of 2007, Telecinco has improved its financial results thanks
to the efficiency of its management model, the strength of its programming and
creative capacity, and the ability to adapt its commercial strategy, pillars of a
business scheme that takes the channel further and further ahead of its second
and third competitors. An audience average of 20.4% and the growth of net
revenues from advertising by 7.8% have increased net profit for the first half of
the year by 13.6%, reaching a total of €211.58 million.
After the high growth of earnings achieved in 2006, the channel has registered a
new record in the first six months of 2007, confirming that it is one of the leading
television channels in Europe and the leader in Spain in terms of audience,
turnover, advertising, financial margins, generation of cash flow and market
capitalisation. Our leadership position in these areas has allowed Telecinco to
obtain record results in revenue and operating margins (adjusted EBITDA and
EBIT) as well as in net profit.

Telecinco increases net revenues from advertising by 7.8%
Telecinco has registered a new record in the first six months of 2007 with net
advertising revenues of €533.84 million, 7.8% more than the €495.17 million
obtained in the same period of 2006.

Telecinco has again grown its EBIT and EBITDA operating margins despite the
high margins reported in 2006 and an increase in competition. The gross
operating margin (adjusted EBITDA) reached €295.47 million, up by 10.6% on
the first half of 2006. The company's EBIT was €293.02 million, up 10.8% on
the figures from the same period of 2006 (€264.35 million).
Pre-tax profit leapt from €269.09 million in the first half of 2006 to €302.02
million, an increase of 12.2%.
Net profit totalled €211.58 million, representing an increase of 13.5% on the first
half of 2006 (€186.42 million).

Grupo Publiespaña hits a new high with an increase of 7.9% in its gross
advertising revenues
In the first six months of 2007 Grupo Publiespaña has once again ranked first in
the Spanish television broadcasting market in terms of turnover with record gross
advertising revenues of €558.12 million, a 7.9% increase on the same period in
2006 (€517.33 million).

Record results thanks to a careful and studied cost control policy
During the first half of 2007, total operating costs grew by 7.7% on the same
period of 2006 to €278.89 million. This growth is in line with the targets set by
the channel for its television operations and includes costs stemming from the
integration of Jumpy and the incorporation of Mediacinco Cartera S.L.
Telecinco leads in the accumulated audience rankings and becomes the only
television channel with a share of more than 20%

The strength of the channel's programming across all time slots and particularly
at prime time has been Telecinco's main tool to retain its position as the only
television channel with an audience share of more than 20%.

In the first half of 2007, the channel retained the top position which it
consistently boasted throughout 2006. Telecinco was the most-watched
channel in January, February, March, April, May and June with a 20.4%
audience share, 2.5 points ahead of Antena 3 (17.9%) and 3 points ahead of
TVE 1 (17.4%). This figure places Telecinco as the best performer compared
with the same period of 2006, showing a year-on-year difference of only 0.9%,
compared with Antena 3’s steep decline of 2.5% and TVE 1's 1.3% decline.

Telecinco ended the first six months of 2007 as the audience share leader in the
prime time slot with 20.6%, beating Antena 3 by 3 points (17.6%) and TVE 1
by 3.9 points (16.7%). Similarly, Telecinco’s prime time appears to be the least
affected by the emergence of new competitors with a decline of only one point
compared to the same period of 2006. TVE 1 dropped 1.8 points and Antena 3
again showed the greatest year-on-year decline, with its prime time down by 2.4
points.

January - June 2007
Telecinco Antena 3 TVE 1
Day total 20.4% 17.9% 17.4%
Prime Time 20.6% 17.6% 16.7%

With respect to the commercial target, in the first half of 2007, Telecinco
exhibits its historic lead in the day total - 22.7%, 4.7 points more than Antena 3
(18%) and 9.2 points more than TVE 1(13.5%) - as well as at prime time
(23.4%), a figure that is 6.1 points higher than Antena 3 (17.3%) and 10.3 points
higher than TVE 1 (13.1%):
Telecinco improves its relative position compared to traditional channels
If we compare the three general television channels which existed before the launch
of the new channels using a calculation in which Telecinco, Antena 3 and TVE 1
account for 100% of the market, the results achieved by Telecinco in the first half of
2007 on the same period of 2006 show that the channel would have improved its
relative position by 1.4% to 36.6%; Antena 3 would have dropped 1.6% from
33.8% in the first half of 2006 to 32.1% in the first half of 2007; and TVE 1 would
have improved its relative position by 0.3%, from 31% to 31.2% in the first half of
2007.

Telecinco Antena 3 TVE 1
H1 2007 36.6 32.1 31.2
H1 2006 35.3 33.8 31
Change +1.4 -1.6 +0.3

Comments by Paolo Vasile and Giuseppe Tringali, chief executives of
Telecinco

“The advertising turnover results obtained in the first half confirm the leading
position of our channel and concession. Despite greater competition,
Publiespaña maintains its market share and increases its efficiency ratio. The
privileged position that we have reached in our market is only a stimulus to
continue improving our range of programmes and advertising formats with the
aim of giving our clients an improved commercial profile and better quality
service”, stated Giuseppe Tringali.

According to Paolo Vasile, “these results are a reward for the daily work and
Telecinco Antena 3 TVE 1
Commercial target, day total 2007 22.7% 18% 13.5%
Commercial target, prime time 2007 23.4% 17.3% 13.1%

efforts of a team that did not let themselves be discouraged by the changes in
the industry landscape and saw a determination to continue growing despite
the emergence of new competitors and the negative outlook for the television
business. The results we present today confirm the strength of general,
commercial television”.

• Pictures of Alejandro Echevarría – the Chairman of Telecinco – and of
the chief executives Paolo Vasile and Giuseppe Tringali are attached.
TELECINCO PRESS OFFICE

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Italy Holiday at the Hostel Ferrara!

Newly created web site: www.ostelloferrara.it for the Estense City Hostel of Ferrara

The “Estense City Hostel” is located in the centre of Ferrara and it is a very important place for young people spending their holidays in the Emilia Romagna region.

Hostel Ferrara is the ideal place to spend a vacation in Ferrara in absolute freedom and in a very convenient location thanks to its wonderful position and the services provided.

Alone, with friend, with family or travelling with school friends, the “Estense City Hostel” helps every tourist to make his stay in Ferrara a unique experience!

Many initiatives have been promoted by the Estense City Hostel and by the city of Ferrara itself, during this period of vacation.

The Estense City Hostel is the real hostel in the city of Ferrara. It is located in an ancient building inside the “Renaissance” quarter, near the museums and the important monuments of the city.

It is one of the most regularly visited hostels of the Emilia Romagna region, because of its proximity to the centre of the city as well as for its elegance and the extraordinary competence of its staff.

Its structure is adequate to receive big groups of visitors. There are 18 rooms available and it is provided with a lift and without architectural features denying access to handicapped people thus allowing an easy access to everybody.

It is the ideal place for an economic vacation, but without giving up essential optionals for a complete relax.

The web site has an enormous variety of contents in addition to a very precise and winning graphical garment.

Everything has been studied in details, with the translation into 3 languages: Italian, English and German, which are the most used languages by our customers.

For Info www.ostelloferrara.it/eng/index.html

MEDIASET SIGNED FOR THE ACQUISITION OF MEDUSA

AGREEMENT SIGNED FOR THE ACQUISITION OF MEDUSA MEDIASET BETS ON ITALIAN CINEMA AFTER ENDEMOL, ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS GREATER CONTROL OF CONTENT

Renewed top management at Medusa:
Carlo Rossella, chairman, Giampaolo Letta, MD
Mediaset S.p.a. has reached an agreement with Fininvest S.p.A. to buy
100% of the share capital of the Medusa Group. The closing of the
operation is expected to take place on 16 July 2007.
Fininvest S.p.A. has a 35.97% stake in Mediaset S.p.A. and owns 100%
of the Medusa Group.

The value of the operation for Mediaset

The acquisition of Medusa, national leader in film production and
distribution, is for Mediaset an operation of strategic significance that will:
• reinforce the company’s position in the content area (following the
recent Endemol operation) focused production and the exploitation of
film rights which are a primary resource across all platforms;
• allow direct and growing involvement in the production of Italian
cinema, a relevant feature of the scheduling requirements of the
Mediaset Group’s channels, which thanks to recent investments will
translate into growth across the entire sector and support the cultural
value of national production;
• generate further diversification into areas adjoining its “core business”
(theatrical management, home video)

The nature of the agreement

The price for the operation, which is of €152 million, has been calculated
on the basis of the net assets of the Medusa Group at 31/12/2006.
In the form of an integration of the price, Mediaset S.p.A. has promised
to pay to Fininvest S.p.A. a balance of up to a maximum of €18 million, to
be related to box office receipts from films distributed in the 2007-2008
seasons.

In support of the resolutions made by Mediaset’s boards regarding the
operation, the investment bank Lehman Brothers International has
determined that the price is in line with market values.

What is the Medusa Group

The Medusa Group operates in the production and distribution of Italian
and international films, cinema management, the development of
multiplex complexes and home entertainment.

The main companies of the Medusa Group are the parent company
Medusa Film and the companies Medusa Cinema, Medusa Multicinema
and Medusa Video, all of which are wholly-owned subsidiaries.
• Medusa Film is engaged in film production (investments in Italian
cinema production amounts to around €65 million) and the distribution
of films and rights for theatrical release, free-to-air television, pay-TV
and pay-per-view. In the distribution sector, in 2006, Medusa came
overall second and was the top Italian company with a market share of
13% (in 2005 it was in the fourth and second places respectively, with
a market share of 10.3%). In the current season, which began on
1/12/2006, Medusa is the overall leading distribution company with a
market share of around 18%.
• Medusa Cinema and Medusa Multicinema are among the biggest
cinema operators in the Italian market in terms of tickets sold and the
number of screens (with a network that covers Italy’s most important
cities, above all in the north of the country). The companies currently
run 101 screens, of which 100 are in multiplex complexes and one in a
traditional theatre.
• Medusa Video operates in the home entertainment sector, where it is
among the leading Italian players in the distribution of films,
documentaries, cartoons, and TV programmes on videocassette and
DVD.
Business results and assets of the Medusa Group
Here are the financial highlights of the Medusa Group for the year to 31
December 2006:
• the Medusa Group’s consolidated net assets at 31/12/2006 amounted
to €152 million
• net revenues: €195.5 million (+18.3% on 2005)
• operating profit was up compared with 2005: from -€3.0 to +€16.8
million
• net profit was up compared with 2005: from -€4.6 to +€6.7 million
• the consolidated net financial position was up on 2005: from -€85.7 to -
€55.0 million

New top management

In view of the announced resignation of the board of directors of the
Medusa Group, that will be formalised before the closing of the
operation, Mediaset’s executive committee, which met today, has drawn
up the new top management for the company.

Carlo Rossella, who will step down as editor of TG5, has been
nominated to take over as chairman. Rossella, after an extraordinary
journalistic career which has seen him as the editor of national daily
newspapers, newsmagazines and TV news programmes, has the ideal
experience and authority to be the chairman of a company like Medusa
that is engaged, at a national and international level, in editorial and
cultural activities.

Giampaolo Letta has been confirmed in his role as deputy chairman
and managing director and will guarantee great experience and
continuity in the management of the various aspects of film production
and distribution.

Cologno Monzese, 3 July 2007

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FAA Issues Changes To Light-Sport Aircraft Rule

Friday June 22, 9:00 am ET


SEATTLE, WA--(MARKET WIRE)--Jun 22, 2007 -- Jim Bede, Director of Aeronautical Design for Exosphere Aircraft Company, Inc. (Other OTC:EXSA.PK - News), was featured on Market News First (www.mn1.com) in an exclusive live interview with MN1's Bob Leonard & Rich Hancock. The interview took place on June 20, 2007 at 10:30AM CDT. MN1 also wrote a feature story about EXSA that can be viewed on its website.
The story focuses on EXSA's direction in 2007 under the tutelage of Jim Bede, the explosive light-sport aircraft marketplace and the evolution of the industry. Join Jim Bede to learn more about the goals of the design of the BD-22S and the BD-22, including his aim to build both the best and most affordable LSA in the market. View the story on MN1's website at the following link:

Website: Jim Bede explains Exosphere.

The Podcast featuring Jim Bede can be viewed at the following link:

Listen: Windows Media


About Exosphere Aircraft Company - (ExosphereAir.com)

Exosphere Aircraft Company is a light-sport aircraft design and manufacturing company, pioneering new and innovative airplanes for the private builder. Exosphere aims to provide the marketplace with planes that meet the majority of consumer needs, finding ways to incorporate fuel efficiency, weight limitations, plane performance and current design trends into new planes.

Jim Bede is a well-known, innovative aircraft designer and has been highly influential in the kit plane market. Bill Lear, creator of the LearJet, called Jim, "the best damned airplane designer in the world." Since 1961, Bede has focused on making flying affordable for everyone, developing his own line of aircraft. The most famous of these, the BD-5 micro-plane was featured in two James Bond movies, "Octopussy" and "Die Another Day."

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Holiday Camping in Italy

Italy’s Federconsumatori gives the warning:
Increase of prices for Holidays’ makers on the Adriatic sea of Italy.
So Italians choose campings.

Like every year, Federconsumatori gives the alarm: Italian hotels are too expensive, especially those near the sea. Therefore a good choice seems to be campisites, often located in front of the sea, with all the facilities to make your holiday unforgettable.

In the North Italy, and particularly in Friuli Venezia Giulia, the most famous camping is “PuntaSpin”, 4km near Grado (Gorizia). Selected not only by Italians, but also by English, Germans and Dutch.

The village has a huge camping area, with numbered pitches all situated under the trees near woods framing the beach. Otherwise you can choose Residence PuntaSpin with small villas, bungalows and mobile homes.

Their guests have access to a private beach with a jetty and small boat hiring service. There also is a shopping gallery with a supermarket, selling tobacco products and newspapers, a pizzeria and a restaurant, two pubs, an entertainment area, three swimming pools, three tennis courts, five football fields, a minigolf area, table tennis and a playground area for children.

The residence Punta Spin is situated next to a large beach and is surrounded by the shade of pine trees. It is just a few kilometres form the Val Cavanata’s wildlife oasis, the ideal place to be seen for naturalistic purposes.

The village, with its bungalows, mobile homes and camping offers several possibilities for its guests to relax and enjoy themselves in a perfectly preserved natural environment. The beautiful towns of Grado, Trieste and Aquileia are just a short distance away.

The accomodation at the Punta Spin residence will make you and your family feel at home! If you are looking for a relaxing holiday with every comfort, in an area even suitable for big families, you can visit us at www.puntaspin.it.