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Thursday, April 24, 2008

Jaman CEO & Actress/Director Isabella Rossillini Discuss Future of Online Film at Tribeca Film Festival

Jaman CEO & Actress/Director Isabella Rossillini Discuss Future of Online Film at Tribeca Film Festival

                               FRIDAY, APRIL 25                'Click to View: The Future of New Media' Panel    WHO:    Gaurav Dhillon, founder and CEO of Jaman, will speak about his           company's role in creating new ways to make online film and video           viewing a more social and global experience.            Other panelists will include:               --  Moderator: Georg Szalai, business editor and New York                   bureau chief for The Hollywood Reporter.               --  Isabella Rossellini, acclaimed actress and writer/director                   of Green Porno, a series of 3 short films about the sex                   lives of bugs, insects and various creatures.               --  Rick Cotton, Executive Vice President & General Counsel                   for NBC Universal.               --  Jason Hirschhorn, President of EchoStar's Sling Media                   Entertainment Group, and was previously the Chief Digital                   Officer at MTV Networks     WHAT:   Writers fought for it, directors want it, and actors are next in           line.  What is "new media," and what does it mean for artists and           audiences?  Join those on the frontlines of this fast-growing           industry for a conversation with filmmakers Isabella Rossellini,           whose series of short films were created for mobile devices, and           Gaurav Dhillon, founder and CEO of Jaman, about what we watch,           make and distribute outside the multiplex.    WHEN:   Friday, April 25 at 5 p.m.    WHERE:  Tribeca Cinemas, Theater 2           54 Varick Street (at Laight St.), New York, NY 10013     To Request An Interview with Gaurav Dhillon, Please Contact:   Jenny Michalski, Jaman, 650-525-3513, jenny@jaman.com  -- or --   Elise Freimuth, mPRm Public Relations, 323-933-3399, efreimuth@mprm.com   

About Gaurav Dhillon -- Gaurav Dhillon is founder and CEO of entertainment company Jaman.com. He was recently recognized by Variety's Fest Zest 60 List "Faces to watch for the Cannes Film Festivals 60th Anniversary." An avid media maven, Gaurav founded Jaman after a successful, 12-year tenure as CEO of Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ:INFA) , a Silicon Valley company that he co-founded and led from a startup idea in 1992 to a leading software enterprise. Gaurav led Informatica through its initial launch, an IPO in 1999, expansion into Europe and Asia, and through the establishment of alliances with major technology and consulting companies by the time he left in 2004.

About Jaman.com -- Jaman.com is an online entertainment destination for people to discover, enjoy and review high-definition movies from around the world. From the world's largest online library of feature films and documentaries, viewers can browse and select from quality films and then download these movies directly onto their PCs, Macs, televisions and home-set-top boxes such as AppleTVs and TiVos. Jaman.com provides filmmakers and studios a secure way to distribute their films and in turn, opens new worldwide markets. The company is based in San Mateo, California, and is backed by luminaries in technology and media. For more information, please visit http://www.jaman.com/.

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