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Grouper 3.0 / Crackle Update June 2007

Grouper 3.0 / Crackle Update June 2007. 2 Executive Summary From acquisition to-date, SPE has focused on integration and audience expansion –Leveraged

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Grouper 3.0 / Crackle Update

June 2007

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Executive Summary

• From acquisition to-date, SPE has focused on integration and audience expansion

– Leveraged SPE content and marketing strength (Seinfeld, Rescue Me, Spiderman)

– Integrated Grouper into Sony hardware platforms (PSP, VAIO, Bravia)

– Increased on-site audience and established distribution network to 100+ million monthly streams

• The market for user-generated video has evolved since our acquisition of Grouper

– Competition among general UGV sites continues to intensify

– Proliferation of low quality video is making it harder for users to find compelling content

– Advertisers want to associate their brands with higher quality content

• SPE and Grouper are uniquely positioned to exploit the emerging market opportunity

– Leverage Sony content expertise to marry Hollywood quality with viral nature of UGV

– Utilize programming and incentives to attract and feature the best content

– Syndicate the viral player and channels across the Global Video Network

– Monetize audience through advertising sales by SPTAS and rep firms

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Historical Growth of Grouper and the Global Video Network

Grouper 1.0“Share your videos

with friends”

Grouper 2.0“Share your videos

with the world”

SPE Acquisition

Grouper 3.0“Marriage of Hollywood Quality & Viral Video”

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Growth of Global Video Network

July ‘07

* Excludes ValueClick customers

Grouper has seen significant growth in its audience since acquisition

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Integratedwith SPE

Integrated Across Sony

FY08Initiatives

• Grouper in the PSP firmware

• Grouper service on IP-enabled Bravia

• Integrating Grouper for video sharing with Sony Ericsson and Sony Digital Imaging

• Grouper screensaver on all VAIOs

• Licensing content for digital delivery on PS3, including HOME initiative

• Unique SPE content offering -- ScreenBites

• DVD promotion for Seinfeld Season 7

• Contests for SPE theatrical releases (Pursuit of Happyness & Spider-Man 3)

• Firehouse channel tie-in with Rescue Me

Grouper’s Support for “Sony United”

Digital Imaging

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Evolution of the Grouper Home Page

AT ACQUISITIONImmersed Users in a Wide Variety of UGV

TODAY Presents Editorialized Content on a Channel Basis

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“Hollywood” Content Viral VideoThe Opportunity

• High quality content viewed by many

• Less viral and offers less variety than UGV

• Combine the viral nature of user-generated video with the quality of “Hollywood” content

• Unlimited variety of content• Highly viral• Lacks quality of traditional

studio content

Number of Videos in the Category

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rsThe Grouper 3.0 Opportunity

Product re-launch positions Crackle to exploit the “mid-tail” strategy of online video

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Key Tenants of the Grouper 3.0 Strategy

Content Fame Distribution Monetization

Product

• The best content not on TV

• Programmed in narrowly defined channels

• Institutionalize Fame

• Offer incentives that money can’t buy (status, distribution)

• Syndicate through network of partner sites

• Integrate with Sony hardware

• Leverage SPT Ad Sales relationships

• Monetize through ads and channel sponsorships

• High quality video playback

• Fame partner brands tightly integrated

• External player syndicates full experience

• Support for a wide range of ad types

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