LOS ANGELES – October 18, 2006 – here!, America's premium gay television network, and Regent Media, which finances, produces and distributes award-winning and profitable theatrical and television content, have announced that they will be contributing over 40 titles to Outfest's Legacy Project for LGBT Film Preservation, a singular program devoted to addressing the crisis in LGBT film preservation and protecting and preserving the landmark LGBT films produced over the past 30 years. This initial donation will be part of an ongoing partnership in which here! and Regent will continue to donate titles on a yearly basis.

Award-winning films "Gods & Monsters," "Beautiful Boxer," "HellBent" and "Summer Storm" along with fan favorites "Julie Johnson," "Callas Forever" and "Queens" and here! Originals including "Dante's Cove," "Third Man Out: A Donald Strachey Mystery," and "Tides of War" will be included in this initial donation to the Legacy Project.

"here! and Regent Media are honored to contribute to this historic cultural initiative," said Mark Reinhart, EVP of Distribution and Acquisitions at here! Networks. "As a major producer and distributor of LGBT content, we are intimately aware of the importance of preserving our community's cultural legacy and are thrilled to participate in helping Outfest and UCLA ensure that these images are available for generations of LGBT audiences to come."

Outfest Legacy Project is the only program in the world devoted to addressing the crisis in LGBT film preservation. In partnership with the UCLA Film & Television Archive, the Legacy Project has established the largest publicly accessible collection of LGBT moving images in the world. In addition, Outfest and UCLA are collecting film prints and other material for permanent preservation, will strike new prints for widespread public exhibition and restore damaged films to their initial release forms.

"We are very fortunate to have such an accomplished and diverse collection of films from the here! and Regent libraries to add to the Outfest Legacy Project's ever-growing collection of LGBT moving images," said Kirsten Schaffer, Senior Director at Outfest.

More information about all here! and Regent titles can be found at www.regententertainment.com.

About here!

here!, America's premium gay television network, was established in 2002 and is currently available to more than 50 million households nationwide. here! offers a wide variety of groundbreaking and acclaimed original movies and series plus the world's largest collection of gay and lesbian films appealing to the broad-based, diverse LGBT audience. here! is available nationwide on all major cable providers either as a 24/7 premium channel such as in New York City; a subscription video on demand (SVOD) service; and/or as a video on demand (VOD) service along with being available on major satellite providers. here! is also available to broadband homes via major Internet TV providers. here! Interactive Media, the online division of here! Networks, has more than 3 million unique visitors a month through sites including GayWired.com, GayMonkey.com, LesbiaNation.com and GaySports.com.

here! Films is the theatrical distribution and worldwide sales division of here!, America's premium gay television network, which was established in 2002 by Regent Entertainment co-founders Paul Colichman and Stephen P. Jarchow. here! Films' North American theatrical distribution is handled by its sister company, Regent Releasing. here! Films is headed by Mark Reinhart, Executive Vice President of Distribution and Acquisitions. here! Films' recent acquisitions include "Cut Sleeve Boys," "Looking for Cheyenne" "Freshman Orientation," and "Queens." Recent here! Films theatrical releases include "Margaret Cho: Assassin," "Guys and Balls," "Callas Forever," "Beautiful Boxer," "Summer Storm," "HellBent" and "April's Shower," among others.

About Regent Media

Regent Media and its affiliates finance, produce and distribute award-winning and profitable theatrical and television content. Regent Media's properties include: Regent Studios, an award-winning full service motion picture studio; Regent Releasing, one of the leaders in independent theatrical releasing; here! Networks, a groundbreaking multi-platformed distribution company focused on critically-acclaimed gay and lesbian programming; and here! Interactive Media, the online division of here! Networks, which has more than 3 million unique visitors a month through sites including GayWired.com, GayMonkey.com, LesbiaNation.com and GaySports.com. The decade-old company produces 30 films annually and now has a library of over 3,500 titles, including such high-profile projects as Bill Condon's Academy Award-winning "Gods and Monsters," starring Sir Ian McKellen and Brendan Fraser and Franco Zeffirelli's "Callas Forever," starring Jeremy Irons and Fanny Ardant. For more information, please visit Regent's website at www.regententertainment.com.

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