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The DivX� Film Festival, an online video festival devoted to creativity, storytelling and improving digital media, has announced the winners on DivX Stage6�. The finalists are recognized for their high-quality submissions, impressions on key industry judges and engagement with an interactive online community. Contest submissions were evaluated by DivX employees in conjunction with a panel of key industry judges. All entries were submitted in the high-quality DivX media format, containing an interactive menu and at least one other advanced feature -- chapter points, subtitles or alternate audio tracks. And the winners are� Grand Prize (US $5000 and DivX Certified hardware and software) "Kowalski's Dream" - Daniel Zdunczyk, Poland � First Prize (US $1000 and DivX Certified hardware and software) "One" - Philip Day, United Kingdom � Second Prize (five winners, US $500 and DivX Certified hardware and software) "The Snow Witch" - Michelle Pettit-Mee and Kheri Batal, United Kingdom "Male Restroom Etiquette" - Philip Rice, USA "The Final Stop" - Elad Bar-On, Israel "Nines" - Adrian Fulle, USA "Only" - Philip Rice, USA Visit the DivX Film Festival channel on Stage6 (www.stage6.com/DivX-Film-Festival) for a complete list of winners. �We are thrilled to see so much amazing content submitted to the DivX Film Festival, including a huge interest in the interactive content from the online community,� said Darrius Thompson, Cofounder, Senior Vice President of Strategy and New Business at DivX, Inc. �The Stage6 platform connects the end-user to the filmmaker, eliminating the middle-man and creating a fusion of ideas to bring growth and inspiration to build a better digital media future.� �The advanced features of DivX gave the whole movie watching experience an extra dimension, allowing the viewer a tiny glimpse into our (the directors�) minds,� said Michelle Pettit-Mee and Kheri Batal, second prize winners for their film, �The Snow Witch.� �It also allowed, with the use of subtitles, other viewers to follow the story and enjoy it in a way they wouldn�t have (been able to)�without them.� �The advanced features allowed me to do Spanish subtitles for my film and I�ve received numerous messages from Spanish speaking viewers who thanked me for providing them so they could understand what was going on,� said Adrian Fulle, second prize winner and fiction genre winner for his film, �Nines.� �Creating the extra features was really easy to do. That kind of tool is invaluable to an indie filmmaker like me�to be able to get my movie out there to a wider audience is simply awesome.� �I was�really impressed with the quality and breadth of submissions from�an�international community. Whether live action, animated or mashups, DivX tools allowed creators, big on�talent and vision, to�develop studio-quality productions with little or no budget,� said Rodney Satterwhite, Genius Products, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. �Aspiring filmmakers�now have the tools and a serious forum where�their stories can be witnessed by a worldwide audience.�Big kudos to the folks at DivX for�providing�Stage6, a platform which delivers�truly meaningful content.� For official rules and to learn more about the contest visit the official film festival page at www.divx.com/DivXFilmFestival. Winning films can be viewed at www.stage6.com/DivX-Film-Festival. About DivX, Inc. DivX (NASDAQ:DIVX) creates products and services designed to improve the experience of media. Our first product offering was a video compression-decompression software library, or codec, which has been actively sought out and downloaded over 220 million times since January 2003, including over 70 million times during the last twelve months. We have since built on the success of our codec with other consumer software, including the DivX Player application, which is distributed from our website, www.divx.com. We also license our technologies to consumer hardware device manufacturers and certify their products to ensure the interoperable support of DivX-encoded content. In addition to technology licensing to consumer hardware device manufacturers, we currently generate revenue from software licensing, advertising and content distribution. Forward-Looking Statements Statements in this press release that are not strictly historical in nature constitute "forward-looking statements." Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding DivX�s visibility within the investment community. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause DivX�s actual results to be materially different from historical results or from any results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, the risk that customer use of DivX technology may not grow as anticipated, the risk that anticipated market opportunities may not materialize at expected levels, or at all, the risk that the Company�s activities may not result in the growth of profitable revenue, risks and uncertainties related to the maintenance and strength of the DivX brand; DivX�s ability to penetrate existing and new markets; the effects of competition; DivX�s dependence on its licensees and partners; the effect of intellectual property rights claims; and other factors discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of DivX�s quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 15, 2007. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. DivX is providing this information as of the date of this release and does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this release as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.