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YesVideo to Offer Digital Imaging Services in Over 1000 Brooks Eckerd Pharmacy Drugstores

SANTA CLARA, CA – (MARKET WIRE) – May 15 , 2005 - YesVideo, Inc. (www.yesvideo.com), the leader in automated digital authoring, and Brooks Eckerd Pharmacy, one of America's leading pharmacy chains, are joining together to bring DVD transfer services to over one thousand Brooks Eckerd Pharmacy Express Photo locations nationwide. YesVideo's media imaging and digital transfer services will be available to consumers in all Brooks Eckerd Pharmacy Express Photo locations. The YesVideo DVD product, called YesDVD, will convert VHS tape, camcorder cassettes, movie film, 35mm slides, and photographs direct to DVD discs suitable for playback on DVD players and PCs with DVD-ROM drives.

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YesDVD chapter menus include 54 chapters, with chapter points set at
natural scene breaks. These chapters, also depicted on the DVD case,
allow the customers to jump directly to the scenes they want to watch.

YesVideo's patented technology automates the indexing and authoring of media content onto professionally featured DVDs. The service at Brooks Eckerd Pharmacy will be targeted to customers who want to preserve, view and share their precious memories. It is well known that videotape degrades and loses quality over time and movie film and slide projectors are giving way to DVD players and digital projectors. Moreover, as more consumers "go digital" for cameras, camcorders, and portable devices, they are moving VHS-based birthdays, anniversaries, and other events to DVD.

"YesDVD is the most comprehensive solution for consumers to preserve and easily view home movies, slides, and photos on DVD," said Greg Ayres, COO of YesVideo Inc. "The YesVideo partnership with Brooks Eckerd Pharmacy serves this growing market by adding the convenience of offering these digital services at photo counters in over 1000 locations."

YesDVD authoring adds an array of value-added DVD features:

-- Chapter points organized around natural scene breaks
-- Menu screens with visual images of each chapter
-- Custom DVD case cover sheet with images that serve as a content guide
-- Music video highlights extracted from the best moments and set to the beat of music
-- Optional on-disc editing software for use on PCs

About YesVideo

YesVideo, Inc. is dedicated to providing its customers with easy and affordable solutions to preserve and enjoy their video and photographic memories. As the leader in automated digital media authoring, YesVideo develops and utilizes best in class video engineering and state of the art software technology to enable top-quality, on demand DVD and CD video publishing. Founded in 1999 by Sai-Wai Fu, a pioneer in digital video compression Technology, YesVideo is a privately held company, with headquarters in Santa Clara California. For More information about YesVideo, visit http://www.yesvideo.com.

About Brooks Eckerd Pharmacy

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When customers drop off their videotapes, movie reels,
slides or prints at Brooks Eckerd Pharmacy Express Photo stores,
they receive a high-quality, professionally-featured DVD product.

The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) USA, Inc, which operates under the name Brooks Eckerd Pharmacy, is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc, the fourth largest drugstore chain in North America and the second largest in both the eastern United States and Canada. The Company and its combined network of 2,173 corporate and franchised drugstores (under the banners of Brooks and Eckerd Pharmacy, PJC Jean Coutu, PJC Clinique and PJC Santé Beauté) employ more than 60,000 people.

The Jean Coutu Group's United States operations employ 46,000 people and comprise 1,853 corporate owned stores located in 18 states of the Northeastern, mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States

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