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TORONTO (Canada) - March 13, 2009 -Peace Point Entertainment Group is proud to present to the world some of its most compelling, innovative and entertaining series on Joost.com.

No stranger to digital innovation, Peace Point’s new partnership with Joost is a further step in the company’s digital evolution that it embarked on two years ago. “"We’re always looking for ways to expand the reach of our series in the digital universe and this new partnership with Joost opens up a huge new audience to several of the more successful titles in our catalogue,” says Peace Point founder Les Tomlin. He also added, "Peace Point expects to add more titles in the coming months."

As of today, 74 episodes from five award-winning Peace Point series will be available to viewers around the world for free on Joost.com or the Joost App for the iPhone and iPod Touch. These long-form, factual programs, which have already been viewed by millions around the world, include:

• Goths, buskers and trannies, Urban Nites (http://joost.com/379rj6t) is a documentary-drama hybrid series featuring the nocturnal characters that populate Montreal's great urban outdoors including hustlers, street performers & vampires. Some of the characters we meet are real. Some are fictional. In this surreal landscape determining truth from fiction is the challenge, your challenge. At the end of each episode all is revealed. 2004 Gold winner for News and doc directing at Houston’s Worldfest Awards.
• Wasaga, Hawaii and Miami, Tanlines (http://joost.com/379rj6v) explores the best beaches and beach bodies found around the world. Host Chris Jackson takes you to renowned exotic beaches and other summer hot spots, exploring the local beach culture, summer festivals and nightlife at each exciting location. 2004 Silver winner for on-air talent at Worldfest.
• Outhouse (http://joost.com/379rj6x) is a comedic renovation show with a twist. In every episode two of the crappiest homes in a neighborhood are chosen to have their exteriors glamorized under the watchful eye of our 2 comedic hosts, Brad and Chris (who just happen to be identical twins), and a team of contractors. Working with a $5,000 budget each homeowner team has just 48 hours to work their magic. Who will win the coveted "Golden Outhouse" trophy? You'll find out at The Outhouse Street Party, where the neighbors vote on who best turned crap into gold. 2004 Bronze winner for Reality at Worldfest.
• Snowboarding, Mountain Biking and Ultimate Frisbee, Sweat (http://joost.com/379rj6w) deconstructs extreme sports. 2004 Bronze winner for Editing/Graphics at Worldfest
• From Killarney to White Shell, CampNOut (http://joost.com/379rj6u) celebrates "roughing it" in the Canadian wilderness. From campsites to parks in some of the most beautiful locations Canada.

Peace Point Entertainment Group is a Toronto-based independent producer of cutting-edge television content for the worldwide market. To date, the company has produced well over 400 hours of television content with distribution in over 35 international markets. Current shows in production and/or airing include Ed’s Up! (OLN Canada), Bump! (OUTtv), Food Jammers (Food Canada), Fresh with Anna Olson (Food Canada), Reality Obsessed (TVtropolis) and Real Fight Club (Global TV). The company creates, finances, produces and distributes popular television programming in a variety of genres including doc, lifestyle, reality and drama. Additionally, Peace Point is a shareholder of OUTtv Canada where Tomlin also sits on the board. OUTtv is a national Canadian digital specialty channel (formerly PrideVision). For more information and video clips, log onto: www.peacepoint.tv

Founded by Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström, Joost brings video and social interaction together online. All of the video on Joost is professionally produced and streams on-demand to people around the world for free in a high-quality format. Today, Joost has more than 57,000 program elements, including more than 400 television series and 1,200 movie and short film titles, and 18,000 music videos. For more information, visit www.joost.com.

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Daniel Paquette
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