Michael Payne joins Board of Directors

Jun 11, 2008 12:17:00 PM

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MONTREAL, June 11 /CNW Telbec/ - Kangaroo Media Inc. (TSX: KTV) announces that at the Corporation's Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on June 10, 2008, shareholders elected Michael Payne as a new member of the Board of Directors of Kangaroo Media.

Mr. Payne has had an accomplished and distinguished career in the sports marketing industry. He currently runs his own strategic global consultancy with major sports organisations, governments, media organisations and companies as clients. Upon leaving the IOC after the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, Mr. Payne was, for a time, special advisor to F1 Chief Bernie Ecclestone, on such things as media and marketing rights. When Mr. Payne joined the IOC in 1983, he was hired to create the first ever global marketing strategy for the Olympic Games, and subsequently served as the first marketing director of the International Olympic and director of the Olympic global broadcast and media rights Committee, overseeing marketing of 15 Summer and Winter Games.

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The Corporation also announces that Mr. Jean-Denis Talon, who served as a director of the Corporation since 2004, confirmed prior to the meeting that he would not seek re-election to the Board and resigned for personal reasons effective June 6, 2008.

Pierre Boivin, Chairman of the Board, thanked Mr. Talon for his service on the Board since 2004 and was pleased to welcome Mr. Payne: "Michael Payne is one of the most influential marketers in the sports world. His expertise and his relationships in the world of sports management, sports properties and media rights will be invaluable to Kangaroo Media over the coming years."

The other Board members re-elected at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders are Pierre Boivin, Marc Arseneau, Justin F. Beckett, Jean Arseneau, Alain Charette, Alain Rhéaume, George J. Rossi and André P. Brosseau.

About Kangaroo Media Inc.

Kangaroo Media Inc. develops, manufactures, commercializes, sells and rents hand-held wireless audiovisual multi-functional entertainment systems that allow users to enhance their on-site viewing experience of sporting events. Kangaroo Media's unique proprietary technology delivers real-time video, audio and data content to each fan's hand-held Kangaroo TV device. It gives fans the ability to create their own live-action sporting event on-site. Kangaroo Media, headquartered near Montreal, Canada, is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (www.tsx.com) under the symbol KTV. For more information, visit www.kangaroo.tv.

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