December 20, 2007

Para.TV Opens a New Website Called “NUMO,” the Industry’s First Unlimited
Free-Download Website for Cell-Phone Animation Materials

We hereby announce that Para.TV Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President: Toru
Akizuki, hereinafter, “Para.TV”), a subsidiary of Avex Marketing Inc. (Headquarters:
Minato-ku, Tokyo, President: Takashi Araki), has opened a new website, “NUMO,” that is the
industry’s first unlimited free download website for cell-phone animation materials.

This new animation material website, based on free registration, accepts three major
cell-phone carriers and provides a new service of adding the latest popular music as BGM
(background music) into more than 250 animations, as well as still and moving images taken
by users. This is a totally new communication website that enables users to enjoy creating
their original animations. “NUMO” provides users who cannot be satisfied with greeting
mails and “Deco mails” with a new entertainment service.

Features of the unlimited free cell-phone animation materials download website, “NUMO”
1.

By adding BGM into an animation, it can be transformed into your original work.
2.

By adding characters to an animation, you can express your feelings more eloquently.
3.

By uniting an animation with moving images and pictures that you’ve taken, you can
make a memorable moving animation.
4.

By attaching an animation that you’ve made to an e-mail, you can easily give a present to
your friends, girlfriend or boyfriend, or family members.

Service name: “Unlimited animation download website NUMO”
URL: http://numo.jp (for mobile phones only)
Available mobile terminals: NTT DoCoMo, au, and SoftBank cell-phones
Registration: free of charge (some animations and music are charged)
○ About Para.TV Inc.
Centering on its well-established distribution service for animations with high-quality images
and sound not previously available on mobile services, Para.TV has provided and applied
distribution technologies and know-how to cell-phone websites operated by the Avex Group.
Para.TV will continue to cosponsor animation/sound distribution business and provide related
technologies to a wide range of cell-phone carriers. The company will also continue to
propose animation/sound distribution business to content holders and promote content
production and development.
For more information, please visit Para.TV’s official website: http://www.paratv.co.jp/
Contact: Avex Group Holdings Inc.
Investors & Public Relations Room
+81-3-5413-8508