BrandIntel Mid-Season Fall TV Report Shows That ABC and CBS Have Surpassed NBC in Positive Sentiment for New Fall Shows

TORONTO--(CCNMatthews - December 06, 2006) - BrandIntel, a leader in consumer and market intelligence solutions, today announced the release of an updated mid-season television research report that analyzes online consumer discussion and sentiment since the season began in September. The new BrandIntel report found NBC's show "Heroes" has overtaken "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" for the top overall ranking for new shows due to its domination of online consumer discussion share. While NBC has maintained the highest audience engagement and discussion volume for its crop of new fall programs, it is third to ABC and CBS in average consumer sentiment. The "Updated Fall Schedule Report" follows the July 2006 "Fall Schedule Report" in which BrandIntel tracked and analyzed online television discussions around fall television series launches. The new report's findings highlight 2006 fall shows and networks that are generating the most positive conversations and sentiment within online consumer-generated content. A total of 21 shows from NBC, ABC, CBS and FOX were ranked in terms of sentiment score and audience discussion share. BrandIntel's LinkMap(TM) tracked more than 4.2 million raw search hits on the Internet but refined those results through technological filters and human analysis to utilize only the most relevant content for this study. Rankings were determined by a weighted combination of discussion share and sentiment for comments recorded the week following each show's respective premiere. "With consumer sentiment always changing, being able to monitor that constant shift in real-time is a true competitive advantage, especially in such a high-paced market as the TV network industry," said Bradley Silver, president of BrandIntel. "Through our tracking and analysis of consumer discussion share and sentiment, we are providing network executives with invaluable insight into viewers' minds. The end result is being able to make better-informed business decisions around marketing messages, campaigns, storylines and time slots." Top ten TV show rankings based on the report included: /T/ Share of Mid-Season Pre-launch Audience Sentiment Ranking Show Title Ranking Discussion Score 1 Heroes (NBC) 2 25.4% 3.97 2 Ugly Betty (ABC) 5 13.7% 3.82 3 Studio 60 (NBC) 1 10.2% 3.72 4 Jericho (CBS) 6 6.1% 3.53 5 Shark (CBS) 14 5.8% 3.44 6 Friday Night Lights (NBC) 7 5.3% 3.62 7 30 Rock (NBC) 3 4.4% 3.22 8 The Nine (ABC) 4 3.7% 3.42 9 Brothers and Sisters (ABC) 12 2.9% 3.42 10 Standoff (FOX) 20 2.8% 3.43 /T/ Using award-winning Internet monitoring technology combined with the power of human analysis, BrandIntel detects, analyzes and generates intelligence on tens of thousands of relevant comments about television shows and other media products on a daily basis. The company scans the entire scope of the Internet and analyzes the most pertinent content to measure for assigned sentiment scores and share of discussion, rating the physical and emotional value of the results (positive or negative) to produce the relevant categorization records of information in all of its reports. To schedule interviews with BrandIntel, please contact Lauren Drost of Lois Paul & Partners at 781-782-5732. To purchase the 52-page report, please contact John Cummings at 919-601-9090, or jcummings@brandintel.com. About BrandIntel BrandIntel, a Brandimensions Inc. company, translates consumer-generated content into reliable intelligence, enabling businesses to advance the science of their decision making. The company offers an information-delivery platform combining human intelligence with award-winning technology for the most reliable market data in the industry. With BrandIntel companies can validate critical business decisions, uncover new opportunities for value creation, and get closer to their customers. BrandIntel works with Fortune 1000 companies in a variety of industries including automotive, capital markets, consumer electronics, consumer packaged goods, hospitality, life sciences and media and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with offices in the United States. For more information, please visit www.brandintel.com.

Contact Information: Lauren Drost Lois Paul & Partners 781-782-5732 lauren_drost@lpp.com or Maxine Friedman BrandIntel 646-202-9387 mfriedman@brandintel.com