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Oct. 1, 2003
CyberLink Announces Partnership and Product Availability with KOCH Media in The UK Retail Channel

Taipei, Taiwan----October 1, 2003----CyberLink Corp., a leading developer of digital video software and e-learning solutions, announced today an agreement with KOCH Media to publish and distribute its line of Digital Video Entertainment Software products including PowerDVD, PowerDirector, PowerProducer to the British market.

Craig Mcnicol, Managing Director at KOCH Media expressed great confidence in the new agreement with CyberLink Corp. and added; "We know that the PC Digital Video Entertainment market sector is still growing year on year. CyberLink has led the way with a range of product offering the complete solution to watching, producing and editing home video. The technical benefits of the products, coupled with the enhanced packaging and keen price points will create immense appeal amongst the already huge installed PC base." PowerDVD, PowerProducer and PowerDirector are now available in the major outlet including Dixons Stores Group.

" PowerDVD, PowerProducer and PowerDirector have already gained rave reviews from British press and this partnership will give the British users easy access to these CyberLink's products," said Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink Corp. "We will rely on their expertise to promote CyberLink software and use joint efforts to provide the best customer services to the British retail market."

About PowerDVD
PowerDVD is the world's leading DVD software player. The new release PowerDVD 5 features breakthrough technologies to deliver a theater-like DVD experience on a PC or notebook. The new technologies include: CLEV™ to enhance color and contrast of movies displayed on LCDs, CLPV™, which easily adjusts wide screen movies into full screen (4:3) display or vice versa with minimal distortion, and CLMEI™, which converts 2-channel audio and output to multi-channel speakers for a surround sound effect.

About PowerProducer
PowerProducer is an easy-to-use software for producing movies and photos on DVDs and CDs. Targeted at the consumer level, PowerProducer is a wizard-style program that software and features an intuitive user interface including SVRT™ (Smart Video Rendering Technology) to speed up the rendering process and keep the original quality, Disc Defragmentation to optimize disk space, Editable DVD function to allow users to work on new projects from existing work, Right-to-Disc Recording and Direct DSC support to convert files directly from digital camcorders/digital cameras to DVDs without buffering to hard disk.

About PowerDirector
PowerDirector is a video editing software that offers both advanced and entry-level users the best way to create eye-catching Hollywood style movies with ease. From start to finished production, PowerDirector offers a wide assortment of unique video editing tools and features that make it the best choice for anyone looking to produce movie masterpieces for the Web, PC or TV.

About CyberLink Corp.
Founded in 1995, CyberLink Corp. is a world leader and pioneer in bringing advanced digital video and audio software applications to market. The products are categorized into two major lines: Digital Multimedia Solutions and E-Learning Solutions. Digital Multimedia Solutions includes Media Creation Products focus on media creation by advancing the technologies to capture, edit, author and record all types of media, and Digital Entertainment products provide high quality media enjoyment on the PC by perfecting state-of-the-art audio-video technologies. These award-winning software applications are ideal solutions for turning today's mainstream computers into home theaters and digital video centers. The company's E-Learning Solutions include authoring tools for creating training content and training management systems that offer an easy and cost effective way to deliver and manage training programs over corporate intranets or the Internet. As a result of the company's solid growth and profitability, CyberLink became a public company in October, 2000 and is listed on the Taiwan Over The Counter Exchange (OTC: 5203). To keep up with market demands, CyberLink has operations in North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region including Japan. CyberLink?s worldwide headquarters are in Taipei and the company website is: www.goCyberlink.com

About KOCH Media:
Founded in 1994, KOCH Media develops, publishes and distributes a diverse mix of titles for home console gaming systems, personal computers and the Internet. Based in Basingstoke, UK, KOCH operates a pan-European service, with additional offices in Germany, Switzerland, Italy and its headquarters in Austria. KOCH has distribution contracts for a number of software publishers including Nintendo, Pinnacle Systems, Ulead, JASC. As part of the Virtuoso division, KOCH exclusively markets, PR's, sells and distributes for Davilex Games, Wanadoo and Paradox Entertainment. KOCH also develops and publishes educational and lifestyle software via its Europress brand. For more information on KOCH Media and its products visit http://www.kochmedia.co.uk

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Press Contacts:
USA: Kristen Stonecipher, kristen@sspr.com or by phone +1-888-275-5878, ext. 28.
Germany: Cornelie Elsaesser, c.elsaesser@konzept-pr.de or by phone +49-821-34 300-20.
CyberLink Corporate: Renee Chen or Manal Ma at press@gocyberlink.com or by phone at: +886-2-8667-1298, ext. 301 or 303 for more details.
Koch Media Contact: David Blundell at David.Blundell@kochmedia.co.uk or by phone +44-1256-707767