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PRODUCER                    LARRY NAMER


                   An entertainment industry veteran with over 45 years professional experience in
                   cable television, live events and new media, Larry Namer is a founding partner
                   of  Metan  Development  Group  (Metan),  a  venture  created  to  develop
                   entertainment  and  media  specifically  for  the  Chinese  marketplace.  An
                   accomplished  entrepreneur,  Mr.  Namer  is  the  co-founder  of  E!  Entertainment
                   Television, a company now valued at over $3.5 billion USD, and the creator of
                   several successful companies in the United States and overseas. He was also
                   instrumental  in  discovering  and  launching  the  careers  of  Greg  Kinnear,  Julie
                   Moran and Katie Wagner, the main on air personalities of E! in its early years.

                   Among  those  companies  are  Comspan  Communications  that  pioneered
                   Western  forms  of  entertainment  in  the  former  Soviet  Union,  including  the
                   syndication of the popular soap opera Santa Barbara, which ran for 10 years in
                   the  region,  and  Steeplechase  Media  that  served  as  the  primary  consultant  to
                   Microsoft's MiTV for developing interactive TV applications. Steeplechase was
                   also involved in the early development of ITV programming, creating interactive
                   episodes of Baywatch, Pacific Blue and over 250 episodes of Judge Judy. Mr.
                   Namer was also the Primary Strategic Consultant to The Documentary Channel.

                   A  cable  industry  pioneer,  Mr.  Namer  began  his  career  in  1971  at  Time
                   Incorporated  Manhattan  Cable,  and  served  as  Vice  President  and  General
                   Manager of Valley Cable Television (VCTV) in Los Angeles, the nation's first 61-
                   channel two-way cable system. His vision and direction garnered VCTV several
                   Emmy  and  Cable  ACE  award  nominations,  as  well  as  recognition  by  Forbes
                   magazine as the national model for local cable television programming. In 1989,
                   he  was  awarded  the  prestigious  President's  Award  from  the  National  Cable
                   Television.

                   In  recent  years,  Mr.  Namer  has  become  recognized  as  one  of  the  world's
                   leading  experts  on  new  technology  and  how  it  is  fundamentally  altering  the
                   business of international media and entertainment. Among the companies that
                   have  enlisted  his  expertise  are  Microsoft,  Paul  Allen's  Digeo,  World Digital
                   Media  Group  (a  joint  venture  of  Radio  Shack),  EchoStar  and  Sirius  Radio
                   network.

                   Mr. Namer's latest venture, Metan Development Group (Metan) was created to
                   develop and distribute entertainment content and media specifically for Chinese
                   speaking audiences in China and abroad. Namer's partners on this venture are
                   entertainment  industry  veteran  Martin  Pompadur  and  Amerilink  founder  Jean
                   Zhang.




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