EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- New Medium Enterprises, Inc. ("NME") (OTC:NMEN) (BULLETIN BOARD: NMEN) provider of the affordable, high-quality HD VMD (Versatile Multilayer Disc) format, will be co-hosting "Global HD VMD Day," taking place on January 22nd 2008 at VDL-ODMS in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080110/LATH066) NME will showcase the world's first ever commercial 'Multilayer' HD VMD replication line to both the entertainment and optical disc industries and press. The event will be a celebration of the HD VMD format and will provide industry and press with worldwide updates of recent milestones. NME will also take this opportunity to announce some of its new partnerships. Attendees will see presentations from co-hosts NME and VDL Group and will be given an exclusive tour of the new line at VDL-ODMS. Guests will also see technology demonstrations as well as exhibits of HD VMD products and services. Confirmed attendees include distinguished members of the press from the entertainment/video, consumer electronics, digital authoring and optical disc industries. Joining hosts VDL-ODMS will be NME's main partners from the optical disc industry including Netstal, AWM, Plasmon, Datarius and Planet Optical Disc. Sanjay Khar, Director of NME Inc. and Head of the Optics Division states, "It's a first. This revolutionary new technology is the consummation of the brilliant ideas from our scientific team and the practical expertise of our industry partners." Sanjay also comments, "In the end, what we have achieved is an affordable and stable solution with lots of proven process modules for our partners and customers." VDL-ODMS Product Manager Geffroy Huiskens comments, "VDL-ODMS and VDL Industrial Modules are proud to host the official HD VMD launch event. By creating the HD VMD production solution, we have once again demonstrated our engineering and mechanization capabilities in the area of optical discs." Huiskens adds, "We consider HD VMD the only true alternative to Blu-ray based on red laser and really see a prosperous future for this emerging format." The technological breakthrough for the Multilayer disc was made possible through NME's patented '2p' process method. Subsequent advances in HD consumer electronics and film authoring software have followed as a result of the company's groundbreaking advances in optical discs. For more information on Global HD VMD Day go to http://www.nmestore.com/hdvmd. About NME New Medium Enterprises Inc. is listed on the OTCBB exchange in the U.S. under the symbol NMEN. NME's HD VMD drives offer the world's first affordable format in true High Definition based on current red laser technology and the existing DVD industrial infrastructure. Incorporating breakthrough optical storage capacity, red laser-based players, the HD VMD file format, copyright encryption, authoring tools and compression technologies, NME is providing the only high-quality and high-value offering for the consumer electronics market. For additional information about NME, please visit http://www.nmeinc.com/. About VDL-ODMS For more information about VDL-ODMS, please visit http://www.vdl-odms.com/. For information on the VDL Group, please visit http://www.vdl.nl/. What you should know about HD VMD HD VMD (Versatile Multilayer Disc) is NME's proprietary high definition disc format based on established red laser technology. NME are also the developers of the world's first ever commercial multilayer disc format. HD VMD's seamless and cost-effective manufacturing solutions for High Definition products are based on the existing DVD production and industrial infrastructure. HD VMD prices and costs are very close to DVD's and bring a quality that rivals both Blu-ray and HD-DVD. HD VMD is a full HD format with 1920 x 1080i/p resolution, up to 40 Mbps bit rate playback, DVD up-scaling so users can watch their existing DVD collection and achieve premium picture quality through their HD TVs. The HD VMD player is suitable for playback on all HD-capable displays and will support existing optical disc formats: CD, DVD. HD VMD players also feature Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and all region codes for greater film viewing flexibility. HD VMD is currently being adopted by content providers and distributors in more than a dozen countries worldwide, including Australia, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, India, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. SAFE HARBOR This 'Press Release' contains forward-looking statements as defined by the federal securities laws which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may discuss our future expectations, contain projections of our future results of operations or of our financial position, or state other forward-looking information. However, there may be events in the future that we are not able to accurately predict or control. Forward-looking statements are only predictions that relate to future events or our future performance and are subject to substantial known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and other factors that may cause actual results, outcomes, levels of activity, performance, developments, or achievements to be materially different from any future results, outcomes, levels of activity, performance, developments, or achievements expressed, anticipated, or implied by these forward-looking statements. As a result, we cannot guarantee future results, outcomes, levels of activity, performance, developments, or achievements, and there can be no assurance that our expectations, intentions, anticipations, beliefs, or projections will result or be achieved or accomplished. In summary, you should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Contact: Patrick Henningsen Director of Communications NME, Inc. Headquarters VMD House; 195 The Vale London, UK W3 7QS Tel: +44208749 9955 Email: Geffroy Huiskens Product Manager VDL ODMS Daalakkersweg 8 5641 JA Eindhoven P.O. Box 395 5600 AJ Eindhoven The Netherlands Phone: +31 402829500 Fax: +31 402829525 Mobile: +31 646616843 Email: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080110/LATH066 DATASOURCE: New Medium Enterprises, Inc. CONTACT: Patrick Henningsen, Director of Communications of NME, Inc. Headquarters, +44208749 9955, ; or Geffroy Huiskens, Product Manager of VDL ODMS, +31 402829500, mobile, +31 646616843, fax, +31 402829525, Web site: http://www.nmeinc.com/ http://www.vdl-odms.com/ http://www.vdl.nl/

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