Virgin Megastores Hellas Launches Greek Digital Music Service Powered by Loudeye

ATHENS, Greece and SEATTLE, June 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Virgin
Megastores Hellas and Loudeye Corp. (Nasdaq: LOUD), a worldwide leader in
business-to-business digital media solutions, today announced the launch of a
Virgin Greece digital music service. The service, powered by Loudeye's OD2
services, is designed to give Greek consumers an affordable digital music
package with a wide array of content from a Greek language site.
    The service, available at http://www.virginmegadownloads.gr, operates on a
'pay-as-you-go' model, meaning music buyers only pay for what they want. The
service will also be supported by a Pre-Paid Card system, which will allow
consumers to purchase music, not just by credit card, but with a card paid for
in advance. These cards will be available in amounts of 5, 15, or 30 Euros,
initially from Virgin Megastores Hellas and later from other retail outlets in
Greece. >> Virgin