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BRANCHEZ-VOUS! has completed the acquisition of the Showbizz.net and Matin.qc.ca web sites


    MONTREAL, April 2 /CNW Telbec/ - BRANCHEZ-VOUS! (TSX Venture: BZV) has
completed the acquisition of several sites from Genex Communications, as
announced on February 15. The sites acquired by BRANCHEZ-VOUS! include:- Showbizz.net (www.showbizz.net), the leading Quebec site about culture
      and entertainment (movies, TV, music and stars);
    - Matin.qc.ca (www.matin.qc.ca, also known as Matinternet), the only
      independent Quebec site covering general news on a continuous basis;
    - Info-affaires.com (www.infoaffaires.com), a business news site;
    - Cine-Horaire.com (www.cinehoraire.com), the most comprehensive movie
      listings site in Quebec; and
    - CirculationMontreal.com (www.circulationmontreal.com), which allow
      users to get traffic-related information for Montreal, Quebec City and
      Trois-Rivières at a glance.These sites reach approximately one out of ten French-speaking Canadian
Internet users every month.
    "These sites will significantly enrich the BRANCHEZ-VOUS! offering", says
Patrick Pierra, CEO of BRANCHEZ-VOUS!. "The scope of our content offering is
enlarged. In addition to technology, which is the core of the
BRANCHEZ-VOUS.com portal, and sports with Fanatique.ca, we now cover general
news, with a very special emphasis on the culture and entertainment news
thanks to Showbizz.net. These contents are now available for distribution on
other portals. Our advertising offering is also enriched with these
specialized sites joining the BRANCHEZ-VOUS! Network."
    To complete this transaction, BRANCHEZ-VOUS! paid $ 300,000 in cash and
issued 602,410 common shares at $0.498 per share, for a total consideration of
$ 600,000.

    About BRANCHEZ-VOUS!

    BRANCHEZ-VOUS! is a leading Montreal-based Internet media company, active
in Internet content and advertising.
    "BRANCHEZ-VOUS! Advertising" sells Internet advertising space. It
commercializes the BRANCHEZ-VOUS! Network, the largest French-language
Internet advertising network in Canada with over 200 French-language web
sites, over 50 of which are represented on an exclusive basis; these include
GlobeTrotter.net, LeDevoir.com, JeuxVideo.com and the French version of
Canada411.ca. The BRANCHEZ-VOUS! Network reaches approximately 3 million
French Canadians each month. BRANCHEZ-VOUS! Advertising also represents the
myTELUS.com portal in Quebec.
    "BRANCHEZ-VOUS! Content" produces, publishes and commercializes
French-language Internet content. It operates BRANCHEZ-VOUS.com, the largest
independent portal in Quebec, which includes such sites as Matin.qc.ca
(general news), BRANCHEZ-VOUS! Techno (technology news), Fanatique.ca (sports)
and Showbizz.net (entertainment news).
    BRANCHEZ-VOUS! is listed on the TSX Venture exchange under the symbol BZV
and has approximately 30.1 million shares outstanding. Additional information
on the Corporation can be obtained on SEDAR and at
www.branchez-vous.com/inc/english . The TSX Venture exchange has neither
approved nor disapproved the contents of this press release.



For further information: Patrick Pierra, President and CEO,
BRANCHEZ-VOUS!, (514) 842-3838 ext.249; Nicholas Powell, Investor Relations
consultant, (514) 904-0084; http://www.branchez-vous.com/contacts/