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

Montréal, April 2, 2008 -- 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 content 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.

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Contacts:

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/



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