CHANTILLY, VA. September 13, 2006 – BIA Financial Network, Inc., (BIAfn,) a leading financial and strategic advisory firm serving the media and communications industries, announced today that it has acquired Oklahoma City-based Digital Information Network (DIN), a pioneer in providing weather and alerting desktop applications. DIN will operate under the newly created BIA Information Network, LLC that will focus on delivering ActiveAccess, a private-label desktop application for instantly delivering news, weather, alerts, promotions and other content directly to the computer desktop. Applicable to many industries including broadcast media, government, education and commercial business, by placing a company’s brand directly in front of their audience, ActiveAccess offers a uniquely powerful way to deliver information of value, deepen brand recognition and generate new forms of revenue.

"We are pleased to add DIN’s complementary technology, team and customers to our company,” said Thomas J. Buono, CEO of BIA Financial Network. “As part of our strategic consulting practice, we have been investigating innovative digital technologies that streamline the delivery of meaningful information and provide users with instant access to relevant content, both of which enable companies to strengthen existing relationships with their core audiences and provide their advertisers with an expanded marketing platform with auditable results."

"In our core practice, we see the need for media companies to aggressively capitalize on their digital assets, which makes ActiveAccess a perfect compliment to our clients’ existing business strategies. However, for any company in any industry, we offer an expedient and effective way to obtain prime real estate on the most viewed device of our time, the computer desktop. With the acquisition of DIN and the continuing development of ActiveAccess, we are positioned to help our clients achieve their goals in this emerging digital environment."

There are currently more than 85 television and radio stations in the U.S., in addition to newspapers, large corporations and government offices using the DIN custom branded desktop application. To date there have been more than 4 million end-user downloads of this software. According to ComScore Media Metrix, a provider of online audience measurement, ActiveAccess applications consistently rank in the top five most popular desktop applications in the news and information category based both on time spent with the brand and overall user satisfaction, and consistently ranks number one in the average usage days per visitor.

Unlike most Web-based content or email, ActiveAccess gives sustained access to end-users 24/7, not just a few minutes at a time, by providing organizations the ability to deliver their critical news, special announcements, sponsorship information, and web content directly to their audience. It can be professionally customized to each client, accommodating unique designs, information or advertising specifically tailored for that organization. ActiveAccess is also the software industry’s most secure desktop information alert service, containing no Spyware or Adware and utilizing low bandwidth and minimal system resources to ensure customer confidence.

ActiveAccess can supply content such as:

• Messaging that can appear as news crawls, pop-up alerts, audio or video alerts or messages. Messaging can also be targeted by groups based on interest categories users define when they install the application.
• Video services that can broadcast any type of real-time webcasts over the Internet, as well as severe weather alerts, Amber alerts and other breaking news.
• A web portal that provides a unique customized web-based interface for users to access a client’s website directly or multiple other sources of information.
• An information driver that can display graphics or simple HTML content with links to any website, podcast, and more.
• Sponsorship information and messages with direct links to a website. Sponsorship messaging can also be targeted to specific groups, which increases the ability to generate new revenue by selling the most advantageous advertising space within the application.
• Personalized weather information that is delivered from the National Weather Service.

About BIA Information Network
BIA Information Network, LLC, a subsidiary of BIA Financial Network, Inc., is a leading provider of Branded Desktop Applications (BDAs) for the dynamic delivery of news, videos, targeted alerting, text crawls, weather information, and personalized communications for broadcast media, publishing, government, educational institutions and the business enterprise. Our flagship product, ActiveAccess, is a private-label desktop application that places a specific brand and personalized content directly in front of an audience, providing a permission-based, constant one-on-one connection. To learn more about this innovative, value driving product, visit our website at www.activeaccess.com.