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Harris Nesbitt to Host annual "Playtime" Investor Conference on Media & Entertainment, Broadcasting, Toy & Interactive Entertainment Sectors

Harris Nesbitt, the U.S. investment and corporate banking arm of BMO Financial Group, is proud to present its annual Playtime conference on November 8th and 9th at the Grand Hyatt in New York City. The institutional investor event brings together more than 31 leading companies from the Media & Entertainment, Broadcasting, Toy and Interactive Entertainment industries.

“The Playtime conference has become an excellent showcase for our investing clients to see the media and consumer companies with the most compelling stories, especially going into the holiday season,” said Jack Blackstock, Executive Managing Director and Head, U.S. Equity Research & Sales, Harris Nesbitt.

From its roots as a Toy and Interactive Entertainment equity conference 14 years ago, the Harris Nesbitt Playtime Conference has evolved into one of the industry’s premier events, expanding in 2002 to include Media and Entertainment companies. To reflect the ever-converging worlds of content and conduit, Playtime 2004 continues to grow, this year adding presentations by leading companies in Broadcasting.

All presentations will be webcast live and archived on the Harris Nesbitt website.

http://www.harrisnesbitt.com/conferences/playtime2004

Media who are planning to attend and/or access the webcast can call (416) 867-3996 for more information. Harris Nesbitt equity research analysts Jeffrey Logsdon (Entertainment), Lee Westerfield (Media), Sean McGowan (Toys) and Edward Williams (Interactive Entertainment) will also be available for interviews by arrangement.

An up-to-the-minute agenda* with presentation times for the two-day conference is available on the web site. Scheduled presenters include:

ENTERTAINMENT

Blockbuster (BBI)
Carmike Cinemas (CKEC)
Fox Entertainment (FOX)
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (LGF)
Metro-Goldwyn Mayer (MGM)
Viacom (VIAB)
Walt Disney Co. (DIS)

MEDIA

Beasley Broadcast Group (BBGI)
Clear Channel Communications (CCU)
Emmis (EMMS)
Entravision Communications Corp. (EVC)
Hearst-Argyle Television (HTV)
Regent Communications (RGCI)
Tribune Company (TRB)
Univision Communications (UVN)

TOYS

eToys
LeapFrog (LF)
Mattel (MAT)
Mega Bloks (MB)
Radica Games (RADA)
RC2 Corp. (RCRC)

INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT

Activision (ATVI)
Atari (ATAR)
Electronic Arts (ERTS)
Electronic Boutique (ELBO)
Hip Interactive (HP.TO)
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)
Midway Games (MWY)
Nintendo (NTDOY)
Sony Computer Entertainment America (SNE)
Take-Two Interactive (TTWO)
THQ (THQI)
Ubisoft (UBSFF)

*Agenda subject to change.

About Harris Nesbitt
Harris Nesbitt is an investment and corporate bank offering clients access to a full range of products and services including investment and corporate banking, treasury services, market risk management, institutional investing and research. Harris Nesbitt is part of Harris, an integrated financial services organization providing more than 1.5 million personal, business, corporate and institutional clients with banking, lending, investing and financial management solutions. Harris is a member of BMO Financial Group (NYSE, TSX: BMO). For more information, please visit www.theharris.com.

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