Genes Reunited Announces Sponsorship of Long Lost Family on ITV1

LONDON, April 15, 2011 - Genes Reunited, one of the UK's leading family history websites, has
announced it has been named official sponsor of ITV1's brand new prime time
show 'Long Lost Family', airing in spring 2011.

The six-part series will be presented by Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell
and will help members of the public track down family with whom they have
lost contact, exploring the background and context of each estrangement, and
the emotional process of trying to find a lost relative.

Genes Reunited was launched in 2003 and is currently one of the UK's
largest family history (www.genesreunited.co.uk/) websites with over
11 million members worldwide and 750 million names listed. The website is
owned by Dundee based brightsolid (www.brightsolid.com/), the leading
online technology and publishing company.

In March 2010, brightsolid completed the acquisition of the Friends
Reunited (www.friendsreunited.co.uk/ ) Group from ITV. In addition to
Genes Reunited, the group is composed of Friends Reunited, the original
social network with 23 million members and Friends Reunited Dating, one of
the top paid dating websites (www.friendsreuniteddating.co.uk/ ) in
the UK.

Chris van der Kuyl, CEO at brightsolid, commented: "'Long Lost Family' is
a perfect fit for our Genes Reunited brand. As one of the UK's leading family
history research websites we are committed to helping people build and share
their family tree and help them connect with their relations past and
present. This series will give families the opportunity to reconnect and be
reunited with family members who they thought they would never see again."

About brightsolid:

brightsolid began life in 1995 as Scotland Online. It now has two
divisions: brightsolid online publishing and brightsolid online technology.
brightsolid online technology is a leading UK independent provider of online
IT business services.

Since 2002 brightsolid online publishing has managed
ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk, the official genealogy website for Scottish ancestry,
in a partnership between the General Register Office for Scotland, the
National Archives of Scotland and the Court of the Lord Lyon. In 2007,
brightsolid acquired findmypast.co.uk, an online family history site. This
was the first website to put the complete birth, marriage and death indexes
for England and Wales online. brightsolid also operates the official 1901
census (1901censusonline.com) and 1911 census (1911census.co.uk) websites in
partnership with The National Archives.

The company's online technology division specialises in managing clients'
information availability and online presence through hosting, internet
access, applications and business continuity products and services.

Headquartered in Dundee, the company is owned by the publishers D.C.
Thomson and has offices in Edinburgh and London.

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www.brightsolid.com

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