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INDEPENDENT FILM CHANNEL AND TVN ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCE VOD DEAL
Agreement Includes IFC Network Programming, Uncensored On Demand(sm), First Run Theatricals, And Pre-Network Release Windows For Certain High Profile Product

Burbank, CA, July 15, 2003- TVN Entertainment Corporation, the leading provider of on demand content, management and delivery services, today announced that it has concluded a distribution agreement with the Independent Film Channel (IFC). Under the agreement TVN will distribute, encode, and provide asset management of up to 18 hours of Video-On-Demand/Subscription Video-On-Demand (VOD/SVOD) programming per month from IFC.

Content from IFC includes Y Tu Mama Tambien, Happy Accidents, Business of Strangers, The King Is Alive, Thomas in Love, Our Song, IFC's documentary A Decade Under the Influence, and the original series Dinner for Five with additional footage for VOD. The agreement will also cover IFC's recently announced Uncensored On Demand (SM) SVOD service that features edgy, unique content and will not be repurposed programming from the IFC network.

"TVN is partnering with IFC to introduce to our affiliates a great new VOD product," said Jim Riley, TVN's Senior Vice President of Business Development. "IFC is leading the industry by offering pre-network release windows for certain high profile product."

"IFC has developed a unique revenue enhancing program for our affiliates with our highly desirable mix of features and specials," said Cynthia Burnell, Senior Vice President and General Manager of IFC. "We are thrilled to be working with TVN, who's distribution and asset management platform provided us with an efficient and easy way to introduce new VOD content."

TVN currently distributes more than 1200 hours VOD programming from over 70 content providers.

About TVN Entertainment Corporation
TVN Entertainment, the leading provider of on demand television programming, management and delivery services, enables Video-On-Demand (VOD), Pay-Per-View (PPV) and direct response programming reaching over 50 million U.S. cable television households. In addition to comprehensive programming services, TVN Entertainment offers the only single-source management and distribution solution for VOD and PPV, including content aggregation, packaging, encoding, asset management and transport via satellite to all video service providers. TVN Entertainment has been chosen as the VOD content solution for many leading MSOs, including Adelphia, Charter, Comcast, Insight and Mediacom.


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