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Burbank, CA, January 27, 2004 - TVN Entertainment
Corporation, a leading provider of on demand television programming,
management and delivery services, today announced that it
has reached an agreement with Cablevision Systems Corp. to
deliver select new release and library films, adult, cable
network and specialty content, including Mag Rack, to the
MSO for its Video-On-Demand (VOD) service. The agreement will
also give Cablevision the option of adding new products that
TVN develops or offers in the future.
"Cablevision has been aggressive at rolling out advance
digital services that include the industry's most diverse
and robust array of on demand content," said Jim Riley,
TVN SVP Sales and Business Development. "We are delighted
to continue our relationship with Cablevision and look forward
to enhancing the on demand component of their iO: Interactive
Optimum® digital cable service."
Cablevision provides cable service to nearly 3 million customers
in the New York metropolitan area. Approximately 900,000,
or 30%, of these cable customers are iO: Interactive Optimum
digital cable customers - up from 216,545, or 6.5%, at the
end of last year. iO offers customers access to more than
200 channels, including 50 premium movie channels, 45 channels
of commercial-free digital music, more than 700 titles available
on demand and other benefits.
About TVN Entertainment Corporation
TVN Entertainment, a Video-On-Demand (VOD) and Pay-Per-View
(PPV) content solutions company, is a leading provider of
on demand television programming, management and delivery
services. TVN currently distributes more than 1500 hours of
VOD programming from over 70 content providers. 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 satellite transport to all
video service providers. TVN Entertainment has been chosen
as the VOD solution for many leading MSOs, including Adelphia,
Cablevision, Charter, Comcast, Insight and Mediacom. For more
information visit www.tvn.com.
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