On Command Announces CANVAS 2 HD Menu System

On Command Announces CANVAS 2 HD Menu System

New Software Technology Enables In-Room Entertainment Company to Fully Customize High Definition Menu System for Hotel Properties

DENVER, June 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- On Command Video Corporation, a leading provider of in-room interactive entertainment for the hotel industry and its guests, announced today it will be demonstrating its new HD menu system software at HITEC 2005 in Los Angeles.

The new menu system, CANVAS 2, an extension of the industry-popular CANVAS software, enables On Command to create unique menu interfaces for its hotel partners. On Command can now provide unique video elements, type fonts and graphic elements as well as unique navigation elements to hotels. It is also a part of On Command's total end-to-end HD+ solution. The menu system can be displayed in full 16:9 ratio in high definition quality, which capitalizes on LCD and plasma technology.

"Unique means just that," said Tad Walden, senior vice president of marketing and programming for On Command. "Whether it's the colors, fonts, navigational style, photos or positioning of the graphic elements, we've opened up the menu design to enable us to create something for a hotel that will only appear in its property. It's not semi-customized, it's fully customized."

The CANVAS system is an advanced software solution that presents menu system content faster. Hotel guests can easily access menu categories and content and make purchases. The CANVAS system is rich with graphic elements and video MPEG's that provide on-screen guest communication.

On Command is exhibiting the new menu system at HITEC booth 518 June 21 through 23 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

About On Command

On Command Video Corporation (www.oncommand.com) is a leading provider of in-room entertainment technology to the lodging and cruise ship industries. On Command is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation (NYSE:L)(NYSE:LMCB). On Command entertainment services include: on-demand movies; television Internet services using high-speed broadband connectivity; television email; short form television features covering drama, comedy, news and sports; video games; and music-on-demand services through Instant Media Network, a majority-owned subsidiary of On Command and the leading provider of digital on-demand music services to the hotel industry. All On Command products are connected to guest rooms and managed by leading edge video-on- demand navigational controls and a state-of-the art guest user interface system. The guest menu system can be customized by hotel properties to create a robust platform that services the needs of On Command hotel partners and the traveling public. On Command and its distribution network services more than 1,000,000 guest rooms, which touch more than 300 million guests annually.

On Command's direct served hotel properties are located in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Spain. On Command distributors serve cruise ships operating under the Royal Caribbean, Costa and Carnival flags. On Command hotel properties include more than 100 of the most prestigious hotel chains and operators in the lodging industry including, Accor, Adam's Mark Hotels & Resorts, Fairmont, Four Seasons, Gaylord Hotels (Gaylord Palms, Gaylord Texan, Gaylord Opryland and Gaylord Hotel at Opryland), Hilton Hotels Corporation, Hyatt, Intercontinental Hotels Group (Inter-Continental, InterContinental Buckhead, Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn), Loews, Marriott (Courtyard, Renaissance, Fairfield Inn and Residence Inn), New York Palace Hotel, Radisson, Ramada, Starwood Hotels & Resorts (Westin, Sheraton, W Hotels and Four Points), and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts.

Source: On Command Video Corporation

CONTACT: Jill Wisehart, Corporate Communications, of On Command Video
Corporation, +1-720-873-3423, jwisehart@ocv.com

Web site: http://www.oncommand.com/

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