On Command Debuts Customized HD Welcome Channel for Hotels

On Command Debuts Customized HD Welcome Channel for Hotels

In-Room Entertainment Provider Announces New High Definition Welcome Channel With Customized Content for Hotels

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 presenting a new HD welcome channel concept for hotels at HITEC 2005 in Los Angeles.

The welcome channel is the first channel that appears when a guest powers on the in-room television. The channel is typically used for promoting entertainment services available from the video-on-demand system as well as hotel services available to the guest during their stay. The new channel is part of On Command's HD+ solution that provides full end-to-end high definition technology for the in-room entertainment system. The channel can be programmed to carry up to 24 hours of HD content.

"Greeting the guest in full high definition is putting your best view forward," said Tad Walden, senior vice president of marketing and programming for On Command. "In addition, the channel can be totally customized and have content that is unique to the hotel property. It can promote room service, VOD services or have high definition ambience video that creates the in-room experience and branding the hotel wants reflected in the room."

The channel is broadcast in 16:9 HD ratio and can contain text information in combination with high definition, standard definition or analog video elements.

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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