LodgeNet Continues Expansion of Its Industry-First Daily Subscription Sports Service

LodgeNet Continues Expansion of Its Industry-First Daily Subscription Sports Service

Hotel SportsNet(SM) Offering Unprecedented Choice of Pro and College, Football and Basketball Matchups to Sports Fans in Select Guest Rooms

SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Nov. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ:LNET), the world's largest provider of interactive television and broadband solutions to hotels, announced that it is delivering five nationally branded sports programming packages through Hotel SportsNet(SM), the company's industry-first daily subscription sports service.

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Guests in hotels served by Hotel SportsNet are enjoying pay-per-day access to sports packages including NFL SUNDAY TICKET(TM) (professional football), ESPN GamePlan (major college football), NBA LEAGUE PASS (professional basketball), and ESPN FULL COURT (major college basketball) along with college sports programming from College Sports TV (CSTV). Guests can order each package for a daily rate and see all available games in that package, subject to scheduling, local blackout restrictions and other conditions.

"With Hotel SportsNet we are bringing a win-win-win for hoteliers, their guests, and sports programmers," said Steven D. Truckenmiller, Senior Vice President Programming & Content Management for LodgeNet. "Hoteliers have content that can set their in-room experience apart and potentially, drive higher in-room food-and-beverage revenues; guests can stay connected with their favorite teams and track their fantasy players even while traveling; and sports programmers can extend their offerings to their current home subscribers while showcasing their services to potential new subscribers."

Introduced in 2003, LodgeNet's industry-first Hotel SportsNet service combines landmark programming agreements and patent-pending technology to deliver daily subscription sports programming to guest rooms. LodgeNet -- which provides Hotel SportsNet in conjunction with DIRECTV -- plans to have the service deployed to 75,000 to 100,000 guest rooms by the end of 2006.

About LodgeNet

LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation ( http://www.lodgenet.com/ ) is the world's largest provider of interactive television and broadband solutions to hotels, including resort and casino hotels, throughout the United States and Canada as well as select international markets. These services include on- demand movies, music and music videos, on-demand videogames, Internet on television, and television on-demand programming, as well as high-speed Internet access, all designed to serve the needs of the lodging industry and the traveling public. LodgeNet provides service to more than one million interactive guest pay rooms and serves more than 6,000 hotel properties worldwide. LodgeNet estimates that during 2004 approximately 275 million travelers had access to LodgeNet's interactive television systems. LodgeNet is listed on NASDAQ and trades under the symbol LNET.

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CONTACT: Ann Parker, Director of Corporate Communications of LodgeNet
Entertainment Corporation, +1-605-988-1000, communications@lodgenet.com

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

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