Network LIVE Launches in Japan Via Exclusive Relationships With Dreamboat and Dentsu Casting & Entertainment

Network LIVE Launches in Japan Via Exclusive Relationships With Dreamboat and Dentsu Casting & Entertainment

Agreement Provides Japanese Consumers With Network LIVE Content Across Television, Radio, Internet, and Wireless Platforms

Bon Jovi Premieres Network LIVE in Japan

Network LIVE Selects B'z as First Japanese Rock Band to Join International Lineup

TOKYO and LOS ANGELES, May 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Network LIVE, a joint venture between AOL, XM Satellite Radio and AEG, announced today that the Company's Japan launch, and through partnerships with Dreamboat and Dentsu Casting & Entertainment will make Network LIVE content available to Japanese consumers across several platforms, including television, satellite and terrestrial radio, cellular/mobile, and Internet.

With this announcement, Network LIVE will provide Dreamboat and Dentsu Casting & Entertainment with a mix of live programming, including live and prerecorded concerts with a blend of established and breakthrough artists, interviews with musical performers and other live special events. As part of the agreement, both Dreamboat and Dentsu Casting & Entertainment will offer the content exclusively to their distribution partners, advancing Network LIVE's vision of creating a comprehensive global digital network to serve the content desires of consumers across all distribution regions and on all platforms including theatrical, internet, satellite radio, and television.

Bon Jovi's Network LIVE performance from the opening of the Nokia Theater in NYC will be the first concert available to Dreamboat partners. Since launching in July 2005, Network LIVE has worked with some of the biggest names in music including leading international artists like Madonna, Rolling Stones, Green Day, and Black Eyed Peas. All content is captured in high-definition and Dolby 5.1 surround sound. This formal agreement has been predicated by a history of successful shows that Network LIVE, Dreamboat and Dentsu Casting & Entertainment have delivered to Japanese music fans, including the historic Live 8 concerts.

Also announced was the selection of the B'z, Japan's top rock duo, to join Network LIVE's international lineup. The B'z are scheduled to be filmed in concert later this year, and their performance will be distributed as part of Network LIVE's programming worldwide.

"From the very beginning, entering the Japanese market has been crucial to our overall strategy of building out a global multi-platform network. As with all our distribution agreements, we were seeking the right partner to help us execute our vision," said Andy Brilliant, Executive Vice President of International for Network LIVE. "With Dreamboat and Dentsu Casting & Entertainment, Network LIVE is fulfilling our promise of delivering high-quality, engaging, live content to consumers on global scale -- across platform and device."

"With Network LIVE, we will be bringing an exciting, extraordinary, and international content service to the Japanese audience," said Kei Mima, president of Dreamboat. "Together, we are creating a world-wide network for entertainment in the digital age."

"Dentsu is very excited to support the launch of Network LIVE in Japan," stated Tak Ohashi, executive officer. "Dentsu will be providing full marketing support for this unique global horizontal entertainment platform."

About Network LIVE

Network LIVE is the first entertainment network committed to redefining the creation and distribution of live content in the digital age. A joint venture formed by AOL, XM Satellite Radio and AEG, Network LIVE has produced and distributed marquee events such as Live 8, as well as concerts from Black Eyed Peas, Bon Jovi, Green Day, Madonna, Keith Urban, Gorillaz, Rolling Stones, and John Mayer Trio

About Dentsu Casting & Entertainment Inc.

Dentsu Casting & Entertainment is the Dentsu subsidiary specializing in marketing a wide range of unique entertainment projects of all genres across multi-media platforms.

About Dreamboat

Dreamboat is an IT technology company, at the forefront of secure and speedy content transmission. Combining fresh content with unique transmission technology, Dreamboat is creating a new paradigm to reach a wide range of users.

Media Contacts:
Network LIVE
Elisa Wiefel
310 550 3831
ewiefel@networklive.com

Dani Dudeck
323 202 1890
dani.dudeck@edelman.com

Japan Contact
Toni Pedecine (English)
Dreamboat co., ltd.
813 5721 7811
toni@networklive.jp

Masazumi Komiya (Japanese)
Dreamboat co., ltd.
813 5721 7388
komiya@networklive.jp

Source: Network LIVE

CONTACT: Elisa Wiefel of Network LIVE, +1-310-550-3831,
ewiefel@networklive.com; or Dani Dudeck, +1-323-202-1890,
dani.dudeck@edelman.com, for Network LIVE; or in Japan, English, Toni
Pedecine, 813 5721 7811, toni@networklive.jp, or Japanese, Masazumi Komiya,
813 5721 7388, komiya@networklive.jp, both of Dreamboat co., ltd.

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