LodgeNet, Magnolia Pictures Introduce a New Way for Hotel Guests to Purchase New-Release Movies on DVD

LodgeNet, Magnolia Pictures Introduce a New Way for Hotel Guests to Purchase New-Release Movies on DVD

LodgeNet Digital Systems To Support On-Line Purchase Of Magnolia Distributed DVD Just Weeks After Its Theatrical Premiere

SIOUX FALLS, S.D., and NEW YORK, June 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ:LNET), the world leader in interactive TV and broadband solutions to hotels, and Magnolia Pictures, the distribution arm of Todd Wagner and Mark Cuban's 2929 Entertainment, today announced a new service for guests at hotels served with LodgeNet's interactive TV systems. Guests can now view a recently released Magnolia movie in their hotel room and then order a copy of the DVD for home delivery at a special promotional price.

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Through this unique service, guests who view "One Last Thing ... " a movie currently playing in approximately 600,000 LodgeNet served guest rooms and offered in high-definition (HD) in select LodgeNet hotels, will be offered the opportunity to purchase the movie through the hotel television immediately after viewing. Guests simply follow the purchase instructions on screen and the DVD will be billed to the guest's credit card via a third party Website.

"Magnolia has been at the forefront of movie distributors delivering independent titles within weeks of their theatrical premieres, and now they are helping us bring additional entertainment value by enabling travelers to add select titles to their private DVD collections at a special low price," said Steven D. Truckenmiller, Senior Vice President, Programming & Content Management for LodgeNet.

"LodgeNet has a proven track record of reaching our highly loyal demographic and we are excited to be a partner in this one of a kind offering," said Eamonn Bowles, President of Magnolia Pictures. "With One Last Thing we are offering an easy and economical way for guests to share their hotel experience with a friend or family member."

LodgeNet's HDTV systems feature all available HD titles from Magnolia, one of the first distributors to license new release, video-on-demand (VOD) HD titles. "One Last Thing ... " premiered in LodgeNet served hotels less than four weeks after its theatrical introduction. In upcoming months, LodgeNet intends to feature Magnolia titles including "World's Fastest Indian" (starring Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins), "The Lost City" (directed by and starring Andy Garcia along with Dustin Hoffman and Bill Murray), and "District B13" (from Luc Besson, who brought "The Transporter" and "The Fifth Element" to the screen). LodgeNet systems have also featured other HD Magnolia titles including the Academy Award nominated documentary film "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" and Steven Soderbergh's "Bubble".

About LodgeNet

LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation ( http://www.lodgenet.com/ ) is the world leader in interactive TV & broadband solutions to hotels throughout the United States and Canada as well as select international markets. These services include on-demand movies, on-demand games, music and music videos, subscription sports programming 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 hotel rooms and serves more than 6,000 hotel properties worldwide. LodgeNet estimates that during 2005 approximately 300 million domestic and international travelers had access to LodgeNet's interactive television systems. In addition, LodgeNet is a leading innovator in the delivery of on-demand patient education, information and entertainment to healthcare facilities. LodgeNet is listed on NASDAQ and trades under the symbol LNET.

About Magnolia Pictures

Magnolia Pictures, an independent distributor, recently released Roger Donaldson's "The World's Fastest Indian" with Anthony Hopkins, Alex Gibney's Academy Award-nominated documentary "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room," and also mounted the successful multi-platform release of Steven Soderbergh's "Bubble." Upcoming films include Pierre Morel's "District B13," Nicolas Winding Refn's "The Pusher Trilogy," and Bong Joon-ho's "The Host." Magnolia Pictures is part of a vertically-integrated group of media properties co-owned by Todd Wagner and Mark Cuban that also includes the Landmark Theatres chain, production companies HDNet Films and 2929 Productions, high-definition cable networks HDNet and HDNet Movies. For more information: http://www.magpictures.com/ .

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

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