On Command is First to Secure the Rights for All Major Premium High Definition Channels

On Command is First to Secure the Rights for All Major Premium High Definition Channels

Leading In-Room Entertainment Company Signs HD Programming Agreement With Showtime

DENVER, June 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- On Command Video Corporation, a leading provider of in-room interactive entertainment for the hotel industry and its guests, announced today that it has reached agreement with Showtime Networks to broadcast SHOWTIME HD to hotel rooms.

"Our Showtime agreement enables us to expand our HD offering, which already includes all available off-air broadcast channels, nine studios and seven premium satellite channels," said Tad Walden, senior vice president of marketing and programming for On Command. "With HD content beginning to make a presence in hotel rooms it is important that we provide hotel guests the largest variety of HD programming available."

This agreement paves the way for On Command to provide HBO, SHOWTIME and STARZ high definition channels to the lodging industry. These premium channels join the current line-up, which include HDNet, HDNet Movies, Discovery HD Theater, Universal HD, TNT HD, ESPN HD and ESPN2 HD.

As more and more hotels adopt flat panel televisions for in-room use, the company believes additional premium HD network choices will give hotels opportunities to differentiate their guests' television experience. In addition to On Command's HD VOD movie offering, guests will be able to enjoy high quality, award-winning original programming like "The Sopranos" and "Entourage" on HBO HD, and "Weeds" and "Huff" on SHOWTIME HD, in crystal clear, high definition format.

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 attributed to the Liberty Capital Group (NASDAQ:LCAPA). 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 800,000 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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