LYCOS Enhances Broadband High Quality Video Content with Launch of Update Hollywood, with Martin Grove

LYCOS Enhances Broadband High Quality Video Content with Launch of Update Hollywood, with Martin Grove

Gives Users On-Demand Access to One of the Best Movie Sites on the Web, with Trailers, Clips, Behind the Scenes Footage and Exclusive Interviews, for Free

WALTHAM, Mass., Aug. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- LYCOS, Inc. (www.lycos.com), a leading entertainment destination for creators and consumers of quality content, and PermissionTV, a rapidly growing Internet television platform, today announced the launch of Update Hollywood now available on LYCOS Entertainment.

Update Hollywood (http://www.updatehollywood.com/player.html) gives LYCOS viewers free access to the latest movie trailers, film clips, behind the scenes footage, DVD releases and exclusive celebrity interviews hosted by legendary Hollywood insider, Martin Grove.

In June, LYCOS launched a platform to offer a variety of video programming to the LYCOS audience, reinforcing LYCOS's core strategy to provide consumers with high quality broadband video programming and entertainment with the look and feel of TV.

"We are very pleased to offer our millions of LYCOS visitors high quality video content like Update Hollywood, providing a controllable on-demand viewing experience that feels like TV," said Alfred Tolle, CEO of LYCOS, Inc. "We will continue to acquire a wide range of on-demand content from episodic television, to independent films and programming, to long-form films, providing a totally unique broadband based video experience."

Additional new programming also includes the independent short film parody, "The Norman Rockwell Code," (http://thenormanrockwellcode.lycos.com/player.html) a satirical look at the Hollywood blockbuster, "The Da Vinci Code." Recently included in Entertainment Weekly's Must-See List, "The Norman Rockwell Code" is written and directed by New Hampshire attorney Alfred Thomas Catalfo.

About Lycos, Inc.

Lycos, Inc. (www.lycos.com) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Daum Communications Corp., a leading Internet portal and e-commerce destination in Korea with a growing presence throughout the Asian markets. Lycos, Inc. creates and operates search, community and technology lifestyle sites including Lycos.com, Hotbot.com, Tripod.com and Angelfire.com. Other Lycos products and sites include Lycos Mail, Lycos Games, Lycos Planet, Lycos Phone and GetRelevant. Lycos was acquired by Korean Daum Communications Corp. in October 2004 and has its U.S. headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts. Daum Communications Corp. is traded on the KOSDAQ: 035720, http://www.daum.net/.

About PermissionTV

Based in Waltham, Massachusetts, PermissionTV (http://www.permissiontv.com/) is a system for media companies and content owners to distribute high quality television programming via the Internet. Founded by seasoned television, media and technology veterans, PermissionTV is the first solution to combine the high-quality television viewing experience with the interactivity and permission marketing aspects of the Web. For more information on how to develop content for distribution at Lycos, contact Charlie White at PermissionTV, 781-419-9707 or go to http://www.permissiontv.com/.

Lycos(R) is a registered trademark of Lycos, Inc. All other product or service marks mentioned herein are those of Daum Communications Corp., Lycos, Inc. or their respective owners. All rights reserved.

Source: LYCOS, Inc.

CONTACT: Kathy O'Reilly of Lycos, Inc., +1-617-248-0680,
Kathy.O'Reilly@lycos-inc.com; or Noelle Guerin of PermissionTV,
+1-617-248-0680, nguerin@cerconebrown.com

Web site: http://www.lycos.com/
http://www.permissiontv.com/

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