On Command Launches New NetDriven(TM) Music Application for Hotel Guests

On Command Launches New NetDriven(TM) Music Application for Hotel Guests

Leading In-Room Entertainment Company Rolls Out New Internet Delivery System Providing the Largest Music Selection Available in the Hotel Industry Today

NEW YORK, Dec. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- On Command Video Corporation, a leading provider of in-room interactive entertainment for the hotel industry and its guests, announced that it will be the first hotel in-room entertainment company to deliver Instant Media Network's new NetDriven music application. This proprietary delivery system will increase the hotel guest's listening options from 300 - 600 titles to more than 10,000 CD's and 120,000 music tracks.

Instant Media Network, the leader in music entertainment to the hotel industry, delivers CD's, music videos, streaming radio and custom music programming. The NetDriven music application expands the music category to provide a hotel room guest more music with faster access through an upgraded menu system.

"On Command is pleased to have the largest music selection available via the television in hotel rooms," said Tad Walden, senior vice president of programming and marketing for On Command. "Millions of hotel guests have access to thousands of music artists simply by using the TV remote control."

"We are excited to be able to provide hotel guests with high quality music utilizing our new NetDriven platform," said Mark DiLorenzo, president of Instant Media Network. "We're confident that this unique music-on-demand system will continue to expand this market segment for the music industry and deliver more music to the hotel guest."

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.

About Instant Media Network

Instant Media Network is the leading music entertainment content provider in the lodging industry. Instant Media Network combines CD-quality music on demand with in-room sales of CDs and other music-related products and information. Founded by one of the pioneers of the pay-per-view industry, the company offers innovative software, firmware and hardware design as well as systems integration and management services to interactive video-on-demand service providers and major hotels. Instant Media Network is a subsidiary of On Command Corporation, the leading provider of in-room interactive entertainment, Internet services, business information and guest services for the lodging industry.

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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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