ExerciseTV and CityVoter Reveal Winners of 2008 'Top Trainer' Competition

ExerciseTV and CityVoter Reveal Winners of 2008 'Top Trainer' Competition

Online Voters Selected Eight Winners From Among More Than 1,300 of the Nation's Top Physical Fitness Talent

BOSTON and LOS ANGELES, April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- ExerciseTV, a multi-platform, on-demand media company dedicated to fitness, motivational programming and personal training, and CityVoter, Inc., provider of online guides and contest platforms for leading media companies, today announced the winners of the "ExerciseTV Top Trainer" contest. ExerciseTV invited fitness professionals and their clients or friends to nominate themselves or their favorite trainer from among eight fitness categories on the ExerciseTV Top Trainer site, powered by CityVoter.

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Between January 28 and March 23, nearly 10,000 people voted for their favorite Boot camp gym, cardio instructor, dance instructor, general fitness trainer, kickboxing instructor, personal trainer, pilates instructor or yoga instructor. Eight trainers were awarded the title of Top Trainer, one in each of the listed categories. The contest drew almost 100,000 unique visitors to the ExerciseTV site.

Category winners are:

-- BOOT CAMP: Austin Adventure Boot Camp, Austin, TX
-- YOGA: Jennifer Schelter, Philadelphia, PA
-- CARDIO INSTRUCTOR: Sharon, Mt Clemens, MI
-- DANCE: Ilyse Baker, Los Angeles, CA
-- PERSONAL TRAINER: Jonathan Ross, Bowie, MD
-- KICKBOXING: Michelle Jones, Warren, MI
-- PILATES: Terry Bernardo, Accord, NY
-- GENERAL FITNESS: Coach Neda, Woodland Hills, CA

Winners are also posted online at www.exercisetv.tv/toptrainer.

"At the core of ExerciseTV, are the viewers who appreciate the talented trainers across America," said Jake "Body by Jake" Steinfeld, Founder of ExerciseTV. "We're excited to give them a chance to recognize online, their favorite fitness trainers and give the trainers some national exposure to expand their brand!"

"We are thrilled about the tremendous response from fitness enthusiasts nationwide," said Chris Mansolillo, General Manager, ExerciseTV. "There's an enormous pool of fitness talent that goes unrecognized every year and we're pleased to provide a forum for people to acknowledge and promote their role models. This contest is another example of how the TV industry is using the Internet to discover and promote new talent."

"The active engagement in the Top Trainer contest and guide by fitness professionals and their clients demonstrates how an online community can extend the reach of offline local service providers as well as national media brands like ExerciseTV," said Josh Walker, chief executive officer, CityVoter, Inc.

In addition to earning the title of Top Trainer, winners received fitness apparel and accessories provided by New Balance. All Top Trainer nominees received a complimentary listing within the ExerciseTV guide in more than 10 major metropolitan areas that was accessible to fitness professionals and consumers across the country.

About ExerciseTV

ExerciseTV is a multi-platform, on-demand media company dedicated to fitness, motivational programming and personal training. The video-on-demand (VOD) television network, which launched in January 2006, is currently available in more than 23 million homes in the United States via Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications and Bresnan Communications. Online, www.exercisetv.tv is the premiere destination where hundreds of titles from the world's best fitness professionals can be downloaded for use on a personal computer or portable device. ExerciseTV was founded by Jake Steinfeld of "Body by Jake," and developed by Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA)(NASDAQ:CMCSK), the nation's leading provider of cable, entertainment and communications products and services. ExerciseTV is managed by Comcast, with New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc., and Time Warner Cable acting as additional equity partners. For more information, please visit www.exercisetv.tv.

About CityVoter, Inc.

Founded in 2005, CityVoter, Inc. helps consumers find the best local businesses in their cities. Millions of locals visit CityVoter.com and its partner-branded metro guides daily to search, nominate, vote for, and comment on their favorite businesses. CityVoter builds its image-based metro guides for major media companies like Fox, McGraw-Hill, Gazette Communications, Hearst-Argyle and Post-Newsweek, to enhance the local relevancy of their websites and strengthen their relationships with their local communities. These guides are the premier destinations for local commercial content, featuring descriptions, photos, videos, maps, and customer comments about the top local businesses. Each partner-branded metro guide features a "best-of" contest to discover the best local businesses, as chosen by the local community. Rich photo galleries give visitors a storefront view of local shops, bars, food, products, clothing and more. The CityVoter.com destination site provides valuable answers to consumer-posted questions that enable visitors to weigh in with their choices for the best their city has to offer. To learn more about CityVoter, CityVoter.com and CityVoter's partner-branded metro guides, visit http://www.cityvoterinc.com/ or http://www.cityvoter.com/.

Contacts:
Jenny Snegaroff
For ExerciseTV
310-474-7717
jennysnegaroff@earthlink.net

Eileen Pacheco
For CityVoter, Inc.
781-556-1026
eileen@tango-group.com

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CONTACT: Jenny Snegaroff for ExerciseTV, +1-310-474-7717,
jennysnegaroff@earthlink.net, or Eileen Pacheco for CityVoter, Inc.,
+1-781-556-1026, eileen@tango-group.com

Web site:

http://www.exercisetv.tv/
http://www.cityvoterinc.com/

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