TVN Entertainment Offers 55th Presidential Inauguration on Demand

TVN Entertainment Offers 55th Presidential Inauguration on Demand Inaugural Ceremony & Address Will Be Available From C-SPAN Within Hours Of Original Cablecast Using TVNow Service BURBANK, Calif., Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- TVN Entertainment, the leading provider of on demand television programming, management and delivery solutions, announced today that it would make C-SPAN's coverage of the 55th Presidential Inauguration available to its affiliates for the Video On Demand (VOD) platform exclusively via TVN's TVNow rapid turnaround service. The program is being made available free of charge. The Inaugural Ceremony and Address will be provided by C-SPAN and will be available within hours of the actual live event. The Inauguration is scheduled for Thursday January 20, 2005 at 11:30 am EST, and is expected to feature President George W. Bush's oath of office being administered by the Chief Justice of the United States The Honorable William H. Rehnquist. The President's Inaugural Address will follow this immediately. "We are extremely excited to work with C-SPAN once again to bring our affiliates the opportunity to offer their customers a second chance to see history in the making," said John Smith TVN VP of Sales. "Everyone has a busy schedule and now those customers who may have missed the original cablecast can see the inauguration in its entirety, at their convenience on demand." Currently most of TVN's affiliates including Bresnan, Charter, Insight and Mediacom have agreed to make the program available to their customers. The on demand program featuring C-SPAN's coverage will be available for viewing for approximately two weeks. For more detailed information about the Inauguration, visit C-SPAN.org. About TVN Entertainment Corporation TVN Entertainment, a video on demand (VOD) content solutions company, is a leading provider of on demand television programming, management and delivery services. TVN currently offers more than 2000 hours of VOD programming from over 70 content providers. In addition to comprehensive programming services, TVN Entertainment offers the only single-source management and distribution solution for VOD, including content aggregation, packaging, encoding, asset management and transport via satellite to all video service providers. TVN Entertainment has been chosen as the VOD solution for many leading MSOs, including Adelphia, Bresnan, Buckeye, Blue Ridge, Cablevision, Charter, Comcast, Insight and Mediacom. For more information visit www.TVN.com Source: TVN Entertainment CONTACT: Arthur Maulsby of TVN Entertainment, +1-818-526-5281, amaulsby@TVN.com; or Peter Kiley of C-SPAN, +1-202-626-4874 Web site: http://www.c-span.org/ Web site: http://www.tvn.com/ ------- Profile: International Entertainment