TV One Launches in More Key Markets in Third Quarter 2005

TV One Launches in More Key Markets in Third Quarter 2005

- Network for African American Adults Adds More Than One Million Households in September -

SILVER SPRING, Md., Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- TV One finished third quarter with a number of new system launches, adding more than one million households in September, which brings the network's subscriber total to nearly 23 million households.

TV One recently launched on Bright House Networks' Tampa system; Comcast's Miami, Vero Beach, FL and Ft. Wayne, IN systems; Time Warner Cable systems in Kansas City, Raleigh/Durham and Wilmington, NC; Cox Communications systems in Humboldt, CA and Russellville, AR; Charter's California City, CA system; and Mid-Continent's system in Minot, ND.

"We are gratified with the strong, broad-based support TV One continues to receive from the affiliate community and their subscribers," said TV One Executive Vice President of Affiliate Sales and Marketing Brad Samuels. "Our target audience is responding enthusiastically to the channel and we're enjoying great success with our launch marketing efforts, helping our affiliates reach out to an underserved audience and achieve their subscriber growth goals."

Launched in January 2004, TV One (http://www.tvoneonline.com/) serves nearly 23 million U.S. households, offering a broad range of lifestyle and entertainment-oriented original programming, classic series, movies, fashion and music designed to entertain, inform and inspire a diverse audience of adult African American viewers. TV One's investors include Radio One (Nasdaq: ROIA; ROIAK) (http://www.radio-one.com/), the largest radio company that primarily targets African American and urban listeners; Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA; CMCSK) (http://www.comcast.com/), the leading cable television company in the country; The DirecTV Group; Constellation Ventures; Syndicated Communications; Pacesetter Capital Group; and Opportunity Capital Partners.

Source: TV One

CONTACT: Lynn McReynolds, +1-410-703-0250, or lynn@mcreynoldselek.com, for TV One

Web site: http://www.tvoneonline.com/ http://www.radio-one.com/ http://www.comcast.com/

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