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SyncTV Launches Beta of 'Unlimited Download' Service for TV Shows

Home-theater Quality Downloads Play Back on Windows PCs, Macs and Linux
PCs; TVs and Portable Players in Future

San Jose CA, November 19th 2007 - SyncTV (www.synctv.com) today
announced the private beta launch of its TV download service, which will
provide home-theater quality TV shows on an unlimited download basis.
Completely based on open-standards, the SyncTV service works on Windows
PCs, Macs and Linux PCs, and in the future it will also work on TVs and
portable players.

SyncTV's program library is organized by channels, some of which, like
Showtime(r), will already be familiar to viewers. Once subscribed to a
particular channel, viewers can download any show made available on that
channel, which in many cases will include every episode of every season
of a particular show. There is a small monthly fee for each subscribed
channel, though a minority of channels will make their content available
on a pay-per-download basis, rather than through subscriptions.

Those interested in signing up to the private beta can request
participation through the SyncTV homepage at www.synctv.com. Qualifying
beta-testers can then download the media player free of charge to their
PC or Mac to gain access to a rich library of TV content that is
available. As the SyncTV beta continues, there will be even more
content available from major channels and networks, creating one of the
deepest libraries of TV shows available anywhere.

The video and audio quality of SyncTV programming will be the highest
available through Internet download. The minimum video quality of all
the content is comparable to the same content on DVD, and where
possible, HD content will be available across the different channels.
SyncTV will also have programming available in discreet 5.1 Dolby(r)
Digital Plus surround sound, which is being used at the highest
available settings.

SyncTV allows you a great deal of flexibility in how you play back the
TV shows you download. You can play back shows on up to five 'home'
devices, which means PCs/Macs now and other home entertainment devices
in the future. Upon availability of compatible portable devices, SyncTV
will allow you to specify an additional ten portable devices for
playback.

SyncTV has developed an open platform, which makes it easy for
manufacturers and application developers to create products to support
it. To facilitate development, SyncTV will make its protocols and data
formats available to developers and is using Marlin, an open-standards
Digital Rights Management (DRM) system. More information about new
partners and products will be announced in the coming months.

To stay in touch with SyncTV news, including details of new channels and
new device compatibility, read the SyncTV blog at www.synctv.com/blog.

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