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Agreement Will Provide Avail-TVN’s Full Line-Up of Advanced Services to Digital Households in Six Central-Southern States

Reston, VA, July 26, 2010 - Avail-TVN, the largest digital media services company in North America, today announced that NewWave Communications will become the first multi-system cable company in the United States to sign on for Avail-TVN’s full suite of services, encompassing all three of Avail-TVN’s core offerings: MPEG-4 linear television transmission services, Pay-Per-View (PPV) channels and Video on Demand (VOD). NewWave serves more than 115,000 customers in Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, South Carolina and Tennessee.

Avail-TVN was formed in 2009 by the merger of Avail Media and TVN Entertainment, to offer the industry’s most extensive set of digital media services. NewWave is the first cable operator to leverage the complete breadth of the company’s experience. Avail-TVN will provide NewWave with a mix of HD linear networks, a comprehensive VOD offering, and PPV services. By combining the services under a comprehensive affiliation with Avail-TVN, NewWave is increasing efficiencies, improving quality of service and providing an optimized customer experience.

“Avail-TVN’s depth of experience managing both linear and on demand television services allow us to focus on our customer relationships, said Jim Gleason, president and chief executive officer of NewWave Communications. “Avail-TVN has become a proven partner for comprehensive VOD solutions, providing customized PPV services, and optimizing bandwidth efficiency via its advanced codec platform, each of which we intend to capitalize on to enhance our service offering.”

Avail-TVN will provide NewWave with a full suite of managed services including licensing, marketing, royalty processing, transport, and live-to-VOD services for both linear and on demand content packages. Under the terms, NewWave will have 24/7 access to Avail-TVN’s online tracking and reporting tools including ADONISS and ViewTrak - which offers a customized online dashboard for tracking VOD usage, tools for linear and VOD advertising and dynamic menu management. The HD linear channel service will be provided in MPEG-4 format, allowing NewWave to maximize bandwidth efficiency immediately, while providing a transition path to an all-MPEG-4 service in the future.

“Avail-TVN offers the most comprehensive suite of digital media services in the industry today,” said Ramu Potarazu, CEO, Avail-TVN. “Progressive service providers like NewWave, who are committed to delivering the highest levels of customer satisfaction, are turning to us because of our unique position as the only single provider of linear, pay-per-view and VOD services, and our ability to provide bandwidth efficient, cost-effective solutions. NewWaves’s decision to work with Avail-TVN for its entire line-up of video products highlights an important milestone on our journey to deliver on the vision we shared with the market when we merged a little over a year ago.”

NewWave serves more than 115,000 customers in Kentucky, Illinois, southeast Missouri, northeast Arkansas and western Tennessee and is headquartered in Sikeston, Missouri. The company provides Cable Television, High-Speed Broadband and Data Services and Telephone Service specializing in smaller and mid-sized communities. For more information, please visit http://www.newwavecom.com/.

Avail-TVN is the largest provider of digital media services in North America. The company offers a full suite of managed services that enable content owners and service providers to monetize video content through the delivery of programming to the consumer. Avail-TVN’s mission is to work with both content and service providers to manage and monetize video content anywhere, on any device on any network at any time. For more information, please visit avail-tvn.com.