Akimbo and MLB Advanced Media Make Full Season of Condensed Games, Highlights and Classic Games Free to Existing and First 5,000 New Akimbo Subscribers.

SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Akimbo, the world's first Internet-to-TV video-on-demand service, today announced that it has teamed up with Major League Baseball's interactive media and Internet company, MLB Advanced Media, to bring a limited-time special offer to the Akimbo Service: an entire season of baseball on-demand for free to the first 5,000 new and existing Akimbo subscribers. Between April and October, Akimbo users will receive MLB Advanced Media's most valuable premium programming - next-day condensed games, daily highlights and a treasure trove of full-length classic games - on-demand, for viewing on TV anytime via the Akimbo Service.

Akimbo's Internet video-on-demand service is ideal for people who love baseball but are too busy to stay glued to the TV set for every inning. As early as the day after baseball games are broadcast on TV, the Akimbo Service will offer each game in a high-quality condensed format that captures all the major plays. All Major League Baseball teams are covered, allowing home-town fans to stay up to speed on all the action, no matter where they live. For a brief summary of the previous day in baseball, the Akimbo Service will also provide a daily highlight that recaps key events from the sport around the country.

With Akimbo, baseball fans can follow the sport on their own personal schedules. Many condensed games are available on Akimbo the morning after the TV broadcast. Akimbo subscribers browse the user-friendly, on-screen Akimbo Guide to select, download and view any condensed game or daily highlight at the click of the remote. Subscribers have the added advantage of being able to program games to be automatically delivered overnight so they are ready for viewing the next day. If the current season leaves them craving more baseball, they can turn to the Akimbo Guide and choose from an archive of full-length games from past seasons, including memorable match-ups, stunning record breakers, perfect games, pennants, playoffs and World Series. MLB Advanced Media's unsurpassed video vault covers the rich history of America's pastime, from celebrated games to legendary players.

"MLB Advanced Media's high-quality condensed games, highlight clips and archived classic games available on the Akimbo service are a tremendous value to our fans," said George Kliavkoff, executive vice president of business development for MLB Advanced Media. "Akimbo's video-on-demand service harnesses the convenience of the Internet so today's viewers can be a part of the game on their own schedules, in the comfort of their living rooms."

"We're thrilled to offer MLB Advanced Media's premium programming as a free bonus to new and existing Akimbo subscribers," said Akimbo CEO Josh Goldman. "Akimbo truly offers baseball for the whole family. Armchair enthusiasts, college sports fans and Little Leaguers alike can watch the current season in a cutting-edge new format or select classic games from MLB Advanced Media's incomparable historical archive. Even fantasy baseball players have a new way to live and breathe the game; through Akimbo, viewers across the country can stay in touch with every team and every player."

Akimbo's award-winning service bridges the gap between broadcast and broadband, complementing existing broadcast, cable and satellite systems. The Akimbo collection features on-demand video and movies from over 165 providers. Programs include well-known film and television fare as well as hard-to-find specialty video in areas like extreme sports, education, music, healthy sustainable living, independent films and foreign languages.

Consumers can sign up for Akimbo through the Online Spotlight area of Microsoft Media Center Edition 2005 PCs and at www.akimbo.com.

About Akimbo

With the Akimbo Service, your wish is on demand(TM). Named to the OnHollywood 100 by AlwaysOn and "Best of What's New" by Popular Science, Akimbo has also accepted 2005 Digital World Innovations and CES Best of Innovations 2005 awards. With 12 patent applications featuring more than 150 patent claims, Akimbo is the first company to deliver digital-quality video-on-demand to any television via a broadband-Internet connection. Akimbo has offices in San Mateo, Calif. and is a privately held company funded by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Sprout Group and Zone Ventures. For more information, visit www.akimbo.com.

About MLB Advanced Media, LP

Established in June 2000 following a unanimous vote by the 30 Major League Baseball club owners to centralize all of Baseball's Internet operations, MLB Advanced Media LP (MLBAM) is the interactive media and internet company of Major League Baseball. MLBAM manages the official league site, www.MLB.com, and each of the 30 individual Club sites to create the most comprehensive Major League Baseball resource on the Internet. MLB.com offers fans the most complete baseball information on the Web, including up-to-date statistics, game summaries, extensive historical information, and exclusive features about Major League Baseball events and programs, including on-line ticket sales, baseball merchandise, authenticated memorabilia and collectibles, fantasy games, live and archived radio broadcasts of every game, live and archived video webcasts of entire games, pitch-by-pitch enactment of games, and hosted post-game video highlight shows. MLB.com offers more live events on the Internet than any other Web site in the world.

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