November/December Programming Update for Exclusive VOOM HDTV Channels.

Entertainment Editors/High-Tech Writers

JERICHO, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 21, 2003

VOOM--

-- Exclusive VOOM HDTV Channels Delivering Unparalleled

Programming and Picture Quality Nationwide

-- Package of VOOM Exclusive, Commercial-Free HDTV Channels Break

New Ground with Fashion, Arts, Lifestyle, Music, Animation,

Sports, Movies and More in High-Definition

It's TV unlike anything you've ever seen. Hendrix plays your living room. Churchill is reincarnated. A motorcycle flies through your wall. Snow White makes your jaw drop. Beyonce stops by for a set. Milan's top designers make your den their runway. And the monsters actually ARE under your bed.

It's HDTV...delivered. And it's available exclusively on VOOM, the new satellite television service and the first television service to offer a comprehensive array of high-definition (HD) programming to viewers throughout the United States.

VOOM features an exclusive VOOM package of 21 brand-new, commercial-free HDTV channels created expressly for today's rapidly growing, but underserved HDTV audience. The 21 new HDTV channels, which launched exclusively on VOOM in October, deliver to viewers a diverse array of compelling programming with eye-popping HDTV picture quality and powerful sound. A November and December programming update for each of the 21 exclusive VOOM HD channels is attached.

"More than 40 million consumers in the US are expected to own HDTV sets within the next few years and the early adopters, representing as many as six million households by year-end, shouldn't have to wait any longer for the kind of innovative TV networks and programming that drove the success of the cable industry," said Joshua Sapan, president and chief executive officer of Rainbow Media Holdings, LLC, creators of the exclusive VOOM HD channels. "Our exclusive package of 21 HDTV channels delivers a breadth of new, revolutionary TV programming created for the emerging HDTV platform with spectacular images, powerful sound quality, compelling content, and a sense of immediacy not experienced on conventional TV."

According to Forrester Research, as many as six million households will have HDTV-compatible televisions by the end of 2003 - double the number of the previous year. That figure is expected to double again by 2005 and, according to analysts, by 2007, more than 40 million consumers will own HDTV sets.

According to a recent study by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA):

-- Consumers are overwhelmingly unaware of existing HDTV content

- 71 percent of those surveyed said they were not very

familiar or not at all familiar with HDTV programming;

-- Among potential HDTV purchasers, almost 30 percent of those

surveyed cited lack of HDTV content as an inhibitor to

purchasing an HDTV set;

-- An even larger percentage of consumers surveyed lack basic

information about how to receive the full benefits of HD

programming;

-- 74 percent of consumers were unaware that they need a set-top

box to view HD programming; and

-- 54 percent weren't aware that owning HDTV hardware would

enable them to view programs in HD only if the programs were

broadcast in HD.

Consumers across the continental United States can sign up for VOOM at more than 1,600 Sears stores. The first national retailer to display HD programming on its sales floor, Sears has doubled the number of plasma and liquid crystal display (LCD) TV models it offers in 2003, and now carries 21 models from nine manufacturers.

Consumers can also sign up by calling 1-800-GET-VOOM or visiting www.voom.com. During an initial preview period, as new channels continue to be added to the service, charter members who sign up between now and December 31, 2003 will pay no monthly programming fees through January 31, 2004.

About VOOM

VOOM is the first and most complete service of high-definition programming for the rapidly expanding home entertainment market. By February 2004, VOOM will offer 39 premium high-definition channels to consumers across the continental United States, including an exclusive VOOM package of 21 brand-new, commercial-free channels such as WorldSport, Epics and Animania. VOOM is provided by Rainbow DBS, the satellite services division of Cablevision Systems Corporation. Consumers may purchase the VOOM equipment and sign up for the service through local Sears retailers, by calling 1-800-GETVOOM, or by visiting www.voom.com.

NOTE TO EDITORS: To receive hi-resolution images of logos for each of the 21 exclusive VOOM HD channels, please contact Mike Rosen or Justin Perras of Bratskeir & Company at 212-679-2233.

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER PROGRAMMING UPDATE FOR

EXCLUSIVE VOOM HDTV CHANNELS

Featured this November and December on the exclusive VOOM package of 21 HDTV channels:

-- HD Cinema10: Ten different film channels that offer the

largest selection of HD movies available anywhere.

-- Featuring 70 movies each month in a variety of genres --

the most wide-screen, high-definition movies available

from any source.

-- Upcoming Highlights include:

-- Comedy: Mr. Mom, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Much Ado

about Nothing, La Cage aux folles, Trail of the Pink

Panther;

-- Action/Adventure: The Usual Suspects, Rocky V,

Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold;

-- Drama: Star 80, Live Flesh, The Sheltering Sky;

-- Crime: The Long Goodbye, Breathless, State of Grace,

Theives Like Us, Company Business;

-- War: Behind Enemy Lines, Salvador;

-- Classics: Father of the Bride, Whatever Happened to

Baby Jane; Lassie Come Home; and

-- Musicals: April in Paris, High Society, Tea for Two,

Hair, Clambake.

-- Monsters HD: Scary movies taken to the next level by the power

of HDTV. Highlights include:

-- November: Feature Films -- More than 100 feature films

with a dozen making their world premiere in nail-biting,

hair-raising HD. Movies include George Romero's classic

horror films, Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the

Dead and Peter "Lord of the Rings" Jackson's Dead Alive.

-- November 27 (Thanksgiving Special): GIANT "MANSTER"

MARATHON -- a parade of Giant monster men attack on

Thanksgiving including cult favorites The War of the

Gargantuas and The War of the Colossal Beast.

-- November 28: THRILLBILLY MARATHON -- it's all about

chainsaws and maniacs. Movie marathon includes the

original Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Texas Chainsaw

Massacre 2, Motel Hell and Madman.

-- December 10: WHEN MONSTER ANIMALS ATTACK -- nature runs

amok in a movie marathon featuring monster bears

(Grizzly), sharks (Tintorera), bugs (Bug) and octopus

(Tentacles and Octaman).

-- December 25 (Christmas Special): ZILLA THRILLA CHRISTMAS

-- a double, double feature with Japan's favorite

radioactive monster, Godzilla, and Japan's favorite flying

turtle, Gamera. Titles airing include Godzilla vs. The

Thing, Godzilla vs. Monster Zero, Gamera: Attack of Legion

and Gamera: Revenge of Iris.

-- December 31 and January 1: NEW YEAR'S EVIL MARATHON --

it's a Super Psycho Bowl of horror films featuring movie

maniacs Michael Myers (Halloween 4 and Halloween 5), Jason

Voorhees (Friday The 13th Part V: A New Beginning, Friday

The 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, and Friday The 13th Part

VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan), and Leatherface (Texas

Chainsaw Massacre, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, and

Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3).

-- Epics HD: A cinematic celebration of the silver screen with

magnificent stories and music, all about heroes, noble

journeys and the triumphant human spirit. Highlights include:

-- November: The Madness of King George -- an Oscar-winning

costume drama re-telling the story of King George III

following the loss of the American colonies with

Oscar-nominated performances from Nigel Hawthorne and

Helen Mirren. See in high-definition why it won the Oscar

for its gorgeous Art Direction-Set Decoration.

-- November: Jimi Hendrix at the Isle of Wight -- the HD

premiere of the classic Hendrix performance from the

United Kingdom's legendary Isle of Wight Festival.

-- December: Featured Films -- the world HD premiere of the

Oscar-winning best foreign film, The Official Story. Plus

The Eagle Has Landed, the truly Epic story of Winston

Churchill and World War II, and the world HD premiere of

Another Country, a classic tale of international espionage

featuring Rupert Everett, Colin Firth and Cary Elwes.

-- December 31: Mania -- Epics' weekend performing arts

strand invades New Year's Eve with special HD

presentations of David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust, the HD

premiere of The Secret Policeman's Ball, and culminating

with the US television premiere of Robbie Williams Live at

Albert Hall, shot in HD featuring England's biggest pop

star in a concert of standards from his best-selling US

release.

-- Rush HD: Heart-pounding, in-your-face, extreme sports like

skydiving, snowboarding, surfing and skateboarding. Highlights

include:

-- November: Featured Programs -- Gravity Games, the premier

action sports, music and lifestyle festival seen in

mind-numbing HD quality. Out of Bounds gets into the heads

of amazing athletes from rock climbers to mountain bikers

and find out why they push themselves to the edge. And on

Wings Over Cleveland, watch 32 of the world's best

skydivers and paragliders converge in the skies over Lake

Erie with the architecture of the Rock and Roll Hall of

Fame and Museum as their backdrop.

-- December: Featured Programs -- Rush HD becomes the first

of the exclusive VOOM HD channels to reach China with its

Gangaa Shaan Kayaking Expedition from the foothills of the

Himalaya Mountains. MotoP.I.G. pits the top moto-cross

riders in the world as they go head-to-head,

trick-to-trick in a Rush HD exclusive that takes the

children's game of HORSE to new extremes.

-- WorldSport HD: Close-up sports action from every corner of the

globe, including top world soccer leagues, pro-sailing and

college football. November and December highlights include:

-- Spanish Soccer: Watch the top Spanish League teams,

including international sensation David Beckham of Real

Madrid, as they battle each other in Spanish Premier

League action.

-- Animania HD: Big, bold fun for everyone in the family,

featuring long and short-form animation from award-winning

festivals to popular cartoon classics. November and December

highlights include:

-- Columbia Classics Library -- a library of original Academy

Award-winning theatrical shorts, all transferred to HD,

including Mr. Magoo, Gerald McBoing Boing, Madeleine, and

UPA Classics.

-- 2020 - Combination of flash and cell animation from Spain

rendered directly into high definition. Also includes

accompanying material for the Internet to make the series

interactive.

-- Daily, one-hour classic block; five new and cutting edge

animation series with 2D/3D animation, CGI animation,

Anime, and a one-hour weekly short film fest.

-- Ultra HD: Direct from the fashion and food capitals of the

world, enjoy the hottest trends in what to wear, where to go

and how to find the best dining on the planet. Highlights

include:

-- Full Frontal Fashion: get a front-row seat to top designer

runway shows from London, New York, Milan, and Haute

Couture and see the latest fashion trends.

-- Ultra Space: exclusive interview and tour with National

Geographic Explorer host, and former host of The View,

Lisa Ling as Ultra HD takes you on a high-def tour of her

Manhattan apartment.

-- Reservations Required: an extensive interview with

celebrity chef Jean Georges Vongerichten at his new NYC 

restaurant, 66. Watch as he prepares several dishes from

the new menu -- in vivid HD so good you can almost taste

it -- plus take a behind-the-scenes tour of the restaurant

and kitchen.

-- Rave HD: All-music, all-the-time; plus concert performances by

top artists with incomparable resolution and audio clarity.

November and December highlights include:

-- Featured November Concerts: Tom Petty and the

Heartbreakers: The Last DJ - Live at the Olympia, An

Evening with the Counting Crows, and The 2003 Jammys.

-- Featured December Concerts: Beyonce, Yes, Sheryl Crow,

Cheap Trick, and Branford Marsalis. All concerts shot in

native HD.

-- Music videos, almost all native HD, from artists such as

Ja Rule, Christina Aguilera, Evanescence, Limp Bizkit,

Enrique Iglesias, Prince, Deftones, Brandy, Kid Rock,

Duff, Ryan Adams, Hoobastank, Robbie Williams, Sarah

McLachlan, Dido, 3rd Eye Blind, and Jet.

-- Treasure HD: Capturing the amazing world of collectibles and

collectors, meet these eclectic personalities from the most

knowledgeable to the merely curious. Highlights include:

-- On The Block -- It's the richest Auction of the 2003

season, Christie's Impressionist and Modern sale. Hosted

by Christie's specialist Guy Bennett, this On The Block

episode features works by Van Gogh, Monet, Leger,

Kadinsky, Picasso, Henry Moore and the Modigliani

"Reclining Nude," which sold for $26,887,500. Also learn

about African and Oceanic art and collectibles from

Sotheby's auction specialist Jean Fritts as she previews

their November sale for On The Block.

-- Treasure Seekers -- The Triple Pier Show: It's the largest

antique sale in New York every year. Taking up three full

Hudson River piers, 1,200 vendors entertain over 12,000

visitors over two weekends. Treasure Seekers host Elyse

Luray and specialists Eric Silver and Kathleen Guzman

(formerly of Sotheby's), take viewers into the thick of it

and give useful tips on silver and enamelware while

touching on the finer points of vintage fashion and rare

American pottery.

-- Treasure Seekers -- The Modern Show: Housed in New York

City's Park Avenue Armory, there are approximately 60

high-end booths. This show offers a look at one of a kind

items - the finest examples of art deco, arts and crafts 

Bauhaus. Specialists Kathleen Guzman and Nicholas Dawes

(of David Rago) seek out the best the show has to offer.

-- Magnificent Obsessions -- Episode #3: Meet the man behind

the largest collection of Houdini memorabilia. Mario

Carandi will tell you his theory on Houdini as pop star,

what's valuable, what's not and how he got started

collecting Houdiniana. He'll also share a few of Houdini's

tricks with you. Also, meet Peter Kaplan, a man who was

originally charged with documenting the refurbishing of

the Statue of Liberty with photography. But Peter's job as

documentarian took a turn to the obsessive, and he now

owns the largest private collection of Liberty artifacts 

and memorabilia.

-- Gallery HD - Exploring the world's greatest museums, art

galleries and architecture, with HD detail and clarity unseen

anywhere else on television. November and December highlights

include:

-- The Creative Eye: Andrew Geller -- Andrew Geller is an

architect and painter who inaugurated, as The New York

Times put it, "a new era in luxury home design." His

A-frame vacation home, which first appeared on the sand

dunes of Long Island, spawned legions of imitators who

sought to recreate the comfortable setting of Geller

homes. After 50 years, he continues to develop

trendsetting spaces for major clients. The Creative Eye

explores the inspirations and drive that continue to guide

one of America's most innovative architects.

-- Treasures from the Palace Museums -- China is the world's

oldest living civilization, and this 12-part series

illustrates over 6,000 years of Chinese history through

the holdings of the Palace Museums. Located in Beijing and

Taipei, the Palace Museums hold over 150,000 artifacts

that include paintings, pottery, lacquerware and stunning

carvings in jade.

-- Painting the Country -- This program explores the desert

world of the Warlayirti Artists, a collective of painters

who live in the town of Balgo, Australia. The production

follows them to the rugged beauty of their ancestral

homeland, where they encounter the waterholes, animals and

sacred mountains of their paintings, after 50 years away.

For the first time, viewers will see in HD the images that

inspired Warlayirti art, which has been compared to Op Art

of the 1960s.

-- Acrobats and Maniacs -- One of Montreal's favorite exports

is the Nouveau Cirque, or New Circus, a hybrid art form

that combines circus, dance, gymnastics and performance.

The program follows the daily life and discipline of a

circus school in Quebec City. Members of Cirque EOS 

develop one of their most ambitious--and dangerous--acts,

then perform it in a high-tension climax brought into your

living room with vivid images on possible in HD.

-- MOOV: Stunning motion-video with a continuous flow of unusual

images set to music, creating a new artistic medium uniquely

suited for HD.

-- NewsBytes HD (Working Name): Current news headlines,

weather and sports, all in HD, plus compelling feature

stories and video essays. Launches January 2004.