ANYTIME to supply broadband provider with Hollywood content for India’s first IPTV platform

Singapore, October 26, 2006 – ANYTIME, Asia Pacific’s leading Video on-Demand channel, has signed a five-year distribution agreement with India’s largest broadband provider, India On Line Broadband Limited (IOL). Four million homes in Mumbai and Delhi will have access to ANYTIME VoD movie channel and interactive games channels by March 2007.

The ANYTIME VoD movie channel will be the exclusive provider of Hollywood VoD programming and will form the cornerstone of the MTNL-IOL and BSNL-IOL IPTV platforms, supported by Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MNTL) and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited’s (BSNL) respectively.

The ANYTIME channel is expected to go live in December this year, making a wide range of Hollywood blockbusters - both new releases and library titles – and interactive games, available on-Demand. It will introduce a new level of choice, control and convenience in entertainment to India.

“This is an unprecedented deal for IPTV in the region,” said ANYTIME CEO Craig Zimbulis. “On-Demand delivery of video content is set to boom in India, this is a country that clearly has a huge appetite for next generation services. Working together, IOL, MTNL, BSNL and ANYTIME will be able to offer Indian consumers an entirely new way to choose and consume Hollywood entertainment.”

Zimbulis added, “Singapore’s transparent media regulatory framework and its abundant supply of skilled industry professionals have given ANYTIME a great home and assisted ANYTIME in realising our pan-Asia Pacific growth plans and ambitions.”

Dr Christopher Chia, Chief Executive Officer, Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA), congratulated ANYTIME on its VOD carriage deal with India On Line. He said, “In line with MDA’s Media 21 blueprint to transform Singapore into a global media city, MDA encourages and supports companies like ANYTIME to tap on Singapore’s strengths as a media hub to develop new digital media services and market them to other countries that Singapore has good broadband connectivity with. We welcome innovative business proposals from industry players that can offer diverse content for everyone, from Singapore to the region.”

IOL has a fully integrated backbone network delivering broadband Internet access in India. The ANYTIME channel will run over the company’s own fiber metro ethernet network as well as the fixed-line ADSL networks of BSNL and MNTL.

Director of IOL, A.S.Oberai, said: “We’re very excited to have ANYTIME on board. Having the best of Hollywood content and making it available on-Demand is a winning combination for us and the realisation of our subscriber growth plans. ANYTIME’s games channels also improve the breadth of our IPTV offering and we look forward to working closely with ANYTIME to further develop our interactive content strategy.”

Besides ANYTIME content, IOL has also acquired rights to nearly 1,000 local Indian films, and will offer music, news, sports, and other content as part of its VoD service.

The initial launch will be in Mumbai with other Indian cities to follow. The platform is currently undergoing technical trials.

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About ANYTIME

Headquartered in Singapore, ANYTIME is Asia Pacific’s leading Video on-Demand channel delivered to consumers over IPTV, broadband and digital cable networks. With output deals and access to the libraries of four of Hollywood’s leading studios—Fox, Sony, Warner and Universal—and licenses with regional content providers like Celestial Pictures, ICON Film Distribution and Becker Entertainment, ANYTIME has an unsurpassed programming line-up. When added to proven technology, ANYTIME delivers compelling content with the control and convenience that consumers demand.

ANYTIME has existing carriage deals in Australia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Thailand, and the rights to license into 14 territories in Asia Pacific.

ANYTIME’s shareholder’s include CPE Holdings Inc. (Sony), Fox Media Services Inc., Intel Capital, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., YTC Group (a Singapore based multinational conglomerate), the Macquarie Bank Group and Coote/Hayes Productions LLC (a U.S. based TV and film production company).

About India On Line (IOL) Broadband Ltd

IOL Broadband Ltd is the first company to introduce commercially deployable Broadband Interactive Multimedia Services in India. It has a fully integrated backbone network, featuring “1-1000Mbps” access, that provides superior network experience over its competitors.

Apart from broadband Internet access capable of delivering Television / Video on demand, IOL offers interactive services like entertainment-on-demand, games, video-conferencing etc. to its broadband users.

IOL has high quality digitally encoded software featuring up to 200 channels comprising of music, movies, entertainment, news, sports etc. in various languages sourced from different countries. It provides an easy access to over 20,000 hours of Content and instant hot link connectivity to hundreds of Broadband sites globally.
IOL Broadband connections can expand your business' global reach thereby improving communication, increasing productivity and reducing costs.

Only Company in India to have Last Mile access to over 1 Million homes via its own/lease Fiber network as well as the BSNL/MTNL ADSL Broadband Networks (growing at the rate of approx. 50% annually).