TidalTV(SM) Announces Premiere Content Partnerships: NBC News and TV Guide Network Join the TidalTV Platform

BALTIMORE & NEW YORK (Business Wire EON) April 24, 2008 -- "Now more than ever, NBC News is so much more than a television news operation - we are a news and information content provider," said NBC News President Steve Capus. "With partnerships like this one, we are reaching more people in more ways. It's an incredibly exciting time in our business, and we are thrilled to be working with TidalTV."

TidalTV will continue to increase its library of content and available channels in order to provide its audience and partners with a centralized platform for distributing, viewing and monetizing a diverse selection of high-quality video programming.

"Our mission is to provide consumers with a unique viewing experience rich with brand-name video programming," said Mollie Spilman, chief executive officer of TidalTV. "The addition of these industry-leading media companies is essential to delivering on this mission - as they represent some of the most-watched, most-trusted brands in the business."

ABOUT TIDALTV

TidalTV (www.tidaltv.com) is a broadband television platform featuring the best in professionally produced, branded programming from such partners as NBC News, TV Guide Network, Networks and National Geographic Channel. The TidalTV experience is designed to complement and enhance traditional television viewing through its unique combination of programmed and on-demand video with DVR-style controls. There is no application to download, no waiting for videos to load and no fees to pay - TidalTV provides its audience with a high-quality viewing experience that, like TV, is always on.

ABOUT NBC NEWS

NBC News has been a leading source of global news and information for more than 75 years, first on radio, and today via broadcast and cable television, the Internet, radio and cell phones. Operating around the clock with bureaus in key cities in the United States and overseas, NBC News provides immediate coverage and in-depth reporting of major events to a worldwide audience.

For more than a decade, NBC News has served as the dominant force in television news, watched by more Americans than any other news organization. NBC News provides more than 25 hours of weekly programming, including Nightly News with Brian Williams, and the top-rated Today and Meet the Press with Tim Russert programs.

Dateline NBC is the signature broadcast for NBC News in primetime. As the only broadcast news division with an affiliated cable channel, MSNBC provides 24-hours a day coverage of news events around the globe with the dedicated resources of NBC News. MSNBC.com consistently ranks as one of the leading news and information sites on the Internet -- winning both of the Industry's top honors for online news in the past year. NBC Mobile provides news and information updates and show excerpts to cell phone users throughout the day reported by the anchors and correspondents of NBC News, and NBC News Radio produces up-to-the-minute radio reports for affiliated stations in all major markets across the country.