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January 03, 2006

Time Warner Cable Now Offering here! Via Subscription Video On Demand in Houston Market

Time Warner Cable Now Offering here! Via Subscription Video On Demand

Houston's Cable Operator Broadens Availability of America's First Gay & Lesbian Television Network

New York, NY January 3, 2006 – Time Warner Cable and here! Networks, announced today that here! – America's first gay and lesbian television network – will be available to Time Warner Digital Cable customers in Houston as a monthly subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service beginning January 6, 2006. here! has been available as a transactional Movies On Demand service since May. Now with the SVOD service, digital customers will have access to here! by purchasing individual titles, or by purchasing a single monthly subscription.

"here!'s programming has performed very well in Houston, and we are thrilled Time Warner is expanding availability of the network by offering a monthly subscription option," said Maria Dwyer, Vice President, Affiliate Sales and Marketing. "By offering here! as a subscription service, Time Warner Houston is meeting the high demand for diverse, high-quality gay and lesbian-themed entertainment, as much and as often as viewers choose to watch for one affordable price."

On January 6th, Time Warner Cable will offer a variety of here! original and acquired programming including hit movies, series, comedies, specials and documentaries for one monthly subscription charge of $5.95 to digital customers in the greater Houston area. Customers will have the opportunity of choosing from a wide selection of titles by simply tuning to digital channel 1 and selecting "premiums" where they can watch here! at any time for one set price. With Time Warner's on demand service, viewers will have instant access to here!'s monthly program lineup with the power to pause, rewind and fast-forward right from the remote. To purchase the here! SVOD package, customers should call Time Warner Cable at 713.341.1000.

For those who wish to access here! program-by-program 24-hours a day, there is also the option of ordering here! for a per-program fee of $3.95 through Time Warner's Movies On Demand service (Channel 1, All Movies, here!).

here!, which owns the world's largest library of gay and lesbian television programming, is currently in production with made-for-network movies, original series and specials including: John Waters Presents Movies That Will Corrupt You, a film series hosted by the legendary director from his hometown of Baltimore, MD; In Her Line of Fire, an original film starring Mariel Hemingway as a lesbian action hero; Dante's Cove, an original gothic horror series; and Deadly Skies, an original film starring Antonio Sabato, Jr. as a nuclear scientist trying to save the world from an oncoming asteroid. Recent successful shows include Margaret Cho's concert film, Assassin; Birch and Co., a talk show hosted by Elizabeth Birch, former Executive Director of the Human Rights Campaign; and Third Man Out, the critically-acclaimed made-for network movie starring Chad Allen as a gay private investigator. Allen appeared before a crowd of more than 100,000 last June, riding as a guest of here! and Time Warner Cable in Houston's wildly popular nighttime pride parade.

About here!

here!, America's first gay television network, was established in 2002. here!, currently available to more than 42 million households, offers a wide variety of groundbreaking original movies and series plus the world's largest gay and lesbian film library targeted to a broad-based gay and lesbian audience. here! is available across the U.S. via satellite and carried by major cable providers nationwide.

About Time Warner Cable-Houston

Time Warner Cable is Houston's leading in-home entertainment, communications and information company serving approximately 1.6 million homes in the Houston metro area. The company has built its reputation on providing customers with choice, value and world-class customer service. Time Warner Cable is an industry leader in delivering advanced products and services such as digital cable, video on demand, high definition television, digital video recorders, high-speed Internet service, wireless home networking, and residential telephone service. Time Warner Cable is a division of Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX), a leading media and entertainment company, whose businesses include interactive services, cable systems, filmed entertainment, television networks and publishing.

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For all press inquiries, please contact:
Josh Rosenzweig
Vice President, Corporate Communications and Marketing
here! Networks
212.920.2857
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