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MUSIC CHOICE BROADBAND MUSIC SERVICE TO LAUNCH
WITH NAPSTER PARTNERSHIP
Cable Modem Subscribers Poised to Access 40+ Non-Stop Music Channels, Download and Buy Tracks in Early 2004 Horsham, PA - December 10, 2003 - Music Choice, the premier music broadcast service, and Napster, the leading digital music service, today announced a partnership to provide an integrated offer allowing consumers the ability to immediately download or buy tracks playing on the new MUSIC CHOICE Broadband music service, scheduled for launch in early 2004. MUSIC CHOICE Broadband will offer 40 Broadband music "channels" to cable operators, who will provide the service to their cable modem customers, at no additional cost. The channels are delivered, in multicast format, via satellite as opposed to over the Internet, for a higher-quality listening experience. When one of the over 500,000 songs available in Napster’s library plays on any of the 40 MUSIC CHOICE Broadband channels, a ‘download now’ button will be displayed on the Music Choice streaming music player. Listeners can choose to either buy the track or the album on which the track appears or subscribe to Napster and enjoy unlimited listening to Napster’s growing catalog of over 500,000 songs. Listeners of the new MUSIC CHOICE Broadband service will have direct access to Napster, where they can search the largest online catalog available, listen to 30-second music clips, watch music videos, access Billboard chart information and community features and send music to friends at no charge. "Napster’s on demand service for streaming and downloading is a natural fit with Music Choice’s new broadband streaming service," said Mike Bebel, President and COO of Napster. "This partnership gives consumers a quick and easy way to take Music Choice’s premier service to the next level and obtain the music they want in the most desirable way." "This partnership makes it incredibly easy for broadband consumers to listen to high-quality music from a leading broadcast music service, and, when they hear something they like, immediately download or buy it from a leading digital music service," stated David J.Del Beccaro, President and CEO of Music Choice. "Unlike competing music download services, Music Choice brings together 40 channels of non-stop music with the option of buying or discovering music through Napster, without charging the consumer a dime." About Napster Napster® is the world’s most recognized brand in online music. Napster has content agreements with the five major record labels, as well as hundreds of independents. Napster delivers access to the largest catalog of online music with more than 500,000 tracks spanning all genres and artists from Eminem to Miles Davis. Napster is a division of Roxio, Inc., (Nasdaq: ROXI), the Digital Media Company, provider of the best-selling digital media software in the world. Napster has offices in Los Angeles and New York. About Music Choice Music Choice is the leading interactive music broadcaster; reaching US households through digital cable, satellite TV and Broadband. Music Choice programs interruption-free music for homes and businesses and distributes televised concerts and music shows. The MUSIC CHOICE® music channels reach 30 million households and the Music Choice Concert Series airs in 44 million homes nationally. Headquartered in Horsham, PA, Music Choice is a partnership among subsidiaries of Microsoft Corporation, Motorola, Inc., Sony Corporation of America, Warner Music Group, Inc., EMI Music and several leading U.S. cable providers: Adelphia Cable Communications, Comcast Cable Communications, Cox Communications and Time Warner Cable. MUSIC CHOICE® is a registered trademark of Music Choice. Visit the Music Choice website at www.musicchoice.com.
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