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CSTV.com Broadband Network Sets Records In Traffic, Its Number Of Affiliates, Streaming Events And Online Stores, And In Online Store Revenue

April 4, 2005

NEW YORK - Buoyed by its unparalleled coverage of the basketball championships, as well as its ability to extensively cover all college sports through an unmatched mix of multi-media and editorial packages, the CSTV.com Broadband Network has set records in traffic, its number of affiliates, streaming events and online stores, and in online store revenue.

The CSTV Broadband Network

Now includes a record 183 affiliate colleges, universities and athletic conferences and associations, including 56 schools represented in this year's men's and/or women's basketball tournaments

Among the affiliates are Illinois, Louisville, Michigan State and North Carolina, as well as Duke, Tennessee, Washington, Kansas, Boston College and Georgia Tech

Recently added affiliates include SMU, Rice, Conference USA, Xavier, the Big East and USA Baseball

CSTV.com Broadband Network Traffic

Total page views for the four weeks ending March 27 increased by 35% compared to the four weeks ending February 27 (112 million page views vs. 82.7 million)

Average weekly unique users for the month of March increased by 31% compared to the month of February (2.1 million unique users vs. 1.6 million)
Source: Nielsen//NetRatings NetView, March 2005

CSTV.com Broadband Network Official Online Stores

CSTV.com Broadband Network online store revenues increased by 45% in March

CSTV.com now produces official online athletic stores for a record 100 college, universities and athletic conferences, including Illinois, Louisville, Michigan State, North Carolina, defending national football champion USC, Kansas and Notre Dame

CSTV.com's official online stores contain an industry leading 50,000 products, the widest selection available anywhere

CSTV.com Broadband Network Live Event Coverage

The CSTV.com Broadband Network provides live streaming video and/or audio services to a record 68 colleges, universities and conferences, including Illinois, Louisville, Michigan State, North Carolina, Michigan, Penn State, Kansas, Stanford and Texas Tech, as well as the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 and Pac

CSTV.com has already presented live video or audio of more than 5,500 college athletics events this academic year, a record, including games, press conferences and coaches shows

CSTV.com has already covered more than 12,100 college games live this academic year, a record, through its exclusive GameTracker Live feature, which provides fans with live in-game stats, scores, play-by-play and summaries; GameTracker Live has been providing real-time coverage for schools such as Notre Dame, Ohio State, North Carolina, Georgia and USC

CSTV.com provides GameTracker Live coverage for a record 145 college and universities for 14 sports: men's and women's basketball, football, baseball, softball, men's and women's volleyball, men's and women's soccer, field hockey, men's and women's lacrosse and men's and women's ice hockey

CSTV Networks is a multi-media company that consists of the first-ever 24-hour college sports television network, College Sports TV; the leading college sports online network, CSTV.com; and the first ever 24-hour college sports radio network, SIRIUS College Sports Radio. Through its numerous platforms, CSTV provides more live college sports games, events, news, information, analysis and broadband content, and reaches more college sports fans, than any other company.

College Sports TV, voted by cable operators as the No. 1 emerging cable network in a 2003 Beta research study, televises regular season and championship event coverage from over 35 men's and women's sports across every major collegiate athletic conference, as well as many NCAA and NAIA Championships.

CSTV.com, the most-trafficked college sports Web site, and the CSTV.com Broadband Network consisting of 183 affiliate colleges and athletic conferences, are the No. 1 online source for college sports broadband content, news, information, scores and analysis. SIRIUS College Sports Radio broadcasts a comprehensive package of college football and basketball games from teams representing 16 conferences, including the Big Ten, Big 12, BIG EAST, Pac-10 and SEC, in addition to Notre Dame.

CSTV Networks was co-founded by President and CEO Brian Bedol, Chairman Steve Greenberg and Executive Vice President Chris Bevilacqua. Bedol and Greenberg co-founded Classic Sports Network, which they sold to ESPN. It is now ESPN Classic. Bevilacqua is a former senior executive with Nike Inc., where he headed the company's successful foray into the college market.


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