Kalispell, MT - October 31, 2006 - IPTV service provider Auroras Entertainment is pleased to announce that it has entered into digitization and transport agreements with Fox Cable Networks and the Hallmark Channels. These agreements add to the suite of channels that Auroras brings to the market for a total lineup of over 180 channels of broadcast content and digital music. Auroras has been conducting field trails since June of 2006 and anticipates that its full suite of IPTV services will be commercially available early in 2007.

Auroras remains at the forefront of working with both the new MPEG4 AVC standard and programmers. The end-to-end IPTV solution from Auroras completely addresses the two largest requirements imposed by content providers: quality and security. The Auroras solution provides all content in full resolution and securely encrypts that content all the way through playback at the consumer’s household. In addition, Auroras provides both programmers and operators with the assurance of precise settlements between all parties.

Auroras CEO Diane Smith praised these latest programmers that signed with Auroras. "These programmers understand that IPTV offers them enormous opportunities. We are working daily on offerings that generate new revenue streams for programmers using archival content and greater on-demand capabilities. Our agreements with programmers of excellence such as Fox Cable Networks, and Hallmark will facilitate those efforts. We look forward to continuing relationships with these programmers that generate greater revenue opportunities for them and our customers, as well as bring new services to IPTV viewers nationwide and ensure unequalled quality and security."

Fox Cable Networks to be included on the Auroras platform are FX, Speed Channel, National Geographic, Fox Movie Channel, Fox Reality, Fuel, Fox Soccer Channel, Fox Sports en Espanol and Fox College Sports. Hallmark Channels to be includes on the Auroras platform are the Hallmark Channel and the Hallmark Movie Channel.

Fox Cable Networks (FCN), a unit of the Fox Networks Group, a wholly owned division of News Corporation (NYS: NWS), includes 29 domestic programming services in which News Corporation holds interests. These networks collectively service more than 400 million television homes and represent one of the media industry's largest and most diverse groups of programming operations. FCN networks include FX, FSN and its 15 owned-and-operated regional sports networks; National Geographic Channel; National Geographic Channel HD; SP D; FUEL TV; Fox College Sports; Fox Soccer Channel; Fox Sports en Español; Fox Movie Channel and Fox Reality. FCN also includes Fox Sports enterprises, which manages interests in sports franchises and leading statistical information provider STATS, LLC.

Hallmark Channel is a 24-hour basic cable channel that provides a diverse slate of high-quality entertainment programming to a national audience of more than 72 million subscribers. The program service is distributed through more than 5,300 cable systems and communities as well as direct-to-home satellite services across the country. Crown Media also operates a second 24-hour linear channel, Hallmark Movie Channel. Through its subsidiary, Crown Media Distribution, LLC, Crown also distributes titles from its award-winning collection of movies, miniseries and films for exhibition in a variety of television media including broadcast, cable, Video-on-Demand and High Definition Television.

Auroras Entertainment provides a combination of services and technologies that enables service providers to deploy entertainment services to their customers over their existing broadband IP networks. The Auroras solution offers service providers up to a 90% capital expense reduction over a self-provisioned headend system. To provide these services, Auroras receives over 160 standard and high definition channels of video and over 40 digital music channels at its master headend. This content is encoded utilizing MPEG4 AVC and encrypted with 128 bit AES technology. This groomed content is delivered via satellite to the service providers’ site, where an IPTV Gateway is deployed. The content is then passed over the service provider’s network to a set top box in the subscriber’s home where the content is decrypted and viewed. The service includes Digitization and Transport Rights, wholesale Affiliate Rights, a complete Video-On-Demand Component, IP Set Top Boxes, and complete 24/7 on-call and on-site customer support.