ION Television Inks Deal with NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution for Major Theatrical Film Package

A-List Titles Include "The Break Up," "Miami Vice" and "I Now Pronounce You
Chuck and Larry"

Additional Deal with Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution Expands
Library with Over 30 Additional Titles
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.--(Business Wire)--
ION Television has acquired over 40 new A-list feature film titles through
multiple theatrical film deals with NBC Universal Domestic Distribution (NBCU)
and Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution (WBDTD), it was announced
today by Leslie Chesloff, Executive Vice President, Programming, ION Media
Networks. The newly acquired titles will begin airing later this month and will
continue to roll out on ION Television`s schedule throughout the fall and into
2010.

"As ION Television continues to build its schedule, these first-rate theatrical
features are the perfect complement to our growing line-up of original and
acquired series," said Chesloff. "These proven hits have outstanding appeal and
will be particularly popular with our core 25-54 demographic."

The package from NBCU includes over one dozen hit movies including "The Break
Up," starring Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn; "Miami Vice," starring Colin
Farrell and Jamie Foxx and "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry," starring Adam
Sandler and Kevin James. Other titles in the package include the "Back to the
Future" trilogy, "Inside Man" and "The Hitcher."

The network has also expanded on its existing agreement with Warner Bros.
Domestic Television Distribution, bringing its current library to over 100 high
profile Warner Bros. films in the ION library. The 30-plus additional films in
the new package include the Academy Award-winning documentary "March of the
Penguins," the award-winning "Troy," starring Brad Pitt, and "The Assassination
of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford," also starring Brad Pitt, Oscar
nominee Casey Affleck and Mary-Louise Parker. Additional titles include "The
Matrix Revolutions," "The Matrix Reloaded," "GoodFellas," "Ladder 49," "City by
the Sea" and "Taking Lives."

About ION Television

ION Television (www.iontelevision.com) is a general entertainment network which
reaches over 96 million U.S. television households via its nationwide broadcast
television, cable and satellite distribution systems. Launched in 2006, ION
Television features popular TV series and movies from the award-winning
libraries of RHI Entertainment, CBS Television, NBC Universal, Sony Pictures
Television, Twentieth Television and Warner Bros. Parent company, ION Media
Networks, Inc., owns and operates the nation's largest broadcast television
station group. Using its digital multicasting capability, ION Media Networks has
launched the digital TV brands qubo, a channel for children focusing on literacy
and values, and ION Life, a channel dedicated to active living and personal
growth. It also has launched Open Mobile Ventures Corporation (OMVION), a
business unit focused on the research and development of portable, mobile and
out-of-home transmission technology using over-the-air digital television
spectrum. For more information, visit www.ionmedia.com.

ION Television
Amelie Tseng, 973-897-8868
amelie.tseng@verizon.net
or
Sayles & Winnikoff Communications
Alan Winnikoff, 212-725-5200 x111
alan@sayleswinnikoff.com
or
Carina Sayles, 212-725-5200 x210
carina@sayleswinnikoff.com

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