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NEW YORK, June 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Starz Entertainment Group LLC (SEG) announced today a major new music concert and documentary content acquisition agreement with Northstar Media for Vongo, a new video download application and service for broadband that delivers movies and other video content over the Internet for playback on Windows-based PCs, laptops, and select portable media devices, as well as on a TV. The announcement was made by Bob Greene, executive vice president of advanced services for SEG as part of his opening keynote address for the 5th annual Entertainment Technology Alliance at the C3 Expo.

Under the agreement, SEG has licensed 47 full-length new and classic concerts and music documentaries from an array of popular platinum-selling rock artists that will debut on Vongo on July 1st, including No Doubt: Rock Steady Live (2003), David Bowie Love You 'Til Tuesday (1969), Sheryl Crow: Live from London (1997), Bon Jovi: Live from London (1995), Snow Patrol: Live at Sommerset House (2004), The Hives: Tussles in Brussels (2004) and Collective Soul: In a Live Concert Special (2005), among many others.

Music documentary additions include Drive Well, Sleep Carefully: On The Road With Death Cab For Cutie (2005), Spend An Evening With Saddle Creek Parts 1 & 2 (2005), and I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco Parts 1 & 2 (2005).

Most of the remaining new concerts will also debut on July 7th, with the balance of the concerts and all of the documentaries expected to debut on Vongo by the end of this summer.

"Feature-length music concerts and documentaries make great complementary programming to the exclusive subscription movies only found on Vongo," said Greene. "This agreement is an exciting addition to our current crop of music offerings and gives music fans of all tastes new ways and reasons to Vongo."

As one of the largest content aggregators in Hollywood, Starz Entertainment Group has access to thousands of theatrical films that it makes available on Vongo including Sin City, The Aviator, Hostage, The Incredibles, Are We There Yet?, Herbie: Fully Loaded, Bewitched, and Flightplan and coming later this year, Rent, Chicken Little, and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

Starz Entertainment Group is the exclusive subscription provider of first- run, classic and favorite films from leading Hollywood studios including Walt Disney Pictures, Miramax Films, Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Films, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Columbia Tri-Star, Screen Gems, Revolution Studios and more. Select recent films are available exclusively from Universal Pictures and New Line Cinema and library and classic titles are provided by a wide array of Hollywood studios.

Additional programming available to Vongo subscribers includes full-length music concerts (INXS: Live Baby Live, The Hives: Live from Las Vegas, Jay-Z: I Will Not Lose, The Who: Live in Boston, Phil Collins: A Life Less Ordinary), TV series (The Green Hornet, Edgemont) and extreme sports (Warren Miller's Storm, Warren Miller's Journey, Real Action Sports, Ride Guide).

Vongo subscribers have unlimited access to more than 1,600 movie and video selections as well as a live, streaming Starz TV channel for a monthly cost of $9.99 and is currently offering a 14-day free trial for new subscribers. Additionally, select popular pay-per-view titles are available for $3.99 a movie. In addition to Windows-based PCs, laptops and portable devices, Vongo subscribers can also transfer their Vongo content onto a TV for optimal viewing. Vongo is currently available as a free download for broadband subscribers in the United States at www.vongo.com.

Northstar Media is a program distributor dealing mostly in music-related content, co-founded by Pat McDonald (formerly SVP Image Entertainment) and Andy Weir (Former SVP, Warner Bros. Domestic TV Distribution) in 2002. Northstar Media identifies quality video, film and digital product and licenses that product across multiple entertainment platforms, www.northstar-media.com.

Starz Entertainment Group LLC (SEG) is a premium movie service provider operating in the United States. SEG offers 16 movie channels including the flagship Starz(R) and Encore(R) brands with approximately 14.6 million and 26.4 million subscribers respectively. Starz Entertainment Group airs more than 1,000 movies per month across its pay TV channels and offers advanced services including Starz HDTV, Starz On Demand and Vongo(SM). Starz Entertainment Group is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation that is attributed to Liberty Capital Group (NASDAQ: LCAPA, LCAPB), www.starz.com.

Contacts: Eric Becker David Coates Starz Entertainment Group Brodeur for Starz Entertainment Group (720) 852-4065 (617) 587-2927 eric.becker@starz.com dcoates@brodeur.com CONCERTS Roy Orbison: Black & White Night Collective Soul: In a Live Concert Special Dion: In a Live Concert Special The Who Live: Isle of Wight Festival No Doubt: Rock Steady Live Concert Roy Orbison: Live from Australia Roxy Music: The High Road Joe Jackson: 25th Anniversary Concert David Bowie Live: Isle of Wight Festival Sade: Live in San Diego Sheryl Crow: Live From London Simply Red: Live at the Lyceum The Chameleons: Live From London The Fabulous Thunderbirds: Invitation Only David Bowie: Love You 'Til Tuesday The Sinatras: Live From London The The: Versus The World The Who: Live From Albert Hall Haircut 100 Kid Creole & The Coconuts: Live in Concert Beat Farmers: Live Blow Monkeys: Live Bon Jovi: Live From London Boomtown Rats: Live At Hammersmith Odeon Snow Patrol: Live at Sommerset House In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story The Hives: Tussles in Brussels Roy Orbison: The Anthology Rush: 30th Anniversary World Tour Live from Frankfurt, Germany Dr. John & Chris Barber: Live in Concert MUSIC DOCUMENTARIES Dirty Old Town Don't Let Our Youth Go to Waste: Galaxie 500 - Part 1 Don't Let Our Youth Go to Waste: Galaxie 500 - Part 2 Finisterre Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco - Part 1 I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco - Part 2 Drive Well, Sleep Carefully: On The Road With Death Cab For Cutie Low in Europe Spend an Evening with Saddle Creek- Part 1 Spend an Evening with Saddle Creek- Part 2 The Electrifying Conclusion

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