MTV, BET Networks Extend Carriage with Time Warner Cable

NEW YORK, December 12: Viacom’s MTV Networks and BET
Networks have renewed carriage for all of their current services available on
Time Warner Cable, and have expanded their agreements to include MTV World,
LOGO, MTV Tr3s, MHD and a range of on-demand content.

Under the agreement, Time Warner Cable will expand its
distribution of LOGO, a network targeting gay, lesbian, bisexual and
transgender viewers. It also provides for Time Warner Cable to launch MHD, the
music-centric high-definition TV channel.

"This agreement reflects the resonance our highly
targeted multi-platform brands have with the devoted niche audiences they
serve," said Nicole Browning, the president of affiliate sales and
marketing at MTV Networks and BET. "With this deal, MTV Networks and BET
Networks reaffirm a long-standing relationship with a valued partner, and
expand the reach of our first-rate programming."

All MTVN and BETN services will participate in Start-Over,
an on-demand application that allows customers to jump to the beginning of a
program in progress without any pre-planning or in-home recording devices. MTV:
Music Television will also offer content from its MTV.com broadband channel in
Quick Clips, which allows viewers to easily access short-form video content,
including content provided for the Internet, on their television sets.

"Our agreements with MTVN and BETN permit us to offer
customers additional, diverse programming choices and align channel line-ups,
especially among those systems we recently acquired from Adelphia and
Comcast," said Fred Dressler, the EVP for programming at Time Warner
Cable. "It also greatly expands our partnership, enabling us to offer MTVN
content on advanced video platforms such as on-demand and broadband and across
new applications like Quick Clips and Start-Over."